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IND vs ENG: Why KS Bharat fits the bill as wicketkeeper for England Test series at home | Cricket News

In 2019, more than a year after Rishabh Pant made his debut, as South Africa came visiting, India sprung a surprise. At Visakhapatnam, they drafted in another wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha ahead of Pant. Saha hadn’t played a Test for 20 months. On turning pitches, where the ball can do all sorts of tricks, they valued the primary skills of Saha over what Pant offered with the bat. With their spinners capable of creating plenty of chances they didn’t want any of them to go begging. And five years later, despite a new team management and captain in place, in the pearl city of Hyderabad, India are fully valuing the gem of a wicketkeeper they have in KS Bharat. Not even the presence of a brittle middle-order in the absence of Virat Kohli for the first two Tests against England is making Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid go with KL Rahul as a fill-in and rope in an extra batsman in Rajat Patidar or Rinku Singh. Even when Kohli was around, the form of Shubman Gill …

IND vs ENG: India enter Bazball Universe with concerns about efficacy of turning tracks | Cricket News

It has been nearly 12 years since India lost a Test series at home. Since Alastair Cook’s England rallied to defeat them 2-1 in a four-match series, India have won 16 on the bounce – a feat that not even the all-conquering West Indies and Australia sides of the past – could come close. For 12 years, with a core of their XI remaining intact, they have looked truly invincible, having lost only three Tests at home. Beginning with Michael Clarke in 2013 to Pat Cummins in 2023, 14 captains have made attempts to win a series here. And among them only Steve Smith, Joe Root and Cummins have at least managed to win a Test here. As the Bazball lands in India, with the first Test set to begin on Thursday in Hyderabad, all things point out to why the series could be the most challenging one for India. Like in 2012, when Andy Flower and Cook masterminded a sensational series win, defeating the hosts in their own game, India are a team in …

‘Didn’t get a good response… it triggered the whole team’: Jasprit Bumrah opens up on incident with James Anderson | Cricket News

With the Indian cricket team taking on England in a five-Test series starting later this week, Jasprit Bumrah has opened up on the infamous 10-ball over he bowled to James Anderson in the Lord’s Test in 2021, a moment that lit a spark for the rest of the series. Besides bowling four no balls in the over, Bumrah had targetted Anderson with a barrage of bouncers, hitting the tailender on the helmet, ribcage and his left hand. Anderson has himself admitted that the Bumrah over was “up there for intimidation”. Giving his version, Bumrah recently told The Guardian that he had tried to check up on Anderson mid-over but did not get a “good response”. “I was tired, I thought the last wicket was there, I tried to push to bowl fast. I went up to him (mid-over), asked ‘Are you OK?’ and didn’t get a good response. So that brought back some young memories; trying to be the nice guy and it not being taken well. And it triggered the whole team. It was …