Ravichandran Ashwin made short work of England’s lower order as he picked up his 24th five-wicket haul in Tests to hasten India’s march towards a fifth series win in a row. It took them eight overs on Day 5 to clinch the fourth Test by an innings and 36 runs in Mumbai on Monday. Brief scores: India 631 (Kohli 235, […]
» Read moreEngland were 182/6 in their second innings, trailing India by 49 runs at stumps on day four of the fourth Test here today. Captain Virat Kohli scored 235 off 340 balls, his third double hundred of the year. Brief scores: England 400 and 182/6 in 47.3 overs (Root 77, Bairstow batting 50; Ashwin 2/49, Jadeja 2/58). India 631 all out […]
» Read moreThe medical team of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Sunday (December 11), that Indian pacer Mohammed Shami and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha will be out of fifth Test against England, starting on December 16. Shami has soreness in his right knee and has been advised rest and rehabilitation. He will be going to the National […]
» Read moreIndian skipper Virat Kohli notched up his 15th Test century, even as India went past England’s first innings total and carved out a 51-run lead at Stumps on Day 3, at the Wankhede on Saturday. Keeping steady as middle-order crumbled around him courtesy Joe Root’s golden arm, Kohli kicked up a 50-plus partnership for the eighth wicket with Jayant Yadav. […]
» Read moreIndian spinners continued to torment England, picking up all the ten wickets of the innings. Ravichandran Ashwin (six for 112) and Ravindra Jadeja (four for 109) made full use of the spin and bounce on offer at the Wankhede. However, it wasn’t a bad outing for the visitors, whose total of 400 is nearly 80 runs more than the average […]
» Read morePaul Reiffel, officiating as an on-field umpire in the ongoing fourth Test between India and England, had to be taken to the hospital after being struck on the back of his head by a Bhuvneshwar Kumar throw during the first day’s play at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday (December 8). The Australian umpire, who underwent a CT scan, was said […]
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