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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: All-rounder Axar Patel on Saturday scored a potentially match-changing 74 as he bailed India out of trouble after the hosts were reeling at 139 for 7 in reply to Australia’s first innings score 263 in the second Test. It was one of Axar’s best knocks that the …

[ad_1] On eve of 100th Test, Cheteshwar Pujara reveals how playing white-ball domestic cricket for Sussex spurred his late-career revivalNEW DELHI: Exactly a year ago, Cheteshwar Pujara’s chances of making it to his 100th Test seemed to have diminished drastically when the selectors decided to leave him out for the …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Following his eight-wicket show against Australia in the opening Test in Nagpur, India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday jumped to the second spot in the ICC Men’s Test Bowlers Rankings.Courtesy his player-of-the-match winning effort in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series-opener, left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who made a successful …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald believes India’s strong lower-order batting, comprising Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel among others, will be the “differentiator” in the three remaining Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Jadeja and Patel played a pivotal role with the bat in the first innings, slamming 70 and …

[ad_1] Ashwin, Jadeja & Axar made the Test their own with match-winning contributions, giving captain Rohit Sharma a happy problem of plentyFifty years down the line, when someone sits down to write the history of Indian cricket in the 21st century, there is bound to be a chapter on the …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Team India dished out an impressive performance to outplay Australia in all departments of the game and register a massive innings and 132 runs victory to clinch the first Test.Ravichandran Ashwin proved to be the wrecker in chief in the second innings as he ripped apart Australia …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Mahesh Pithiya, whose bowling action has a startling resemblance to India’s premier off-spinner R Ashwin, was the buzz on social media on Friday as his video of helping out the Australian cricketers during net session went viral.To cope up with the Ashwin threat in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar …

[ad_1] Farmhand’s son Mahesh helping them practise with his Ashwin-like actionVADODARA: Australia’s cricketers are pulling out all the stops ahead of the four-Test series against India starting February 9. As part of a ‘secret’ training camp in Alur, the Aussies have flown in 21-year-old spinner and former tea seller, Mahesh …

[ad_1] BENGALURU: Australia have roped in Maheesh Pithiya, a 21-year-old spinner with uncanny resemblance to Ravichandran Ashwin, to train on spin-friendly tracks as part of their preparation for the upcoming Test series against India.Off-spinner Ashwin may prove to be a major threat for Australia, who haven’t won a Test series …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India is set to host the ODI World Cup again later this year and the Indian team is of course a hot favourite for the title. India last won the ODI World Cup title in 2011 at home and since the 2013 Champions Trophy, have not tasted …