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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s lower order batters always come to the rescue whenever the team stares down the barrel and on Saturday Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin again rose to the occasion with their match-turning partnership.Axar (74) and Ashwin (37) added 114 runs for the eighth wicket to help India …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India put on a solid fightback, thanks to R Ashwin and Axar Patel‘s brave eighth-wicket stand, on Day 2 of the second Test at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.In reply to Australia’s 263, India were bowled out for 262, trailing by 1 run.Axar (74 off 115), …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India skipper Rohit Sharma was left frustrated after he was given out by the umpire for a close short leg catch in the last over of the first day of the second Test against Australia at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Friday.Rohit tried to fend …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Spinner Todd Murphy might have taken seven wickets on debut in the first Test against India but Australian skipper Pat Cummins revealed why his spinners do not enjoy the same success as compared to Indian counterparts.Australia’s main spinner Nathan Lyon had a mediocre outing in the first …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Australia did everything to tackle India’s spin attack on a turning Nagpur track in the opening Test but it was all in vain. The Pat Cummins led side also turned to Maheesh Pithiya, an Indian spinner with an action similar to Ashwin’s, in the nets, but that …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday revealed that the hosts India will continue their approach of selecting playing eleven according to the conditions of the venue and kept the lid over the possible team combination for the opening Test of the four-match series against Australia in Nagpur.“It’s going …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Wednesday played down concerns about the Nagpur pitch ahead of the opening Test of the four-match series against India. There were accusations against India from the Australian media regarding the selective watering of the pitch by the curators. According to reports, the …

[ad_1] VADODARA: India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin came face to face with ‘Ashwin from Gujarat’ on Tuesday. Baroda cricketer Mahesh Pithiya, who is popularly known as duplicate Ashwin, met his idol in Nagpur ahead of the first Test match between India and Australia. “I was thrilled as Ashwin sir recognized me …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: With India all set to face Australia in the four-match Test series, beginning this Thursday, Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik sent a message to Rohit Sharma and his men as to which Aussie players could pose the biggest threat to the hosts in the 4 Test series.Karthik picked …

[ad_1] A Test series in India invariably boils down to the spinners. The last time the subcontinental giants lost a series at home, to England in 2012-13, spinners Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar wreaked havoc.India took their lessons from that series and made it mandatory to include one (or two) …