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Keeping on pitches that offer turn and bounce makes the job of a stumper challenging but for Wriddhiman Saha it becomes more enjoyable when Ravindra Jadeja and R Aswhin bowl on such wickets.
India's batsmen picked up from where they had left in Galle and piled the misery on Sri Lanka's bowlers as they scored 344/3 on day 1 of the second Test in Colombo.
It was a new day, but the pattern of the game pretty much the same as the Indian players continued their domination over Sri Lanka on the second day of the first Test at the Galle International Stadium in Galle on Thursday.
The left-hander scored a career-best 190 off 168 balls on day one of the first Test against Sri Lanka to guide India to 399/3 at stumps.
India take on Australia in the fourth and the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy in Dharamsala, starting Saturday. The series is currently locked at 1-1.
Cheteshwar Pujara registered his 11th Test century to bring India closer to Australia’s first innings score of 451.
India has made a strong response to Australia's mammoth first innings total of 451 runs, with the hosts at 120/1 at the end of second day's play at the JSCA stadium in Ranchi.
Skipper Virat Kohli will undergo scans on his injured shoulder after leaving the field in the afternoon session of the opening day's play in the third Test against Australia Thursday.
Skipper Virat Kohli will undergo scans on his injured shoulder after leaving the field in the afternoon session of the opening day's play in the third Test against Australia Thursday.
India take on Australia in the third Test of the four-match series at the JSCA stadium in Ranchi. The series is currently locked at 1-1, with two matches to go.
Kohli and his boys fought back into the game on Monday as they ended the day with a handy lead of 126 runs on a wicket that will be a bowler’s delight on the last two days of the Test.
Indian batsmen have been outwitted by Australian spinners in the ongoing Test series but Cheteshwar Pujara insisted that there is "nothing wrong" with the batting line-up. with their batting line-up.
If Steve O’Keefe wreaked havoc in the first Test, it was the turn of his spin partner Nathan Lyon to rip through the Indian batting on Saturday as he finished with figures of 8/50 to bundle out India for a paltry 189 in the first innings.
Stung by the humiliating defeat in the series-opener, Virat Kohli will face the toughest battle of his fledgling captaincy career when India take on a resurgent Australia in the second cricket Test starting on Saturday.
India will look to turn their fortunes around when they on Australia in the second Test of the four match series in Bengaluru, starting Saturday.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli hardly minced words in criticising his team's shambolic show in the 333-run loss to Australia, saying it was easily the side's worst batting display in the last two years.
Australia have taken a vice like grip on the first Test after completely outplaying India on Day 2 of the match. Left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe triggering a collapse by picking up 6 wickets as the visitors bowled India out for 105 in the first innings.
A few eyebrows may have been raised finding Umesh Yadav introduced into the attack in the 28th over but Indian team's assistant coach Sanjay Bangar termed it as a part of the plan knowing the Vidarbha speedster's ability to get reverse swing.
Virat Kohli's team India ended Bangladesh's dogged resistance on the last day to win the only Test match by 208 runs. The victory is India's fifth on the trot and also extends their unbeaten run to 19 Test matches.
Wriddhiman Saha hails hailed the Indian team management's clear cut policy of giving the well performing injured players a chance to make a comeback into the playing XI once they are fully fit.
Their supremacy restored after a rare blip, India will go for the kill even as an angry England alight at the Garden City with fire in their bellies, setting the stage for a tantalising series-deciding third and final Twenty20 International.
England thumped India by 7 wickets in the opening T20 international at Kanpur to go 1-0 up in the three-match series with a thorough team performance.
A flamboyant Indian team that has converted chasing down incredible targets into an art form are once again ready to show their ruthless streak as they aim for a series clinching victory against England in the second ODI.
Virat Kohli felt that Sunday's three-wicket win over England will take "some time to sink in" simply because it needed a "special partnership" to chase down a 351-run target after top-order collapse.
Young Virat Kohli will usher in a new era in Indian cricket when he leads the side tomorrow in the ODI series-opener against England in place of iconic Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
The Indian team have an opportunity to record its biggest-ever series victory against England when the two sides lock horns in the fifth and final Test, starting Friday.
Jayant slammed his maiden Test century at the Wankhede and along with Virat Kohli, the duo put on 241 for the eighth wicket — the most for India and the second highest against England for any team.
India opener Murali Vijay slammed his eighth career Test ton in the fourth Test between India and England at Wankhede.
Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara put on an unbeaten century stand as India ended the second day of the fourth Test against England at 146/1, in reply to England's first innings total of 400.
A dominant India will be eyeing to clinch the five-Test series against England with yet another comprehensive victory when the two teams square off in the fourth match of the series on Thursday.
Virat Kohli's side won by eight wickets in Mohali last week to take an unbeatable 2-0 series lead after victory in Viskhapatnam. The first match in Rajkot was a draw.
Two wickets each for Jayant Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav as England could only muster 268/8 at stumps on Day 1 of the Third Test.
Indian Test captain Virat Kohli has termed the ball tampering allegations against him as a ploy to "shift focus from the series" as "ICC would have spoken to him" had there been any truth in the matter.
Kohli and his men have drawn first blood after beating England comprehensively by 246 runs in the second Test match at Visakhapatnam.
Riding on centuries from Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara, India put on a majestic 317/4 on the first day of the second test match in Vishakhapatnam.
Team India survived England scare on the final day as the opening Test of the five-match series in Rajkot resulted in an exciting draw on Sunday.
England openers Haseeb Hameed and captain Alastair Cook remained unbeaten at the end of the fourth day of Rajkot Test to increase the visitors' lead to 163 runs.
Pujara smashed his 9th Test ton and his first at Rajkot on Day 3, taking India closer to the mammoth 1st innings total set by England.
India take on England in the first match of the 5-match Test series in Rajkot. The venue will be hosting its first ever Test match, having hosted two ODIs in the past.
Mishra, who returned with impressive figures of 5-18 in six overs, claimed 15 wickets in the five matches and was judged the man of the match and the player of the series.
With the series locked at 2-2, Dhoni and his men will be eager to clinch the issue while history beckons Kane Williamson's men as they have a glorious opportunity to taste their maiden success in a bilateral ODI rubber.
Hardik Pandya speaks on the eve of India's 4th ODI against New Zealand at Dhoni's home ground.
India will take on New Zealand in the second ODI in the capital. The hosts won the 1st ODI by six wickets in Dharamsala.
Wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha, who spiced up Indias lower-order batting on Saturday with a dogged unbeaten 54 which helped the side go past the 300-run mark in the first innings, said the plan was to play aggressively from the start of the day.
The right-hander, along with Chesteshwar Pujara (87), helped India after a top-order collapse, blamed themselves for failing to carry forward the momentum.
Virat Kohli, Captain, Indian Cricket Team interacts with the media at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur, on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming Test. (Audio Source: BCCI)