India pacer Mohammed Siraj on Wednesday landed in his hometown Hyderabad after a stellar performance in the intensely contested drawn Test series against England, and enthusiastic fans made a beeline to welcome him. Siraj was the leading wicket-taker in the five-match series. He played all the five games and bowled a mammoth 185.3 overs. The…
Yashasvi Jaiswal broke the shackles when it mattered the most. After a memorable start to the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, with a century in the first Test and an 87 in the second, Jaiswal struggled in his next six innings, notching up only 101 runs. But at The Oval on Saturday, he proved why he is rated…
India has registered its highest-ever run tally in a Test series during the fifth and final match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England at the Oval. The Indian team has scored over 3,400 runs on the Test tour to England this year, surpassing its previous record tally of 3,270 runs, achieved during a six-match Test…
All-rounder Jamie Overton, who played the only Test match of his career back in 2022, has been recalled to the 15-member England squad for the fifth and final Test against India, starting on Thursday at the Oval. The 31-year-old Surrey all-rounder, who played three games for Chennai Super Kings in the last edition of the…
India captain Shubman Gill said it would be a big deal for the team if pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah manages to play the series-deciding fifth Test despite the team’s original plan to restrict him to three matches. Bumrah, who suffered a stress reaction earlier in the year, was initially scheduled to feature in only three…
Rishabh Pant has been advised six weeks’ rest because of a toe fracture, which essentially means he could be ruled out of the remainder of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series between England and India. On Wednesday, Pant was hit on the foot while trying to reverse sweep a yorker from Chris Woakes. The ball took an…