Rishabh Pant’s foot injury during the fourth Test raised questions about whether teams should be allowed to have substitutes who can bat or bowl in case someone is unable to continue owing to some serious injury. India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir isn’t averse to the idea. “I’m all for it. If the umpires and the…
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…
India’s wicketkeeper-batter was taken off the field on a stretched during the opening day of the fourth Test against England in Manchester. Pant attempted a reverse sweep against Chris Woakes. The ball, however, took and inside edge and ricocheted onto his front boot. Pant called the physio on the field for treatment. However, as the…
Overcast skies, forecasts of rain, and doubts about the wicket made the toss crucial. But as he won the toss for the fourth successive time in the series on Wednesday, Ben Stokes promptly asked India to bat at Old Trafford. While Stokes expected the bowlers to make use of the conditions, his Indian counterpart Shubman Gill thought it was a ‘good…
Dhruv Jurel isn’t quite expressive. He is calm, though not often quiet. He comes with a positive mindset, and is always ready to put in the hard yards. The son of an army man, he focuses on ‘process’ and ‘discipline’. Those two words, he believes, have helped him grow as a cricketer. In a competitive…
By the time the teams reached the Lord’s for the third Test on Thursday morning, the green top had received a bit of trimming. As the sun shone brightly and a packed venue cheered for the home team, England captain Ben Stokes made an uncommon decision — to bat first. In sharp contrast to the…