Ravichandran Ashwin became India's only third cricketer to score a duck playing in his 100th Test match and ninth overall in red-ball cricket history. Ashwin joined the likes of Brendon McCullum and Cheteshawar Pujara to concede this unwanted feat.
Rohit Sharma's 12th Test hundred helped him surpass Babar Azam in the list of players to score the most number of centuries in the World Test Championship history. Rohit has now equalled Steven Smith.
Rohit Sharam and Shubman Gill converted their fifties into brilliant hundreds and then Sarfaraz Khan and uncapped Devdutt Padikkal smashed quick fifties to help India go past 400 in their first innings against England in Dharamsala on Friday.
Ben Stokes last bowled in international cricket during the Lord's Test in June-July 2023 against Australia in the Ashes. He played as a frontline batter for England during their ODI World Cup defense in October and November.
This is Rohit Sharma's second Test hundred in the ongoing five-match contest against the Three Lions. He scored 131 runs in the first innings of the 3rd Test at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot and was a major contributor to India's win.
While the focus was on Rohit Sharma at the start of the day, Shubman Gill made sure to hog the limelight with aggressive batting. He notched up his century in 130-odd deliveries soon after Rohit crossed the 100-run mark and is looking good to make it a big hundred.
The right-arm medium pacer Matt Henry finished day two of the 2nd Test with figures of 3/39. He picked up the big wickets of Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green and Travis Head to put Australia on the backfoot.
India are in pole position in the ongoing fifth and final Test against England in Dharamsala. In response to the visitors' 218 in the first innings, India have already taken a lead with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill plundering runs at will even as the former has slammed his 12th Test ton.
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Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to commence on March 22 with the game between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gujarat Titans will being their campaign on March 24 against the five-time champions Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The second season of Legends Cricket Trophy is set to get underway from March 8. All the matches are scheduled to take place in Kandy, Sri Lanka with a total of seven teams taking part. The retired international players will set the stage on fire till March 19.
Virat Kohli has missed the five-match Test series against England due to personal reasons. But former New Zealand Test captain Kane Williamson has been in action right through and despite not making his 100th Test a memorable one, he has gone past Kohli.
Former New Zealand Test captain Kane Williamson walked out to standing ovation at Christchurch's Hagley Oval playing his 100th Test against Australia on Friday, March 8. Not just Williamson, Tim Southee, the current Kiwi Test skipper is also playing his 100th Test match.
The star English all-rounder Natalie Sciver-Brunt top-scored with 45 off 31 balls to help Mumbai Indians post 160/6 while batting first and then took two wickets on consecutive deliveries to help her team clinch a huge win in New Delhi.
“After some arguments, Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan submits that WFI shall withdraw the circular. The trials shall proceed as per the circular of February 9. Needless to say the Ad-Hoc Committee will ensure that all the eligible athletes are allowed to participate in the trial,” the court said.
Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took all ten wickets to help India bowl out England on 218 in the first innings of the fifth Test match as the hosts achieved a rare feat in red-ball cricket after a gap of 48 years.
Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets and the veteran Ravichandran Ashwin took four to bowl out England on 218 in the first innings on Day 1 in Dharamsala. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal then gave India a stunning start with a 104-run stand for the opening wicket.
Rohit Sharma completed 1,000 runs as a captain in Test cricket and became the only third Indian cricketer to register a unique milestone during the ongoing Day 1 of the fifth Test match against England in Dharamsala on Thursday.
India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored runs for fun in the ongoing five-match Test series against England. He smacked two consecutive double-centuries and has also started well in the fifth Test match in Dharamsala.
"I have been working hard and practicing and you all know I took a test this weekend but I don’t find myself ready to play at the highest level at such an important event." Rafael Nadal said after withdrawing from the game against Milos Raonic on Thursday.
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