Mohammad Amir rates Virat Kohli above Steve Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson
July 18, 2017 13:05 ISTMohammad Amir on Tuesday said Virat Kohli was the best batsman in the world ahead of Steve Smith, Kane Williamson and Joe Root.
Mohammad Amir on Tuesday said Virat Kohli was the best batsman in the world ahead of Steve Smith, Kane Williamson and Joe Root.
None of the England batsmen were able to contribute much in the side's second innings, with former skipper and opener Alastair Cook being the top scorer with 42 runs.
Joe Root now has to muster his men for the two remaining Tests with doubts growing over the makeup of the top three batsmen, a crucial part of the team.
Chasing a mammoth target of 474 runs to win, the hosts failed to counter South Africa's bowling attack and were eventually collapsed to 133 all out in their second innings on the fourth day, succumbing to the second biggest defeat, in terms of runs,
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Twenty seven-year-old 'Toni', as he is widely known, joins Bengaluru from Spanish second division side Rayo Vallecano with whom he spent the 2016-17 season. He also becomes the third Spanish player in the side alongside Juanan Gonzalez and Dimas Delg
The 40-year-old takes over from Nelo Vingada, who guided the team to fifth position in the eight-team tournament last season.
England have been on a great run in this World Cup and also hold the advantage of playing in their backyard, however, Sout Africa will not let such an opportunity slip away either.
Chasing a mammoth target of 474 runs to win, the hosts failed to counter South Africa's bowling attack and were eventually collapsed to 133 all out in their second innings on the fourth day.
At stumps, Sri Lanka were 170/3, with Kusal Mendis (unbeaten at 60) and former skipper Angelo Mathews (unbeaten at 17) batting at the crease.
England were all out for 133 facing a daunting target of 474, with no one reaching 50.
Glenn McGrath said taking up coaching after retiring from the game was a decision that came about after a lot of consideration but he had been enjoying it.
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Virat Kohli's next assignment will start in Sri Lanka where he will lead India in three Tests, five ODIs and one-off T20I. The first Test starts on July 26.
The Welshman is back in training and along with the squad after an ankle injury caused him to miss out the latter end of the season.
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The Pakistan Women's cricket team has been under scrutiny as the team performed extremely poor in the World Cup and ended its run on Saturday with not a single win in the campaign.
Rhodes, who is currently serving as the fielding coach of IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, might take up the role of a fielding consultant to the team for a span of less than a month.
Former Real Madrid player Miguel Angel Portugal will be the new head coach for Delhi Dynamos as the Spaniard is highly impressed with the way the team plays.
Ravichandran Ashwin refused to dwell much into Ravi Shastri's appointment as India's head coach and indicated that the team has moved from the controversy which surfaced after Anil Kumble's exit.
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