Team India thrashed England by 434 runs in the third Test in Rajkot after the visitors were bowled out for 122 in their second innings. Babar Azam, on the other hand, became the first batter to score 3,000 PSL runs. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on February 19.
Ben Stokes England were folded for just 122 in their mammoth chase of 557. Ravindra Jadeja's fifer led India's charge with the ball as the Men in Blue registered a 434-run win. Ben Stokes is confident the team will bounce back.
Team India was handed a body blow in the third Test against England with R Ashwin withdrawing midway due to a family emergency. England have smashed 207 runs in just 35 overs and India need wickets and their remaining four bowlers will have to do the job.
Ben Stokes has opened up on his bowling fitness as he is looking to step up his bowling workload to return to the full-all-rounder's capacity. Stokes said that he has made a pinky promise to his physio.
India cricketer Virat Kohli is missing the entire Test series against England due to personal reasons. Earlier, he had taken the emergency leave due to personal reasons for only the first two Tests but hasn't returned for the rest of the series. England skipper has opened up on his absence.
Mark Wood is the quickest pacer in the England squad that has assembled in India. He went wicketless in the first Test of the series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
Australia aim to register yet another clean sweep as they gear up to face West Indies in the 3rd and final T20I of the five-match series at the Perth Stadium on Tuesday. All of that and much more in today's sports wrap.
England arrived in Rajkot on Monday and their first practice session happened on Tuesday (February 13), two days before the third Test of the five-match series. The series is currently locked at 1-1 after the visitors won the Hyderabad Test by 28 runs while India came back strongly in second Test.
Ben Stokes made his Test debut at the Adelaide Oval against Australia in the 2013/14 Ashes. The southpaw has led England in 21 Tests and won 14 out of those.
India won the second Test against England by 106 runs as the visitors were bundled out for just 292 runs chasing the target of 399 runs. Zak Crawley's wicket arguably was the turning point as a DRS call against him went in favour of India.
Ben Stokes had knee surgery nearly two months before the India vs England Test series started. Stokes continued to showcase his magic as he grabbed a blinder of a catch on Day 3 of the second Test to help Tom Hartley dismiss Shreyas Iyer.
Indian pacer took six wickets to bowl out England on 253 in their first innings at the Vizag Test and also completed 150 wickets in red-ball cricket. Bumrah became the fastest Indian pacer to reach the 150-wicket mark in Tests and set another huge milestone on Saturday.
After a sensational double ton by Yashasvi Jaiswal, India also dominated with a ball to take a staggering 171-run run lead at the end of Day 2's play at the Vizag Test. Jasprit Bumrah produced his best figures in Tests in India with six wickets to bowl out England on 253.
Jasprit Bumrah completed 150 Test wickets as he ripped apart England's star-studded batting lineup with five wickets in the first innings of the second Test match at Visakhapatnam's ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
"Leach ruled out of the second Test. Unfortunately, the knock he took resulted in a haematoma in his leg. It's a big shame for us, a big shame for Jack, obviously after a long time out of the game with his back. To sustain that injury, first game back, obviously it's frustrating," Stokes said.
"Bashir comes into calculations for the next Test match. If the wickets continue to spin as much as what we saw in the first Test as the series goes on, look, we won't be afraid to play all spinners or a balance of what we've got," McCullum said.
"We've had a lot of great victories, we've been involved in some amazing games. But I think [with] where we are and who we're playing against, this victory is 100%, definitely our greatest triumph since I've been captain," Ben Stokes said after the Hyderabad Test win.
Veteran Ravichandran Ashwin and wicketkeeper batter KS Bharat produced a brilliant 57-run stand for the eighth wicket to deny England an early win but debutant spinner Tom Hartley's 7-fer ended India's innings on 202.
India found themselves in some real trouble on the fourth day of the first Test against England as they lost 7 wickets for just 119 chasing 231 runs. India's problems were further mounted as the whole country saw Ravindra Jadeja holding his hamstring after being run out by Ben Stokes.
England captain Ben Stokes failed to replicate his first innings heroics as Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed him with an unplayable delivery that turned away sharply after pitching.
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