India vs England 5th Test Live: India ended Day 1 at 135/1 in response to England's 218 in the first innings. With Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill looking good, the hosts will be keen on bat the opposition out of the game. Will England fightback with their spinners?
R Ashwin will rejoin the Indian team for the rest of the third Test in Rajkot against England on Day 4, as confirmed by the BCCI. Ashwin had left for home due to a family emergency midway through the Rajkot Test after the end of second day's play. Ashwin took his 500th wicket in the first innings.
R Ashwin withdrew from the ongoing third Test in Rajkot due to a family emergency while Kyle Jamieson has been ruled out for a year due to a stress fracture at the very same spot where he suffered an injury earlier. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on February 17.
India vs England 3rd Test Live: India have reached the point of ascendency in the ongoing third Test in Rajkot, having taken a 322-run lead against England after three days of play. Shubman Gill is batting on 65 as India still have 8 wickets in hand and England will hope to take early wickets.
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.
Former England pacer Steve Finn has questioned Indian skipper Rohit Sharma's tactics in the third Test as the visitors came out all guns blazing and smashed 207 runs in just 35 overs in Rajkot. Rohit called upon R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja very late as Ben Duckett was already set by then.
Team India were handed a five-run penalty in their batting innings during the third Test against England in Rajkot. Hence, England began their first innings at 5/0 without even a ball bowled. The hosts amassed 445 runs in their first innings owing to centuries by Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja.
Indian all-round duo of Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin were involved in a horrible mix-up as both of them ended up being on the same side of the pitch in the final session of the second day. Ashwin was distraught and Jadeja too felt bad, however, the latter continued to score an unbeaten 81.
R Ashwin with three wickets in the first innings against England in Hyderabad achieved the milestone of 150 wickets in the World Test Championship history as he became the first Indian bowler to do so. India bowled out England for 246 in the first innings of the opening Test.
R Ashwin was upfront when asked why he was excited about the upcoming five-match Test series against England at the BCCI Awards in Hyderabad on Tuesday, January 23. Ashwin won the BCCI Cricket of the Year award for the 2020-21 period.
England opening batter Ben Duckett, who has become a regular in the Test side is expecting to be challenged by the Indian spinners in the upcoming five-match series against India, especially the veteran R Ashwin. The five-match Test series kicks off on January 25 in Hyderabad.
Jasprit Bumrah, who was the best bowler for India in the series opener in Centurion, tried his hand at off-spin during the training ahead of the second Test against South Africa. India will be looking to level the series in Cape Town after suffering a defeat by an innings and 32 runs.
In the day and age of X (formerly Twitter) where fake-quoting celebrities has become a norm, a user got a lesson after he shared a news regarding possible transfer in the future with respect to Sanju Samson. The user, however, made the mistake of choosing R Ashwin to quote, who busted the myth.
Mukesh Kumar, the Bengal pacer who made his debut for India across all formats this year has impressed one and all with his control and was the best bowler for his side in the first T20I against Australia amid all the carnage. R Ashwin meanwhile, has made a huge prediction regarding Kumar.
With just a day remaining for the trade window and retention deadline to close ahead of the auction for the 2024 edition of the IPL, the rumours have been rife for probably the biggest trade in the 16-year history of the cash-rich league. Here's a look at how many captains have been traded before-
An India vs Australia final was on the cards but the way the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 has gone, it was only fair. India have been playing unchanged since the New Zealand match almost a month ago and it seems to be going that way for the final as well unless last-minute temptation to change.
Team India will be bowling first against Afghanistan in their second game in the World Cup 2023 after Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and opted to bat first in Delhi on Wednesday, October 11. Team India made once change to their line-up from the side that played the first game.
Team India will take on Afghanistan in their second match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Wednesday, October 11 in Delhi. With the surface in Delhi being so different from Chennai, the Men in Blue might consider bringing in an extra pace option.
Former Australian players have started playing mind games since the ODI World Cup.
Veteran Indian spinner R Ashwin has been on the top of his game in the ongoing ODI series against Australia upon return to the national side in the format after 20 months. Ashwin may or may not be in the World Cup side but talked about the variation that did the trick after the rain break in Indore.
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