Team India captain Rohit Sharma has hailed the BCCI's move to introduce the 'Test cricket incentive scheme' in order to promote and encourage the longest format of the game amongst youngsters and those wanting to play for the country in the future. The announcement came after India's 4-1 series win.
Rohit Sharma scored 400 runs in the IND vs ENG Test series. Apart from his two centuries, Rohit led a young bunch of Indian players, missing several big guns, to a 4-1 series win over a full-strength English side.
Rohit Sharma did not turn out on the field when India's batting got over in the first innings of the 5th Test in Dharamsala, BCCI confirmed. The Indian Board also revealed the reason behind his absence.
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.
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.
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.
Team India skipper Rohit Sharma was left dumbfounded as despite Sarfaraz Khan's insistence, he didn't go for a review for a catch against Zak Crawley but the replays showed that the batter had hit it. The reactions from players went viral before Kuldeep Yadav got Crawley eventually.
Rohit Sharma took a dig at England opener Ben Duckett for his remarks on Yashasvi Jaiswal during the third Test of the India vs England series. Rohit hit out at the English opener, who wanted to take credit for Jaiswal's batting approach, reminding him of Rishabh Pant and his style of play.
A 1983 World Cup winner has emphasized on the importance of domestic cricket. He opened on BCCI's decision to not consider Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer for the BCCI annual contracts stating that even the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should play domestic cricket.
ICC has released the latest rankings and the major updates are around India and England players with the five-match series between the two teams still in progress. Moreover, having missed all four Tests so far, Virat Kohli is on the verge of going out of top 10.
India overcame several challenges in the ongoing Test series against England to seal the contest with one match to go. The likes of Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah have been unavailable for entire or part of the series and the youngsters have stepped up.
Rohit Sharma-led India recorded a five-wicket win against England in the fourth Test match to seal the five-match series in Ranchi on Monday. Youngster Dhruv Jurel claimed the Player of the Match award for scoring 129 runs across two innings.
For the first time in the last decade, India have successfully chased over 150 to win a Test match on home soil. Notably, this is England's first Test series loss since the appointment of Brendon McCullum as the red-ball head coach and Ben Stokes as captain.
If India go on to win the 4th Test in Ranchi, then it will be the first time England would lose a Test series after the appointment of Brendon McCullum as coach and Ben Stokes as captain of the red-ball team.
Rohit Sharma wanted a fielder close to the batter but stopped Sarfaraz Khan from fielding at silly point without his helmet. The Indian captain schooled Sarfaraz for it and asked him to wear the gear. The incident took place during the third day of the IND vs ENG 4th Test.
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