Sanjay Manjrekar bats for day-night Test cricket
Cricket | October 01, 2018 21:23 ISTSanjay Manjrekar said players are choosing T20 leagues over Test cricket because of the money involved in the shortest formal.
Sanjay Manjrekar said players are choosing T20 leagues over Test cricket because of the money involved in the shortest formal.
Pakistan are slated to play their first Test against Australia at Dubai, starting from October 7, followed by the second and final Test at Abu Dhabi beginning October 16.
After clinching a record 7th Asia Cup trophy, India will now shift their focus onto the tw-match Test series against West Indies, where Virat Kohli will lead a younger squad into attack.
The selectors have recalled left-arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz after he was dropped for this year's one-off Test against Ireland.
Kohli is in favour of the forthcoming Test championship. He scored 593 runs at 59.30 in the Test series against England.
With Alastair Cook retiring from the Test scene, the selectors decided to call up Surrey opening batsman Burns and Kent all-rounder Denly.
West Indies are slated to play two Tests, five ODIs and three T20Is in a seven-week-long tour, with the 1st Test commencing from October 4 at Rajkot.
Australia are slated to play their first Test against Pakistan from October 7 in Dubai followed by the second match at Abu Dhabi from October 16.
With India's top-order struggling against England in the ongoing Test series, former India opener and IndiaTV cricket expert Virender Sehwag has suggested captain Virat Kohli to play limited-over opener Rohit Sharma at the top slot in Test cricket as
The Indian team is currently playing against England in the five-match Test series where they are lagging 1-3 after the fourth Test.
Good news comes its way for the visitors as Kohli is near full fitness, whereas R Ashwin, Hardik Pandya and seamer Jasprit Bumrah have been declared fit for the 3rd Test at Nottingham.
The remaining four days will see 96 overs each to make up for the lost time. However, there is more rain forecast for this weekend and as such this match could see routine rain breaks.
The former India captain said the leg spinner has the skills and has been given the chance to prove himself in the ongoing 'A' series against South Africa.
Jay Darrell, a batsman from Minehead CC, was on 98 and eyeing his maiden ton, however, the bowler threw the ball over the boundary ropes, conceding a no-ball.
When stumps were taken due to bad light, the visitors were trailing by 239 runs after India A declared their first innings at 584 for eight.
Tendulkar advised Kohli to continue the way he prepares before a match and not to be bothered about the ups and downs in his form.
England selectors ignored the fact that Adil Rashid has not played the longer version since December 2016.
Kohli, Vijay, Rahul scored their respective fifties to help India build momentum and it was Dinesh Karthik who leads the way for the visitors after the top order crumbled early on Day 1.
Du Plessis' comments came after Sri Lanka thrashed South Africa 2-0 in the recently-concluded two-match series, where the fast bowler could only manage to add two wickets in his tally.
Jadeja and Ashwin have 866 and 811 points respectively, while South African duo of Rabada (882) and Philander (826) are placed in the second and fourth spot respectively.
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