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Pakistan batter Haider Ali has been cleared to resume his career, with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) revoking his provisional suspension months after he was found not guilty in a rape case filed in Manchester. The 25-year-old, who has not played any competitive cricket since September, is now among nine Pakistan players permitted to participate…
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan and Rishabh Pant (X) India’s dramatic 408-run batting collapse against South Africa has reopened debates around technique, pitches and white-ball overload. But Kapil Dev believes the conversation should begin somewhere simpler. He wants to know whether India’s top batters are playing enough domestic cricket to cope with spin and…
KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal & Sanjay Manjrekar (X) Sanjay Manjrekar has delivered a sharp assessment of India’s growing batting concerns in home Test cricket, highlighting how the side has now dropped two of their last three series on their own turf. In both those defeats, India were thoroughly outclassed and even handed a clean sweep….
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir, right, and former cricketer and commentator Anil Kumble. (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Anil Kumble criticised the batting performance after India conceded a 288-run first-innings lead to South Africa in the second Test on Monday, while former Proteas fast bowler Dale Steyn praised the visitors for controlling…
Kuldeep Yadav reacted to the Guwahati pitch on Day 2, what worked for Team India, and what South African batters did better. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan) India spinner Kuldeep Yadav offered a blunt assessment of the Barsapara Stadium surface after South Africa stretched their first-innings total to 489 on a pitch that offered little assistance to…
The wedding of Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana and music composer-filmmaker Palash Muchhal, which was planned for Sunday in Sangli, has been postponed indefinitely. Mandhana’s manager, Tuhin Mishra, said the decision was taken after her father fell unwell.“This morning, while they were having breakfast, Smriti’s father, Shriniwas Mandhana, suddenly started feeling unwell. We waited for a…
All of South Africa’s top four batters on Day 1 of the 2nd Test combined to ‘achieve’ something never done before in history. (Agencies) South Africa produced a statistical rarity on the opening day of the second Test, becoming the first team in Test history to see all of their top four score at least…
Sai Sudharsan and Washington Sundar NEW DELHI: India’s deepening Test troubles at home have brought the spotlight firmly on an unexpected but crucial issue — the constant chopping and changing at the No.3 batting position. The debate intensified after Washington Sundar walked out at one-down during the first Test against South Africa at Eden Gardens,…
Sai Sudharsan and Washington Sundar NEW DELHI: India’s deepening Test troubles at home have brought the spotlight firmly on an unexpected but crucial issue — the constant chopping and changing at the No.3 batting position. The debate intensified after Washington Sundar walked out at one-down during the first Test against South Africa at Eden Gardens,…
Ricky Ponting takes a critical stance on the pitch conditions in Kolkata, arguing that the extreme turning nature of the surface is counterproductive for India’s own batting lineup. He endorses Rishabh Pant as the ideal choice for captain in the upcoming Test, highlighting Pant’s vast experience in the IPL. NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Ricky…
