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Even as head coach Gautam Gambhir defended the surface — where wickets tumbled in clusters — Cheteshwar Pujara insisted such pitches only hurt India. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India batter Cheteshwar Pujara dismissed suggestions that India’s heavy defeat to South Africa in the first Test at Eden Gardens was due to a transition phase….
The Eden Gardens wicket was reportedly left unwatered for over a week and kept under covers each evening. (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s shocking 30-run defeat to South Africa while chasing just 124 has sparked a major debate — are captain Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir aligned on what ideal home pitches should…
NEW DELHI: South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, who missed the opening Test against India due to a rib injury, lavished praise on his team’s remarkable ability to “find a way to win” regardless of injuries or absences. The Proteas stunned India by 30 runs inside three days at the Eden Gardens, defending a modest…
Sourav Ganguly and Gautam Gambhir NEW DELHI: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has doubled down on his demand for Mohammed Shami’s Test comeback, saying India cannot afford to overlook the veteran pacer after their dramatic 30-run defeat to South Africa at the Eden Gardens. With India’s thin bowling depth exposed and the pitch coming under…
South Africa’s Simon Harmer, center, celebrates the dismissal of India’s Rishabh Pant. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin has delivered a brutally honest assessment of India’s shocking batting collapse at Eden Gardens, insisting that the current generation of Indian batters is no longer the best against spin. India crashed to a 30-run defeat against South…
South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj and Ryan Rickelton celebrate the wicket of India’s Mohammed Siraj. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Eden Gardens pitch has become the centre of a heated debate after India’s first Test against South Africa ended within three days, exposing deep divisions among cricketing greats and raising fresh questions about India’s struggles on…
Rishabh Pant reacts as he walks off the field after losing his wicket on the third day of the first cricket test match between India and South Africa in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: “There were no demons in the pitch,” said India head coach Gautam Gambhir after he was…
Team India suffered a humbling defeat as SA won by 30 runs at Eden Gardens (Images via AP) Michael Vaughan added to his attack on the Eden Gardens surface after India slipped to a 30-run defeat against South Africa in the opening Test, saying the hosts had set themselves up for the result that followed….
India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal gets bowled by South Africa’s Marco Jansen (ANI Photo) Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has come down hard on the Eden Gardens surface used for the first Test between India and South Africa, calling the pitch unfit for the longest format after 26 wickets tumbled inside the first two days. South Africa…
India’s Kuldeep Yadav celebrates taking the wicket of Ryan Rickelton (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Kolkata :Ryan Rickelton desperately tried to put his bat in front of his pad to a Jasprit Bumrah delivery that kept dangerously low, hitting him in the shins. A vociferous appeal followed in just the third over of South Africa’s second innings….
