South African captain Temba Bavuma on Tuesday announced an all-pace attack for the first Test against Pakistan starting at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Thursday. The two-match series is crucial for South Africa, who will qualify for next year's World Test Championship final if they win one of the matches. "We back our …
Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma© AFP It has been a tough few months for Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma. In the last seven matches since the start of the Test season against Bangladesh, India have managed to post a 250-plus total just four times and a major reason behind that has …
Ahead of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India, Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh highlighted the importance of taking on pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. Marsh noted that merely "seeing off" the "best bowler in the world" could lead to losing one's wicket, emphasising the need to adapt to the situation and apply …
Australia's wicketkeeping great Adam Gilchrist has pointed out that Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana weren't up to the desired level in Adelaide to support fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah, who picked eight wickets in India's 295-run win in Perth, picked 4/61 in the first innings in Adelaide. Though Siraj took 4-98, his economy …
The upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy holds immense importance for Virat Kohli as the former India captain is under pressure to regain his form. After failures in back-to-back home series' against Bangladesh and New Zealand, respectively, the five-match rubber against Australia is being viewed as a make-or-break tour of his illustrious career. Former India batter …
The third India vs South Africa T20I in Centurion saw a bizarre stoppage. After India had set hosts South Africa a target of 220, Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks scored seven in one over when play had to be stopped as insects caused the play to stop. And it was not a brief delay …
