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Yashasvi Jaiswal’s success a hat-tip to Mumbai, city with big heart and giving cricketers

Here’s a request. While applauding India’s bright new star Yashasvi Jaiswal’s runs and his technical correctness, do give a hat-tip to his city Mumbai that has dutifully conserved its cricketing heritage like a precious family heirloom. Cricket’s original Indian home hasn’t allowed the wild winds of change to uproot the foundation of the game. Had it not been for Mumbai, Yashasvi wouldn’t have happened.His is a barely believable true story. As an 11-year-old son of a small-time shopkeeper in Bhadohi in UP, he had travelled all alone to the city that Bollywood keeps telling the world fulfils every dream. Yashavi wanted to play for India, he was driven and focused. He eventually did. There was help from coaches, mentors and guardians but if one zooms out, a more heartening bigger picture ...
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Fast bowler Akash Deep likely to make Test debut at Ranchi

Bengal fast bowler Akash Deep, 27, is likely to make his Test debut during fourth Test against England in Ranchi which starts on Friday. Akash is set to play in place of Jasprit Bumrah, who has been released for the game to manage his workload. Akash and Mukesh Kumar, also a Bengal fast bowler, are the two pace options to partner Mohammed Siraj for the fourth Test. But The Indian Express understands that the team management and selectors are likely to go with Akash as they are impressed with the way he bowled in the matches between India A and England Lions Akash picked up 10 wickets from two red-ball games for India A in Ahmedabad. Together with Mukesh, Akash has been a leading fast bowler for Bengal in red-ball cricket. Akash has scalped 104 wickets from 30 First-Class games, averagi...
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Ind vs Eng Tests | The way things fit together is the essence of good selection

File picture of Indian players standing for the national anthem ahead of the 1st Test against England in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: ANI As India prepare for a Test match with possibly their least experienced middle-order ever, it might be worth looking at what constitutes good team selection.Selectors are like wicketkeepers, remembered only when they make mistakes. Success or failure of their job is judged on whether the team wins or loses. In the former case, selections seem inevitable; in the latter, ill-advised.As in life, however, you can do the right thing and get the wrong result (and vice versa). Theoretically, AI can select a team entirely by algorithm, but the process will lack important human qualities: imagination, creativity and unpredictability. Two of the most intelligent ...
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I think he is available: Kuldeep Yadav shares Ravindra Jadeja update before 3rd Test vs England

Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav on Tuesday confirmed that Ravindra Jadeja was available for selection for the 3rd Test against England at Rajkot. Jadeja and wicketkeeper KL Rahul sat out the second Test vs England at Vizag with the former getting ruled out after sustaining a hamstring injury while the latter had complained of a right quadriceps pain. With the 3rd Test a couple of days away, the Indian Express had reported that Rahul wasn’t found to be fully fit yet but Jadeja was given the green signal to take the field for the crucial match in the series which is tied 1-1. On Tuesday, Kuldeep would all but confirm Jadeja’s fitness, saying, “”He is doing his routine (work). He did one session yesterday (Monday) and I think he is available.” The bowler, however, could not give clarity on h...
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IND vs ENG Tests | This could finish as the finest series ever played in India

India’s Kuldeep Yadav celebrates the wicket of England’s Zak Crawley during the fourth day of the second Test cricket match between India and England at ACA-VDCA Stadium In Visakhapatnam on February 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: K.R Deepak This England series is promising to be the most exciting played in India. The teams know how Bazball can succeed as well as how it fails. That knowledge will be important over the next three Tests as each team begins to move closer to the style the other plays in. England might learn that sometimes defence is the better part of valour while India could abandon some of its overcautious approach. It will be fun to watch the process.England had said they would chase 600 even. But it is usually prudent to have an anchor around whom the others can play. Bazbal...
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India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 4: Ollie Pope (148*) in position to strengthen ENG’s claim in Hyderabad

How Bumrah’s reverse-swinging pearlers arrested England’s free-swingers India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after taking the wicket of England's Ben Duckett during the third day of first test match between India and England, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) The new ball was taken off Jasprit Bumrah’s hand after a two-over spell. With R Ashwin immediately finding turn, Rohit Sharma brought Axar Patel from the other end. Switching between mid-on or short fine-leg, Bumrah would use every opportunity, sometimes just five-ten seconds, to urgently shine the ball. When the ball was not in his hands, standing at fine-leg, he would point out the BCCI emblem on his t-shirt to whoever had the ball, signalling which si...
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India vs England: How Bumrah’s reverse-swinging pearlers arrested England’s free-swingers

The new ball was taken off Jasprit Bumrah’s hand after a two-over spell. With R Ashwin immediately finding turn, Rohit Sharma brought Axar Patel from the other end. Switching between mid-on or short fine-leg, Bumrah would use every opportunity, sometimes just five-ten seconds, to urgently shine the ball. When the ball was not in his hands, standing at fine-leg, he would point out the BCCI emblem on his t-shirt to whoever had the ball, signalling which side of the ball to shine.For the next 13 overs, as England’s top-order employed the reverse-sweep to good effect and thwarted the plans of India’s spin trio, Bumrah would watch the proceedings quietly from his perch. He would often walk for a short conversation with Ashwin and Rohit, using those moments to attend the red-cherry. With lush...
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India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 3: Ollie Pope scores a sublime ton in Hyderabad

Lack of plan B, frequency of boundary balls and tactical blunders, how England’s bowlers let India build a massive lead With an inadequate bowling resource and Jack Leach unable to bowl long spells with a sore left knee, England were in no position to put any sort of pressure on India, who were 421/7 at stumps on Day 2 with a healthy lead of 175. (Reuters/PTI) The Bazballers from England may have found a workable approach to survive against India’s spinners, but they are in dire need of a Plan B in bowling if they are to nurse any chance of competing in the series. Having decided to bench James Anderson and Ollie Robinson, their attack that includes two spinners with just one Test experience between them and a fast-bowler who can’t perform defensive roles meant they let India dictate t...
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India most successful team at home Tests, thanks to Ashwin and Jadeja | Data

Ravichandran Ashwin (R) and Ravindra Jadeja (L), of India, during test match between India and West Indies. | Photo Credit: RANDY BROOKS Today, when England starts its five-match Test tour in India, it will be facing the most successful team at home in the last decade. India’s win-loss record at home, in the past 11 years, stands apart when compared to the home records of other major Test-playing nations. Notably, India’s last Test series defeat at home came against England back in November-December 2012. The numbers analysed in this piece pertain to all the matches played in the 11 years post that defeat, unless specified otherwise.Table 1 | The table shows the number of home Tests played by all teams since December 20, 2012. It also lists the win/loss ratio and the share of wins. Tab...
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Ind vs Eng Tests | India’s home record is formidable; Bazball is England’s best chance

The Indian team at a net session at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium ahead of the first Test match against England on January 23, 2024 in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ninety years ago, when England first toured India for a Test series, E.H.D. Sewell, player-turned-reporter, wrote in an Indian newspaper: “If compelled to bet, my rupee would be on India. But what a cheerful loser I should be!” Writers tend to hedge their bets. Had Sewell been writing today, he might have said much the same thing, but perhaps with greater conviction in the first half of that prediction. In recent years India haven’t done too well when they have gone into a series or a tournament as the favourites. Most recently, there was the World Cup; earlier, following a dramatic victory in Australia, they ...
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India announce squad to face England for first 2 Tests, Prasidh Krishna, Ishan Kishan miss out as Dhruv Jurel and Avesh Khan comes in

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday announced the team for the first 2 Tests against England with Rohit Sharma set to lead the team and Jasprit Bumrah as his deputy. Ishan Kishan was still absent from the Test team as well after not getting selected for the Afghanistan T20Is with Dhruv Jurel coming into the team. Prasidh Krishna was also dropped for his less than stellar performance against South Africa and Avesh Khan comes into the team. Mohammed Shami who is still yet to regain fitness was also absent from the squad. 🚨 NEWS 🚨#TeamIndia's squad for the first two Tests against England announced 🔽 Rohit Sharma (C ), S Gill, Y Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, S Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh K...
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IND vs AUS: Are Tests India Women’s best format?

A gritty, often dominant, performance in Mumbai saw India register their first-ever win in women’s Test cricket history over Australia on Sunday. That India and Australia had played 10 Test matches starting from 1977 before this fixture tells one of the paucity of longer-format matches, especially in recent times. Australia had won four and drawn six before this game. As of now, only India, England, and Australia play Test cricket somewhat regularly in the women’s game. Considering results since 2021, there is a good case to be made that India are made for this format and potentially the best at it. Statistically, they are unbeaten in women’s Tests since 2006 but more significantly, they have not lost any of the four matches they have played in a little over two years since returning to...