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12Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Bumrah likely to miss Champions Trophy group stage matches

IN A setback for India, strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah is likely to miss the group stage of next month’s Champions Trophy due to health reasons. The Indian Express has learnt that Bumrah, who has swelling on his back, has been asked to report to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru where his recovery will be monitored. The Champions Trophy, which will have the world’s top eight ODI teams, begins on February 19, with the matches scheduled at Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Dubai for India’s games. The national selectors, who met in Mumbai on Saturday to pick the team for the T20 series at home against England later this month, are learnt to have been updated about Bumrah’s fitness status. Though the deadline for announcing squads for the Champions Trophy is Sunday, the BCCI has so...

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8Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Jasprit Bumrah continues to remain No. 1 in ICC Test rankings

India’s Jasprit Bumrah with Australia’s captain Pat Cummins following the fifth cricket test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney, Australia, on January 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah continued to reign supreme at the top of the bowlers' chart with a career-best rating of 908 in the latest ICC Test Rankings, released on Wednesday (January 8, 2025).Bumrah, who made history ahead of the fifth and final Test against Australia by recording the highest-ever ICC Rankings rating for an Indian bowler at 907 points, improved that tally by one point after taking two wickets in the first innings at the SCG.However, a back spasm ruled him out of bowling in ...

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8Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Konstas regrets stand-off with Bumrah; ‘If it happens again, I wouldn’t have said anything’, he says

Umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat, centre, gestures to India’s Jasprit Bumrah, right, as he exchanges words with Australia’s Sam Konstas, left, during play on the first day of the fifth cricket test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Australia's teenage batting sensation Sam Konstas regrets his involvement in the stand-off with Jasprit Bumrah during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, admitting he was only trying to waste time but ultimately, the Indian pace spearhead had the "last laugh".Konstas made an impact in the final two Tests of the series with his audacious strokeplay but also found himself at the centre of a couple of fiery exchange...

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8Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Sam Konstas opens up on altercations with Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah: ‘Told I idolise him, my family loves him’

Sam Konstas has said he had a ‘little chat’ with Indian superstar Virat Kohli and cleared the air after the Australian teen sensation was shoulder-barged by the Indian superstar during the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. However, he did not get a chance to speak to Jasprit Bumrah after the Sydney Test. Konstas, 19, had a breakthrough series after he was handed a Test debut in Melbourne where he went on to make a half-century with an aggressive approach that forced Team India to alter their gameplan. At the same time, he was involved in multiple altercations with Indian players, including Kohli and Bumrah. After the MCG Test, which Australia won, Konstas said he walked up to Kohli, his boyhood hero. “I had a little chat after the game telling him that I idolise him, and it’s obviously a huge...

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6Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Jasprit Bumrah likely to miss majority of home white-ball series against England

Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who sustained back spasms, is likely to be rested for the majority of India’s home white-ball series against England, keeping an eye on the ICC Champions Trophy, starting from February 19. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who sustained back spasms, is likely to be rested for the majority of India’s home white-ball series against England, keeping an eye on the ICC Champions Trophy, starting from February 19.Bumrah, who was India's stand out player with 32 wickets in their 1-3 thrashing at the hands of Australia in the just-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy, couldn't bowl in the final innings of the series in Sydney after suffering back spasms.The 30-year-o...

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3Jan By source belowNo Comments

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India tour of Australia: India vs Australia fifth Test in Sydney Border Gavaskar Trophy on January 3, 2025. Rishabh Pant press conference’

Rishabh Pant reacts while batting on day 1 of the fifth Test against Australia in Sydney on January 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Having dealt with a gruesome car accident, a red cherry hurtling into his body is perhaps the least of Rishabh Pant’s worries. He battled hard against the Australian attack and was India’s top-scorer with a 40 in the fifth Test that began at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday (January 3, 2025). Struck eight times on his torso, Pant competed hard and was one of the bright spots in a dreary Indian first innings. Reacting to the tough outing, he said: “Definitely it’s painful but sometimes you have to do the hard work for the team and that’s okay. I was not thinking about where I got...

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3Jan By source belowNo Comments

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India tour of Australia: India vs Australia fifth Test in Sydney day 1: Australia’s Beau Webster press conference on Janaury 3, 2025

Australia’s Beau Webster who bowled tight spells reacts on day 1 of the fifth Test against India in Sydney on January 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Beau Webster turned up at the press conference with a swagger belying a debutant’s nerves. But then he is 31 and has played a decade of first-class cricket. Hailing from Tasmania, the land of David Boon and Ricky Ponting, Webster has some history to inspire him further.He did well in the fifth Test that commenced at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday (January 3, 2025).. He plucked two fine catches, bowled tight spells and saw a probable maiden Test wicket being dropped. Webster, though, seemed unfazed: “It was good to have my family here and to get the cap ...

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3Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Ind vs Aus 5th Test | Gill departs as India slips to 57/3 at lunch on Day 1

Scott Boland of Australia appeals unsuccessfully against Rishabh Pant of India for LBW during day one of the Fifth Men’s Test Match in the series between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 03, 2025 in Sydney. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India reached 57 for three at lunch on day one of the fifth and final Test against Australia here on Friday, January 3, 2025.KL Rahul (4), Yashasvi Jaiswal (10) and Shubman Gill (20) were the Indian batters to be dismissed in the session. Virat Kohli (12 batting), who got a reprieve on the first ball he faced, survived the session but Gill fell at the stoke of lunch. India captain Rohit Sharma rested himself from the series finale with Jasprit Bum...

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3Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Ind vs Aus 5th Test | Boland, Starc shine as India bowled out for 185

Australia’s Scott Boland reacts after delivery during day one of the Fifth Men’s Test Match against India at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 03, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Friday dawned to the wet streaks of rain, just about enough to accentuate the green on leaves. When the dampness paused, it was time for cricket’s annual pilgrimage to the Sydney Cricket Ground. India turned up with Jasprit Bumrah at the helm while Rohit Sharma, according to the former, opted to rest. A change in leadership, however, did not usher in a difference in the manner the visitors batted on a pitch that seemed more Perth and less Sydney.There was movement and some bounce, and as the fifth Test’s o...

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2Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Australia drop Mitchell Marsh in playing XI ahead of Fifth test against India in Sydney; Webster to debut

As per ICC, Beau Webster is set to become the 469th Test player for Australia, and is the preferred sixth batter for the side. | Photo Credit: AFP Leading the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at 2-1 while stepping into the fifth and final Test, Pat Cummins is bent upon seizing another triumph. Speaking to the media at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Thursday (January 2, 2025), the Australian captain said: “You go to every Test match, trying to win. It is no different this week. Happy with the last three Tests. We have been the front-runner and we aim to keep it up.”The skipper admitted to one change in the playing eleven: “(Mitchell) Marshy misses out and Bo (Beau Webster) is debuting. Mitchie obviously hasn’t...

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1Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Ind vs Aus BGT series: Bumrah hopes to replicate his excellence at SCG

India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Travis Head on day four of the fourth cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne on December 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP A slow walk gathering pace, legs suddenly whirring while approaching the bowling crease, back arching and the ball being released as if from a high-strung catapult. This is the signature Jasprit Bumrah style, almost similar to the manner in which aeroplanes gently roll before munching tarmac in the blink of an eye and being airborne.In the latest Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Bumrah has been at his menacing best. Stumps have been disturbed, edges grazed and such is his impact...

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1Jan By source belowNo Comments

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Had Bumrah not been there, BGT would’ve been more one-sided: McGrath

In this file photo dated March 12, 2022, Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Sri Lankan batter Angelo Mathews during the 2nd Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka. Bumrah has been nominated for the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year. | Photo Credit: PTI Jasprit Bumrah's incredible performance has prevented the Border-Gavaskar series from becoming completely lopsided in Australia's favour, said pace great Glenn McGrath, lauding the India spearhead for his ball-control and ability to adapt quickly.India trail 1-2 in the five-match series that will conclude with the game here starting Friday. Bumrah has been the visiting side's standout performer with 30 wickets so far at a jaw-dropping ave...

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1Jan By source belowNo Comments

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When sentiment trumps form, the team is in trouble

When you hope to bat through a day to draw a Test match, more than two batters need to get into double figures. And neither of them ought to give it away. In the end, there were some 12 overs remaining in the Melbourne Test, the new ball was due, and India had got it wrong. Again. If it isn’t team selection, they get wrong the decision on winning the toss; if it isn’t keeping the flock together — Ashwin might be missed in Sydney — it is the struggling captain’s manner of reacting to situations rather than making things happen. If it isn’t loss of patience, it is stretching the improbable. Virat Kohli, with a hundred in the first Test, looked like he had overcome some of his problems outside the off stump while making 36. Then the run out of Yashasvi Jaiswal when he was non-striker ...

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30Dec By source belowNo Comments

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Jasprit Bumrah among nominees for ICC Test Cricketer of the Year honour

The right-arm pacer has also been the best bowler in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy with 30 wickets in a mere four Tests Down Under. File | Photo Credit: AP India's peerless fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was on Monday (December 30, 2024) nominated for the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year award along with England's prolific scorer Joe Root.Another English batter Harry Brook and Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis also featured in the list.Mr. Bumrah has been the best bowler in Test cricket in 2024 with 71 wickets from 13 matches at an average of 14.92 and a strike rate of 30.16, the best figures for any bowler in the traditional format.The right-arm pacer has also been the best bowler in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy...

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29Dec By source belowNo Comments

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‘Bumrah’s arm speed at point of delivery is 75km/h, ball comes out at 135km/h, so his magical right wrist generates 60km/h of power’ – Fox Cricket

‘Bumrah, best bowler in the world, atm’-Darren Lehmann ‘Bumrah held back to bowl to Travis Head…Head comes in to bat. Bumrah comes on bowl..Head departs .. Bumrah’s 200 Test wicket.Marsh out for a duck. Bumrah gets steep bounce off a length. What a bowler !!The “Pathway to the Pavilion” from surprise surprise J Bumrah’– Damien Fleming ‘Jasprit Bumrah is the best bowler we have ever welcomed to Australia,’– ABC’s Dean Bilton ‘The Greatest of all time is doing what he does best here at the ‘G’ @Jaspritbumrah93 is incredible .. #AUSvIND’– Michael Vaughan Jasprit Bumrah’s 3-1-4-3 on the day and 61 wickets at 16.98 Down Under, including 29 at 12.27 in this series in Australia, has brought alive not just the last session, this Test, this series, but the pacer is lit among Australian cricket foll...

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29Dec By source belowNo Comments

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Jasprit Bumrah completes 200 Test wickets; joint second fastest Indian to milestone

Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Mitchell Marsh during play on day four of the fourth cricket test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday (December 29, 2024) became the second fastest Indian along with Ravindra Jadeja to complete 200 wickets in Test cricket during the fourth day’s play of the fourth Test against Australia on Sunday, December 29, 2024.Bumrah dismissed Travis Head (1) for his 200th victim in the post-lunch session, joining Jadeja in the list of bowlers who are fastest to 200 wickets in Tests.Both Bumrah and Jadeja achieved the feat in their 44th T...

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26Dec By source belowNo Comments

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India vs Australia Boxing day test: Border-Gavaskar Trophy fourth Test in Melbourne: Australian debutant Sam Konstas press conference

Virat Kohli, right, talks to Australia’s Sam Konstas, as Australia’s Usman Khawaja, looks on during play on the first day of the fourth cricket test in Melbourne on December 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Fiery shots on the field, soft words off it, and a wisp of a moustache, constitute the style quotient of Sam Konstas. The 19-year-old, who lit up the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with his rapid 60, faced the media after setting up a nice base for Australia here in the fourth Test on Thursday (December 26, 2024). His first utterance had a sense of wonder: “It was quite surreal with the big crowd, the biggest crowd I have ever played in. The boys welcomed me, so I just played with that freedom and backed myself a...

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26Dec By source belowNo Comments

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Watch: Head and shoulders – Jasprit Bumrah dismisses Travis Head for a duck with a ripper of a delivery

Travis Head, in former India coach Ravi Shastri’s words, has been a headache for India during this Border Gavaskar Trophy but Jasprit Bumrah ended his innings early on Thursday. The Aussie dangerman was bowled out for 0 off 7 balls. When Marnus Labuschagne’s wicket fell in the 66th over, Rohit Sharma brought on Bumrah immediately in the next over to have a go at Head. The Indian pace spearhead went around the wicket, bowled a length ball that darted back into the left-hander. The Aussie batsmen have constantly shown the ability to trust the bounce on these pitches and leave the ball just on length. But this ball was pitched so perfectly that it zoned in on the top of offstump like a heat-seeking missile. Head’s decision to shoulder arms proved to be the wrong one this time. It was the 50...

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25Dec By source belowNo Comments

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Bumrah equals Ashwin’s Indian record in ICC Test bowling rankings, crosses 900 rating points

Seam spearhead Jasprit Bumrah equalled spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s record by earning the joint-highest Test bowling ratings ever by an Indian player on the eve of the Boxing Day Test. After his 9/94 in the drawn third Test in Brisbane, the fast bowler added 14 rating points to tie Ashwin’s all-time high of 904 rating points, solidifying his top spot in the rankings. When Thursday’s fourth Border-Gavaskar Test match starts at the MCG, Bumrah has an opportunity to surpass Ashwin’s rating points, which the now-retired off-spinner attained in December 2016. Josh Hazlewood (852) from Australia and Kagiso Rabada (856) from South Africa are in second and third place, respectively, behind Bumrah. Australia batter Travis Head rose to fourth place (825 rating points) in the Test Rankings after his...

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24Dec By source belowNo Comments

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India vs Australia fourth Test in Melbourne: Indian captain Rohit Sharma press conference ahead of the fourth Test on December 24, 2024

Head coach Gautam Gambhir, captain Rohit Sharma and vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah are seen during the inspection of the pitch at MCG in Melbourne on December 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP In a tiny press-conference hall located in the basement of the massive Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rohit Sharma kept nodding his head. Even before the correspondent had finished enquiring about his left knee, the Indian skipper said: “It’s fine, it’s fine.”The batter had suffered a blow during Sunday’s training but on Tuesday (December 24, 2024), Rohit was in good shape. If there was clarity on this issue, he preferred to keep the scribes guessing when asked about whether he will stay in the middle-order: “Who bats where is someth...

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21Dec By source belowNo Comments

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India-Pakistan at neutral venue like a mouth-watering meal without salt, El Clasico in US

After many rounds of high-level bilateral discussions, India and Pakistan have finally given up on the highly popular and immensely profitable idea of ‘home’ and ‘away’ cricket. Starting with the ICC Champions Trophy early next year, till 2028 at least, the mother of all sporting rivalries will now be played out at neutral venues.At least for now, the door has been shut for good. The two bickering neighbours wouldn’t invite each other to their homes but in a mutual decision, that gives a strong whiff of hypocrisy, would readily play ball on foreign soil. So the expats can watch this storied rivalry unfold from the stands, the well-heeled fans from the two nations can take flights to these foreign destinations but the masses, the most interested stakeholders, can say goodbye to their dream ...

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17Dec By source belowNo Comments

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India vs Australia third Test: Avoiding the follow-on makes a huge difference, says K.L. Rahul

KL Rahul bats on day 4 of the third Test against Australia in Brisbane on December 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Like slurping a gadbad ice cream at his hometown Mangaluru, K.L. Rahul seems to have taken a liking for Australia’s bowlers. His 84 during India’s reply to Australia’s 445 in the third Test, was a fine innings, and the opener found more joy in the runs that Ravindra Jadeja and the last-wicket pair of Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep scored at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday (December 17, 2024). Speaking to the media, Rahul said: “It’s very good to see the lower-order scoring runs. Their (Bumrah and Akash) little partnership and avoiding the follow-on makes a huge difference, especially knowing that ...

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16Dec By source belowNo Comments

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Ind vs Aus 3rd Test Day 3: Starc rattles Indian top-order after Bumrah bags six; rain disrupts play again at the Gabba

Australia’s Mitchell Starc, centre, celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal during play on day three of the third cricket test between India and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane, Australia, on December 16, 2024 | Photo Credit: AP Mitchell Starc took two wickets and Josh Hazlewood got one as Australia put the brakes early on India’s first innings on day three of the rain-hit third Test in Brisbane on Monday (December 16, 2024).Earlier, Australia were bowled out for 445 in their first innings with Jasprit Bumrah picking up six wickets. The Indians then came in to bat and were reeling at 22 for three when it began to rain and the umpires called lunch.Starc nabbed the wickets of...

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10Dec By source belowNo Comments

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Double trouble for Rohit Sharma: ‘Score runs and manage Jasprit Bumrah workload’ | – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif sees Rohit Sharma under pressure as he now has the twin task -- to score runs as batter and use Jasprit Bumrah carefully as skipper -- going forward in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.While Rohit flopped with the bat in the second game in Adelaide, scoring 3 and 6 in two innings, the skipper also faced a Bumrah injury scare as on the second day, Bumrah was seen in trouble while bowling.Amid a horrible show from the batters in both innings, the Bumrah injury came as a big scare but bowling coach Morne Morkel later assured that it was just a cramp.With no Mohammed Shami and an inexperienced bowling attack, Kaif feels that Rohit will have to be extra careful in using Bumrah while focussing on his own form with the bat.Rohit has been going through a r...

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10Dec By source belowNo Comments

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Watch: Virat Kohli rolls his arm over in net session | Cricket News – Times of India

Virat Kohli at Optus Stadium on November 19, 2024 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Virat Kohli was seen rolling his arm in the nets in Adelaide on Tuesday as Indian pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, alongside seam-bowling allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, endured a rather quiet outing. Kohli has prior bowling experience in international cricket, having bowled in eleven Test innings without taking a wicket. However, he has five ODI wickets and four T20I wickets to his name.Coming off a recent century in Perth, Kohli was dismissed twice by edges in the pink-ball Test. Both dismissals resulted in catches—one by the second slip and the other by the wicketkeeper.Kohli’s net session began cautiously, gradually building in intensity, reflecting a measured approach ...

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10Dec By source belowNo Comments

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‘Shami has been India’s best bowler for a while’: West Indies great wants the pacer to play remainder of Border-Gavaskar Trophy | Cricket News – Times of India

Mohammed Shami (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: West Indies fast bowling legend Andy Roberts has commended veteran pacer Mohammed Shami, highlighting him as "India's best bowler." Roberts, a prominent member of the formidable West Indies pace quartet of the 1970s and 1980s, which included Michael Holding, Joel Garner, and Colin Croft, emphasised Shami's exceptional control and his proficiency in swinging and seaming the ball in both directions.Border-Gavaskar Trophy"Shami has been India's best bowler for a while," Roberts told Mid-Day. "He may not get the amount of wickets Jasprit Bumrah gets, but he's the full package and is more consistent than the rest. Shami swings the ball, Shami seams the ball, and Shami's control is as good as Bumrah's. Shami should play. Mohd Siraj is nowhere near Shami."...

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