LONDON: Indian opening batsman Rohit Sharma, who was adjudged as man of the match after notching up his maiden century in the away Tests, was elated to contribute to the team’s emphatic 157-run win over England in the fourth Test here at the Kennington Oval on Monday. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul got the visitors … Read more
By PTI DUBAI: India opener KL Rahul was on Sunday fined 15 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at the umpire’s decision when he was adjudged caught behind following a DRS review on the third day of the fourth Test against England in London. The incident occurred in the 34th over of … Read more
DUBAI: India opener KL Rahul was on Sunday fined 15 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at the umpire’s decision when he was adjudged caught behind following a DRS review on the third day of the fourth Test against England in London. The incident occurred in the 34th over of India’s second … Read more
LONDON: “Lack of swing from the duke ball surprised us,” said England assistant coach Paul Collingwood as India put themselves in the driver’s seat after day three of the fourth and penultimate Test here on Saturday. The match saw 13 wickets falling on day one with India getting all out for 191, but the conditions … Read more
As he trudged wearily back, shaking his head and appearing convinced he hadn’t nicked the ball, KL Rahul’s face wore an expression as grim as the overhanging clouds at the Oval. Rahul was wrong. India’s opener had indeed nicked it, as the replays showed. The bat had hit the back pad before the ball took … Read more
By PTI LONDON: KL Rahul did all the hardwork in a fine opening partnership but missed out on a half-century as India went into lunch at 108 for one on the third day of the fourth Test against England, here on Saturday. Rahul (46) added 83 runs with Rohit Sharma (47 batting) before James Anderson … Read more
LONDON: India allowed Ollie Pope and Chris Woakes to earn a substantial 99-run first innings lead for England on Day 2 of the fourth Test, leaving their star-studded batting line-up to rise to the occasion in the second essay after a string of indifferent performances. In the absence of Mohammed Shami, the Indian pace attack … Read more
Only feeble embers from a once-sparkling batting line-up kept Team India’s home fires burning at the Oval on Thursday. Once again, it was a pumped-up tail that shored up the total, specifically a belligerent Shardul Thakur, whose bold, lighting-fast half-century (57 off 36; 7×4, 3×6) mocked the diffidence of the top order, brought back the … Read more
NEW DELHI: England seamer James Anderson, who has dismissed Virat Kohli twice in the ongoing series, admitted that there was a lot of emotion involved in his celebrations when he claimed the Indian captains wicket in the first innings of the third Test at Headingley. Kohli was one of three top-order Indian batsmen that England’s … Read more
Online Desk India got the bitter taste of a perfect English revenge at Headingley as the loss by an innings and 76 runs not only levelled the series but also exposed the visitors’ batting chinks for the third consecutive time in the Pataudi Trophy. Despite India dominating the hosts in the first two games, there … Read more
