A formidable bunch of Indian cricketers will require a perfect blend of skill and temperament when it clashes with an equally-strong Australia in the World Test Championship final, starting Wednesday, with an aim to end a decade-long global trophy jinx. India have been the most consistent side over the past two WTC cycles and also …
India will take on Australia in the final of the ICC World Test Championship at The Oval from June 7 onwards. While it is India’s second successive final in the tournament and comes after plenty of good performances throughout the year, including against England in the UK, the title clash has brought with it a …
The Indians are taking the mitchell starc threat very seriously and if one goes by their second training session at The Oval ahead of the World Test Championship final, they are yet to decide between Ishan Kishan and KS India as their wicket-keeping choice. Australia trained in the morning in cold and overcast conditions, but …
An Oval Test match in the month of June does bring in the fear of unknown but former England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar would still want Indian team management to field both Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the upcoming World Test Championship final against Australia. The WTC final will be played at The Oval …
London: The Australian team on paper holds slight advantage on a bouncy Oval track but both Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting feel that the Indians are better prepared for the World Test Championship final beginning Wednesday with IPL game-time under their belt. Shastri, Ponting and Pakistan legend Wasim Akram all feel that the Oval track …
Australia all-rounder Cameron Green hopes to bring the calmness of Rohit Sharma into his game, having spent a quality time with the India captain in the Mumbai Indians dugout in IPL this year. Green, with 452 runs and six wickets, played a key role in MI’s campaign this season under Rohit’s captaincy, even though the …
File photo of Rohit Sharma© BCCI/Sportzpics Indian captain Rohit Sharma didn’t have the finest of outings in the Indian Premier League. Though Mumbai Indians went as far as the Qualifier 2 in the tournament, playing 16 games, Rohit’s contributions with the bat weren’t as much as his team would’ve wanted. With the focus now shifting …
The newly-formed Mumbai selection committee, led by former India cricketer Raju Kulkarni, on Friday named 35 probable players, including big names like Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav for an off-season training camp scheduled to be held in Mumbai next week. Besides, India captain Rohit and Suryakumar, the list also includes Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur. …
Former Australian cricketer Greg Chappell believes that the Oval conditions will suit the star Indian batsman Virat Kohli as the Indian team prepares to face Australia in the World Test Championship final 2023. In less than three days’ time, India will feature in their second consecutive WTC final. Last time after a hard-fought battle, they …
Virat Kohli in the new Indian cricket team jersey.© Twitter The Indian men’s and women’s cricket teams got new jerseys on Thursday, which have been designed by BCCI’s new kit sponsors Adidas. This time around, India will have distinctively separate designs of jerseys for ODIs and T20Is. The men’s Indian cricket team will wear the …