India make limited inroads on weather-hit day
Bad light followed by heavy rain ended play before tea on day one of the second Test between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur.
Bad light followed by heavy rain ended play before tea on day one of the second Test between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur.
Ravichandran Ashwin claimed six wickets after a first-innings century with the bat to inspire India to a 280-run thrashing of Bangladesh in the first Test on Sunday.
Centuries from opener Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant helped India close in on victory in the first Test despite a spirited start to Bangladesh’s chase for their target of 515 in Chennai on Saturday.
India took command of the first Test against Bangladesh as they extended their lead to 308 after fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah helped bundle out the visitors for 149 on Friday.
A counter-attacking century from Ravichandran Ashwin pulled India to 339-6 on day one of the first Test after Bangladesh fast bowler Hasan Mahmud rattled the hosts with four wickets.
Indian cricket fans are traditionally obsessed with batsmen but star pacemen are finally bringing overdue recognition to the side’s bowlers, says coach Gautam Gambhir.
Fresh from their first Test series win over Pakistan, Bangladesh will chase more cricket history when they face India in Chennai from Thursday.
India have appointed former Proteas fast bowler Morné Morkel as their bowling coach.
Spinner Dunith Wellalage took 5-27 as Sri Lanka clinched a first ODI series victory over India in 27 years.
Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka took two successive wickets to force a tie in the opening ODI against India on Friday.
India beat Sri Lanka in a T20I thriller decided by a Super Over to sweep the series 3-0 on Tuesday.
Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal powered India to a seven-wicket win in the rain-hit second T20I against Sri Lanka on Sunday.
India’s Suryakumar Yadav says he is not going to repeat the mistakes of his domestic captaincy ahead of his first trial as T20I skipper against Sri Lanka.
India’s chief selector Ajit Agarkar says Hardik Pandya lost out on the T20I captaincy to Suryakumar Yadav because of concerns over his availability after frequent injury absences.
The BCCI’s choice of Suryakumar Yadav as T20I captain over Hardik Pandya has been attributed to him having the backing of players.