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Indian team head coach Ravi Shastri attributed New Zealand's victory in the World Test Championship (WTC) final to conditions even though skipper Virat Kohli and fielding coach R Sridhar had earlier said that the playing XI chosen for the Hampshire Bowl Test had taken conditions out of the equation. ....
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson termed India a "formidable" and a "truly great side", and that the Black Caps were "proud to achieve a win" against the Virat Kohli-led side in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at Southampton recently. ....
Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav have been named as injury replacements for India's Test matches in England beginning next month and will travel to the country at the end of the ongoing T20I series in Sri Lanka. ....
India were in a good position to have a crack at the target in the first Test here before rain played spoilsport, said skipper Virat Kohli.....
India skipper Virat Kohli has hinted that the team management won't shore up batting by bringing in Ravichandran Ashwin as replacement for injured pacer Shardul Thakur and will instead stick to the combination of four specialist pace bowlers and a spinner for the second Test that begins on Thursday. ....
England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second Test against India at the Lord's on Thursday. ....
Pace bowler Mohammed Siraj came close to taking a hat-trick in the first over after tea on the second day of the second Test, removing Dominic Sibley and Haseeb Hameed on successive deliveries. The two quick wickets pegged back England as they looked to match India's 364 in first innings. ....
India's troubles with Decision Review System (DRS) continued as they lost two of their three allotted reviews by as early as the 23rd over of England's first innings in the second Test. ....
Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane struck a fighting half-century and added 100 runs for the fourth wicket with Cheteshwar Pujara (45) but India had their backs to the wall in the second Test against England as they went to stumps on Day 4 at Lord's at 181/6 in their second innings, just 154 runs ahead.....
India defeated England by 151 runs in a fifth-day thriller in the second Test here on Monday registering their third-ever victory in 89 years at Lord's, the Mecca of cricket. Have a look at some of the visuals from the historic last day of the Lord's test:....