Tag: Ravichandran Ashwin
Delhi Capitals (DC) are "shocked" at getting Steve Smith as cheap as Rs.2.2 crore at an Indian Premier League (IPL) auction on Thursday, and happy that the Australian batting mainstay would provide "balance" to a team that is yet to win an IPL title in 13 attempts. ....
England on Wednesday chose to bat first ahead of the third Test against India at the newly renamed Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera near Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The match is the only day-night Test in the four-match series, which is tied 1-1, and will be played with the pink ball.....
India's spin bowlers exposed England batsmen's frailties on pitches that aid turn more than usual. England's mental fragility as well as their lack of skills were laid bare as slow bowlers Axar Patel and R Ashwin kept them under a tight leash with wicket-to-wicket line. ....
The pitch that was used for the third Test between India and England here has drawn polarised reactions from commentators and former players. India thrashed England by 10 wickets inside two days. It was the lone day-night Test in the four-match series. ....
R Ashwin's outing with Surrey turned out to be unimpressive as the premier Indian spinner could bag just one wicket in 43 overs he bowled against Somerset in a County Championship match. ....
The BCCI sprung some surprises on Wednesday when the board picked the 15-man Team India squad for the T20 World Cup in the Middle East from next month and one of the biggest exclusions among the batsmen was opener Shikhar Dhawan, who fell down the pecking order to young southpaw Ishan Kishan. ....
Former pacer Irfan Pathan on Wednesday said Shardul Thakur's inclusion to the Indian squad for the ICC T20 World Cup adds balance to the side but wondered whether Axar Patel deserved to be dropped from the 15-man side. ....
The Indian Test cricket team, led by Virat Kohli, departed for South Africa early on Thursday morning to take part in a three-match series starting with a Boxing Day Test from December 26 in Centurion. The three Tests in Centurion, Johannesburg (January 3-7), and Cape Town (January 11-15) will be part of the ICC World Test Championship cycle from 2021 to 2023.....
One couldn't have asked for anything better in the Test series between South Africa and India. The series is poised at 1-1 and with the decider Test starting from Tuesday at Newlands in Cape Town, a place which favours pacers due to bounce and lateral movement, one is in store for a cracking winner takes it all affair. ....
Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir has expressed his displeasure over Test skipper Virat Kohli's rant in front of the stump mic after South African captain Dean Elgar survived a DRS review on the third day of the deciding Test at Newlands, Cape Town on Thursday. ....