Tag: Ajinkya Rahane
South Africa completed a seven-wicket victory over world number one India after lunch on the fourth day of the decisive third and final Test at Newlands to claim the series 2-1 on Friday. Set a target of 212 to win, the home side chased down the score on the back of a superb career-best 82 from number three batsman Keegan Petersen to deny India a first ever series victory in South Africa....
Shreyas Iyer struck a hundred on debut to prop up India but a five-wicket haul by Tim Southee followed by half-centuries by openers Will Young and Tom Latham helped New Zealand sit on top at the end of day two of the first Test at the Green Park Stadium here on Friday. After India were bowled out for 345, New Zealand were 129/0 in 57 overs at stumps, trailing the hosts by 216 runs.....
A sublime 82 from Keegan Petersen and some gorgeous shots from Rassie van der Dussen and Temba Bavuma meant South Africa are on the verge of winning the third Test and series against India at Newlands Cricket Ground on Friday. At lunch on day four, South Africa are 171/3 in 55 overs and need just 41 runs to win the match and series. ....
Head coach Anil Kumble on Thursday said the Indian cricket team did not play to its potential in the Pune Test, where they lost to Australia by a mammoth 333-run margin. ....
After trouncing Australia by 75 runs in the second cricket Test to level the four-match rubber 1-1, India skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday termed the victory as the "sweetest" so far under his captaincy.....
With India's regular skipper Virat Kohli's participation in the deciding final cricket Test still under the cloud following a shoulder injury, Australia skipper Steve Smith on Friday backed vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane's abilities to lead the hosts in the crucial game, starting on Saturday. ....
Indian middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane, who acted as a stand-in skipper for the fourth and final cricket Test match against Australia, said on Thursday that he is completely different from Virat Kohli who is feisty and expressive on the field.....
Rising Pune Supergiant won the toss and elected the field against Mumbai Indians in the second match of the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Thursday.....
Promising Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman -- Fizz to friends -- never lets success get to his head and says rather modestly that he would be happy to be remembered as a "good human being" if he does not make it to cricketing folklore, little realising he may have already reached there.....
Rising Pune Supergiant skipper Steve Smith won the toss and elected to field against defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Saturday.....