on 153 for the second wicket with Cheteshwar Pujara( 61).... But Ben Stokes, whose brilliant

KANPUR: Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 75 on debut steadied India after an afternoon wobble to end the opening day of the first Test looking comfortable at 258-4 here at the Green Park on Thursday. Iyer shared an unfinished 113-run partnership with all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja who made a busy 50 off 100 balls, in the heavily polluted industrial city of Kanpur. Pollution cast a hazy pall over the ground, with levels of the most harmful PM2.5 microparticles reaching more than 19 times the World Health Org

KANPUR: India’s opener K.L. Rahul has been ruled out of the two-Test series against New Zealand due to injury, the cricket board said on Tuesday. Rahul, who has scored 2, 321 runs from 40 Test matches, will be replaced by rookie Suryakumar Yadav, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said in a news release ahead of the first Test in Kanpur starting on Thursday.... Rahul, who has a muscle strain in his left thigh, “ will now undergo rehabilitation at NCA[ National Cricket Academy] in prepara

“ We will strategise overnight and work out how we want to approach this.“ Dean has done this countless times, where he shows fight when it is toughest.... Rahane c Van der Dussen b Jansen 20R.... Petersen c Pant b Mohammed Siraj 17H. van der Dussen b Bumrah 11K....

Bumrah dropped Williamson shortly before one of the most outstanding batsmen of his era completed an 86-ball fifty, including eight fours.... RESULT: New Zealand won by eight wickets.... MATCH REFEREE: B.C. Broad( England). PLAYER-OF-THE-MATCH: Kyle Jamieson. Published in Dawn, June 24th, 2021....

The duo were dropped after inconsistent performances lately.“ It’s not just about 11 players, it’s also about the people who are sitting outside wanting to get their chances, ” Rohit told reporters after Sunday’s win.... That is one of my challenges and one of the responsibilities I want to take upon me.” Rohit, who also leads India in 50 overs and Twenty20 formats, has promised to back the younger players in the side.... The opening batter from Mumbai said he wants to give the cricketers a pl

They just dream of playing for India.... “ He came back and picked up a wicket.... Hopefully, there will be a reachable target for the batters to chase down.“ If we cant chase it down, then we need to find a way to make it super hard for the Indian bowlers.” ScoreboardINDIA( 1st Innings, overnight 272-3): KL Rahul c De Kock b Rabada 123M....

Shardul Thakur marked his return to India duty with a record-breaking fifty that saw the tourists fight back on the first day of the fourth Test against England at the Oval on Thursday. Thakur made 57, including a fifty in just 31 balls — the fastest in terms of balls faced in a Test in England — as he revived India from 117-6 to a total of 191 all out after they had lost the toss in overcast, bowler-friendly conditions. Jasprit Bumrah then removed both the hosts' openers in the same over before