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IPL with his dazzling strokeplay, and now, Virender Sehwag's son Aryavir Sehwag, a budding cricketer who found a place in the Delhi Under-16 squad last season, too is itching to play in the high-profile T20 tournament."The IPL has benefited young talent the most. Earlier, nobody got noticed from Ranji Trophy performances and hence couldn’t make it to the Indian team.
Star India batter Prithvi Shaw landed in trouble on Thursday after a video of him emerged on social media, where he could be seen in a scuffle with a woman. According to a police complaint, an argument with India's 2018 Under-19 World Cup-winning captain escalated into a fight with a baseball bat and a car chase. A report by news agency PTI said the issue started in a luxury hotel in the early hours on Thursday after the accused seeking selfies mobbed the cricketer, who obliged some and denied others when the requests became incessant.
Australia were in for a rude shock in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India as they lost the match by innings and 132 runs. What was even more surprising was that the world No. 1 Australia lost the match in less than three days of play. Australia were bowled out for 91 in one session in the first Test. Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith showed some fight in an otherwise dismal batting display. Australia are expected to make changes from the Nagpur drubbing, with spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, returning fast bowler Mitchell Starc and all-rounder Cameron Green fighting for a place in the side.
Australia's main spinner Nathan Lyon had a mediocre outing in the first Test and Cummins opined that the low bounce on Indian tracks has been the reason behind the ineffectiveness as they are used to bowling on bouncy Australian pitches.Whereas Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja ran riot with their spin bowling to help India win the Nagpur Test by an innings and 132 runs.Cummins said that his spin unit is still adjusting to the changes.
Team India registered a big win over Australia in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur, as the hosts claimed a victory by an innings and 132 runs. Ravindra Jadeja bagged the Player of the Match award as he made a memorable comeback with seven wickets and 70 runs to his name. Apart from him, Ravichandran Ashwin also took a five-wicket haul whereas skipper Rohit Sharma smashed a century. As both the teams are now gearing up for the second Test in Delhi, the hosts are likely to go ahead with batter Shreyas Iyer in their Playing XI, who had to miss out on the first Test fue to an injury.
NEW DELHI : Cheteshwar Pujara does not fit into the popular image of a modern-day cricketer - the muscle-flaunting and social media-savvy lot - but is on the verge of a milestone that would be the stuff of dreams for most of them.
Spinner Nathan Lyon and company's effectiveness on Indian tracks has been curtailed because of low carry as they are used to bowling on bouncy Australian pitches, conceded skipper Pat Cummins on Thursday. Though Australia's young Test debutant spinner Todd Murphy took seven wickets, Nathan Lyon could manage just one even as Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja ran through the visitors' batting lineup to help India win the Nagpur Test by an innings and 132 runs.
Due to the G20 Summit and the wedding season, which resulted in a dearth of large blocks of five-star hotel rooms being reserved, Team India abruptly shifted their hotel in Delhi ahead of the second Test against Australia. The second Test of the series will be held in Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium from February 17 to 21. Delhi is hosting its first Test since December 2017. India have 1-0 lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.