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England fast bowler Saqib Mahmood said he is relishing the opportunity of earning his first test cap in the upcoming tour of the West Indies after James Anderson and Stuart Broad were both left out of the squad.
Aaron Finch's move away from opening might become more frequent but do not expect Australia's white-ball captain to displace Mitch Marsh at No.3.
They lost the toss and were asked to bat first on a wicket that always had something in it for the seamers, but few would have expected the calamity that followed for the Proteas in the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Thursday.
It's difficult to get the eyes off Rohit Sharma when the camera is on him, which is quite often the case now ever since he took over as India's limited-overs captain. He doesn't have that intense, battle-ready face of a Virat Kohli, neither does he stay almost reactionless like MS Dhoni. Rohit in fact, has an own way of reacting on the cricket field. One such incident took place during India vs West Indies first T20I at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. In between the confusion of whether to go for a DRS listening to the bowler Ravi Bishnoi and former captain Virat Kohli, Rohit found time to pass on a comment at the on-field umpire's wide call. "Wide kidhar de raha hai yaar?" (How can you call it a wide?) Rohit said when the umpire stretched his arms ignoring a confident appeal from debutant Bishnoi.
Matt Henry celebrated a career-best seven wicket haul as New Zealand rolled South Africa for 95 in their first innings inside two sessions on the opening day of the first Test in Christchurch on Thursday. Tea was taken early when tail-ender Duanne Oliver was out for one to end the innings with Henry taking seven for 23 as New Zealand cashed in on winning the toss and asking South Africa to bat in bowler-friendly conditions.
Ranji Trophy match Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara have played in a long time. Desperate to salvage their Test spot after a series of failures, both India’s veteran batsmen will be under scanner when — in a case of sheer coincidence — they go head-to-head when Mumbai take on defending champions Saurashtra in the what is pretty much a make-or-break Ranji Trophy Group D lung-opener for both the teams at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from Thursday. The struggling duo, who once formed the bulwark of India’s Test batting, saw their fortunes dip further in South Africa. Both will count on their vast experience in first-class cricket to bail them out of this rut they currently find themselves in. Rahane has scored 11,796 runs in 164 games at an average of 46.44, while Pujara, with 16,757 runs in 223 matches at an average of 50.62, has been the scourge of bowlers at the domestic level. Having scored as many as 85 first-class hundreds between them, both will hope that this is the game that ends their run drought for good.
Ravi Bishnoi has said that he was nervous initially during his debut T20I, but his aim was always to do the best for the Men in Blue. Ravi Bishnoi's two-wicket haul was backed up by quality knocks by Rohit Sharma (40) and Suryakumar Yadav (34*) as India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the first T20I here at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. "Feeling better now. It's a dream to play for India and it felt good. I was nervous at the start but wanted to contribute for the team as we know West Indies is one of the strongest teams in T20 cricket. It's slightly a challenge to grip the ball when there's dew. I never thought about this (winning the MoM) but it's a dream come true moment for me," said Bishnoi during the post-match presentation.
