England in West Indies 2022: TV details, UK start time and schedule for Test series
England return to the West Indies with revenge in their minds, following their 3-2 defeat in the five-match IT20 series just a month ago.
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Mohali Test: A Day In Nets For 'Centurion' Virat Kohli and 'Captain' Rohit Sharma
Two men at the peak of their careers and separated by a year. Supremely successful, insanely wealthy, and achievers in their own right with manic followers growing exponentially with each passing day. But 48 hours before Virat Kohli gears up to play his landmark 100th Test and Rohit Sharma walks out from the PCA Stadium pavilion in a navy blue India blazer for the first time, they simply looked like two men possessed and intensely focussed to make their milestone moment special. While social media went into a frenzy before BCCI allowed crowd for the momentous occasion, there were not even 10 people around when the Indian team bus entered the stadium premises on Wednesday.
India vs Sri Lanka: Former India Paceman Reveals What Will Give Rohit Sharma Confidence Ahead Of 1st Test As Captain
Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian cricket team in Test cricket for the first time when the teams walks out at the PCA Stadium in Mohali to take on Sri Lanka in the first Test match from Friday. Rohit will have big boots to fill as he takes over from Virat Kohli, who stepped down from captaincy in cricket's longest format after India's 1-2 loss to South Africa, away from home, earlier this year. Kohli is India's most successful Test captains in terms of victories and win percentage and has left behind a strong legacy.
Pakistan vs Australia Preview: Australia Step Into Unknown For 1st Test In Pakistan Since 1998
Australia take on Pakistan in the first Test of the three-match series from Fiday and the series opener will be played in Rawalpindi. All Pakistan vs Australia Test series will now be called the Benaud-Qadir series, named after legendary Australia all-rounder Richie Benaud and Pakistani leg-spin great Abdul Qadir. Ashes-winning Australia will face unfamiliar conditions, heavy security and unpredictable, but talented, opponents when they begin their first Test in Pakistan for 24 years on Friday. Having landed in Islamabad just three days ago to be immediately engulfed in "head of state-level security", the Australians have had little time to acclimatise to conditions in Rawalpindi, where the first Test will be played. But they may like what they see as they practise, with a pitch often more conducive to seam bowling than the more typical spinners' wickets more usually found across Pakistan.
Alex Lees backed to have a successful Test career after impressing in Antigua
Zak Crawley tipped his new opening partner Alex Lees for a successful Test career after the pair began the job of moving England past their Ashes despair.
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(Reuters) - Here is what you need to know about the first test between India and Sri Lanka, which starts on Friday.
Rohit takes over as India's test captain in Kohli's 100th
MUMBAI : Rohit Sharma will begin his reign as India's new test captain on Friday in a two-match series against neighbours Sri Lanka, hoping to keep the team's juggernaut rolling at home.