India on Monday regained the top spot in the ICC Test rankings after securing a 1-0 series win over reigning World Test Championship winners New Zealand. With 124 rating points, India have replaced New Zealand in the position, who are on 121 points. Australia are third with 108 points while England are fourth 107.…
India head coach Rahul Dravid said that he is happy that there is a lot of competition for places in the Test team and he hopes that this continues to be the cause and the players cause the team management selection “headaches”. India beat New Zealand by a record 372 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday…
India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey believes that senior pacer Ishant Sharma needs a couple of games to regain his rhythm as he has not played enough cricket this year. Notably, Ishant’s lackluster showing was on display during the Kanpur Test in New Zealand, where the India pacer went wicketless in both innings. New…
Harbhajan Singh congratulated Ravichandran Ashwin after the latter overtook him on the list of India’s highest Test wicket-takers. Ashwin went level with Harbhajan on 417 wickets when he dismissed New Zealand opener Will Young in the closing stages of Day 4 of the first Test in Kanpur. He then took his 418th…
India’s fielding has been the biggest positive to take out of their 3-0 T20I series win over New Zealand, captain Rohit Sharma has said. A 73-run win in Kolkata on Monday helped India complete a series sweep over the T20 World Cup runners-up in a series in which both sides rested a number of key players.…
New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson has decided to skip the T20I series against India to focus on the upcoming Test series that signals the start of the new World Test championship cycle. The three-match T20 series begins in Jaipur later on Wednesday, three days after New Zealand lost the World Cup final to Australia in…
New Zealand, one of the favourites to win the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, has suffered back-to-back losses in their warm-up matches. Wednesday’s 13-run defeat at the hands of England in Abu Dhabi followed a final-over thriller against Australia on Monday and a six-run victory over the Netherlands last…
Expressing disappointment over New Zealand and England’s decision to pull out of their respective tours of Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said money has become a big player now, and that “India being the richest board, controls world cricket.” In an interview with Middle East Eye, Khan…
HIGHLIGHTS New Zealand tour of Pakistan was called off just minutes before the 1st ODI in Rawalpindi New Zealand was visiting Pakistan for the first time in 18 years Pakistan were scheduled to host New Zealand for a series of 3 ODIs and 5 T20I New Zealand’s tour of Pakistan has been completely called off due to…