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News India don’t feel they batted on too long after they ended one wicket short of a win When a side comes as close to winning as India did and the opposition is more than 100 away from their score, it is tempting to look for a few priceless minutes from earlier in the match.

Report India wicketless in the first session of day five as NZ look to save the Kanpur Test Lunch New Zealand 296 and 79 for 1 (Somerville 36*, Latham 35*) need another 205 runs to beat India 345 and 234 for 7 dec Obdurate batting from Tom Latham and nightwatchman Will Somerville kept India wicketless

News Former India legspinner was responding to a tweet on online trolling faced by cricket commentators L Sivaramakrishnan, the former India legspinner, has said that he has been “colour discriminated” all his life. Responding to a tweet on cricket commentators facing online trolling, 55-year-old Sivaramakrishnan wrote: “I have been criticised and colour discriminated all my

News New Zealand batting coach disappointed with Young’s lbw dismissal, but still hopeful of a positive result In a studio show on Star Sports, commentator Simon Doull said he hadn’t heard umpire Virender Sharma prompt Will Young that ten seconds had elapsed since he had been given out lbw to R Ashwin and the clock

Report At lunch on day four, India led by 133 runs with five wickets in hand Lunch India 345 and 84 for 5 (Ashwin 20*, Iyer 18*, Jamieson 2-21, Southee 2-27) lead New Zealand 296 by 133 runs Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson rocked India’s batting line-up on a slow fourth-day pitch, reducing the hosts

News Seven of the eight Indian players who participated in the 2021-22 WBBL are among the notable omissions from the squads Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, as well seven of the eight Indian players who participated in the 2021-22 WBBL, are among the notable omissions from the squads for the Senior Women’s One-day Challenger Trophy scheduled

News As things stand, India A will remain in South Africa with both teams committed to continue their red-ball series The status of India’s December-January tour of South Africa remains unchanged, for now. It is understood that the Indian team will require special government permission to tour South Africa – the borders between the countries

Report The wicket of Kane Williamson at the stroke of lunch left the match beautifully balanced Lunch New Zealand 197 for 2 (Latham 82*, Young 89, Umesh 1-30, Ashwin 1-57) trail India 345 (Iyer 105, Gill 52, Jadeja 50, Southee 5-69, Jamieson 3-91) by 148 runs Kane Williamson’s wicket in the last over before lunch

News Batter hadn’t played red-ball cricket in a while but came good when India needed him Shreyas Iyer went to bed at around 11pm on Thursday hoping for and expecting a good night’s sleep. He had batted the best part of two sessions in less-then-ideal air so it wasn’t really an unrealistic expectation. However, he

Report The visitors went to tea at 72 for 0 in Kanpur in reply to India’s 345 built on Shreyas Iyer’s debut ton Tea New Zealand 72 for 0 (Young 46*, Latham 23*) trail India 345 (Iyer 105, Gill 52, Jadeja 50, Southee 5-69, Jamieson 3-91) by 273 runs Tim Southee delivered one of the

News Phoebe Litchfield was named WBBL ‘Young Gun’ as the best player under the age of 21 Harmanpreet Kaur is hopeful a women’s IPL can be established sooner rather than later, after she created history becoming the first Indian to be named WBBL player of the tournament following a stunning season for Melbourne Renegades. The

News Franchise’s former captain Shreyas Iyer opts to head to the player auction While Capitals could see Iyer’s exit as a setback, they wouldn’t have been entirely surprised by the batter’s decision. Ever since the Capitals handed the captaincy to Pant ahead of IPL 2021, after Iyer was ruled out of the first leg due

Report Both sides pick three spinners each Toss India chose to bat vs New Zealand On a clear morning in Kanpur, India captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and chose to bat in the first Test against New Zealand. Rahane’s expectation was for the pitch to play “slow and low”, and both teams picked three

News Akash Ambani “confident of shaping another successful brand in the UAE and bring in our experiences to benefits the growth of cricket in the UAE” Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the owners of the Mumbai Indians IPL franchise, has confirmed that it will own one of the teams in the upcoming UAE T20 League. “We

News “It is a firm track and won’t break down easily,” says Shiv Kumar The 22-yard strip at Green Park, which will be used for the first Test between India and New Zealand, may be devoid of any grass, but won’t show ready signs of wear and tear, according to local curator Shiv Kumar. There

News Iyer averages 52.18 in first-class cricket, and scores them at an astonishing strike-rate of 81.54 Shreyas Iyer is all set to be India’s 303rd men’s Test cricketer. Stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane confirmed a day before the Kanpur Test against New Zealand that Iyer will be debuting after KL Rahul was ruled out with a

News Rahul has a muscle strain on his left thigh and will now undergo rehabilitation at the NCA KL Rahul has been sidelined from the upcoming two-Test series against New Zealand with a strain in his left thigh. He will now undergo rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, and Suryakumar Yadav has been

News Both are in Kolkata for the third T20I against New Zealand and will leave with the squad on November 23 Chahar and Kishan are in Kolkata for the third T20I against New Zealand and will leave with the squad on November 23. “Yes, Deepak and Ishan have been drafted to the squad. They will

News “Going forward, we will definitely keep an eye out for him,” India’s T20 captain says of Venkatesh Iyer With the 2022 T20 World Cup just 11 months away, India’s captain for the format, Rohit Sharma, wants the new players who featured in the team’s 3-0 series win over New Zealand to be given a

News India’s coach also suggested that the team might continue to rest and rotate players over the coming 12 months India may have just swept the T20 World Cup runners-up 3-0 in his first series as full-time head coach, but Rahul Dravid wants to take a “realistic” view of where the team stands. He is

Report India rested Rahul and Ashwin, and picked Kishan, while New Zealand brought in Ferguson for Southee Toss India chose to bat vs New Zealand Rohit Sharma won his third straight toss, with India opting to bat this time to “challenge themselves against conditions”, presumably dew, in the third and final T20I at Eden Gardens.

Report Hyderabad, unbeaten before this game, were bowled out for 90 before TN got to the target with 34 balls to spare Tamil Nadu 92 for 2 (Vijay 43*, Sudharsan 34*, Readdi 2-23) beat Hyderabad 90 (Thyagarajan 25, Saravana 5-21, Mohammed 2-12, Ashwin 2-13) by eight wickets Tamil Nadu rode on an excellent bowling performance

News ‘Whether it’s next year or in five years’ time, I don’t know’ says CSK captain MS Dhoni has indicated that he would continue playing for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL – for at least one more season – as he hopes for a Chepauk farewell. Earlier, following Super Kings’ win in the IPL

Report Fifties from Rohan Kadam and Manish Pandey ensured Karnataka had enough to defend despite an outstanding final over from the seamer Karnataka 176 for 7 (Kadam 87, Pandey 54, Nalkande 4-28, Lalit 2-36) beat Vidarbha 172 for 6 (Taide 32, Satish 31, Cariappa 2-27) by four runs Darshan Nalkande took four wickets in four

Harshal Patel doesn’t think he’s very talented. His study of his bowling action has led him to conclude it’s biomechanically imperfect: he has “massive lateral flex at the point of delivery” which means the height from which he bowls – and consequently the bounce he could get – is reduced. The action is a greater

India 155 for 3 (Rahul 65, Rohit 55, Southee 3-16) beat New Zealand 153 for 6 (Phillips 34, Mitchell 31, Harshal 2-25, Ashwin 1-19) by seven wickets A 117-run stand between KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma topped off a superb team effort with the ball in dewy conditions as India wrapped up victory in the

Report Milne, Sodhi and Neesham return as visitors face a must-win game Toss India chose to bowl vs New Zealand If his first two matches as full-time T20I captain are anything to go by, Rohit Sharma will significantly improve on his predecessor Virat Kohli’s record in one respect: winning tosses. India, who are 1-0 up

Preview New Zealand need their bench strength to come to the fore in a more prominent way in the second T20I Big picture It was only last Sunday that New Zealand lost to Australia in the final of the T20 World Cup but so jam-packed is the international calendar at the moment that only five

News Former Australia captain reveals he was approached by BCCI to coach India before Dravid was appointed Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is not able to take up coaching roles with the Australian and Indian teams because of “time commitments”. Ponting said “giving up 300 days a year is not something I would do” with

News “Security is the main challenge there, like teams have been attacked in the past, which is a concern,” India’s sports minister Anurag Thakur said Just one day after the ICC awarded the rights to the 2025 Champions Trophy to be played in Pakistan, the Indian government has expressed apprehensions about participation in the global