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In this chat conducted by bcci.tv immediately after India’s series-levelling victory in the second Test against England in Chennai, Virat Kohli tells R Ashwin that he has seen a kind of metamorphosis in his lead spinner. According to Kohli Ashwin, who is closing in fast on 400 Test wickets, has naturally been strike bowler, not

News Yadav has to undergo a fitness assessment before linking up with his team-mates Umesh Yadav has been drafted into India’s Test squad for the Ahmedabad leg of the England series, replacing Shardul Thakur, who has been released to play for Mumbai in the domestic 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy. Yadav, who will undergo a fitness

There was sharp turn, there was uneven bounce, and there were explosions of soil when the ball landed on its surface. As difficult as it was to bat on, though, Virat Kohli believes the pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium for the second Test was a fair one in terms of competitive balance between the

News “As a community we should be able to embrace how good a cricketer is. We can see a lot of positives, but we tend to choose the negatives” After delivering a dream performance in front of his home crowd, R Ashwin has asked for more positivity, understanding and pride from the cricket community in

News “I’ve played four Tests matches here and this is easily the most special Test match” R Ashwin said he felt like a “hero” whenever he bowled – or just removed his cap for that matter – in front of his home crowd during the second Test against England at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

News The wicketkeeper-batsman played one Test, one ODI and two T20Is in a long career Naman Ojha, the wicketkeeper-batsman from Madhya Pradesh who played four matches for India across the three formats between 2010 and 2015, has quit the game at the age of 37, bringing the curtain down on a first-class career that started

News “When we go abroad and get a seaming track, we don’t talk about excessive grass on the pitch” Debutant left-arm spinner Axar Patel has asked the critics of the Chennai pitch to change their mindset towards spinning pitches, pointing out that India never complain about seaming tracks when they travel. The Chennai pitch has

News “Obviously the ball turning away from the left-hander is one very big advantage when it comes to offspinners” Having played 76 largely successful Tests, R Ashwin is now at a stage of his career where every achievement takes him to a milestone. During the second day’s play in Chennai, he took his 29th five-for,

Welcome to day two of our live report of the second India-England Test from Chennai. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local 9.20am: #AskMatchDay – What’s a

Rohit Sharma went for his shots early on the first day © BCCI Rohit Sharma knew he needed to be proactive on the turning pitch rolled out for the second Test, and he prepared accordingly. Having been beaten in the first Test on a pitch that began to turn towards the end of the third

News “It is all about what the team wants from me – and then go and contribute. And I am pretty much confident about that” Ajinkya Rahane is a man of few words. He keeps his assertions for on the field. On the eve of the second Test against England, though, he hit back at

Malhotra will be in charge of game development and operations © BCCI Delhi Capitals CEO Dhiraj Malhotra will replace Saba Karim as the BCCI’s General Manager. He will be in charge of game development and operations. Malhotra, who has been in the cricket industry for more than two decades, has also held senior positions at

News Fast bowlers have to run two kilometres in 8 minutes 15 seconds, the rest in 8 minutes 30 seconds It is no more 16:1. The yo-yo test level for the Indian men’s cricketers has been raised to 17:1. In addition, the BCCI has also added a new fitness parameter: run a two-kilometre time trial,

Jofra Archer will miss the second Test in Chennai, starting on Saturday © BCCI Jofra Archer, England’s strike bowler, has been ruled out of the second Test in Chennai after receiving an injection in his right elbow. Archer was instrumental in England’s 227-run victory in last week’s first Test, claiming three wickets in the match

News Spinners likely to get more response from the pitch as early as the first day in the second Test After suffering a massive defeat on a slow and flat surface in the first Test, spinners are likely to get more response from the pitch in the second Test as the pitch is expected to

News Former India players Irfan Pathan, Manoj Tiwary and Dodda Ganesh had earlier voiced their support for Jaffer Former India captain Anil Kumble on Thursday extended support to his former team-mate Wasim Jaffer after the Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU) alleged that he had tried to force religion-based selections as the state team’s coach. Jaffer,

One of Rahul Chahar and Shahbaz Nadeem might play in the second Test if Axar Patel isn’t fit © BCCI India continue to wait on the fitness of Axar Patel, who resumed bowling in the nets after missing the first Test in Chennai with a left knee strain on the eve of the match. He

News Former India opener says it’s “sad” that he has to take the step to deny the “baseless” allegations A day after resigning as Uttarakhand head coach because of “interference in team selection”, former India opener Wasim Jaffer has denied allegations – reportedly levelled against him by senior officials of Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU)

News Who was sold to whom, and who didn’t get a bid? The full list of players sold and unsold at the 2021 IPL player auction in Chennai. (Conversion rates as follows: USD 1 = INR 72; INR 50 lakh = USD 68,000 approx; INR 1 crore = USD 137,000 approx; INR 10 crore =

News India captain says the vice-captain, alongwith Pujara, remain India’s ‘most important batsmen’ in Tests While acknowledging England’s dominance during the game, Virat Kohli asserted after the first Test that there will be no impulsive reactions from his team after a big defeat to start off the series. Kohli pointed that out on several fronts

News Appointment comes just days before Vijay Hazare Trophy after wrangling between CIC and MCA A day before the squad is picked for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament, Mumbai have appointed a new head coach in former allrounder Ramesh Powar. Powar, the former Mumbai and India offspinner, replaces former Mumbai batsman Amit Pagnis,

News “He kept insisting on picking his own team which is not right as selectors are there,” counters association secretary Wasim Jaffer, the former India opening batsman and domestic giant, has resigned as Uttarakhand’s head coach citing “interference in team selection” days before they were to compete in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament, starting

News Fast bowler confident India can chase down the target in the fourth innings Ishant Sharma acknowledged that his career has been “quite a rollercoaster” after becoming the third Indian pacer, behind Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan, to get to the 300-wicket milestone in Tests – in his 98th match, against England in Chennai. Long

News “Even if some parts of my body are not responding, I can really keep going,” says Ashwin about injury fears The Indian team seems fairly confident about what they’re dealing with on the last day of this Test: they need 381 to win with nine wickets in hand, and going by the reflections of

News India’s No. 3 backs the wicketkeeper batsman to keep playing his natural attacking game Cheteshwar Pujara is enjoying his budding new partnership with Rishabh Pant. The two batsmen have made timely interventions for India in three consecutive Tests so far, the latest coming on day three of the Chennai Test. Pant joined Pujara when

News Teams split into Elite Groups A, B, C, D and E, and one Plate Group The Vijay Hazare Trophy, the domestic one-day competition in India, will take place from February 20 to March 14. The teams have been split into six groups, Elite A, B, C, D and E and the Plate Group. All

News He was asked whether farmers were finding space in conversations in India’s dressing room A day after India’s cricket establishment joined a Twitter conversation on the ongoing farmers’ protest in the country, captain Virat Kohli said the issue has been discussed within the India team. He said everyone had, in a team meeting, “expressed

News Back as captain, he says Ajinkya Rahane fulfilled the leadership responsibility with flying colours in Australia Of all the series in all the times, the one that Virat Kohli chose to miss turned out to be an epic to end all the epics. In his absence, losing a player by the day, India managed

News Dawid Malan, the No. 1-ranked T20I batsman, has also registered himself for the auction Mitchell Starc will not be part of IPL 2021, as the left-arm fast bowler has not registered for the auctions that are slated for February 18 in Chennai. A total of 1097 players – 814 from India and 283 from

News Spinners Shahbaz Nadeem and Rahul Chahar added to India’s squad Left-arm spinner Axar Patel has been ruled out of the first India-England Test in Chennai with a knee injury. A BCCI statement said Patel, who is also handy with the bat down the order, felt “pain in his left knee during Team India’s optional