India produced a clinical performance with the ball to crush the West Indies by 257 runs in the second test at Kingston on Monday. The result makes Virat Kohli the country’s most successful captain in the longest format of the game, with this win being his 28th in charge of the side. Continue reading “West Indies vs India Second Test Day 4 Kingston Match Report September 2 2019”
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West Indies vs India Second Test Day 3 Kingston Match Report September 1 2019
India enjoyed another day of dominance with both bat and ball as they closed in on a clean sweep on their tour of the Caribbean in Jamaica on Sunday.
Jasprit Bumrah’s stunning spell had reduced the Windies to 87/7 on Day 2, and it didn’t take too much time for the visitors to wrap up the innings today. Mohammed Shami was the first to strike, with Rahkeem Cornwall only able to fend an absolute snorter to Ajinkya Rahane at gully. Continue reading “West Indies vs India Second Test Day 3 Kingston Match Report September 1 2019”
West Indies vs India Second Test Day 2 Kingston Match Report August 31 2019
Hanuma Vihari’s maiden ton, followed by a magnificent spell of fast bowling by Jasprit Bumrah, put India in the drivers’ seat at the end of the second day of the second test against the West Indies on Saturday. Continue reading “West Indies vs India Second Test Day 2 Kingston Match Report August 31 2019”
West Indies vs India Second Test Day 1 Kingston Match Report August 30 2019
Mayank Agarwal and skipper Virat Kohli both scored fine half centuries as India recovered from a shaky start to finish Day 1 of the second test at 264/5 in Kingston on Friday.
India went in with an unchanged line up, while the home side included debutant Rahkeem Cornwall and wicket keeper Jahmar Hamilton in place of Miguel Cummins and Shai Hope respectively.
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West Indies vs India First Test Day 1 Antigua Match Report August 22 2019
Under-fire Indian vice captain Ajinkya Rahane saved his team’s blushes with a gritty 81 as the visitors finished Day 1 of the opening test at 203 for six in Antigua on Thursday.
The decision to axe Ravi Ashwin, left out in favour of Ravi Jadeja, took fans and pundits alike by surprise. The visitors also chose to persist with Hanuma Vihari, with the Andhra batsman getting the nod at 6 ahead of Rohit Sharma.
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End of an era- Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn retire from cricket
It’s officially the end of an era. With the retirements of Dale Steyn and Hashim Amla, all members of the South African side who scripted that famous series victory Down Under against Australia in 2008 have called it a day.
That Proteas team was also the first one since readmission to beat Australia in Australia, and they didn’t lose a single away test series between 2007 and 2015- quite an amazing statistic given the variety of conditions that prevail in test cricket today. Amla and Steyn were both key members of that squad as was AB de Villiers, who also hung up his international boots last year. Interestingly, the trio were the 295th, 296th and 297th players for South Africa and made their debuts in the same year- will the Proteas ever have a more impactful troika of players in the future? Continue reading “End of an era- Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn retire from cricket”