Tag Archives: Rohit Sharma
England v India, Test series and tour: Next match, full schedule and fixtures
Rohit Sharma takes a captain’s knock on day one of the third Test – AP/Ajit Solanki India’s chances of winning the third Test suffered a major blow when star spinner Ravichandran Ashwin withdrew from the match due to a family medical emergency. “In these challenging times, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)… Read More »
India and Rohit take responsibility as England fail to build on early flurry
England give Mark Wood chance to be at his best after Test debut abuse
Mark Wood kept England alive on the first day of the third Test by missing the second in Vizag – AP/Ajit Solanki Opting for Mark Wood’s pace over the return of Shoaib Bashir was England’s final decision when selecting their XI for the third Test. But on the first day, with three wickets and a… Read More »
Ben Stokes and England have a review problem and India made them pay for it
UK softens stance when it comes to DRS – Reuters/Francis Maccarenhas Faced with sweltering heat and a typically flat Rajkot wicket, England would once leave the first day chattering about the few marginal lbw decisions that went against them. Instead, England cannot even console themselves by complaining about the referee: they only have themselves to… Read More »
ECB fears Shoaib Bashir will not be the last England player to face India’s unfair visa system
Shoaib Bashir to meet England team-mates in Hyderabad this week – Getty Images/Harry Trump As a devastated Shoaib Bashir made a distraught flight home, his dreams of making his Test debut in Hyderabad ruined, senior England officials were at a glitzy awards ceremony organized by the India board. Current and former stars of Indian cricket… Read More »
ODIs must find link between World Cups or risk of tournament dying
India’s talks with Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup will always be meaningful but the tournament itself is in danger of becoming irrelevant – REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas It was the final the organizers had desired, missing only the result that one country demanded: Rohit Sharma lifting his 13th ODI World Cup. Yet the World Cup was… Read More »
Australia claim Cricket World Cup glory as Travis Head ton crashes India’s party
As Pat Cummins and his players basked in Australia’s sixth men’s World Cup title – undoubtedly one of their biggest contenders – thousands of Indian fans filled this massive cricket stadium with utter disbelief. The idea of fulfilling India’s destiny in the home tournament is now over, as they saw a fine team comprising the… Read More »