Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy termed his comeback into the India side after three long years as a “rebirth” and “emotional moment” even as he thanked legendary R Ashwin for helping him grow in confidence during last edition of Tamil Nadu Premier League. India chased down Bangladesh’s meagre total of 127 with 49 balls … Read more
IND vs BAN LIVE: A look at squads – India: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav. Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, … Read more
Pace sensation Mayank Yadav is expected to unleash his raw speed while the absence of India’s T20 regulars will provide another opportunity to the fringe players in the three-match series against Bangladesh, beginning here Sunday. Having consistently generated speed in excess of 150kmph in his maiden IPL earlier this year, Mayank had drawn … Read more
The Indian cricket team registered an impressive 2-0 victory in the recently-concluded Test series and now the focus shifts to the three-match T20I series against Bangladesh starting Sunday. The somewhat new-look India team started practice ahead of the first match in Gwalior and bowling coach Morne Morkel had the opportunity to work with … Read more
India’s newly appointed bowling Morne Morkel had some tricky tasks to deal with ahead of the start of the T20I series against Bangladesh. Team India players, part of the Bangladesh T20I roster, had their first nets session ahead of the series opener, with all-rounder Hardik Pandya practicing his bowling. However, Morkel was said … Read more
Big picture: Another stern test awaits Bangladesh Bangladesh came into this series riding on the high of winning 2-0 in Pakistan. It peaked when they had India 144 for 6 in the first innings in Chennai. But then India once again showed why they are arguably the strongest home side in Test history and went … Read more