'Where is India going in Test cricket? Why is it happening to the team. Is it saturation of Twenty20?'
Factbox on England captain Alastair Cook, who became the first English batsman to score 10,000 runs in test matches in the second test against Sri Lanka on Monday. *Born Dec. 25, 1984 in Gloucester, England. *Scored an unbeaten 104 on test debut against India at Nagpur in 2006, and made his one-day international debut against Sri Lanka in the same year. *Scored 766 runs in seven innings during the 2010-2011 Ashes tour, to help England to their first series win in Australia for 24 years. *Scored 294 against India in 2011, his highest test score to date, and was named as International Cricket Council's Test Cricketer of the Year in 2011. *Was appointed MBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.
Pakistan team's tour of Zimbabwe next month and a planned tri-series ODI tournament there have been called off after mutual understanding between the two countries.
The back to back Test series wins in Australia must rank as Ravi Shastri's greatest achievement as India's coach.
When Dhoni was surprisingly elevated to the top job in 2007, not many would have predicted the impact that the Jharkhand right-hander would have on Indian cricket as ended up winning two World titles, the ICC Champions Trophy and also guided the Test team to the No 1 ranking along the way.
Shastri wants both Ashwin and Jadeja in Indian playing XI for WTC Final
On the occasion of his 32nd birthday, social media was flooded with tributes for the Indian cricket team
Indian batting legend Rahul Dravid said he has not been approached for the coach's job of Team India, and added that the new coach must be selected irrespective of nationality.
Australia's decision to pull out of next month's three-Test tour in South Africa due to the COVID-19 pandemic is "extremely disappointing" considering the hosts had put in place a number of safety measures, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Tuesday.
'I thought Virat Kohli was the best batsman I've ever seen because of the way he plays in all forms, but Steve Smith... that's another level.'
The 16 skippers made history, coming together in Melbourne for the first time at a T20 World Cup.
The collective brilliance of the Indian XI in the 2023 World Cup makes a compelling case for each player to be considered for inclusion in every World XI.
Ben Stokes brings his own special magic on his return to the shortest format, while Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Buttler and Moeen Ali ensure that England bat deep and powerfully.
WTC finalists to be decided by percentage of points earned: Report
The burden of playing in all the three formats eventually took a toll on India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who decided to retire from Test cricket with immediate effect in the middle of the ongoing four-match Australia series.
The start to the 13 Tests long season could not have been better for India. A convincing win in their 500th Test over New Zealand with spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja weaving their magic on a turning track to hand India a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq receiving the Test mace for their meteoric rise to No.1 ranking in cricket's traditional format. Also, football took precedence once again, a struggling Manchester United ran riot at Old Trafford as they beat Premier League champions Leicester 4-1. An outstanding first-half performance by Arsenal helping them beat London rivals Chelsea. Other top teams like Manchester City and Liverpool also taking full points.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday released the itinerary for the home series against the West Indies in the United Arab Emirates, which will include three Tests, three One-day Internationals and as many T20 Internationals.
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Former Ashes-winning captain Andrew Strauss has expressed his interest in the newly-created director of English cricket role for the ECB.
Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja claimed four wickets each as India crushed Bangladesh by 208 runs in the one-off Test and stretch the team's unbeaten streak to 19 matches, in Hyderabad, on Monday.
India's batting superstar Virat Kohli celebrates his 28th birthday on Saturday. Courtesy of his batting heroics, Kohli has become one of the most loved cricketers in India in the last few years, following in the footsteps of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday rolled out the red carpet for war-ravaged Afghanistan by agreeing to host the country's maiden Test match but chose to cold-shoulder a cricket-starved Pakistan in its latest Future Tours Programme (FTP).
Kohli wants to focus on the things which the hosts can control like playing good cricket in the upcoming games.
'We come here wanting to express ourselves, believing in our abilities and knowing we have the right balance to win Test matches under any conditions we play under.'
'He just has to keep performing, and mustn't let this go to his head.'
The off-spin wizard said that the initial perception about spinners being cannon fodder in the shortest format has proved to be a myth.
Australia's aim of regaining the top ranking in Test cricket has taken a major step forward following Monday's comprehensive victory over New Zealand in the opener of their two-match series, according to captain Steve Smith.
India captain Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma maintained their supremacy at the top of the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen, occupying the first and second spots respectively in the latest list released on Wednesday.
South African player Vernon Philander has reportedly taken the No.1 spot on the ICC player rankings for Test all-rounders, replacing India's R Ashwin.
Afghanistan will take on Bangladesh in a three-match T20 series, starting Dehradun on Sunday, dividing their focus ahead of the historic Test debut against India in two weeks' time.
Suryakumar Yadav hit the zenith in T20 cricket and then came a period of lull when he almost touched nadir only to realise how important it is to have a 'balanced approach' towards life.
Kohli will get the opportunity to draw level with Dhoni when India lock horn with West Indies in the opening Test, beginning in North Sound, Antigua, on Thursday.
Eoin Morgan is the all-time leading run-scorer and most-capped player for England in both ODI and T20I matches.
England bowling coach Chris Silverwood has been named the head coach of the men's team replacing Australia's Trevor Bayliss, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday.
Virat Kohli achieved another personal milestone by becoming the seventh India batsman and first since Sachin Tendulkar in June 2011, to top the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen.
For the Indian captain and his team, the WTC final is like their Test debuts as young players trying to come up the ranks.
Kohli has so far led India in three ICC events -- the 2017 Champions Trophy, the 2019 50-over World Cup and the recently completed inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (WTC). In all these events, India managed to reach the closing stages, but the trophy eluded the team.
Once in a while, everyone is allowed a bit of slump in form and Steve Smith is no exception, stated David Warner, who can relate to his former skipper's woes against India having endured a similarly wretched run during the 2019 Ashes in England.
Morgan was purchased by KKR for INR 5.25 crore in the Indian Premier League auctions in Kolkata.
India will usher in 2016 with a three-week tour of Australia, comprising five ODIs and three T20 Internationals, starting January 12.
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