It was the summer of 42 revisited all over again as Virat Kohli and the Indian team crashed to the lowest score in Test cricket in 65 years.
Ricky Ponting slammed the current team for showing 'no desperation'
The home side were in the game at 107 for three when left-arm spinner Maharaj (5-36) claimed the scalp of Kieran Powell (51), who tried to launch him to the midwicket boundary but picked out lone fielder Anrich Nortje.
Kyle Jamieson wrecked India with the ball and opener Devon Conway compiled a half-century to put New Zealand in a commanding position in the final of the inaugural ICC World Test Championship in Southampton on Sunday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 2 of the India-England Test at Lord's.
Axar Patel and senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin exploited the turning Motera pitch to bundle out England for 112 in their first innings
Images from Day 1 of the 2nd Test between England and New Zealand played on Thursday
Rajneesh Gupta presents the interesting numbers from the second day of Kingston Test between West Indies and India
Johnny Bairstow scored England's first century of the series as the tourists staged a fightback after a torrid start to the third day of the fourth Ashes Test on Friday, but Australia remained in command with a lead of 158 at the close of play.
New Zealand sprung a fantastic turnaround to defeat India by three wickets
England were left frustrated after a blunder by third umpire Anil Chaudhary denied them the wicket of India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and a DRS review.
Images from the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Delhi, on Sunday.
BUttler has struggled to score freely against Chahal in IPL it was different in the third match.
'When you face bowling of that quality, with that line and length, it's very difficult to score runs and that's what happened to the Indians today.'
The Indian team is good enough to reach the semi-finals of T20 World Cup but for the side to play at its full potential, Hardik Pandya "needs to start bowling" and Bhuvneshwar Kumar must crank up the pace, feels former Australian speedster Brett Lee.
India captain Virat Kohli wasn't happy that his team lost out on a perfect DRS call just because replay of the delivery bowled to Matthew Wade was shown on giant screen before the permissible limit of 15 seconds.
Rishabh Pant scored a spectacular 101 as India ended Day 2 in the fourth Test against England on 294-7.
West Indies great Michael Holding slammed what he saw as "atrocious" umpiring during his country's 15-run defeat by Australia in the Cricket World Cup at Nottingham's Trent Bridge.
Leg-spinner Rashid took five wickets to help bowl Ireland out for 126 before Hales struck 55 off 39 balls to lead England to their easy target.
Williamson agreed that getting Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara out early did set it up nicely for them.
Pakistan had set England a target of 155. The hosts beat a battling Pakistan by three wickets.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 5th Ashes Test played between England and Australia on Thursday.
Virat Kohli went by his gut and experience and played all his five main bowlers just when India needed to keep the lid on Scotland.
Dean Elgar feels the SA batters got a 'window period' to go after the target in the 3rd Test following India's on-field outburst on the DRS call
India were 146 for 3 against New Zealand before bad light stopped play in the weather-marred World Test Championship final, in Southampton, on Saturday.
Pakistan set South Africa a daunting target of 370 to win the second and final Test in Rawalpindi
Alam played his last Test in 2009.
Total runs scored by Virat Kohli in Tests so far this year: 1,182. Last year, Virat aggregated 1,215 runs, notes Rajneesh Gupta.
Jofra Archer's first five-wicket haul in Test cricket put England in command on a weather-affected opening day of the third Ashes Test at Headingley on Thursday as they bowled Australia out for 179.
A grafting century from Dom Sibley and an increasingly belligerent one by Ben Stokes put England in control on day two of the second Test against West Indies in Manchester on Friday. Opener Sibley completed his second Test century shortly before lunch, eventually falling for 120, while Stokes cut loose after it before going for 176 as England declared on 469-9.
Vijay Shankar said confidence in his ability to adapt helped him get over his surprise at being asked to bowl earlier than he expected
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup warm-up match played between India and Australia in Dubai on Wednesday.
The unbeaten Mumbai duo added 185 runs for the fourth wicket to rescue the hosts who looked in dire straits at 39 for three in the morning session after opting to bat in Ranchi.
'More than anything, up from New Zealand (Lord's Test) I've changed a few things. I felt I got forward and back better'
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the numbers you need to know about Virat Kohli in Test cricket.
Playing their 100th Test, Bangladesh, were bowled out for 467 in the final session, leading Sri Lanka by 129 runs, after the 21-year-old Mosaddek became the final wicket to fall for 75.
Images from Day 1 of the 2nd Test between India and New Zealand at the Wankhede in Mumbai on Friday.
Half-centuries from Mohammed Rizwan and Babar Azam helped Pakistan outclass Namibia by 45 runs to storm into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Images from Day 4 of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's in London on Saturday.
Jofra Archer took six wickets as England's bowlers gave their side a handy lead on the second day of the final Ashes Test, reducing Australia to 225 all out in reply to their own first innings score of 294.
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