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Former World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev on Wednesday advised Team India to not rely only on Sachin Tendulkar, and asked the youngsters to shoulder responsibility in the Test series against England. The four-match competition starts in Ahmedabad on Thursday. “Sachin will be the centre of attraction. The focus will be on him. But you cannot […]
Former English pacer Stephen Harmison, who has played three Test matches in India, knows the conditions well, and believes spinners Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar will dismiss most of the Indian batsmen during the upcoming four-match Test series, getting started with the opening game at Ahmedbad on Thursday. Despite declaring Swann and Panesar the ones […]
Veteran Australian batsman Michael Hussey has set sights on the imminent South Africa challenge, saying that the chance to regain first position on the ICC Test ranking will work as a driving force for his team. By beating England by 2-0, South Africa captured the No. 1 place early in the year. The Proteas also […]
Former Indian captain, Sourav Ganguly has expressed serious disappointment over the selectors’ decision to not pick pacer Ashok Dinda and middle-order batsman Manoj Tiwary for the opening two Tests against England. He added that had he been the selector, he would have picked both players. In spite of hitting an excellent innings of 93 in […]
Leg-spinner Imran Tahir was awful in the three-day tour match against Australia A. He took only two wickets for 157 runs off 40 overs. Despite his lacklustre show in the practice game, South Africa are likely to play him in the opening Test at Brisbane. Assistant coach, Russell Domingo described that with Jacques Kallis in […]
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has said that Team India should be ready for plenty of negatives from England in the upcoming Test series, and insisted that the Englishmen are not a popular touring side. His comments came in reply to Michael Vaughan’s tweet, which blasted India’s tactic not to play any regular spinner in […]
Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas is delighted to see Pakistan and India resuming cricketing ties after a long while, but expressed disappointment over the short duration of the series. A few days ago, BCCI announced that the Green Shirts would visit India for a short limited-over series. The traditional rivals are meeting after a long […]
India A played with no frontline spinner in the warm-up match against England, giving the tourists no chance to adjust to the spinning conditions. Many cricket pundits have criticised this move, and declared it against spirit of the game. However, India A skipper Suresh Raina has an entirely different take on this, as he defended […]
India have given England no chance to adjust to the sub-continent conditions, as there is no specialist spinner in the Indian A-team, which is currently head-to-head with the tourists in a warm-up game. Yet, Adam Gilchrist, former Australian Test cricketer, believes the Englishmen would not surprised by the spinning Indian tracks. Gilchrist said on England-India […]
Indian left-hander Gautam Gambhir has hit back at the critics, saying that he and Virender Sehwag are still the best opening combination in the country. Both batsmen are under immense pressure following their recent lacklustre show with the bat, but Gambhir believes an average of 53 is enough to give a shut-up call to the […]
England wicket-keeper batsman Matt Prior believes beating India in India is bigger than winning an away Ashes. The Englishmen are due to visit India for a four-match Test series next month, and considering India’s wonderful record at home, he is not reluctant to admit that it will not be an easy journey for the touring […]
After Andrew Strauss’ retirement, England are all set to make their first Test campaign under the command of new skipper Alastair Cook. The side is due to visit India for a four-match series next month, and it will be interesting to see how the Poms perform without Strauss, who took them to the top of […]
