A combined tally of 188 Tests and 12,272 runs is very hard to ignore, but with both 35, and enduring a dry spell of runs, the selectors deemed it the best time to pass on the baton to the younger players.
India lost their second consecutive World Test Championship final on Tuesday. A lot has been said about what went wrong, However, what most critics have missed is the handful of positives from the game.
With India’s batting under scrutiny after their 209-run defeat to Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final at The…
The squad for the final displayed a few changes from the team that faced Australia in the four-match series.
Among the players, there are many Indian veterans who are also going to feature in the bidding. Chances are that this time around, five of the veterans too might remain unsold.
The Mumbai Ranji Trophy 2019-20 squad is being led by batsman Suryakumar Yadav, with experienced wicket-keeper Aditya Tare as his deputy.
The partnership helped Kohli and Rahane surpass Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera to become the duo with the second-most runs for the fourth wicket in Test cricket.
Skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane touched down at around 9.40 am before the rest of the players and headed straight to the team hotel.
The Mayank-Rahane duo added another 115 runs in the second session at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.
Abu Jayed, who had claimed the wicket of Rohit Sharma (6) on Day 1, was impressive with the ball in the following day and claimed all the two wickets which fell in the first session of Day 2.
