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Will change my name: Ashwin hails Rishabh Pant’s defence

Former India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin on Friday compared wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant at par with England’s Joe Root and Australia’s Steve Smith as the best batters in the last seven years, when batting has become “significantly difficult and averages have decreased.”

Gambhir is a hypocrite: Manoj Tiwary

In the aftermath of India’s 3-1 series loss to Australia that led Rohit Sharma’s men to concede the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade, former India batter Manoj Tiwary criticised current national team head coach Gautam Gambhir, terming him a ‘hypocrite,’ and went on to suggest that the ex-India opener doesn’t does not walk the talk.

Long yell

Even those who have known that everything the atmospherics are meant to achieve at cricket’s headquarters are part of what RC RobertsonGlasgow used to call “the air of holy pomp” would have been shocked when Long Room members verbally as well as physically clashed with Australian players after the dismissal of Jonny Bairstow. It was a scandal.

Missing link

econd Ashes Test, which began at Lord's on Wednesday with Australia 1-0 ahead, was of greater significance, considering it was a national, rather than individual, headache.