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File photo of former India head coach Ravi Shastri© AFP Former India head coach Ravi Shastri believes that the coach and the captain should have a say in the national team selection. A captain sits in the selection committee to give his inputs but decision making power lies with the five-member selection panel while the

Centurion: South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada still believes that his side can win the first Test against India despite being reduced to 94 for 4 in chase of a stiff target of 305 on the penultimate day in Centurion on Wednesday. Rabada took four wickets for 42 run to help his team bowl out India for 174

SA vs IND, 1st Test, Day 4: R Ashwin runs into Dean Elgar while fielding.© AFP South Africa were 94 for 4 at stumps on Day 4 while chasing a stiff 305-run target in the first Test against India on Wednesday. Skipper Dean Elgar was batting on 52 after nightwatchman Keshav Maharaj (8) was bowled

India pacer Mohammed Shami© AFP Mohammed Shami was in top form on Day 3 of the ongoing first Test match between India and South Africa in Centurion. On Tuesday, the pacer registered a five-wicket haul and also reached a the milestone of 200 Test wickets. The 31-year-old took the wickets of Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen,

SA vs IND, 1st Test: Mohammed Shami during Day 3 in Centurion.© AFP Indian pacer Mohammed Shami feels the visitors need to atleast get a 400-run lead before they can think of declaring the second innings in the ongoing first Test against South Africa. India might have lost Mayank Agarwal’s at the cusp of the

Mohammed Shami picked up a fiffer and completed 200 Test wickets on day 3 of Centurion Test© AFP Mohammed Shami was the destroyer-in-chief as he picked up a 5-wicket haul on day 3 at Centurion to power India to a 130-run lead in the first Test match against South Africa. Shami completed his fifer by

SA vs IND: KL Rahul scored his seventh Test century on Day 1 of the opening Test.© AFP India batter KL Rahul hogged all the limelight after he smashed his seventh Test ton on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday. Rahul, who is

3rd Ashes Test, AUS vs ENG Live: Mitchell Starc bowls a delivery to Joe Root.© AFP 3rd Ashes Test, Day 3: Joe Root and Ben Stokes will look to steady England’s ship when the visitors resume play on Day 3 at 31/4 against Australia in the ongoing third Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Virat Kohli watches the ball after playing a shot during the first Test match.© AFP With India currently facing South Africa, former cricketer Ashish Nehra feels that Virat Kohli “would be unhappy with his performance” on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test match in Centurion. Kohli could only register 35 runs off 94 balls

A dazed England lost four wickets in a hostile late spell to leave them still trailing by 51 runs and fighting to stave off defeat Monday at stumps on day two of a gripping third Ashes Test against Australia. It came after the visitors — who must win in Melbourne — were rocked by four

Ashes 2021-22 3rd Test, Australia vs England Score Updates: England are looking to rally.© AFP Australia vs England, Ashes, 3rd Test, Day 2, live cricket score: England will look to bounce back on the second day of the third Ashes Test in Melbourne on Monday in order to keep alive their fading hopes of regaining

KL Rahul was in top form as he registered his seventh Test century on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test match between India and South Africa in Centurion, on Sunday. The swashbuckling batter hit a four in the fifth delivery of the 78th over to reach his century. Receiving a turning tossed up delivery

The England cricket team is a formidable outfit in white-ball cricket, but some of their performances in Test cricket in 2021 have been dire to say the least. India dominated the English in Test series at home and away (one Test remains to be played) while Australia are handing them another beating in the ongoing

Ashes 2021-22 3rd Test, Australia vs England Score Updates: England look to stay alive in the series.© AFP England are taking on Australia in the Boxing Day Test knowing they must fix the mistakes that have blighted their tour or lose the Ashes series. After a nine-wicket thumping in Brisbane and then crashing by 275 runs in Adelaide,

Head coach Rahul Dravid didn’t let the world in on his preferred playing XI for the opening Test against South Africa but said Indian players have been “professional” when it came to handling “difficult conversations” about their places in the side. As India geared up for the ‘Boxing Day’ Test against one of the most depleted

Christmas, which is celebrated on December 25, is one of the most famous festivals in the world. People, irrespective of which country they are from, and which religion they belong to, come together to celebrate a day full of joy and happiness. The sporting fraternity too is often seen extending its greetings to the world

Barring Joe Root, England’s other batters have struggled for runs.© AFP England are staring down the barrel as Australia are enjoying a 2-0 lead going into the Boxing Day Test match in the Ashes. The Joe Root-led side will have to play out of their skins in order to claw their way back in the Test

Virat Kohli will play his 98th Test when India take on South Africa in the first Test in Centurion.© AFP Virat Kohli will be looking to get back to scoring big runs in Test cricket when he leads India out against South Africa in the first match of the series at Centurion on Sunday. Kohli