Author: Cricreads

Murphy became the 4th Australian bowler to pick a fifer on debut and also the youngest Australian to take a 5-wicket haul. He was the pick of the bowlers on Day 2. Talking about this performance, Murphy said, “Coming into the game, I was sort of hoping to get one wicket at least. To finish the day with five on debut is a special day. It’s been a pretty surreal week, it’s all happened quite fast. From the moment I found out I’ll be playing until now, just tried to embrace it and enjoy everything that comes with it. I…

Team India looked solid on Day 2 of the 1st Test between India and Australia. A brilliant century from the skipper, and 66* and 52* runs knock from the two left-arm allrounders, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel respectively, helped India take a valuable lead of 144 runs at the end of the day. Also read: Watch: Virat Kohli puts arm around Steve Smith after Axar Patel bowls maiden However, during the entire day, senior Australian player Steve Smith didn’t look 100% on the field as he dropped some very important catches. Steve Smith first dropped the catch of Rohit Sharma…

Right at the end of the first session on second day at Nagpur Test, Sunil Gavaskar made a pithy comment about the roller. “The roller makes a big difference. The roller Indians used levelled up the pitch in the first hour. That’s why we saw couple of wickets in the second hour, bit more turn and variable bounce etc”. A light roller was used by the Indians on the morning before the start of play. The effect of the roller wears away after a while and the pitch starts to bake under the sun and cracks widen again in the…

Team India skipper Rohit Sharma has hit a brilliant century on Day 2 of the 1st Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. With this century, he has now become the 1st Indian skipper to score centuries in all three formats of the game. We all know Rohit Sharma is one of the greatest modern-era batsmen. However, there is one childhood story of Rohit Sharma which many of you may not have heard before. Also read: All You Need to Know About Ritika Sajdeh, the Wife of Rohit Sharma Rohit started off as an off spinner until coach his Dinesh Lad…

Axar Patel, India’s star all-rounder again helped India gained 144 runs lead at the end of Day 2. He along with Ravindra Jadeja stitched an unbeaten 81 runs partnership to finish the day in favor of India. Rohit Sharma once again proved why he is such an important batter in Indian conditions as he scored 120 before falling to Pat Cummins. Axar Patel is one of India’s star all-rounders from last year or so. He came to the crease when India was struggling with 240 for a loss of 7 wickets with KS Bharat back in the pavilion. His 52…

Team India pacer Jasprit Bumrah is set to miss the last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Owing to his back injury, he was not named in the squad for the first two Tests against Australia. He has been working on getting back in shape at the NCA in Bangalore. Bumrah last played for India on September 25, 2022 in a T20I match against Australia.  Also read: IND vs AUS Test: Rohit Sharma just behind Sir Don Bradman for this Big Test Cricket Milestone As per a report in The Telegraph, the BCCI has decided not to rush him in…

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has looked in good touch so far in the 1st Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023. The opener, however, is just behind DON BRANDMAN for an illustrious Test Cricket Milestone. Also read: Watch Video: Rohit Sharma Pulls A Ball for a Streaky 6 in India vs Australia 1st Test While batting in Test Cricket at Home, Rohit Sharma has scored 1792 runs in 31 innings so far with a brilliant average of 74.7. He is just behind the legendary Sir Don Brandman in terms of average in red-ball cricket at home. Bradman scored 4322 runs…

WPL 2023: The inaugural edition of Women’s Premier League is set to be played from 4th to 26th March 2023. A total of 22 matches will be played in this League, all at Brabourne Stadium & D.Y. Patil Stadium. WPL Auction: Date, Time, Player List, Teams, & Where To Watch WPL Auction 2023 will take place on February 13, 2023. A total of 409 players have been shortlisted for the WPL 2023 auction, out of which 246 are Indians. In the first year of WPL, there will be a total of 5 teams, each team will have 18 players, a…

Star Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who made a superb return to International Cricket with a 5 wickets-haul on Day 1 of the 1st Test between India and Australia in Nagpur, was spotted taking something off Mohammad Siraj’s hand during the game and applying it around his fingers. While former Australia Test skipper Tim Paine called it, “Interesting”, Vaughan reacted to the tweet saying, “What is it he is putting on his spinning finger? Never ever seen this”. However, former Team India coach Ravi Shastri gave a blunt reaction before revealing that Jadeja was applying an ointment on his index finger.…

Team India has seized the early momentum after an entertaining opening day of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. After that end of play at Day 1, Team India is at 77/1 with the skipper playing at 56*(69). Tomorrow Team India will be coming with a fresh mood and will try to cover Australia’s 177 runs as early as possible so that a significant lead could be achieved after the end of the day. The hero of the day was Ravindra Jadeja who took 5 wickets in an innings by giving just 47 runs. This was a comeback match for him as…