During the fourth day of the ongoing boxing-day Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and India on Sunday, the right-arm seamer Jasprit Bumrah surpassed legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble to become the second-highest wicket-taker from Asia in South Africa, England, New
Aiden Markram, who played a pivotal role in South Africa's qualification for the World Test Championship (WTC) Final, expressed a mix of relief and emotion after his team secured a spot in the final at Lord's on June 11.
In a memorable moment during the first Border-Gavaskar Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth, Yashasvi Jaiswal made headlines by sledging Mitchell Starc, saying, "It's coming too slow."
Prasanna, who played 49 Tests for India from 1962-1978 and took 189 wickets averaging 30.38, was speaking to ANI at the book launch of former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Syed Kirmani.
After shaving off the first innings lead to just 105 runs in reply to Australia's 474 with their score of 369/10, India restricted Australia to 228/9 at the end of day four, though they were heavily frustrated by a half-century stand between Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland for the final wicket.
The Australian lower-order continued to frustrate the Indian bowling as the latter aim for a massive victory to take an upper hand in the series at Melbourne during the final day of the Test. Once reduced to 91/6, Aussie lower order made a huge comeback into the match, ending day four on 228
South Africa continued their brilliant run in ICC tournaments as after the final of ICC T20 World Cup this year, they have booked for themselves a spot in the ICC World Test Championship final at Lord's next year.
After the day's play, Australian cricketer Marnus Labuschagne praised the Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday for his outstanding performance throughout the Test series.
After day three of the ongoing Boxing Day Test, pacer Scott Boland had revealed that Starc had suffered a niggle while bowling. Starc delivered 25 wicketless overs, conceeding 86 runs at an economy rate of 3.40.
Australia batter Marnus Labuschagne believes that India's historic fourth-innings chase at the Gabba in 2021 holds little relevance as they head into the final day of a gripping Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.