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Rishabh Pant needs to take responsibility: Ashwin after India's 2-0 defeat
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Former Indian veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin praised Rishabh Pant's batting skills, saying he has a "superb game and defence". However, Ashwin also expressed his disappointment with Pant's reckless shot selection, which often leads to his dismissal.
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"Test cricket not for all-rounders, demands specialists": Madan Lal's blun
Updated : 4 months ago IST
After a whitewash to New Zealand last year, which marked India's first series loss at home in 12 years, India's supremacy at home received another big jolt as a cohesive, clinical World Test Championship-holding South African unit outclassed them in every department to hand the hosts their s
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Travis Head at number five best for pink-ball Test against England: Aaron
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Former Australia captain Aaron Finch feels that hard-hitter Travis Head is best suited in the middle-order for Australia during the second Test against England in Brisbane. The second Test between Australia and England will be a pink-ball Test, starting December 4.
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No century from Indian batters in South Africa series, second-lowest avera
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Throughout the Test series, Indian batters continued to struggle against a strong South African bowling attack
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India slips to 5th in World Test Championship standings, ranks below Pakis
Updated : 4 months ago IST
This marks just the second time that they have achieved a Test series win in the country after 2000. Meanwhile, the loss by 408 runs marks India's heaviest defeat (by margin of runs) in Test cricket, as per ICC.
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"Dissappointing display of patience and technique...all-rounder obsession
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Reigning ICC World Test Championship winners South Africa completed a historic 2-0 Test series win to whitewash India in their own backyard. This came after the Temba Bavuma-led South Africa thrashed India by a mammoth 408-run margin in the second Test in Guwahati on Wednesday.
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Simon Harmer surpasses Dale Steyn's 26-wicket tally to become leading wick
Updated : 4 months ago IST
In the two-match Test series, Harmer was the standout performer for the Proteas. The off-spinner picked up 27 wickets at an outstanding average of 15.03 and a strike rate of 36.1. Out of 109 bowlers who have a minimum of 20 Test wickets in India, Harmer has the best average and strike-rat
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Aiden Markram scripts history, becomes player with most catches in a Test
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Markram grabbed nine catches in the game, which is more than any player in Test history, surpassing the tally of Ajinkya Rahane with eight catches to his name. South Africa handed India a massive 408-run defeat in the 2nd Test at Guwahati, completing a 2-0 series sweep.
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"Kolkata's wicket was different and this was a whole road": Kuldeep on ada
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Kuldeep said in the post-day press conference, "Kolkata's wicket was different and this was a whole road, so it's challenging and that's why it's called Test Cricket and it doesn't happen every day..."
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"We have to bat really well tomorrow": Kuldeep Yadav after South Africa's
Updated : 4 months ago IST
India leg spinner Kuldeep Yadav picked up a four-wicket haul in the first innings. Kuldeep's figure was 4/115 in 29.1 overs after South Africa posted 489 runs on the board in the ongoing second Test at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
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"I'm really lucky to play 100 Tests for my country": Mushfiqur Rahim after
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Mushfiqur Rahim is the only Bangladesh cricketer to amass 6000 or more runs in Test cricket. The right-handed batter has amassed 6510 runs in 100 Test matches at an average of 38.75, along with 13 centuries and 28 half-centuries.
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"We know Kuldeep's strike rate is phenomenal": Ryan Doeschate after spinne
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Team India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has praised Kuldeep Yadav for picking three wickets on the opening day of the second Test against South Africa in Guwahati on Saturday.
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