Boxer Chandni Mehra

February 2024

IND vs ENG Test: Dinesh Karthik rues Rohit Sharma’s attempt to curb his natural aggressive game

Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s bad form continued on Friday in the IND vs ENG 2nd Test. The batter, opening the innings for India, was dismissed for 14 runs even as his fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 179. Former Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik said the innings was unlike Rohit Sharma’s natural game, and that

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Can still get into England Test side: Alastair Cook ready to unretire despite Ben Stokes’ snub

Former England opener Sir Alastair Cook believes there is still room for a conventional player like himself in England’s current team. Cook has been the best batter for England in terms of runs in Test cricket, scoring 12,472 runs at an average of 45.35. However, his strike rate of 47 is far from England’s current

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Kevin Pietersen likens Shubman Gill to Jacques Kallis, requests ‘time’ for India star

Former England batter Kevin Pietersen drew a comparision between India’s Shubman Gill and South Africa great Jacques Kallis after the former’s failure in IND vs ENG 2nd Test. Riding on the back of recent miserable Test outings, Gill failed to convert after a good start and was dismissed for just 34 runs. IND vs ENG:

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It was a bit of a hassle: Shoaib Bashir opens up on visa fiasco after ‘special’ debut in IND vs ENG Test

England’s 20-year-old spinner Shoaib Bashir admitted that the visa fiasco, which forced him to miss the opening Test, was “a bit of a hassle”. Talking to reporters after making his debut in IND vs ENG Test, Bashir insisted that despite the hassle, he was ‘pretty chilled’ about it. “I had no doubts at all I’d

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Kevin Pietersen keeps ‘England ahead’ despite Yashasvi Jaiswal dominance on Day 1

336/6: India’s score on Day 1 looks good. But when you factor in Yashasvi Jaiswal was the only batter with 179 whereas the next best score was 34 by Shubman Gill, it seems to be England’s day, not India’s. Former England captain Kevin Pietersen agreed. Even though he heaped praises on Jaiswal, he said England

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