India will look to take the top spot in the ICC Test Championships rankings by beating New Zealand in their second test in Kolkata on Friday. India were the No.1 Test team for a short while during their tour of the West Indies but failed to rubber-stamp their position as[Read More…]
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India will be top test team after beating Kiwis
India will return to the top of the ICC Test Rankings and dethrone Pakistan if they win the second Test against New Zealand starting on Friday in Kolkata. The victory in its 500th Test in Kanpur meant that India are now one victory away from reclaiming the ICC Test Championship[Read More…]
Spinners guide India to victory in 500th Test; beat NZ by 197 runs
India won their 500th Test in style on Monday when they overcame New Zealand’s resistance to win the series opener by 197 runs and go 1-0 up in the three-match series. New Zealand were always going to do well to manage anything more than delaying the Indian celebrations when they[Read More…]
Rain mars Day 2 of India-NZ test; Williamson, Latham score 50s
Rain and wet outfield brought a premature end to a day in which New Zealand defied India’s spin threat to reach 152/1. Kiwi captain Kane Williamson (65) and opener Tom Latham (56) hit unbeaten half-centuries before rain and a wet outfield washed out the final session of the second day’s[Read More…]
Boult, Santner help New Zealand restrict India to 291/9 on Day 1
India let go a solid start as a middle-order collapse saw them reduced to 291 for 9 on the opening day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand despite half-centuries from Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara, in Kanpur on Thursday. After electing to bat in the historic 500th Test,[Read More…]
India squad for NZ test series announced; Binny, Thakur dropped
The Sandeep Patil-led selection committee has decided to make two changes, for the upcoming test series against New Zealand, to the squad that played against West Indies last month. This could probably be the last team selected by this committee after BCCI President Anurag Thakur confirmed that a new selection[Read More…]
BCCI announces dates for New Zealand’s visit
New Zealand’s 3-Test series in India will begin on September 22, in Kanpur, followed by the 2nd Test from September 30 in Indore, a brand new Test venue. The final Test will begin on October 8, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The Test series will be followed by 5-ODIs at Dharamsala,[Read More…]