Siraj rises to career-best No.12 in Test rankings; Bumrah retains top spot
Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav also reaped the rewards of his consistent form, jumping seven places to joint 21st after taking four wickets in the contest.
Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav also reaped the rewards of his consistent form, jumping seven places to joint 21st after taking four wickets in the contest.
Continuing their dominance at Headingley, England rode on their ultra-aggressive ‘Bazball’ approach to chase down the second-highest target—371—against India, winning by five wickets on Day 5 of the series opener on Tuesday.
Continuing from where he left in the first innings, Jadeja, who took a fifer on day 1, once again tormented the Kiwi batters on a crumbling surface which according to his long-time spin twin Ashwin was slower than expected.
Ashwin-Jadeja counterattack helps India overcome shaky start to Day 1 against Bangladesh
The early-morning moisture had assisted England’s new ball pair of Mark Wood and James Anderson, and to an extent helped Tom Hartley grip one in his ninth over, which took the front edge from Rajat Patidar.
Dravid wants young batters to adapt to spin-friendly conditions after defeat to England
At the end of Day 2, India posted 421/7 runs on the board claiming a lead of 175 runs with Jadeja and Axar unbeaten with scores of 81(155)* and 35(62)* respectively.
A brilliant all-round effort by Ravichandran Ashwin (30 runs & 2-25) and a fine half-century by Jos Buttler (52) helped Rajasthan Royals prevail over Chennai Super Kings by three runs in a thrilling Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 encounter here in which M.S Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja waged a valiant battle that went in vain.
Mumbai Indians' batting woes continued at home as they succumbed to some disciplined bowling led by Chennai Super Kings' spinners Ravindra Jadeja (3-20) and Mitchell Santner (2-28) as they could only manage a modest 157/8 in 20 overs in an IPL 2023 match at the Wankhede Stadium, here on Saturday.
Senior pacer Mohammed Shami picked four wickets while the spin duo of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each as India bowled out Australia for 263 on Day One of the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday.
