India vs England: Rohit Sharma completes 4,000 runs in test cricket
With this achievement, Sharma becomes the country's 17th cricketer to reach the milestone.
With this achievement, Sharma becomes the country's 17th cricketer to reach the milestone.
In India's three-wicket nail-biting victory over Bangladesh at Dhaka on Sunday, Ravichandran Ashwin was solid in defence and brought out a slew of boundaries at the end to be 42 not out in successfully taking the visitors over the line.
"When I left Test captaincy, I received a text from only one person that I have played with earlier, and that is MS Dhoni," Kohli said in a media interaction after the Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan on Sunday.
South Africa had affirmed their position at the top of the WTC table after their win at Lord's, but an innings defeat here has reduced their win percentage to 66.67 percent, below that of Australia's 70 percent.
Sri Lanka were 176/5 in their second innings, leading Pakistan by 323 runs at stumps on Day 3 with Dimuth Karunaratne (27) and Dhananjaya de Silva (30) unbeaten on crease.
Akram revealed that Afridi, who made his debut as an opener in Test cricket against Australia in 1998, was not supposed to be a part of that Pakistan side which toured India in 1999-2000.
On this day in 2001, arguably the greatest fightback in Test history was also witnessed as India sealed a historic 171-run win over Australia, becoming only the third side in Test history to win after being forced to follow on.
'Test cricket must be preserved. It's the foundation on which the game is based,' Hadlee said.
Gatting feels that it is the administrator's inefficiency in scheduling Test matches that has given rise to the very idea of shortening the format.
However, Kumble also felt there is a challenge to keep the players focused towards domestic competitions.
