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  • EXCLUSIVE | The wicket cannot be ‘unplayable’ simply because it assists spinners, says Pragyan Ojha

    Image Source : INDIA TV/GETTY IMAGES In an unique interview with India TV, former Indian cricketer Pragyan Ojha reiterated that it will be important for a cricketer to be “prepared” for each floor and situation.
    The debates surrounding the character of the pitch dominated the narrative in evaluations of the third Test between India and England on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Test, which ended inside two days, drew eyeballs for the wicket’s important help to the spinners, leading to England collapsing on 112 and 81 within the first and second innings respectively.

    India gained the sport by 10 wickets.

    Many former England cricketers have voiced their criticism of the pitch, whereas a number of present and former Indian cricketers have insisted that the pitch was removed from unplayable, including that the Indian crew was higher than their English counterparts within the sport.

    In an unique interview with India TV, former Indian cricketer Pragyan Ojha reiterated that it will be important for a cricketer to be “prepared” for each floor and situation.

    “Test cricket means the ultimate test of batsmen and bowlers on every surface. If you perform on every surface under every condition, you become a complete cricketer. That is why Test cricket is the highest level in the sport,” Ojha instructed India TV.

    “If you go to SENA nations, you do not get turning monitor, you get seaming tracks. You have to barter with seamers. Similarly, once you come to the subcontinent, you get turning tracks, and you’ll have to regulate with them too. If you do not regulate properly, you’ll be able to’t change into a whole cricketer.

    “The home and away advantage are there for this reason. When we beat Australia in Australia, we received so much praise because we beat them at their home, despite losing many of our first-choice players. Thus, every team has to be prepared for every condition.”

    Ojha believes that terming the pitch “unplayable” is an excuse to cover the technical flaws within the sport.

    “How does the wicket become unplayable simply because it assisted spinners? Every country will prepare wickets according to its strength. The wicket was same for both the teams and England even won the toss. They were going strong in the first session but then they collapsed. So they need to improve their game,” the previous Indian bowler, who represented India in 24 Tests, stated.

    “When we used to go to Perth, we could see huge cracks on the pitch as the game went on, and the ball could deflect to anywhere off them. No one then said that it was a bad pitch. Such things are only said when teams play in India and wickets start to turn. I don’t agree with experts saying that the pitch was unplayable.”

    Talking concerning the Indian cricket crew, Ojha stated that it’s a “special time” for Virat Kohli’s facet. “I would obviously want India to win the fourth Test. This is a special time in Indian cricket and I want them to qualify for the WTC final and put forward a solid display against New Zealand,” stated Ojha.

    Ojha is amongst a number of former Indian cricketers who’re set to return to motion within the Road Safety World Series, which embrace the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh, amongst others. The bowler stated that he’s “excited for the reunion” with the gamers.

    “We will begin bowling practice soon. I’m very excited for the reunion with so many legends with whom I began my Indian cricket career,” stated Ojha.

    “We are in the bio-secure bubble. This time of COVID-19 is very similar to the concept of road safety as we need to be careful of ourselves and for others. Hopefully, this tournament is successful.”

    He additional talked concerning the significance of street security within the nation.

    “It feels good to see that the awareness towards wearing helmet and seatbelts is increasing. The government is also doing a good job in spreading awareness for the same,” stated Ojha.

    “I consider Road safety important because little carelessness can lead to disastrous circumstances.”

    (As instructed to India TV Sports Correspondent Vaibhav Bhola)

  • IND vs ENG: Jasprit Bumrah launched from Test squad on account of ‘private causes’

    Image Source : BCCI.TV India quick bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been launched from the squad forward of the fourth Test, owing to “personal reasons.”
    India quick bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been launched from the Test squad forward of the fourth and closing match of the sequence in opposition to England. The BCCI took to its official Twitter account to verify the event.
    “Jasprit Bumrah made a request to BCCI to be released from India’s squad ahead of the fourth Test owing to personal reasons,” the BCCI wrote.

    (More to observe..)

  • ‘You thought I’d keep in dry state for five days?’: Ravi Shastri hilariously reacts to meme after Ahmedabad Test

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES India head coach Ravi Shastri hilariously reacted to a meme on him on Twitter, after the third Test in opposition to England completed inside two days in Ahmedabad.
    India head coach Ravi Shastri took to Twitter to funnily react to a meme on him, days after India secured an emphatic 10-wicket victory over England within the Ahmedabad Test.
    Renowned columnist and novelist Shobhaa De had shared a meme on Shastri which made gentle enjoyable of his alcohol-drinking behavior. “You thought I’d stay in a dry state for 5 days?” the meme mentioned with an image of Ravi Shastri.

    The Indian head coach funnily replied, “Love the banter ! Feels good to bring some smiles in these tough times.”

    India, using on spinners Axar Patel and R. Ashwin, took a 2-1 lead within the four-Test collection to take a step nearer to the World Test Championship (WTC) last after beating England by 10 wickets within the Ahmedabad Test.
    This was solely the second time {that a} Test match in India had completed inside two days.
    The first one occurred in opposition to Afghanistan in 2018, which was additionally the first-ever Test for the Afghans. In Test cricket historical past, this was solely the twenty second Test that completed inside two days.
    India now want to make sure that they do not lose the fourth and last Test to ensure a spot within the WTC last, scheduled to be performed at Lord’s, London, in June.
    New Zealand have already the ultimate. Australia are additionally within the race with India to achieve the ultimate.

  • The Pink which led to the sink: Amid debates over pitch, the Pink Ball issue stays undermined

    Image Source : BCCI.TV The one factor which has remained undermined in most conversations surrounding batting collapses has been the irregularities surrounding the pink ball.
    The pink-ball Test in Ahmedabad, very similar to the second Test in Chennai, has fueled debates over pitch circumstances. The Day/Night recreation between India and England ended inside two days, with India securing a thumping 10-wicket win. The wicket’s alarming help to the spinners remained one of many main speaking factors of the sport, and it derives advantage from the stats – 28 of 30 dismissals all through the sport belonged to spinners.
    In the second innings, England have been bowled out completely by the spinning trio of Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin and Washington Sundar. England captain Joe Root – a part-time spinner – ended together with his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket, having performed 102 Tests for the aspect.

    All of this factors to a singular end result that the pitch had been demonic. Quite a lot of former English cricketers have hinted as a lot. But does it actually inform the complete story?
    A serious focus all through the sport remained on the pitch circumstances as a result of pre-existing narrative over their ‘extremity’ on this sequence. The one factor which has remained undermined in most of those conversations has been the irregularities surrounding the pink ball – and the SG pink ball at that.
    The SG Pink Ball
    The nature of SG Pink Ball remains to be largely unknown to a majority of cricket-playing nations as a result of apparent purpose that solely three nations have performed with it to this point. Only two video games – India vs Bangladesh (2019) and the sport in Ahmedabad have been performed with the SG ball.
    With a pronounced seam on the ball and further lacquer, the ball did its methods to such an extent that the anticipation for sharp flip turned a psychological worry for a lot of, as was evident with the truth that 21 of 30 wickets within the match fell to deliveries which have been straight.
    In an interview with ESPNCricinfo, the market director of SG Paras Anand had mentioned that there’s an additional coating on the SG ball to guard its shine, additional aiding to its sturdiness. Its mixture with a completely hand-stitched and considerably extra outstanding seam makes the SG pink ball go faster off the wicket, thus including to the troubles for the batsmen.

    India, who clearly learn the pitch higher than their English counterparts, simply outperformed their spin choices. Axar Patel proved one of many main distinction between the 2 sides, as his horizontal-seam made it troublesome for the batsmen to anticipate the road.
    In essence, it’s as deadly as going through swing/seam on a grassy wicket.
    The first pink-ball Test in India additionally remained pretty one-sided — in favour of the seamers. In the Eden Gardens, India’s solely spinner within the recreation, Ravindra Jadeja bowled solely 2 overs. The match had completed inside three days, with Indian pacers outshining their Bangladesh counterparts.
    A recurring concern  
    In truth, if one appears to be like on the total stats, a complete of 16 pink ball Tests have been performed to this point, with solely 5 going down for everything of 5 days (4, if one counts out the match between England and New Zealand in 2017, the place play for 2 days was known as off because of rain).
    Five of them gave end result inside three days.
    In India’s earlier pink-ball Test, the aspect registered its lowest-ever rating in historical past because it was bowled out on 36. The Aussie pacers have been in a position to extract motion away from the right-hander with the supply, inducing outside-edges on nearly all events.
    Similarly, in the one pink-ball Test being performed in England, the house group cruised to a mammoth innings-and-209-run victory over the hapless West Indies, securing a victory inside three days.
    One can argue, nevertheless, that these are nonetheless very early days for day/evening Tests. Many nations are but to play Test cricket beneath lights with all of the balls out there in worldwide cricket at current. The pink-ball Tests stays a child attempting to take its first steps, and the cricket fraternity might definitely do with extra familiarization with pink ball to grasp its complexities.

  • IND vs ENG: Anderson, Broad make undesirable ‘wicketless’ file throughout Ahmedabad pink-ball Test

    Image Source : BCCI.TV James Anderson and Stuart Broad went wicketless throughout the pink-ball Test in Ahmedabad in opposition to India.
    England’s tempo duo of James Anderson and Stuart Broad went wicketless within the Ahmedabad pink-ball Test. This was the primary time when each have gone wicketless in a Test match within the 120 video games they’ve performed collectively.
    India registered an emphatic 10-wicket victory within the pink-ball Test on the Narendra Modi Stadium, because the pitch put the quick bowlers out of equation early on Day 1 with important help to spin bowlers. 

    28 of the 30 wickets taken within the sport went to spin bowlers. In England’s second innings the place the aspect was bowled out on 81, all wickets have been taken by spinners Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Washington Sundar.
    The solely two wickets taken by pacers went to India’s Ishant Sharma and England’s Jofra Archer.

    After bowling England out on 112 within the first innings, India took a slender lead of 33 runs because the aspect collapsed early on Day 2 of the sport. The Indian spinners, then, wreaked havoc on the English batting order, dismissing the aspect on 81. 
     The hosts chased down the goal with out dropping a wicket.
    With this defeat, England are out of rivalry for a spot within the closing of the World Test Championship. A win or a draw within the closing match of the sequence will safe India a berth within the titular conflict at Lord’s in June. 
    New Zealand have already certified for the ultimate.

  • ‘Come on yaar Ben’: Virat Kohli pokes enjoyable at Ben Stokes from stump mic throughout third Test

    Image Source : TWITTER/CHLOEAMANDAB India bowled England out on 112 within the first innings and ended Day 1 at 99/3 within the third Test in Ahmedabad.
    India maintained their dominance over England all through the opening day of the third Test in Ahmedabad. The guests have been bowled out on 112 after Joe Root opted to bat after profitable the toss, and India ended Day 1 at 99/3.
    The Indian group is thought for its dynamic method on the sector and the captain, Virat Kohli usually engages with the group, in addition to the opposition gamers to maintain up the depth within the recreation. In the twenty fourth over of the English innings, Kohli did one thing related with Ben Stokes after he stopped play attributable to a difficulty with sight display screen.

    Stokes had taken the batting stance however pulled off on the final second, pointing in direction of disturbance within the sight display screen. Kohli, then, walked in direction of the stump-mic from leg slip and funnily instructed Stokes, “Come on yaar Ben, it’s too high (the disturbance in the screen).”
    After participating in additional banter with Stokes, Kohli backed off laughing.

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    Zak Crawley was the very best scorer of England’s innings, slamming a half-century (53). No different batsman might cross the 20-run mark within the England batting lineup.
    Virat Kohli, in the meantime, seemed strong on the crease when he got here to bat in the course of the first innings on Day 1, however was dismissed by Jack Leach on 27 after wrongly anticipating a heavy flip. 
    The four-match Test collection is at present stage at 1-1. If India register a victory within the third Test in Ahmedabad, England shall be dominated out of the race for the ultimate of World Test Championship, and vice versa.

  • IND vs ENG | England pissed off with umpiring checks; ‘doesn’t assist our probabilities’: Zak Crawley

    Image Source : BCCI.TV England’s Zak Crawley believes that the aspect is damage with “50-50 umpiring decisions” not going their approach on Day 1 of the third Test in Ahmedabad.
    England had been left pissed off with some “50-50” umpiring choices which didn’t go of their favour on the opening day of the day-night third Test in opposition to India right here on Wednesday, opener Zak Crawley stated.
    He was requested notably about TV umpire overturning onfield umpire’s ‘out’ name of opener Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma given not out of a stumping enchantment off the bowling of Jack Leach in the direction of finish of the day’s play.

    “It’s very frustrating. We’re behind the game and we wanted those little 50-50 situations to go our way. That’s the way it goes sometimes. It’s certainly not our day. It does not help our chances,” Crawley stated on the digital information convention after the top of the day’s play.
    “When we batted, Jack had one the place it didn’t fairly carry and it appeared like they checked out it from 5 – 6 totally different angles. When we had been fielding it appeared like they checked out it from one angle. That’s the place the frustrations lie,” he added.
    “I can’t say whether they were out or not out, but I think the frustrations lie with not checking more thoroughly.”
    Asked about captain Joe Root’s conversations with the umpires Nitin Menon and Anil Chaudhary after the evaluations, he stated, “I wish to reply however I’ll depart that to the captain and senior gamers.”
    “As a young player I’ll keep my nose out of that situation, that’s for Joe, I think.”

    Despite getting bowled out for simply 112 of their first innings of the third Test, England are hopeful of giving India a goal of at the least 150 on “a wicket where batting fourth will be extremely difficult”.
    “Have to aim for a lead (target for India) of at least 150. We are going to have to play extremely well but we are capable,” stated England opening batsman Zak Crawley after the top of the primary day’s play. Crawley scored the lone half-century in England’s innings and was dismissed for 53.
    The right-handed England opener believed {that a} win for England remains to be inside attain.
    “I don’t think it will require a miracle actually. Batting last on this wicket will be extremely difficult… I think the pitch will continue to break up,” he stated.
    “If we bat well in the third innings and put a bit of pressure on them we can defend anything if the pitch continues to get worse.”
    England’s scoring choices had been restricted because the India spinners saved a decent leash by bowling straight and tight. They could not use revolutionary strokes just like the reverse sweep.
    “Did not use the reverse sweep as the ball kept coming straight. May use it in second innings if the ball turns consistently,” he added.
    Asked if England made a mistake by selecting only one spinner in Jack Leach, Crawley stated, “If we would received just a few extra runs issues would look totally different. If they had been 100 for 3 and we had 250 on the board we would be properly on prime however sadly we did not get the runs and we put our bowlers till strain.

  • IND vs ENG: President Kovind to inaugurate world’s largest cricket stadium Motera

    Image Source : TWITTER/BCCI President Ram Nath Kovind will formally inaugurate the world’s largest cricket stadium Motera in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
    President Ram Nath Kovind will formally inaugurate the revamped Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, forward of the pink-ball Test between India and England. 
    Motera will host the day/night time Test between the 2 sides from Wednesday, which additionally marks the primary worldwide match on the venue since its reconstruction. The stadium now holds the report for being the world’s largest within the sport, with a capability to host 1,10,00 followers.

    In the third Test, nonetheless, Motera will host a 55,000 capability crowd, owing to COVID-19 restrictions.
    The Motera Stadium has 11 strips of six pink and 5 black soils, together with 4 dressing rooms and an Olympic degree swimming pool.

    The previous Motera Stadium, which housed a capability of 54,000 spectators, was demolished in 2016.
    The revamped stadium earlier performed host to all the knock-out matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final month.
    The four-match Test sequence between India and England is at present degree at 1-1. While the guests gained the primary Test by 227 runs, India made a terrific comeback to beat England by 317 runs within the second.
    The Motera Stadium will host the remaining two Test matches of the sequence, in addition to all the 5 T20Is between the 2 sides. The T20I sequence will start on March 12. 

  • IND vs ENG: Virat Kohli interviews Ravichandran Ashwin after unbelievable outing in 2nd Test

    Image Source : BCCI.TV Ashwin talked to Kohli about his efficiency within the sport, and the shift in his body-language all through throughout the pandemic-induced lockdown.
    India’s Ravichandran Ashwin was the star of the 2nd Test towards England in Chennai, because the 34-year-old produced an excellent all-round efficiency to steer the house aspect to a 317-run win.
    Ashwin took a five-wicket haul; his twenty ninth in Test profession, and adopted it with a fifth Test century within the second innings of the sport. He additional took three extra wickets in England’s run-chase, because the aspect was bowled out on 164.

    The off-spinner was named the Man of the Match and after the sport, he talked to Indian captain Virat Kohli in a phase for the BCCI. Ashwin revealed that he feels “blank.”
    “For the first time in my career, I feel blank. When I went out to bat, I was blank. In fact, I had to ask you if I could start sweeping, so that’s exactly how I feel; zero feelings or emotions inside. Very rarely do I find myself in such situations, you know me very well, my mind is always ticking,” Ashwin advised Kohli.
    “Out there, especially after being 1-0 down, what I did was something incredible. That partnership between us really set the tone for us.”

    Virat Kohli identified within the dialog that Ashwin had been stepping up persistently for India, referencing the off-spinner’s good performances within the recently-concluded away tour to Australia. The Indian captain requested Ashwin concerning the elements which led to a change in his body-language.
    “Throughout this whole pandemic, I was thinking ‘what is going to happen!’. Because if you take the game away from me, I am literally lost. Even if I’m not playing the game for the country, I’m putting the TV on, watching the preview. But suddenly, I realised that the game was not here anymore, so I reflected upon myself, trying to understand how you can learn from people,” Ashwin mentioned.
    “That perception made me realise that I was playing a game that was completely different to who I was. In the past, there was a desperation about trying to prove others wrong. But this time, when I went out there, it was more about trying to prove myself on what I’m capable of,” Ashwin advised the Indian captain.
    The off-spinner additional cited an instance from Kohli’s performances on his return to England throughout the 2018 tour. The Indian captain had a poor outing within the 2014 tour of England, and there remained vital strain on him to carry out. Kohli ultimately ended the five-match Test sequence as the best run-scorer.
    “One thing I’ve noticed from a distance when I see people who do well through the years is how balanced they are, in terms of not wanting to be desperate. Jinks (Ajinkya Rahane), yourself.. when you came back to England, you wanted to do well, but within yourself, within your space, which is something I wanted to impress,” Ashwin mentioned.

  • IND vs ENG 2nd Test: India inflict heaviest defeat on England by runs in Asia

    Image Source : BCCI.TV England confronted their heaviest Test loss by runs on Asian soil, as India defeated Joe Root’s males by 317 runs.
    England confronted a 317-run loss towards India within the second Test in Chennai, which is now their heaviest defeat on Asian soil. Interestingly, the earlier report was additionally held by India. (gained by 246 runs in Vizag, 2016/17)

    Ravichandran Ashwin was the hero of India’s win as he scored a century and captured eight wickets, together with a five-wicket haul within the first innings.

    Debutant Axar Patel took a five-wicket haul within the second innings of the match, as England had been bowled out on 164 in a 482-run chase.

    Axar dismissed England captain Joe Root (33 off 92 balls) early within the second session on Tuesday to all however finish the guests’ slender possibilities of saving the Test. While all-rounder Moeen Ali put up a quickfire 38-run stand with Stuart Broad (5 not out) for the final wicket, he finally fell to Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav, who ended England’s second innings with two wickets. 

    This was additionally India’s largest win towards England of their historical past (by runs). Overall, this was India’s fourth-heaviest victory by runs.

    The collection now strikes to Ahmedabad the place the third day-night Test shall be performed from February 24 on the newly constructed Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera. The fourth Test may even be performed at this venue.

    England had earlier gained the primary Test on the M.A.Chidambaram Stadium by 227 runs