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  • We executed our plans nicely: Mayank

    India opener Mayank Agarwal on Sunday mentioned his aspect’s batters utilized themselves as per the crew plan, placing the guests in a powerful place on the opening day of the primary Test towards South Africa right here.
    Opting to bat, India scored 272 for 3 at shut of play with KL Rahul remaining not out on 122. His opening companion Agarwal contributed 60 whereas Ajinkya Rahane, who was struggling for type, additionally returned unconquered on 40.
    “The plan was to be very disciplined, to play balls which come around the stump and leave as many as possible. We could do just that,” Agarwal mentioned on the press convention after the day’s play .
    “At 272 for 3, it is credit to our batting unit, we applied ourselves. The plan is those who get set will have to continue and Rahul bhai did that.”
    Apart from KL Rahul’s century, the spotlight of the day was the partnerships India had.
    “The highlight as a team was Rahul getting a hundred. We had partnerships and that was crucial. He had a partnership first up with me, and Virat bhai had it also and then with Rahane. I hope they continue the same.”

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    — BCCI (@BCCI) December 26, 2021
    He mentioned the Indian crew did a variety of pre-match follow classes on the floor and likewise the centre wicket to have a really feel of the state of affairs and the situations.
    Asked what can be the perfect whole India can be on the lookout for, he mentioned, “We need to rating as many as we are able to to put ourselves in an excellent place. The first hour (tomorrow) might be essential. If we do nicely in that interval, we are able to pile stress (on South Africans).
    “There was a bit of moisture early on and we could see some balls skidding but it got better as day progressed and got quicker.”

    On new coach Rahul Dravid’s influence on the crew, Mayank, who has labored carefully with the previous India captain, mentioned, “The dialog of the gamers with him was about taking part in with self-discipline.
    “When you play in South Africa and other countries, it is not necessary to look good (to win matches). You have to stick to plan and wait for opportunities. We are glad that we could do that in the first session.”
    He refused to touch upon his dismissal following a DRS name for LBW.
    “I am not allowed to give my opinion and so I want to leave it at that. Otherwise, I will be in bad books and my money (match fee) could be docked.”
    Mayank felt Rahul was very disciplined in his recreation plan and in his mindset.
    “If someone is really watching him closely you will know that he (Rahul) knows where his off-stump is, he is really getting to the line of the ball, he is leaving balls really well and he is very disciplined in his game plan and in his mindset.”

  • ‘Nothing like a BBQ night’: India gamers get pleasure from barbecue evening in South Africa

    Ahead of the beginning of the three-Test sequence in opposition to South Africa, India cricketers Mayank Agarwal, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and KL Rahul organised a barbecue evening out with head coach Rahul Dravid in Centurion on Tuesday.
    India batting coach Vikram Rathour, group physiotherapist Nitin Patel and among the different assist workers members additionally dined with the Team India members.
    “Nothing like a fiery BBQ night,” Mayank wrote on Instagram.

    India will lock horns with hosts South Africa in three Tests, happening in Centurion, Johannesburg and Cape Town. The first Test will start from December 26. The Test sequence will likely be adopted by three ODIs from January 19.
    The group travelled to Johannesburg from Mumbai in a chartered aircraft.
    In Centurion, the group is staying in a resort with lot of open areas inside the created bio-bubble in order that gamers in addition to their households will not be confined to an enclosed house as it will possibly occur in most five-star resorts on this planet.
    The matches on this sequence will likely be performed behind closed doorways.
    India’s Test squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj
    Standby Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla

  • Mayank Agarwal has given lot of significance to self perception: VVS Laxman

    Mayank Agarwal’s stellar efficiency within the second Test towards New Zealand was a mirrored image of his self-belief, feels former batting nice and soon-to-be National Cricket Academy head VVS Laxman.
    Agarwal, who performed the sequence within the absence of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma, failed in Kanpur however regained his kind to attain 150 and 62 within the second Test to win the ‘Player of the Match’ award.

    “He has given a lot of importance to self-belief and it was great to see him coming in and expressing himself. I think he played with a mindset, which is similar to what he used to play in first-class and international cricket,” Laxman mentioned on StarSports’ present ‘Follow The Blues’.
    Laxman discovered his batting towards spinners excellent.

    “He hit some outstanding shots, especially against Ajaz Patel. His shot over long off and over extra cover for sixes are probably the best shots of his innings.” The Hyderabadi additionally spoke in regards to the technical changes executed by Agarwal through the Mumbai recreation the place he trusted the sport plan towards Kyle Jamieson and Tim Southee.
    “Because in Kanpur in each the innings he obtained out at balls that have been pitching on and out of doors the off stump, whereas in Mumbai, particularly within the first innings, he was prepared to depart a number of deliveries.
    “He was keeping his front foot in the pitch of the ball and he was playing with a lot of discipline. But when the spinners came in he was using his feet a lot,” mentioned Laxman.

  • ICC Test Rankings: R Ashwin rises to second, Mayank Agarwal jumps to eleventh

    Senior India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin climbed a rung to second whereas his teammate and opener Mayank Agarwal, together with New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel additionally made enormous progress within the ICC Test Rankings issued on Wednesday.
    Agarwal’s Player of the Match effort within the second Test in Mumbai, the place he scored 150 and 62, has helped him acquire 30 spots and attain eleventh place within the newest replace to the lads’s rankings.
    He is only one spot beneath a career-best tenth place that he first attained in November 2019.
    The Mumbai-born Patel, who turned solely the third participant to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings, emulating Jim Laker and Anil Kumble, has moved up 23 slots to thirty eighth after ending with 14 wickets within the match.
    The left-arm spinner’s earlier greatest rating was 53rd and he had began the sequence in 62nd place.

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    — ICC (@ICC) December 8, 2021
    Others to maneuver up within the rankings after the Mumbai Test, which was part of the ICC World Championships, are India opener Shubman Gill (up 21 locations to forty fifth), quick bowler Mohammad Siraj (up 4 locations to forty first) and New Zealand batter Daryl Mitchell (up 26 locations to 78th).
    Ashwin has bridged the hole with top-ranked bowler Pat Cummins after ending with 4 wickets in every innings in India’s 372-run victory.
    Ashwin has gained 43 ranking factors to achieve a complete of 883 and is 67 factors forward of third-placed Josh Hazlewood.
    He has moved up one place to second amongst all-rounders whilst his compatriot Ravindra Jadeja has slipped to fourth within the record led by West Indies’ Jason Holder.
    Holder has gained one spot to achieve 14th amongst bowlers in Wednesday’s replace, that additionally considers performances from the Galle Test that Sri Lanka received by 164 runs to finish a 2-0 sequence victory and stay atop the ICC World Test Championship factors desk.
    Kraigg Brathwaite (up 10 locations to thirty ninth) and Nkrumah Bonner (up 17 locations to forty second) are the batters to maneuver up for the West Indies however the one to achieve essentially the most after the Galle Test is Player of the Match Dhananjaya de Silva, who has superior 12 locations to twenty first after his unbeaten 155 within the second innings.
    Spinners Lasith Embuldeniya and Ramesh Mendis too have made substantial beneficial properties. Embuldeniya has gained 5 slots to achieve thirty second place after ending with seven wickets within the match, whereas Mendis has progressed 18 locations to thirty ninth with an 11-wicket match haul.
    Among batters, Rohit Sharma, who didn’t play within the Mumbai Test, and Virat Kohli (0 and 36) remained on fifth and sixth respectively.

  • Mumbai Test: Mayank’s ton salvages day after Ajaz offers India anxious moments

    In his first eight Test matches, cut up equally dwelling and overseas, Mayank Agarwal had two double centuries, a century and three half-centuries. Then he had a quiet couple of video games in Australia, and located himself behind Shubman Gill within the queue. Then he received hit on the pinnacle by Mohammed Siraj in England. KL Rahul returned and rediscovered himself within the longest format. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma was being, properly, Rohit Sharma.
    If one performs principally one format for India, like Agarwal does in the intervening time, to be slotted as back-up Test opener is probably the toughest place within the sport to be in. Then he received a sport after near a 12 months, and promptly nicked off towards the category of Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson. It might be an unforgiving gig, to be often tasked with blunting the brand new crimson ball.

    So unforgiving that had Agarwal been sacrificed for incoming captain Virat Kohli for the Mumbai Test, it in all probability wouldn’t have brought about an excessive amount of indignation. He wasn’t going to be opening on the Wanderers anyway come the primary Test towards South Africa, except there was an damage to the regulars.

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    — BCCI (@BCCI) December 3, 2021
    After his identify was included within the XI for the midday begin at Wankhede Stadium, Agarwal made positive he was nonetheless batting when play was known as off for unhealthy mild 5 minutes earlier than prolonged time got here to an finish with the hosts at 221/4.
    All of his 4 Test centuries – 215, 108, 243 and this unbeaten 120 – have come at dwelling, and all of the 4 fifties away from dwelling. While that does inform one thing about his conversion capability, all the house daddy tons of haven’t been so simple as seeing off the brand new ball for half a session and cashing in thereafter.
    The 243 in Indore was a living proof. It did come towards Bangladesh and Agarwal hit an Indian file eight sixes, however most of them had been properly after he had gone previous his hundred and pulled the innings into protected territory. For some time, the Bangladesh pacers had had their tails up, and India had gone from 105/1 to 119/3, with the final specialist batting pair within the center.
    Rescue job
    Against New Zealand in Mumbai on Friday, India stumbled faster and more durable, from 80/0 to 80/3 within the area of 16 deliveries. The fourth-wicket pair of Agarwal and Shreyas Iyer doubled that rating, however even 160/4 wasn’t the place India would have wished to be after successful the toss and selecting to bat first.
    In the Bangladesh sport, Agarwal was within the type of his life. Things aren’t the identical now, however he appeared decided to bat lengthy at Wankhede. Even as Gill started with a flurry of boundaries, Agarwal refused to fiddle with deliveries leaving him outdoors the off-stump. When he was made to play, he made an try and get outdoors the road of off to rule out the leg-before menace. Even into the night, his focus would maintain up, as he lunged ahead to maintain out considered one of Southee’s change-up incoming deliveries.
    Agarwal does are likely to get squared up, and was once more by Jamieson within the sixth over for an edged 4 to 3rd man. He didn’t have a lot of a set off motion on that ball, and the bat got here down from inside the road. But by the subsequent ball, he had made a slight adjustment, taking a step throughout and getting behind the road neatly to defend.

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    — BCCI (@BCCI) December 3, 2021
    After the day’s play, he mentioned that he had received ideas from Sunil Gavaskar on method and was making an effort to be extra side-on. “He told me that I should consider keeping the bat a bit low initially in my innings,” Agarwal mentioned. “I have a tendency to hold it high. I couldn’t make that adjustment in this short period of time. I noticed his shoulder position and picked up that I need to be more side-on.”
    It additionally helped that the beginning was delayed by a session. The first one normally helps the pacers probably the most at Wankhede, and the second is nice for batting earlier than bowlers discover some help once more within the night.
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    Once he received in, Agarwal towards spin was a deal with to look at, as he usually is. Mumbai-born left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel picked up all of the 4 wickets to fall, together with Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli for geese. He was discovering grip and switch, and infrequently beating the surface edge on entrance in addition to again foot.
    (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade).
    But again and again, Agarwal would step out and loft him with the spin to the long-off boundary. He has this specific method of springing out of the crease, and gathering sufficient momentum to generate distance with a clear bat-swing, like batsmen of an earlier period needed to do when bats weren’t as highly effective.
    Sixty of his 120 runs got here in entrance of sq. on the off facet, together with three sixes towards Ajaz. Later, Agarwal would say it was a aware resolution to be aggressive towards the left-arm spinner. “He was bowling exceedingly well. But each time anything was in our half, the plan was to be a bit more attacking. Anything that came a little towards us in length, we were going to go for it. He had that phase when he tied us down, so it was a conscious decision to make it count when we could or each time he bowled it in our spot.”
    Having already revived the innings twice, Agarwal shouldn’t be executed but. “The first session (on Day Two) we want to play it out, (as) the wicket is going to get harder and harder to bat on.”

  • Mayank Agarwal hit on head by Mohammed Siraj quick ball, might need to bear concussion take a look at

    India’s opening batsman Mayank Agarwal on Monday was hit on the again of his head by a brief ball from teammate Mohammed Siraj throughout a coaching session forward of the primary Test in opposition to England on Wednesday.
    While dealing with Siraj, presumably the quickest within the present Indian line-up, Agarwal was apparently hit on the again of his head when he took his eyes off a brief ball and took a blow on his helmet.
    He was in some discomfort after opening the helmet as he sat on the bottom with physio Nitin Patel attending him.

    Latest photos of in the present day’s follow periods and this isn’t a very good signal – And Mayank Agarwal was hit by a ball in his head and he needed to depart the follow in halfway. pic.twitter.com/uc5VL1mAcq
    — CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) August 2, 2021
    He was then seen urgent the again of his head whereas leaving the nets escorted by Patel.
    It is anticipated that he should bear a compulsory concussion take a look at earlier than being cleared to play the Test match.
    In case he’s unable to play, KL Rahul, who has principally opened in Test matches however prefers a middle-order slot lately, could possibly be requested to open. The different choice is Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran.

  • Mayank Agarwal dominated out of first Test, No.3 Pujara to not be promoted: Ajinkya Rahane

    India have a gap drawback after Mayank Agarwal is dominated out of the primary Test towards England with a head damage. Two days previous to the primary Test, Agarwal was hit on the helmet on the nets and suffered concussion. The BCCI has knowledgeable that the 30-year-old is “stable” however he’ll stay beneath “close medical attention”. With the primary Test of the five-match collection beginning at Trent Bridge on Wednesday, India want to seek out a gap accomplice for Rohit Sharma.
    Agarwal was the like-for-like substitute for the injured Shubman Gill whose England tour was lower brief following a stress damage on his left leg. KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran are the 2 designated opening choices out there to the group administration to accomplice Rohit. The BCCI has despatched Prithvi Shaw, together with Suryakumar Yadav, to England however he can be out there solely from the second Test onwards after serving a compulsory 10-day quarantine interval.

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    — CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) August 2, 2021
    India have misplaced their final three Test collection in England and the opening void is a setback for the vacationers forward of the Trent Bridge Test. Two days out, the pitch seems to be inexperienced and the circumstances are anticipated to be lopsided in favour of England. Rahul hasn’t performed a Test for shut to 2 years now however he’s contemporary from a 101, batting at No. 5, towards County Select XI – a warm-up fixture within the lead-up to the primary Test. Interestingly, the selectors picked him for the tour as a middle-order selection.
    Easwaran has been with the squad for 2 months now however he’s severely undercooked, having performed his final first-class sport in early March 2020.
    This would possibly pressure the Indian group administration to contemplate a makeshift possibility, though vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane dominated out the potential of Cheteshwar Pujara opening the innings with Rohit. Pujara has opened in Tests earlier than, scoring 348 runs in 4 matches, together with 100, in that place. Also, within the warm-up sport towards County Select XI, he got here as an opener within the second innings and scored 38. Pujara has the approach to blunt James Anderson and firm in swing-friendly circumstances. But the group administration seems to be reluctant to vary his batting order.
    “See, Pujara is our No. 3 batsman. Who will open the innings, we are finalising our combination. It’s not finalised yet. Pujara has been really solid for us as (a) No. 3 batsman, so he will continue to bat at No. 3. But as an opening pair, obviously captain, coach (and) management will decide the combination and you will get to know soon,” Rahane mentioned at a press convention on Monday.
    Hanuma Vihari, too, has opened the innings in Tests earlier than. Three years in the past in Melbourne, he partnered Agarwal on the prime in a Boxing Day Test and scored eight and 13 within the two innings. The benefit for Vihari is that he has executed a good bedding-in for the England collection with a brief county stint for Warwickshire, the place he largely batted at No. 3. He additionally acquired some worthwhile batting minutes through the warm-up sport, coming at No. 4 and No. 3 respectively within the two innings. It must be seen if Vihari pairs up with Rohit at Trent Bridge.

  • Agarwal, Vihari, Jadeja amongst runs on ultimate day of warm-up recreation

    Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma Vihari spent some priceless time within the center whereas Ravindra Jadeja scored his second fifty of the sport on the ultimate day of India’s warm-up match towards County XI on Thursday.
    After bowling out County XI for 220 on day two, Agarwal (47 off 81) and Cheteshwar Pujara (38 off 58), opened India’s second innings on day three.
    The duo shared an 87-run stand which ended when Agarwal charged down the wicket to off-spinner Jack Carson solely to be caught at mid-on by fellow India teammate Washington Sundar.
    Washington and pacer Avesh Khan, who’re each set to fly again house on account of damage, performed for the County XI in India’s solely heat up recreation forward of the primary Test starting August 4.
    Like Agarwal, Pujara too had the chance to make an enormous rating to spice up his confidence forward of the primary Test. However, he fell to the lure laid by Carson and flicked one straight to leg slip.
    Jadeja (51 off 77) and Vihari (43 not out off 105) then shared an 84-run stand earlier than the southpaw retired out. Jadeja had scored 75 within the first innings.

    The match didn’t have the identical depth because it was witnessed on the primary two days with the sport heading for a colorless draw.
    Much to the opposition’s shock, India declared quickly after Jadeja accomplished his fifty with 33 overs left within the recreation.
    County XI batted for 15.5 overs, scoring 31 with out a lack of a wicket earlier than the gamers shook arms.

    Earlier within the recreation, Ok L Rahul scored a chic half century to make an announcement forward of the 5 Test sequence whereas Umesh Yadav regarded good with the ball.
    Jasprit Bumrah, who was off color within the World Test Championship ultimate, ended with just one wicket within the recreation, whereas Mohammad Siraj bagged a pair. Skipper Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane missed the first-class recreation on account of minor niggles.

  • IND vs ENG | ‘Massive’ Motera leaves Team India stars astonished forward of pink-ball Test

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    India’s globe-trotting cricketers had been astonished by the sight of the world’s greatest stadium in Motera because it took them an hour to get used to the power whose dressing rooms are linked to the fitness center. The 1,10,000 capability stadium is about to host its first worldwide match — the Day/Night pink ball Test between India and England from February 24.
    “To be honest, to be in the word’s largest stadium, we actually cannot wait to have the fans around and see the atmosphere, which will be tremendous,” stated flamboyant all-rounder Hardik Pandya in a video posted by the BCCI.

    “All the boys loved it, I think, for us, it took almost one hour to get used to the size of the ground, the kind of facilities it has provided us, I feel really, really proud that we have this in India, where we can host so many people and we can have wonderful games here.”
    Overwhelmed at its measurement and amenities, Pandya continued, “To be trustworthy, I’ve not seen a fitness center linked to my dressing room… for the primary time I believe I’ve seen a fitness center linked to the dressing room, which is unbelievable.

    “I can’t thank the GCA enough and all the people who have worked really hard to make a stadium so wonderful that we can’t wait to actually come back again and play here.”
    The four-match Test collection is tied at 1-1 after India made a robust comeback with a convincing 317-run victory within the second match in Chennai.

    Speaking concerning the new stadium, India quantity three Cheteshwar Pujara stated, “It’s an amazing feeling, it’s a huge, huge stadium and we all are looking forward to playing our first pink ball Test at Motera.”
    “It’s an amazing ground with big dressing rooms, it’s quite spacious and we are enjoying the facilities out here.”
    He additionally spoke concerning the fitness center. “The gym is next to the dressing room so you know it’s very useful for guys who want to train in between the game or whenever there is time. Gym is excellent, it’s quite spacious and we did our first gym session here today and we had a good time.”
    The stadium can even host the fourth and ultimate Test between the 2 nations.
    Opener Mayank Agarwal stated, “To enter Motera and see the stands, the way in which it is constructed, it is unbelievable. It’s a large floor, by no means earlier than have we performed in such a giant floor and it feels nice.
    “We came specifically to the ground today just to have a gym session and a few of us wanted to run. We have never seen an association having a gym facility like that, it was a pleasure training here.”
    The promising Shubman Gill, who has impressed within the possibilities he has bought to this point, stated, “It’s such a proud moment for all of us, the world’s biggest stadium is here in India. Facilities are excellent and everything is spacious, it’s huge.”

  • IND vs ENG 2nd Test Day 2: Injured Pujara not on area, Mayank is available in as substitute

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File picture of Cheteshwar Pujara.
    Cheteshwar Pujara on Sunday didn’t take the sector as a result of a finger harm he sustained through the course of the Indian innings within the ongoing second Test in opposition to England right here on the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

    In Pujara’s place, Mayank Agarwal got here in as substitute at first of the England innings within the morning session on Day Two of the Test match.

    BCCI confirmed the participant will not area in any respect on the day after being hit on his proper hand whereas batting on Day 1.

    Pujara had scored 21 runs off the 58 deliveries he confronted on the primary day earlier than he was out in opposition to Jack Leach. India, on Day Two, added 29 runs to their in a single day rating of 300/6 earlier than being bowled out for 329. Rohit Sharma was the highest scorer with 161 whereas Ajinkya Rahane contributed with 67.

    Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant remained not out on 58 because the Indian innings got here to an finish within the 96th over.

    Pujara had sustained as many as 11 blows on his physique through the closing innings of the current Australia tour when India chased down 329 runs within the fourth and closing Test in Brisbane to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In that match, the 33-year-old had scored useful 56 runs off the 211 balls he confronted as India registered a memorable three-wicket win on the Gabba.