Author: Rahul Giri

India’s No.3 was once dominant against spin bowling. But post-pandemic, there has been an alarming dip in his batting against spin. Can he now enjoy the kind of late-career renaissance that Rahul Dravid, his predecessor at No.3, did? The biggest disservice Indian cricket did to Cheteshwar Pujara was to anoint him The Wall Mark II. In one sense, it was merely convenient, with Rahul Dravid’s career winding down just as Pujara was starting to make his way in the international arena. And it’s not that there aren’t similarities either. The Zen Master-like calm at the crease is one, as is…

-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Another comprehensive performance from the Indian bowling unit, Australia once again failing to capitalise on winning what could have been an important toss and India in a dominant position after Day 1 of the second Test at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. The script was similar to what was witnessed in Nagpur last week. There was one difference, a fairly significant one. And that was Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. On a pitch expected to be helpful for the spinners and offering some turn, especially to Ravichandran Ashwin, he resisted the temptation to go all out with his three tweakers. He…





-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay It’s back where it started. In 1996, the India-Australia Test series was officially rechristened Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Firoz Shah Kotla, which has subsequently been named Arun Jaitley Stadium, was the venue for that one-off Test won by India. Since then, Delhi has hosted just one more Test of the marquee series, in 2013. The wait is set to end on Friday, when the second Test gets underway. Here is a quick look at the talking points ahead of the game… What makes the occasion special: This is going to be Cheteshwar Pujara’s 100th Test appearance. He made his…



 After defeating Pakistan India will be keen to maintain their winning momentum when they face West Indies tomorrow in their 2nd match of the T20WorldCup. Smriti Mandhana who has missed the 1st match against Pakistan is most likely to return against West Indies as she was seen batting twice in the nets on the other hand captain Harmanpreet has missed today’s optional practice session. Subhayan Chakraborty reporting from Cape Town brings all the updates from the Indian Camp