Sunil Gavaskar says he won’t be surprised if speedster Jasprit Bumrah takes over India’s Test captaincy, considering his ability to lead from the front
09 January,2025 06:43 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Michael Clarke further believes that India could have won the Sydney Test if they had Japrit Bumrah bowling in the hosts' second essay and some more runs under their belt. Jasprit Bumrah was in a league of his own as his 32 wickets came at an incredible average of 13.06 and a strike rate of 28.3
08 January,2025 05:12 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
In rare instances in the past, a captain has chosen to drop themselves from the playing XI. Midday explores six notable examples of such occurrences
02 January,2025 02:36 PM IST | Sydney | mid-day online correspondent
“I think the selectors have got this wrong. We’ve got Usman Khawaja who is 38 years old, he’s made no runs. He’s a senior player,” he added.
21 December,2024 06:59 AM IST | Sydney | PTI
Nathan McSweeney had poor scores of 10, 0, 39, unbeaten 10, 9 and 4 in his recent six innings. Usman Khawaja on the other hand has the same string of poor scores of 8, 4, 13, 9 not out, 21 and 8 in the three games
20 December,2024 09:04 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Travis Head and Steve Smith milked 241 runs before Team India's lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Smith. This was the duo's second 200-plus run stand against the Indians. They are now just falling short of one partnership from equalling the record of Rick Ponting and Michael Clarke who have three 200-plus partnerships against India
15 December,2024 04:55 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Clarke’s comments point towards the instance of Siraj ‘celebrappeal’ for an lbw against Marnus Labuschagne without looking at the umpire, only for replays to show a big inside edge
10 December,2024 06:11 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Khawaja took the first ball in the first innings and now they’re saying it’s McSweeney [for the second innings
26 November,2024 07:35 AM IST | Perth | IANS
If Australia had won the first two games, then you can understand why they rest their big fish, but it was series on the line
12 November,2024 07:40 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Clarke’s comments come days after former opener Warner expressed his desire to come out of retirement, which he announced earlier this year, for the crucial series
25 October,2024 06:27 AM IST | Sydney | PTIADVERTISEMENT
