Latest news with #IndiaTeam
Hans India
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Hans India
India Jumps to 4th in World Test Championship After Historic Edgbaston Win
India Team moved to the fourth place in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points table after a dominant 336-run victory over England at Edgbaston. The win was India's first-ever victory at the venue. The win also ended India's long winless streak that included seven losses and a draw. Indian captain Shubman Gill played a crucial role by scoring a double century and a century in the two innings. His performance helped India set a strong total that proved too much for England. On the bowling front, Akash Deep claimed a 10-wicket match haul to play his role in helping India win the much-needed match to stay alive in the series, while Mohammed Siraj scalped 7 wickets. In the absence of India's pacer Jasprit Bumrah, Indian bowlers delivered under pressure as India leveled the five-match series 1–1. With this result, Australia remains the table topper of the WTC standings, followed by Sri Lanka (2nd) and England (3rd). India's strong all-round performance has now pushed them into 4th place, keeping their hopes alive in the race to the WTC final.
Telegraph
5 days ago
- Sport
- Telegraph
Live England vs India, second Test, day one: Score and updates from Edgbaston
10:16AM Bumrah likely to be left out of India team Good morning from Edgbaston. The heatwave is over, and it's much cooler and cloudier this morning than the last few days. I reckon Ben Stokes will bowl first if he wins the toss, even though the sun is starting to poke through and it's meant to fully clear up. Not sure we can be quite as quick to judge that call as we were at Headingley. The word on the street is that Jasprit Bumrah isn't playing. We will find out for sure in 30 mins, but that would seem madness to me. It seems they want loads of all-rounders in his absence, but I'm not sure that's how you beat this England team. Pick your best wicket-takers! England will be wearing black armbands in memory of Wayne Larkins, who died this weekend. We've had lots of black armbands lately, which is sad. 10:13AM The thrill - and logic - of the chase Good morning from a cool and cloudy Birmingham, which is one more reason to bowl first - in addition to the remarkable statistic that since 2022, in Tests in England, the average runs per wicket in the first innings is 32, which is predictable, and 44 in the fourth innings, which is staggering. As revealed by Sid Monga of Cricinfo. 10:12AM England to wear black armbands in memory of Wayne Larkins Welcome to Edgbaston where it is cloudy and cool, posing the tough question of what to do at the toss. England will bowl first and chase if they win the toss and we suspect India are planning to pick two spinners so you would think they plan to bat last. Chris Woakes will be licking his lips on his home ground if the overcast conditions continue and England bowl first. England will be wearing black armbands today to remember Wayne Larkins who died at the weekend aged 71. 10:05AM Good morning Hello and welcome to Telegraph Sport's live, over-by-over coverage of the second Test between England and India at Edgbaston. It doesn't take long, even in a five-Test series, for things to intensify. England's stirring win at Headingley makes this a mustn't-lose game for India, who have been beaten in seven of their last nine Tests. India's XI has been the subject of endless discussion after their confused selection in the first Test. We'll soon find out whether their two best bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav, are playing this game. England won't get carried away, not least because series against India are more turbulent than most. Only two of the last seven have been won by the team that took a 1-0 lead. And it took a lot out of England, particularly their captain, to win at Headingley. 'It was a big week,' said Stokes. ''I used the three days after that game to offer absolutely nothing to the world. I was a shadow of my normal self. It just goes to show how much five-day Test matches take out of you. But I'm over that now and ready to go. Let's hope we can produce something similar again. Obviously going 1-0 is a good start, a very tough-fought victory for us and a long five days, but now it's about getting back to zero and focusing again on the win here.' England have named an unchanged side, which means Jofra Archer's return to Test cricket will be delayed until at least the Lord's Test. But anyone with even the slightest connection to English cricket is excited about what he might achieve. 'Facing him in the nets there, he's got the ball swinging quite nicely and there's that effortless pace,' says Stokes. 'It's been a while since I faced him so it was a little bit of a wake-up call for me. We all know he is an incredibly gifted cricketer.' That's for next week. The next five days are all about Edgbaston, and whether England can go 2-0 up with three to play.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Gill named India Test captain before England tour
Top-order batter Shubman Gill has been named the new Test captain of the India men's team. The 25-year-old succeeds Rohit Sharma as captain, with the 38-year-old having retired from Test cricket earlier this month. Gill, who has scored 1,893 runs in 32 Tests, will lead a depleted India team in a five-Test tour of England starting on 20 June. Veteran seamer Mohammed Shami was left out of the squad following a late injury setback, although he played in the Indian Premier League. Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has been named Gill's deputy in the Test squad. India Test squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (vice captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Druv Jurel , Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav. Gill & Jaiswal in strong India A squad to tour England Rohit Sharma: Indian cricket star who made batting look like art Get cricket news sent straight to your phone
