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Express Tribune
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- Express Tribune
South Africa name squad for Zimbabwe Test
South Africa have unveiled their squad for the upcoming two-Test series against Zimbabwe, set to begin later this month in Bulawayo. The squad features five uncapped players, with 19-year-old batting sensation Lhuan-dre Pretorius headlining the selection following his breakout performances in domestic cricket. Joining Pretorius in line for a potential Test debut are Dewald Brevis, Lesego Senokwane, Codi Yusuf, and Prenelan Subrayen. The series does not fall under the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27, as Zimbabwe are not part of the current cycle. It will instead serve as a developmental opportunity for head coach Shukri Conrad to test new talent and build squad depth ahead of the 20252027 WTC cycle. With the future in mind, senior players such as Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada have been rested. Veteran seamer Dane Paterson, who is not part of the squad, is also reportedly considering retirement following the recent Lord's Test. Pretorius has made an immediate impact in first-class cricket, scoring three centuries in his first five matches, including one in the domestic red-ball final. He currently averages an impressive 65.57. Brevis, who was part of the squad that toured Bangladesh last year but did not get a game, has earned his call-up through consistent domestic performances. He finished second in the run charts of the first-class season with 573 runs in 12 innings at an average of 47.75, including two centuries and two half-centuries. Brevis initially rose to prominence as the leading run-scorer in the 2022 ICC Under-19 World Cup. Kwena Maphaka, who made his debut earlier this year against Pakistan, will lead the pace attack alongside Lungi Ngidi. "Nandre has been cleared to play T20s. We'll reintroduce him gradually, starting with the shortest format, before "Nandre has been given the all-clear by the medical team to play T20s. The plan is to ease him back into the game, starting with the shortest format, and then slowly work him up to the longer formats," Conrad said. "We'll be keeping a close eye on how he handles the workload as he builds toward playing Test cricket again. "Lizaad is progressing well and is currently in the final phase of his rehabilitation from his knee surgery." Notably absent is Anrich Nortje, who was set to feature in the previous summer's Tests but declined a central contract. Nortje has not played international cricket since the 2024 T20 World Cup final and has only appeared in two IPL matches since then, having dealt with multiple injuries, including a broken toe. South Africa Test Squad for Zimbabwe Series: Temba Bavuma (captain), David Bedingham, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Corbin Bosch, Tony de Zorzi, Zubayr Hamza, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Lesego Senokwane, Prenelan Subrayen, Kyle Verreynne, Codi Yusuf.
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India.com
a day ago
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- India.com
Top 10 Indian Bowlers With Most Test Wickets In England: Ishant Sharma Leads, Kapil Dev Follows, Jasprit Bumrah At…
photoDetails english 2912192 Updated:Jun 07, 2025, 07:14 AM IST Ishant Sharma – 48 Wickets (22 Innings) 1 / 10 Ishant Sharma stands as India's leading Test wicket-taker in England. His most memorable performance came at Lord's in 2014, where he claimed 7 for 74, leading India to a historic win, their first at the venue since 1986. Kapil Dev – 43 Wickets (22 Innings) 2 / 10 Kapil Dev, India's legendary all-rounder, showcased his prowess in England with both bat and ball. Notably, during the 1990 Lord's Test, he hit four consecutive sixes off Eddie Hemmings to avoid the follow-on, underlining his aggressive style. Jasprit Bumrah – 37 Wickets (15 Innings) 3 / 10 Jasprit Bumrah has rapidly ascended the ranks with his exceptional performances in England. In a 2024 Test, he took six wickets, dismantling England's middle order with reverse swing. Anil Kumble – 36 Wickets (19 Innings) 4 / 10 Anil Kumble, India's premier leg-spinner, had a commendable record in England. His stint with Northamptonshire in 1995, where he took 10 wickets, honed his skills for English conditions. Bishan Singh Bedi – 35 Wickets (18 Innings) 5 / 10 Bishan Singh Bedi, known for his graceful left-arm spin, was instrumental in challenging English batsmen. His best performance came at Lord's, where he took 6 for 226, earning a spot on the Honours Board. Mohammed Shami – 34 Wickets (21 Innings) 6 / 10 Mohammed Shami has been a consistent performer in England, utilizing seam and swing to his advantage. His ability to reverse swing the old ball at pace has troubled many English batsmen. Bhagwath Chandrasekhar – 31 Wickets (15 Innings) 7 / 10 Bhagwath Chandrasekhar's leg-spin was pivotal in India's historic 1971 series win in England. His 6 for 38 at The Oval secured India's first-ever Test victory on English soil. Zaheer Khan – 31 Wickets (14 Innings) 8 / 10 Zaheer Khan's left-arm pace and ability to swing the ball both ways made him a key figure in India's bowling lineup in England. His performance at Headingley in 2002, where he contributed to an innings victory, highlighted his impact. Ravindra Jadeja – 22 Wickets (17 Innings) 9 / 10 Ravindra Jadeja's left-arm spin and all-round capabilities have been valuable in English conditions. His ability to maintain tight lines and extract turns has yielded crucial wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 19 Wickets (14 Innings) 10 / 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar's swing bowling has been particularly effective in England. His control and ability to move the ball both ways have consistently challenged English batsmen.
Indian Express
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
From Ravindra Jadeja to Shubman Gill, eight Indians with prior experience of playing Tests in England
On Saturday, the BCCI confirmed what had been in the pipelines for the weeks leading up to the Test series in England that starts in June — that India are staring at a significant transition period with the retirements of Ashwin Ravichandran, Rohit Sharma and, most significantly, Virat Kohli in the last half year. With three stalwarts moving on from red-ball cricket, the squad was bound to have a fresh look. When Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee read out the final list, it was an 18-member touring party, out of which only 8 players have prior experience of playing in a Test match in England, always seen as a challenging venue for India over the years. Here's a quick look: Ravindra Jadeja 12 Tests, 642 runs, 27 wkts – Most experienced in the squad, having played in three Tours from 2014 to 2021-'22 as well as WTC Final in 2023 – Generally preferred as the solitary spin-bowling allrounder but his batting experience will be key to this squad Jasprit Bumrah 9 matches, 37 wkts, 26.27 avg – Player of the series with 23 wkts in the 2021-'22 series, led India for the first time in the Covid-postponed final match – Famously smashed Stuart Broad around in Birmingham in what became the most expensive over in Tests (35 runs) KL Rahul 9 Tests, 614 runs, 34.11 avg – A disappointing series in 2018 finished with a fighting 149 in a losing cause – Made a strong mark as opener along with Rohit Sharma in 2021, winning player of the match at Lord's for his 129 Rishabh Pant 9 Tests, 556 runs, 32.70 avg – Made his debut in England in 2018, and scored a 114 at The Oval in his first series – In the Covid-postponed final Test in 2022, smashed a 111-ball 146 in a losing cause Mohammed Siraj 6 Tests, 23 wkts, 34.00 avg – Registered an 8-wicket match haul in the famous 2021 Lord's win, picking up 4 in each innings – Had a 4-wicket haul in the first innings of the WTC Final against Australia Shardul Thakur 4 matches, 173 runs, 10 wkts – Scored crucial fifties in both innings at The Oval win in Sep 2021, and picked up Joe Root's wicket with a peach too – Played a battling knock in the WTC final against Australia, scoring 51 Kuldeep Yadav 1 match, 0 wkts – Infamously, got picked for a gloomy Lord's Test in 2018 in what was his only match in England – In a rain-hit match, India's selection gamble backfired as Kuldeep bowled just 9 overs Shubman Gill 3 matches, 88 runs, 14.66 avg – In three Tests in England, has played three different teams (NZ 2021, ENG 2022, AUS 2023), two of those being WTC Finals – Has a high score of 28 in his three matches, so a stern Test awaits the new captain
Time of India
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Captain Kohli, the ‘Tiger' that burnt bright
STRIPES... (Above) India captain Pataudi (fourth from right) leads his team for a practice session ahead of the Lord's Test against England in 1967. Photo credit: Getty Images "Let's give them 60 overs of hell!' Years down the line, when historians will revisit Indian Test cricket in the 21st century, Virat Kohli 's war cry at the Lord's in 2021 will ring in their ears. That London summer afternoon defined the Kohli-way — a new era of self-belief when India refused to throw in the towel even when the chips were down. The team, after a miraculous ninth-wicket partnership between Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami on the fifth morning, could have veered towards the safer confines of an honourable draw. Kohli, Ishant and teammates celebrate an England wicket during the 2021 Lord's Test. (Photo credit: Getty Images) But the captain didn't believe in settling for a draw, even while playing overseas. The 151-run win on that day was the highest point for Kohli the captain — arguably a more remarkable figure than Kohli the batter, at least in Test cricket. That day, the basis of that confidence to push for a win at Lord's lay in the belief that Kohli had in his pace quartet of Bumrah, Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Ishant Sharma . It was an attack that was meticulously curated by Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri, with the help of bowling coach Bharath Arun. In many ways, Kohli's decision to rely on out-and-out pace was a leaf out of a decision that the young Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi took as captain in the 1960s, to rely on a magnificent battery of spinners to churn out results. In Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna and BS Chandrasekhar, Pataudi had a supremely gifted trio. S Venkataraghavan, who made his debut in 1965, was made a regular part of the spin attack as India played with four spinners for the first time at Edgbaston in 1967. Playing in tandem, the quartet restricted England to 298 and 203, only to be let down by the batters. But they laid a marker that was to define Indian cricket for the next decade, aptly summed up by Kapil Dev in Tim Wigmore's Test Cricket: A History: 'Almost every Indian bowler in that era wanted to be a spinner.' Half a century later, in 2018, Kohli took the call to play four pacers in Perth. Much like Pataudi's Edgbaston experience, India lost that Test despite the skipper scoring a magnificent century, but India had well and truly taken a step in a different direction. As Prasanna and Bedi have insisted that 'playing under Tiger was no strain', the likes of Ishant Sharma and Shami flourished under Kohli. But the captain's biggest contribution will be the 'Kohinoor' he gifted to Indian Test cricket — Bumrah, the pace parallel of the maverick leggie Chandrasekhar. The slinger was superb in white-ball cricket, but no one believed he could last the rigours of Test cricket till Kohli and Shastri decided otherwise. The duo nurtured him and introduced him to Test cricket in South Africa in 2018. It would prove the birth of the 'Bradman of pace bowling' — termed by Adam Gilchrist — as India took their first step towards world domination in red-ball cricket, culminating in two back-to-back series wins in Australia. Unifying a team for a common cause Pataudi, as Indian captain, had brought in a unification code to a largely disjointed team. 'Our side was dominated by players from the West and South and it was difficult for a Punjabi like myself to be accepted. But it was Tiger who gave us the feeling of Indian-ness,' Bedi says in Wigmore's book. Fifty years down the line, Kohli, too, tried to unify the team through a common code — fitness. He learnt early that to excel in 21st century cricket, fitness had to be of a different level. He brought changes to his lifestyle and diet to himself become the lean, mean machine. He also tried to instill the same in his team, to follow a similar mantra. It meant that the envelope was pushed. If the pace bowlers, on the final session of the final day, were ready to bowl 140 km/hr, a lot to do with the culture of fitness that was brought in by Kohli. A two-hour talkathon Kohli didn't mind the odd exchange of words with the opposition on the field, but there's one instance when his anger was channelized towards his own team. According to a member of the management, Kohli was livid with the way India capitulated in the first Test in Cape Town, chasing 208. 'Vernon Philander destroyed us with his medium-pace in the second innings, Kohli couldn't take it anymore. We never heard him speaking as harshly as he did to the team members — for about two hours on that day. He made it clear that such a performance was just not acceptable. By the time we got into the team bus, we knew something had to be changed,' a team member told TOI. Kohli walked the talk in the next Test in Centurion with a century, albeit in a losing cause. But India won the third Test on a minefield in Johannesburg. The first step towards world domination had been taken.
India Today
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Mohammed Siraj's tribute to 'superhero' Virat Kohli wins heart from Anushka Sharma
Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj paid a heartfelt tribute to his bhaiya and superhero Virat Kohli after the former India captain announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday, 12 May. Siraj, who made his Test debut under Kohli's captaincy in 2019, played eight Tests during his tenure and was a key figure in India's memorable tour of England in 2021, playing a pivotal role in the iconic win at Lord' an emotional social media post, Siraj thanked Kohli for backing him throughout his journey and said the dressing room wouldn't be the same without him."To my superhero, congratulations on the wonderful career you've had in Test cricket," Siraj wrote, sharing photos from memorable matches, including his Lord's heroics in 2021. "Your legacy will stay forever. You've inspired generations of cricketers like me and will continue to do so with your achievements and the way you've carried yourself, bhaiya. The dressing room won't be the same without you. Thank you for always backing me and motivating me to do well. Wish you the best, King @ bhaiya," he Bollywood actor and Kohli's wife, Anushka Sharma, reacted to the post with a heart orchestrated one of the greatest overseas wins of Kohli's captaincy tenure - the Lord's Test in 2021. Picking up eight wickets, including four wickets in a few fiery spells on the final day, Siraj made a lasting fast bowler Mohammed Shami also paid a rich tribute to Virat Kohli, saying his passion was infectious."Virat, you've left an indelible mark on Test cricket. Your passion was infectious, your fire relentless, and your legacy will inspire generations.. Thank you for everything. Happy retirement, legend," Shami Shami played the most matches by a fast bowler under Kohli's captaincy. He played 46 matches between 2014 and Kohli retired from Tests with 123 matches and 9230 runs, including 30 hundreds. Kohli averaged 46.85 runs and scored 5864 runs as captain at an average of have been pouring in for Virat Kohli. From Sachin Tendulkar's emotional recollections to a message from former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the former captain has been flooded with wishes and words of Watch
