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Forbes
4 hours ago
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- Forbes
England's Test cricket team has rediscovered the power of sledging
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 14: Rishabh Pant of India is bowled by Jofra Archer of England during day ... More five of the 3rd Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Lord's Cricket Ground on July 14, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by) English cricket's dramatic victory over India at Lord's in the third Test was a match for the ages. It was old-fashioned, attritional Test cricket from the archives when run-scoring wasn't all about ramping it over the wicketkeeper's head. India nudged via the superb Ravi Jadeja. England needled with Brydon Carse and the exocet express of Jofra Archer. There was chatter out in the middle as the hosts put sledging on full volume for the final day at the home of cricket. Ben Stokes revealed that his team had a conflab after the fourth evening in St John's Wood with the series tied at one-all. The conclusion was they were too nice, too soft on the opposition when the scenario called for more aggression. It's all very well being the Bazball entertainers, trying to create a legacy of memorable greatest hits. It was time to back up the bravado with some verbals. Getting into India's heads was key. This all sparked from an incident in the first innings where India skipper Shubman Gill challenged Zak Crawley after the England opener ate up the last few minutes of play to avoid facing another over. It's an old time-wasting trick, but Gill's finger-pointing intervention, backed up with some fiery backing vocals, only served to juice up the hosts. Sledging has been around since the days of WG Grace. In 1989, Australian skipper Allan Border decided that the Australians, described as 'possibly the worst touring side ever to leave these shores', had to toughen up to reclaim the Ashes. In the previous 1985 series, Border was accused of being too convivial with David Gower's team in a 3-1 defeat. This time, the niceties were dead. When Robin Smith asked for a glass of water during a hot day, he got a volley from the Baggy Green skipper. 'No, you f*****g can't, what do you think this is – a f*****g tea party?' Since the inception of the IPL, combatants from different nations play with each other and that has diluted the aggressive interplay to some degree. Even the intemperate Virat Kohli admitted he could never have a go at AB de Villiers again after bonding with him for a decade at Royal Challengers Bangalore. Michael Clarke went so far as to claim that the richest cricket league in the world had stopped the Australians from going at the Indians in the 2018/19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. 'I feel, Australian cricket, and probably every other team, over a little period went the opposite - actually sucked up to India. They were too scared to sledge Kohli or sledge the Indian players because they had to go and play with them in April," claimed the former Ashes-winning captain. Clarke was involved in one of the ugliest sledging incidents when he threatened James Anderson to 'get ready for a broken arm' in 2013. Kohli's shoulder barge with Sam Konstas at the MCG reminded everyone that India can push the envelope as much as anyone. 'The last thing I want is for boys and girls watching cricket to be going and playing club cricket and saying things like that to opposition players,' was Clarke's take six months later India have entered a new era under Gill, but this five-match series is huge box office drama for approximately 900 million cricket fans in the country. Broadcasters have a huge audience when the Men in Blue are in town, and with legends Rohit and Kohli now retired from the format, the new fire in the belly can only drive more engagement. Winning would also help. England were never going to wind up someone as wily as Jadeja, but after Washington Sundar was caught on various broadcast outlets predicting victory for the tourists, it was almost like a red rag to a bull. Brendon McCullum was instructing his team to raise the vocals in the field as the all-rounder strode to the wicket. When he was dismissed by Archer for a duck, the bowler and Stokes were happy to give Washington a less-than-presidential send-0ff. After the game, Stokes was adamant that nothing had crossed the line of what is acceptable on a cricket pitch. "I don't think there's anyone in the Indian dressing room or anyone in the English dressing room that's going to bed, going to cry themselves to sleep over what was said or done out there. Sometimes it gets a little bit over-egged from an outsider's point of view. I don't think it overstepped the line from the Indian team or from our team. It adds to the theater" he added. That theatre of Test cricket also included Mohammed Siraj getting in the face of Ben Duckett after dismissing the English batsman. He was fined 15 per cent of his match fee for "excessive celebration at close proximity to the dismissed batter.' Ultimately, fans of the format were captivated by the sheer passion of both teams. No one backed down to the very end when Siraj's forward defense rolled onto the stumps. Even the English players consoled him as he stood there in disbelief. LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 13: Mohammed Siraj of India celebrates after dismissing Ben Duckett of ... More England during Day Four of the 3rd Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Lord's Cricket Ground at Lord's Cricket Ground on July 13, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by) After the West Indies were bowled out for a miserable 27, the second lowest ever score in Test cricket in front of a sparse crowd at Sabina Park, England and India's fight was why red-ball cricket is seen as the ultimate in purists' eyes. It just doesn't pay the bills or fill the seats outside of the Big Three. 'They do not have to try and impress anyone or sledge just because it might have been done like that in the past. Just be themselves," Pat Cummins said of his teammates when he became Australian skipper. The Ashes in November will be the next staging point to see if Stokes's team can hit back with words as well as wickets. It could be spicy.
NDTV
10 hours ago
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- NDTV
KL Rahul, Who Scored Century At Lord's, Makes Big Admission After 3rd Test Loss: "Some Games Are..."
India's sole centurion during the Lord's Test, KL Rahul took to social media to reflect on the 22-run defeat at Lord's, which saw the visitors fall behind with a 1-2 scoreline in the five-Test Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series, saying some games are "more than wins and losses." Rahul alongside vice-captain Rishabh Pant, was the man who had to face the opening spell on Day 5. The wicket-keeper batter's wickets were castled over by Jofra Archer before Rahul was caught plumb by Ben Stokes. This triggered India's collapse and eventually made it too difficult for the India lower order to mount the target, despite best efforts from Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj. "Some games are more than wins or losses. They test your spirit, your character and the learnings make you stronger," posted Rahul on Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by KL Rahul👑 (@klrahul) Earlier, former India coach Shastri pointed out that Rishabh Pant's run-out in the first innings and Karun Nair's dismissal in the second tilted the balance in England's favour, just when India seemed to have had the upper hand. 'The turning point for me in this Test match was, first of all, Rishabh Pant's dismissal (in the first innings). Ben Stokes, simply outstanding presence of mind to hit at the right end and pull it off on the stroke of lunch. Because India would have got a lead and they were in the driver's seat," Shastri said on The ICC Review. 'Having said that, again at 40/1 [in the second innings], I thought that was a huge lapse in concentration from Karun Nair to leave a straight ball, a nothing ball, to leave it and open the door for England. I thought that the timing of that dismissal turned things around,' he added. Following the Lord's Test defeat on Monday, the Indian cricket teams, both men and women, met King Charles III at Clarence House in London on Tuesday. He interacted with players like Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill and others.
News18
10 hours ago
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Wimbledon 2025: It's Cricketers Raining At The Centre Court
Last Updated: Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Chahar, and Ravi Shastri lit up Wimbledon with their presence ahead of the Lord's Test. Root & Anderson met Federer in a GOAT moment! Wimbledon 2025 became a star-studded affair with some of cricket's biggest names making an appearance. From Virat Kohli's return to Centre Court to Rishabh Pant's quick visit between Tests, the crossover moments have been unmissable. Here's a look at how the cricketing world lit up Wimbledon this year! 1/9
News18
11 hours ago
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- News18
Rishabh Pant On Cusp Of Creating History, Needs 101 Runs In 4th Test To...
Curated By : Last Updated: July 17, 2025, 16:43 IST Rishabh Pant has scored 425 runs in three Tests played so far in the ongoing IND-ENG series. (Picture Credit: AFP) Rishabh Pant is India's first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in Test cricket, and in the ongoing five-match series between India and England, he has impressed with his performance with the bat. The 27-year-old left-handed batter who bats at No. 5 for India in Tests scored twin centuries (134 and 118) in the series opener played at Headingley in Leeds last month and then registered scores of 25, 65, 74, and 9 in the next four innings. With a total of 425 runs to his name in three matches, Pant is the second leading run getter in the 2025 edition of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. Pant, who is India's Test vice-captain, would like to maintain his good form with the bat in the next two matches as well, which are set to be played at Old Trafford in Manchester from July 23 to 27 and The Oval from July 31 to August 4. Pant is likely to recover from the finger injury that he suffered during Day 1's play of the Lord's Test last week and play in the Manchester Test next week. During the fourth India-England Test at Old Trafford, Pant will have a chance to break a 61-year-old record. If he scores at least 101 runs in the Manchester Test, then he will break the record of scoring the most runs in a Test series by an Indian wicketkeeper-batter, which as of now is held by Budhi Kunderan. During the 1964 India-England Test series, Budhi Kunderan played five matches for the Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi-led side and amassed a total of 525 runs in 10 innings. Most runs in a Test series by Indian wicketkeeper-batter POSITION PLAYER OPPOSITION VENUE MATCHES RUNS AVERAGE 100/50s YEAR 1. Budhi Kunderan England India 5 525 52.50 2/1 1964 2. Rishabh Pant England England 3 425 70.83 2/2 2025 3. Farokh Engineer England India 5 415 41.50 1/3 1972-73 4. Rishabh Pant Australia Australia 4 350 58.33 1/- 2018-19 =5. Rishabh Pant England England 5 349 38.77 1/2 2021-22 =5. MS Dhoni England England 5 349 34.90 -/4 2014 Kunderan is the only Indian stumper to amass a total of more than 500 runs in a Test series. The overall record of scoring the most runs in a Test series by a designated wicketkeeper-batter is in the name of South Africa's Denis Lindsay. During the 1966-67 Australia-South Africa Test series, he scored 606 runs in seven innings of five matches. Most runs in a Test series by wicketkeeper-batter POSITION PLAYER TEAM OPPOSITION VENUE MATCHES RUNS YEAR 1. Denis Lindsay South Africa Australia South Africa 5 606 1966-67 2. Andy Flower Zimbabwe India India 2 540 2000 3. Budhi Kunderan India England India 5 525 1964 4. Brad Haddin Australia England Australia 5 493 2013-14 5. Gerry Alexander West Indies Australia Australia 5 484 1960-61 Pant needs to score at least 182 runs to break that record. In the 148-year-old history of Test cricket, only three wicketkeeper-batters—Lindsay, Andy Flower (Zimbabwe), and Kunderan—have managed to score more than 500 runs in a Test series. Apart from Pant, England's Jamie Smith will also have a chance to complete 500 runs in the ongoing series as wicketkeeper-batter. As of now, he has 415 runs to his credit in three matches. Most runs in a Test series by England wicketkeeper-batter Swipe Left For Next Video View all POSITION PLAYER OPPOSITION VENUE MATCHES RUNS AVERAGE 100/50s YEAR 1. Alec Stewart South Africa England 5 465 51.66 1/1 1998 2. Les Ames West Indies West Indies 4 417 59.57 2/- 1930 3. Jamie Smith India England 3 415 103.75 1/2 2025 4. Jonny Bairstow Sri Lanka England 3 387 129.00 2/- 2016 5. Alec Stewart Australia England 6 378 31.50 -/3 1993 The record of scoring the most runs in a Test series by an English wicketkeeper-batter is held by Alec Stewart. During the England-South Africa series in 1997, Stewart amassed a total of 465 runs. view comments News cricket Rishabh Pant On Cusp Of Creating History, Needs 101 Runs In 4th Test To... Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
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11 hours ago
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Jasprit Bumrah And Rishabh Pant To Play 4th Test? Fresh Report Lifts Cloud Of Uncertainty
Last Updated: India are trailing 1-2 in the five-Test Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy following a close defeat to England at Lord's. The uncertainty over the availability of two key India players Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant for the 4th Test against England starting July 23 is getting clearer. Bumrah, as part of his workload management, is expected to play in three of the five-match tour and has already featured in two games. India captain Shubman Gill has also refused to confirm which of the remaining two matches Bumrah will be part of India's playing XI with the tourists trailing 1-2 after a close defeat at Lord's on Monday. India were handed a blow when in-form Rishabh Pant ended up hurting his finger while collecting a delivery from Bumrah during the third Test. He looked in visible pain and didn't keep the wickets after picking up the injury during England's first innings with Dhruv Jurel taking his place. Pant though batted in both the innings, hitting a half-century in India's first dig. According to Sky Sports, both Bumrah and Pant will be part of India's playing XI as they look to pull themselves back on level terms in the newly minted Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. After India lost the fourth Test by 22 runs, Gill gave a cryptic response when asked whether his team plans to have Bumrah for a second successive Test. 'You'll get to know soon," Gill replied during a post-match press conference. Similar to the defeat in the series opener, India allowed England several openings to claw their way back into the contest at Lord's too. They had reduced England to 271/7 in the first innings before Brydon Carse and Jamie Smith struck fifties to get the total to 387-all out. And then India put themselves in a strong position with the bat at 326/5 before losing the last five wickets for 61 runs. With England then setting India 193-run target, India suffered a dramatic batting collapse on the final morning of the contest and eventually were skittled for 170. view comments First Published: July 16, 2025, 08:01 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
