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INDIA’S TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Gill and Jaiswal both notched up hundreds after England inserted India in. © Getty Yashasvi Jaiswal, in his first Test innings in England, and Shubman Gill, in his first innings as India’s Test captain, cruised to individual tons as India put on a strong batting performance on the first day in Headingley. While Jaiswal carried India through the first half, the baton was passed on in the second half where Gill owned the centerstage with an unbeaten 127. Collectively, India’s batters won them the honours on the first day, racking up 359/3 and pausing any…
England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and sent India in, only to watch them pile up 3-359 in perfect batting conditions England gifted India the initiative on day one of their Test series at Headingley, where Yashavi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill rose to the occasion with a pair of fine centuries. Ben Stokes sent the tourists in after winning the toss, perhaps hoping to unsettle a batting lineup missing the star power of the recently retired Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, but the gambit merely handed over first use of serene batting conditions. Jaiswal led from the front with…
SOUTH AFRICA’S TOUR OF ZIMBABWE, 2025 Bavuma will miss the Zimbabwe tour due to a hamstring strain. © Getty Temba Bavuma, the captain of the WTC 2025 champions South Africa, will miss the upcoming Test series against Zimbabwe due to a left hamstring strain, Cricket South Africa (CSA) revealed in a media release on Friday (June 20). Keshav Maharaj will lead South Africa in the two Test matches. Bavuma sustained the injury while batting in the second innings on Day 3 of the final against Australia at Lord’s. The right-handed batter will undergo further scans to determine the extent of…
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Kl Rahul fell just before Lunch after a well-made 42 © Getty England struck twice late in the first session to bounce back strongly after India’s openers put on a 91-run opening stand. It tilted the balance of the game on the first morning at Headingley with the visitors heading to Lunch at 92/2. After being put in to bat, India’s openers started with a bit of caution but were also adept at putting away anything that came in their zone. Yashasvi Jaiswal was tested with the ball moving into his pads a few times…
Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton said England’s bowling attack looked “rusty” as they toiled on the opening day of the Test series against India at Headingley.After being inserted by Ben Stokes (2-43) at the toss, India piled on 359-3 by stumps on day one of the first Test against an under-cooked England attack. Chris Woakes (0-89) missed the innings victory over Zimbabwe last month as he recovered from ankle injury, Brydon Carse (1-70) – having had toe trouble of his own since the winter tour of New Zealand – is playing in his first home Test, while Josh Tongue (0-75) was…
New captain Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal struck centuries as India piled on 359-3 after losing the toss and punished an under-par England bowling display on day one of the first Test at Headingley.Gill (127no off 175) played with terrific composure as he became the fifth India skipper to hit a century in his first Test in charge, a group that also includes Virat Kohli, the man he replaced at No 4 in the batting line-up following the legend’s recent retirement. Jaiswal (101 off 158) notched his fifth Test hundred and third versus Ben Stokes’ side alone – which he…
BANGLADESH’S TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 Nayeem finished with figures of 5 for 121. © Getty Kamindu Mendis’s 87, Nayeem Hasan’s five-wicket haul and fifties from Shadman Islam and Najmul Hossain Shanto were the highlights of the fourth day’s play in Galle that Bangladesh finished with a lead of 187. Sri Lanka suffered early blows at the start of the day but Kamindu Mendis ensured they got close to Bangladesh’s total of 495, finishing only 10 short of it as Nayeem returned figures of 5-121. Bangladesh then rode on Shadman and Shanto’s solid knocks in their second innings to move…
INDIA’S TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2025 Jaiswal hit a hundred in his maiden Test innings in England. © Getty Yashasvi Jaiswal, in his first Test innings in England, was the bedrock of India’s batting on their first day of the tour of UK. Hitting his fifth Test ton, Jaiswal put on dazzling partnerships with KL Rahul first and then Shubman Gill. Together they ensured that India’s batting was the talking point of the first day despite being inserted in by Ben Stokes. England’s attempts at taking advantage of the early movement on offer courtesy the moisture played out blandly after a…
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2025 Nayeem Hasan bagged a five-wicket haul to ensure Sri Lanka did not go past Bangladesh’s total © AFP Nayeem Hasan, the Bangladesh offspinner, said changing the seam position from time to time served him well on Day 4 of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. Despite making his debut back in 2018, Nayeem had played only one Test outside Bangladesh, and that too without bowling a single delivery in the pink ball Test against India in 2019 when he was substituted with a concussion after being hit on the helmet. That he…
CNN — Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé has been released from hospital after being treated for gastroenteritis, the club announced on Thursday. Real Madrid had said earlier on Thursday that the 26-year-old had been admitted to hospital after suffering from “an acute case of gastroenteritis.” The Spanish club said he would undergo tests and “follow the appropriate course of treatment.” Later in the day, Los Blancos said that Mbappé had left hospital and returned to the team’s training complex in Palm Beach where he would “continue with specific medical treatment and will gradually return to team activity.” Gastroenteritis is an…