Sri Lanka’s Asitha Fernando celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal has broken his silence on his heated confrontation with Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando, making a surprise comment on a social media video discussing their on-field spat during the opening day of the second…
Rishabh Pant gets medical attention (right), Pant walks off the field on day one of the second test between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo. (PTI photo) India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant retired hurt after being hit on his left arm during the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday.The…
India’s Devdutt Padikkal and Skipper Shubman Gill run between wickets during Day 1 of the second Test cricket match against Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club, in Colombo on Sunday. (ANI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: Throughout the day, Sri Lanka remained very chirpy and carried an air of hostility in the middle. The fast bowlers…
Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir (left) giving a pat on Saransh Jain’s chest after the all-rounder completed his practice session at the SSC in Colombo. (Photo Courtesy: Sahil Malhotra) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: Will he, won’t he? Questions surrounding Kuldeep Yadav reached a fever pitch when the chinaman stayed away from the second training session…
Shubman Gill walks out to bat at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo. (Photo Courtesy: Sahil Malhotra) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: Team India captain Shubman Gill stepped out off the 28th delivery he faced in Galle and followed it up with an early sweep in the second innings. While the connection wasn’t ideal when…
Gary Kirsten and Gautam Gambhir (Agency Image) Gautam Gambhir and Gary Kirsten may now find themselves in opposition camps, but their long association with each other remains evident. The two coaches shared a warm interaction on the sidelines of the Galle Test, where India defeated Sri Lanka by 165 runs on Wednesday to take a…
Indian player greet after winning the first Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Sri Lanka head coach Gary Kirsten has urged his team to turn the progress they have made through more Test cricket into actual results after India handed them a 165-run defeat in the…
India’s Manav Suthar, right, celebrates. (AP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Galle: Two wickets in a session and then three in a single over. An extremely contrasting period of play on either side of the lunch interval saw India, riding on Manav Suthar’s second five-wicket haul in Tests, and first ten-wicket haul wrap up Sri Lanka’s innings…
Galle: India’s Rishabh Pant loses his balance while playing a shot on day four (PTI Photo) The past year has proved to be the toughest phase of Rishabh Pant’s eventful career. After a second successive underwhelming IPL season, where he scored just 312 runs in 14 matches at 28.36, Pant lost the Lucknow Super Giants…
India’s Manav Suthar, second right, celebrates with teammates (PTI Photo) Buoyed by a sizzling half-century from Rishabh Pant, during which he became the first Indian and the fastest batter to smash 100 sixes in Test cricket, and with their bowlers causing telling dents in the hosts’ line-up, India have begun their charge towards victory in…