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The West Indies cricket team faces renewed scrutiny after a 0-3 Test series defeat to Australia, with poor batting and overreliance on T20 formats blamed. Cricket legends have been called in to revive the side amid growing fan disappointment.

Like cricketers, he also achieved a rare ‘double’, becoming only the second statistician to complete 100 international fixtures and complete 50 years in the field

India head coach Gautam Gambhir defended his young bowling unit after a narrow defeat to England in the first Test at Leeds, emphasizing team unity and the importance of experience. He praised skipper Shubman Gill and urged patience with emerging pacers.

Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal hit centuries as India dominated Day One of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, posting 359/3 against England at Headingley, with Rishabh Pant also scoring 65*

The Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy will now represent all future England-India Test series. The Pataudi Medal will be awarded to the winning captain, continuing the legacy of the Pataudi family

A low-scoring World Test Championship final was heading to a thrilling conclusion after Australia took a 74-run first-innings lead before being reduced to 144-8 by South Africa by the close of Day 2 at Lord's on Thursday

Kohli believes there is nothing more important than playing Test cricket and said only after you perform in the longest format, will the world respect a player for his game.

The third instalment of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) is set to come to a thrilling conclusion as defending champions Australia take on South Africa at Lord’s in the final, which begins on 11 June

Bangar says Gill coming in at No. 3 would send a positive message to the entire team

The winners of the WTC Final, to be played between Australia and South Africa at Lord’s from June 11-15, will take home a purse of $ 3.6 million, more than double of what New Zealand (2021) and Australia (2023) earned after winning the previous two finals.

Virat Kohli’s leadership marked a shift in how India competed overseas — with aggression, self-belief and refusal to settle for second best

The absence of Indian batting stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the Test series in England will give a "massive boost" to the hosts, said former all-rounder Moeen Ali

Virat Kohli's retirement is a huge loss to Test cricket but his announcement on Monday was not entirely surprising. Perhaps the microscopic attention "became too much" for the superstar towards the fag end of his career in the longest format

Not much separates the fantastic duo, especially in terms of numbers, too, if one takes a comparison of these two legends in the last five years of their Test careers - Virat scored 2640 runs in 47 Tests with five centuries and Rohit 2716 runs in 40 Tests with nine centuries

Virat Kohli put an end to all speculation by formally announcing his retirement from Test cricket

ohit Sharma retiring from Test cricket was a personal decision and there was no pressure put on him by the BCCI to take that call, its vice-president Rajeev Shukla said

The move comes ahead of the Indian team’s tour to England this summer

Steve Smith to lead the squad; first test begins on January 29 and second on February 6

Since beating the West Indies by 40 runs at Providence last August, South Africa has achieved 2-0 series wins against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan and qualified for its first World Test Championship final in June in London

Drops rookie opener Nathan McSweeney for the final two Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India