In that game, England relied heavily on sweep and reverse-sweep as run-making options, something which the Indian batters have been practising at in their nets session in Visakhapatnam.
Their quest for victory has been fruitless for the past 76 days, with the last triumph recorded on November 4 against New Zealand during the World Cup in India.
Kanpur: India captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bat first against New Zealand in the first match of the two-Test series at Green Park Stadium here on Thursday. Both India and New Zealand have debutants in batter Shreyas Iyer and left-arm spin all-rounder Rachin Ravindra respectively. After winning the toss, Rahane said […]
ICC Acting Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said the changes were made to simplify the points system while taking learnings from the disruption last year.
The Kiwis are scheduled to play England in two Tests in the first and second week of next month, following which they will face India in the ICC World Test Championship final.
While no one from BCCI has officially confirmed the development, former England captain and renowned cricket writer Michael Atherton has reported about the development in 'The Times'.
The Australians will start their Ashes defense at the Gabba in Brisbane from December 8-12 and, after a three-day break, continue with a day-night test in Adelaide.
Al Jazeera in a documentary had claimed that India's game against England in Chennai in 2016 and the one against Australia in 2017 in Ranchi were fixed.
Taking to Twitter, Pant posted a short video of him mowing the lawn at home and wrote: "Ye Dil Mange "Mower"! Forced quarantine break but happy to be able to stay active while indoors. Please stay safe everyone."