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Ahmedabad, Oct 2 (PTI) Opener KL Rahul struck a fine half-century to help India reach 121 for 2 in reply to West Indies' first innings total of 162 on the opening day of the first Test here on Thursday. At stumps, India were trailing West Indies by 41 runs with eight wickets in hand. After bowling out the visitors for a paltry total in just 44.1 overs, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (36) and Rahul (53 not out) stitched together a 68-run stand for the opening wicket before the former was dismissed. I ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 2 (ANI): A combined bowling effort from the India bowlers bundled out the West Indies side at a mere total of 162 runs at the end of the second session on the first day of the Ahmedabad Test on Thursday, which is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium. For the Shubman Gill-led side, the wicket takers were Mohammed Siraj (4/40 in 14 overs), Jasprit Bumrah (3/42 in 14 overs), Kuldeep Yadav (2/25 in 6.1 overs) and Washington Sundar (1/9 in 3 overs). Also Re ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Oct 2 (UNI) Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav turned the first Test on its head as West Indies crumbled to 162 all out at the stroke of Tea at the Narendra Modi Stadium here today. Siraj opened the floodgates, cleaning up Tagenarine Chanderpaul for a duck before sending back Brandon King and Alick Athanaze. Bumrah then reminded everyone why he is the master of chaos -- John Campbell thought he was safe, but UltraEdge said otherwise, and he was walking back after a coup ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 2 (ANI): A combined bowling effort from the India bowlers bundled out the West Indies side at a mere total of 162 runs at the end of the second session on the first day of the Ahmedabad Test on Thursday, which is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium. For the Shubman Gill-led side, the wicket takers were Mohammed Siraj (4/40 in 14 overs), Jasprit Bumrah (3/42 in 14 overs), Kuldeep Yadav (2/25 in 6.1 overs) and Washington Sundar (1/9 in 3 overs). At the ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj (4/38) and Jasprit Bumrah (3/41) led a clinical bowling display as India dismissed West Indies for 162 in 44.1 overs on day one of the first Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday. Electing to bat first on a green pitch West Indies were 90/5 at lunch, and are now bowled out by tea break taken early. Siraj set the tone for a dominating bowling performance from India as he picked three of the first four wickets to fall for the W ...Read More >
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) -- West Indies lost half its batting attack by lunch on the first day of the first cricket test Thursday against India, reduced to 90-5 after winning the toss and deciding to bat. Mohammed Siraj took 3-19 in seven overs, while Jasprit Bumrah (1-24) and Kuldeep Yadav (1-7) picked up a wicket each. The visitors made a poor start as Siraj was on the money with the new ball. He struck early -- Tagenarine Chanderpaul was caught behind for an 11-ball duck. Bumrah took a couple ...Read More >
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) -- West Indies lost half its batting attack by lunch on the first day of the first cricket test Thursday against India, reduced to 90-5 after winning the toss and deciding to bat. Mohammed Siraj took 3-19 in seven overs, while Jasprit Bumrah (1-24) and Kuldeep Yadav (1-7) picked up a wicket each. The visitors made a poor start as Siraj was on the money with the new ball. He struck early -- Tagenarine Chanderpaul was caught behind for an 11-ball duck. Bumrah took a couple ...Read More >
AHMEDABAD: India will switch back to Test cricket mode, after a dramatic Asia Cup Twenty20 triumph ended in bizarre circumstances, when they take on a depleted West Indies side in the opening match of their two-Test series starting on Thursday. India say they were denied the chance to lift the Asia Cup trophy after it was removed from the presentation ceremony over their refusal to accept it from Asian Cricket Council chairman and Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday. The players, ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 1 (ANI): The last day of swimming and diving events at the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships 2025 saw China assert their dominance once again, sealing the overall champion title with a staggering 49 medals (38 gold, eight silver, three bronze) at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex on Wednesday. For India, the final day brought four bronze medals through Bhavya Sachdeva, Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj and the Men's relay team. Their efforts in the Women's 400m ...Read More >
The skipper also acknowledged that some of the players, including him, got very little time to switch gears after a gruelling but title-winning Asia Cup T20 campaign that ended on Sunday in Dubai. India Test captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday indicated that the team is moving away from its preference for rank turners in home games and would looking to play on tracks that "offer assistance to both batters and bowlers". In a press conference on the eve of the Test series against West Indies, Gill ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The short turnaround time from the high of winning a controversy-marred Asia Cup notwithstanding, Shubman Gill's India will be outright favourites against a struggling and under-strength West Indies when the two teams face-off on a green-top in the first Test starting here on Thursday. Most of the Indian team members, including skipper Gill, and head coach Gautam Gambhir arrived here on the intervening night between Monday and Tuesday from Dubai, and they have left no stone unturned ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Oct 1 (PTI) West Indies are not in a good position in terms of their Test status but the touring party will try to emulate what New Zealand did to dominate India last season, said captain Roston Chase before the first Test starting here on Thursday. New Zealand became the first team in 12 years to defeat India in their backyard last year, ending the home side's 18-series unbeaten run en route a 3-0 win. "Obviously we're not in a good position right now in terms of our Test status an ...Read More >
IMAGE: India coach Gautam Gambhir and Test captain Shubman Gill, along with the management will have a new challenge in new Test season at home. Photograph: BCCI Preparing turners at home was "the right thing to do" in the Rohit Sharma-era but it remains to be seen if the current team management, including Test captain captain Shubman Gill, would retain the tried and tested formula of playing on spin-friendly surfaces. Heralding the transition era of the Indian Test team which began with a spe ...Read More >
The godfather of modern West Indian fast bowling shakes his head slowly, having been reminded what happened the last time his once proud and near-invincible team played Test cricket. "It hurt," says the great Andy Roberts of West Indies' humiliation in being bowled out for just 27 by Australia in Jamaica in July. "I knew we were at a pretty low ebb but I didn't believe we could get any lower, and then that happened. Now I think we've reached the bottom of the pit. "West Indies used to be the e ...Read More >
AHMEDABAD, India - For Trinidadian left-arm spinner Khary Pierre, the dream of wearing West Indies whites was born years ago in his family's living room, where he would sit glued to the television watching legends like Brian Lara. That dream has now crystallized into reality. Following a commanding domestic season, Pierre has earned his maiden call-up to the West Indies Test squad for the tour of India -- a moment that, for him, defies easy description. "It's a great honour, a privilege to rep ...Read More >
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AHMEDABAD - Shubman Gill's India will be heavy favourites when they play a home two-Test series starting Thursday against a West Indies side struggling with injuries and a pale shadow of the team that once dominated cricket. The Caribbean team have endured years of decline and their T20 team registered a new low this week with a series defeat to non-Test playing nation Nepal. In the longest format the West Indies were swept 3-0 at home by Australia this year and were bowled out for 27 in the t ...Read More >
Sept 26 (Reuters) - West Indies suffered a major blow ahead of their tour of India on Friday when fast bowler Shamar Joseph was ruled out of the two-test series due to injury. Uncapped fast bowling all-rounder Johann Layne would replace Joseph in the squad, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said in a statement. "Joseph has been ruled out due to an injury and will be re-evaluated ahead of the Bangladesh limited-overs series," the statement read. The board did not specify the nature of the injury suffe ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 29 (ANI): In a historic first, Indian divers Indiver Sairam and Willson Sing Ningthoujam bagged a Bronze medal in the 10m synchronised diving in the men's category here on Day Two of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships being held at the state-of-the-art indoor swimming facility at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad on Monday. Meanwhile, the swimmers added three medals to their tally, with Rishabh Das clinching a bronze in the 200m Backstroke, ...Read More >
New Delhi: The West Indies cricket team has suffered a major setback ahead of the Test series starting in India this week. Fast bowler Azari Joseph has been ruled out of the tour. Joseph complained of back discomfort, following which he underwent scans. Cricket West Indies stated in a statement on social media that the scans revealed a "relapse of a previously healed lower back injury." Jediah Blades has been included in Joseph's place for the two Test matches. Blades is currently part of the T ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Indies pacer Alzarri Joseph has been ruled out of the upcoming Test series against India due to the recurrence of a lower back injury. West Indies are already in Ahmedabad for a short camp ahead of the first Test against India, starting on October 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium. It will be followed by the second match to be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, starting on October 10. Joseph has picked 124 wickets in 40 Tests at an average of 3 ...Read More >
New Delhi: Kenya's Navy Commander, Major General Paul Owuor Otieno called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi in New Delhi on Monday with the discussions focusing on advancing bilateral defence cooperation and enhancing regional security. Major General Otieno and General Dwivedi discussed the prevailing geostrategic environment in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and reaffirmed their shared commitment to peace and stability. In a post on social media platform X, Additional Direc ...Read More >
Legendary Usain Bolt (left) and Sujay Jairaj, Jamnabai Narsee School's Trustee during the 'Fireside Chat'. | Usain Bolt is undoubtedly the greatest athlete and sprinter of all time with his eight Olympic gold medals and the 100 metres world record but ask him his first love and it hits home closer. The Jamaican sprint legend was a huge cricket fan in his younger days and wished to pursue the sport but destiny certainly had other plans and the world would know him differently. At a 'Fireside C ...Read More >
Sept 24 (Reuters) - India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to be rested for the remainder of the Asia Cup despite a two-match home test series against the West Indies starting early next month. Bumrah's workload has been managed this year due to back problems and the 31-year-old featured in only three of the five tests during India's tied 2-2 series in England. India, the defending champions at the Twenty20 tournament, will face Sri Lanka on Fri ...Read More >
DUBAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant will miss their test series against West Indies next month as he continues to recover from a foot injury, with all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja taking over as vice captain, the country's cricket board said on Thursday. Pant has been out of action since fracturing his foot during a test match against England in September. Dhruv Jurel, one of two specialist stumpers named in India's 15-man squad, is set to don the gloves against West Indies. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Sophie Devine backs the young players to shine for New Zealand at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, as per the official website of ICC. The 36-year-old, who led New Zealand to their ICC Women's T20 World Cup triumph last year, has now set her sights on making it an ICC trophy double in India and Sri Lanka. Devine believes the emerging players will be key to White Ferns' success in the upcoming tournament. Also Read | Atletico Madrid Eye Crucial Win ...Read More >
A few changes are anticipated when the Indian team is unveiled on September 24 for the home Test series against the West Indies. Karun Nair is one of the players whose spot in the squad is in serious jeopardy. A domestic mainstay, Nair returned to the national team during the England tour but was unable to deliver the kind of performance that the management was hoping for. Due to Rishabh Pant's injury, Dhruv Jurel is expected to be the team's first choice behind the stumps, and Narayan Jagadees ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 15 (ANI): Australia A head coach Tim Paine expressed that young opener Sam Konstas will be encouraged to "play the way he sees it" following a disastrous Test outing against West Indies in June-July. Konstas, who rose to prominence by attacking Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah with some audacious ramp shots during his entertaining half-century at the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne last year, fizzled out during the West Indies tour, managing just 50 r ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 15 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday slammed the Centre for giving its nod to the Asia Cup T20 cricket match between India and Pakistan, but denying permission to send a Sikh 'jatha' to the neighbouring country. India beat Pakistan by seven wickets in Dubai on Sunday when the arch-rivals faced off for the first time since the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, and the subsequent military strikes by India targeting terror hideouts across the ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani ...Read More >
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