Wednesday, Dec 08, 2021
Dec 08, 2021 PTI Ravichandran Ashwin has bridged the gap with top-ranked Test bowler Pat Cummins after finishing with four wickets in each innings in India's 372-run victory against New Zealand.
Dec 07, 2021 PTI Ajaz Patel became the third bowler in the world to take all the 10 wickets in a Test innings after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble. Ajaz achieved the feat in his 11th Test match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Mayank Agarwal produced a 150-run knock in the first innings of the second Test against New Zealand and followed that up with a 62-run innings to be adjudged player of the match.
Dec 06, 2021 PTI India lead the ICC Test Rankings with 3465 points while New Zealand take the second spot having accumulated 3021 points. On the World Test Championship table, India sit in the third spot with 42 points and a win percentage of 58.33.
Indian cricket team's new head coach Rahul Dravid is happy that new players took their opportunities in the India vs New Zealand series that the hosts won 1-0 in Mumbai.
India defeated New Zealand 1-0 in the two-match Test series at home. The Virat Kohli-led side will travel to South Africa to play three Tests and three ODIs in a revised schedule later this month.
In reply to India's 321 in the first innings, Mohammed Siraj and Ravichandran Ashwin combined for seven wickets to bowl the visitors out in 28.5 overs. New Zealand eventually lost the Test match by 372 runs and the series too.
India took just 43 minutes on Day 4 to take the final five New Zealand wickets and win the second Test match in Mumbai. For the Kiwis, the only takeaway will be Ajaz Patel's 10 wickets in the first innings. He finished the match with 14/225.
India just took less than an hour to win the Mumbai Test match on Monday. Jayant Yadav was deadly taking four wickets to hand India a 372-run win. Follow here Day 4 highlights of IND vs NZ at Wankhede Stadium.
Axar Patel has so far claimed 36 wickets in five Test matches in 2021, including five fifers and one 10-wicket haul. He is fourth in the list of highest wicket-takers this calendar year, behind Ashwin, Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali.
Chasing a massive target of 540 runs to win the second Test against India, New Zealand were 140/5 at the close of Day 3 in Mumbai. Daryl Mitchell, who so far top-scored the Kiwis in the second innings, shared his thoughts.
Ajaz Patel recorded match bowling figures of 14 for 225 in the Mumbai Test, overtaking Ian Botham for the best figures in a Test match against India. Ian Botham registered 13 for 106 match figures in Mumbai in the 1979-80 series.
Ravichandran Ashwin claimed three wickets as India inched closer to a big win against New Zealand in the second Test. At the close of play on Day 3, the Kiwis were 140/5, still needing 400 runs. India declared their second innings at 276/7.
New Zealand once again fell to the spin trap of Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel on Day 3. While Ashwin did the bulk of the damage, Axar dismissed dangerous-looking Daryl Mitchell for 60. Catch the Day 3 highlights of IND vs NZ here.
Anil Kumble, who's the second bowler to claim cricket's own 'perfect 10' against Pakistan in 1999, was among the first to congratulate Ajaz Patel. The New Zealand spinner took all ten Indian wickets in the first innings of the second Test.
On a day New Zealand's Mumbai-born Ajaz Patel became only the third bowler to take all ten wickets in a Test innings, Mohammed Siraj led India's reply with an early burst, which resulted in three wickets for the right-arm pacer.
At the close of play on Day 2 of the second Test, India were 69 for no loss in their second innings with Virat Kohli deciding against enforcing the follow-on in second and final Test. New Zealand were dismissed for 62.
Ajaz Patel became only the third bowler to take all the 10 wickets in an international Test match. Jim Laker (10/53) achieved the feat against Australia while Anil Kumble's (10/76) milestone came against Pakistan.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addresses a press conference at party office in Lucknow.
PTI Photo/Nand Kumar
Police escort activist Sudha Bharadwaj towards a van as she leaves the jail to appear in a special NIA court, ahead of her release on bail, in Mumbai.
PTI Photo/Shashank Parade
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra releases party's women manifesto for 2022 UP elections, at party office in Lucknow.
PTI Photo/Nand Kumar
A farmer at the Ghazipur border uses a 'hookah' as he waits for farmers' committee's decision on their future course of action, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Vijay Verma
Farmers listen to a speaker during their protest at Singhu Border, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo
Young, brash and little-known artistes are using hip-hop as an outlet to speak up and speak out.
Aamir Shaikh aka Shaikhspeare traces talks about the genre that uses music as a means to dissent.
Family from UP village forced to run around to complete post-death official paperwork and even last rites.
On BR Ambedkar's death anniversary, a look at the 'invisible' history of Dalit Bahujan women in Indian politics.
Dec 02, 2021 Kalyani K 
While everyone is going gaga over actress Katrina Kaif in the revamped version of 'Tip Tip Barsa Pani', the replacement of Raveena Tandon does point towards the problem of sexism and ageism in the Indian film industry
Nov 17, 2021 Yashika Mathur 
Australia winning the T20 World Cup for the first time has been timely as they host the next edition at their own backyard in 2022.
Nov 15, 2021 Arijit Ghosh 
As per the Observer Research Foundation, close to 250 million children in India were adversely affected due to school closures due to the early lockdowns imposed by the government in response to Covid-19.
Nov 11, 2021 Shekhar Mehta 
