Ranchi, Feb. 27 -- Is there any point to Bazball if England can't win against the sides that matter? Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum will staunchly uphold their take on cricket but the time can't be f... Read More
Ranchi, Feb. 27 -- Of the many remarkable feats to have showed Bazball its rightful place in contemporary cricket, possibly the most telling has been Shubman Gill's unbeaten second-innings fifty. No r... Read More
Ranchi, Feb. 26 -- England learnt on Monday that "Bazball", attractive as it may be, is not the panacea for all of cricket's challenges and enduring mysteries. For, in conditions that test patience, a... Read More
Ranchi, Feb. 26 -- Fourth innings chases in India usually come with disclaimers. Pitches can be reduced to dust bowls, spinners can turn the ball square, close-in fielders start swarming in your face ... Read More
Ranchi, Feb. 25 -- "Full tha, seedha nikal gaya." Rohit Sharma didn't need any more convincing. If Ravichandran Ashwin says the ball straightened, it couldn't have done anything else. Pitching full, o... Read More
Ranchi, Feb. 24 -- It's perfectly reasonable if Shoaib Bashir has caught you by surprise. He wasn't England's main spinner when their Test squad was announced, had never bowled in a Test before, and s... Read More
Ranchi, Feb. 23 -- It's the entrance that will live on. Chest out, veins popping, darting in to bang the shiny red ball as hard as he possibly could, Akash Deep didn't waste a second to be on the mone... Read More
Ranchi, Feb. 22 -- Twenty-two Tests, seven undefeated series, and it all could unravel in five days. And since England don't play to draw, there are only two ways this Test could finish and for the se... Read More
Ranchi, Feb. 21 -- Shubman Gill is the second-highest run accumulator for India after Yashasvi Jaiswal on this tour. But there couldn't have been a more disparate narrative tracking the curve of India... Read More