Former England cricketer Mark Butcher has raised concerns about whether England possess enough experience in the 50-over format to compete effectively in the upcoming Champions Trophy. His remarks came after England suffered a humiliating 3-0 series defeat against India, exposing significant weaknesses in their ODI setup. Speaking on the Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast … Read more
The England cricket team’s 0-3 defeat against India in the recently concluded ODI series against India put them in the line of fire. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri and ex-England captain Kevin Pietersen rubbed salt to their wounds by suggesting that the team had only one nets session throughout the series. However, … Read more
England suffered an embarrassing 3-0 ODI series defeat and 4-1 T20I series defeat at the hands of India in their recently-concluded tour, and legendary India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has launched a scathing criticism on them. In particular, Ashwin expressed disappointment at how lightly England seemingly took the series, and also emphasized his disapproval … Read more
In a hilarious and rather bizarre video that has surfaced on social media, Team India’s trio of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul seemed to have forgot picking up the ODI series trophy that they won after beating England 3-0. India completed the sweep against England on Wednesday after Rohit’s men secured … Read more
India inflicted a 3-0 whitewash on England after winning the third ODI by 142 runs in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The 3-0 whitewash was the fourth series whitewashe by India at home under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, which is now a record. Rohit jointly held the feat alongside Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni … Read more
India head coach Gautam Gambhir finally lifted the veil over whether Shreyas Iyer was supposed to be benched throughout the three ODIs against England by affirming that the 30-year-old batter was always in the “scheme of things.” On Wednesday, India exuded dominance over England in Ahmedabad with an emphatic 142-run victory to sweep … Read more
India vs England: Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli© AFP Virat Kohli, after battling a rather poor run in recent times by his high standards, scored a decent half-century against England in the third ODI in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. He had missed the first ODI due to injury and had a poor outing in … Read more
Star India batter Virat Kohli was visibly dejected after his dismissal in the third and final ODI against England in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Kohli hit a composed 55-ball 52 before Adil Rashid had him caught off keeper Phil Salt on the final ball of the 19th over after England opted to bowl. Kohli … Read more
England captain Jos Buttler on Wednesday defended his team’s training schedule on the tour after former India coach Ravi Shastri criticised the visitors for not putting in the “hard yards”. England, who did not hold training sessions before the second and third ODIs at Cuttack and Ahmedabad, lost 0-3 in the ODIs after … Read more
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir made it clear that KL Rahul is team’s first-choice wicketkeeper going into the Champions Trophy and the flamboyant Rishabh Pant is not being considered as an option in the playing eleven in the immediate future. Among all the players that were chosen for the England ODIs, only Pant … Read more