Sankar: Lack of Stability From Indian Openers a Major Cause For Overseas Batting Woes
Since the start of 2011, Dravid is the only Indian opener to average over 35 in SENA countries in Test cricket. He has two hundreds in five innings and averages a whopping 79.50. The next best is Murali Vijay with an average of 34.51. The global average of openers in SENA countries - calculated as the mean batting average of all opening batsmen in SENA countries - since 2011 comes to 35.39. Not one Indian batsman, barring Dravid, has breached that.from Top Cricketnext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2KIuuln
Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya spun a web around South Africa's batsmen with a six-wicket haul to help the hosts to a commanding 178-run victory in the fifth and final one-day international on Sunday
India's mediocre show against the English side continued as they lost the second Test at Lord's by an innings and 159 runs. The hosts now take a 2-0 lead going into the third Test at Trent Bridge. But among issues galore, what could worry the team management is skipper Virat Kohli's back niggle that has surfaced yet again.
Injured Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar has been ruled out of the upcoming Quadrangluar A Series involving India (A and B), South Africa A and Australia A, starting August 17.
Follow all the live cricket action as South Africa take on Sri Lanka in the fifth and final ODI.
Chris Woakes continued a superb return to England duty with a maiden Test century against India at Lord's on Saturday as the home side took a firm grip on the match.
While the Indian team battles it out against England in a five-Test series, former captain MS Dhoni seems to be making the most of his break in Ranchi.
It was a bowlers’ match at Providence in the Caribbean Premier League on Saturday with only 279 runs scored and two men picking up three-fors.
While the series in South Africa was fiercely contested – as reflected in the 1-2 result – and the first Test of this tour was a humdinger, India’s collapse in the first innings at Lord’s shows regression rather than progress as far as the batting is concerned.
On this day, 45 years ago, the Australian duo of Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell became the first pair of brothers to score centuries in the same Test innings.
Arjun Tendulkar, who recently made his debut at the age-group level for India U-19 against Sri Lanka, was seen donning a new role - that of a salesmen as he stood outside Lord's Cricket Ground selling radios on Day 2 of the second Test between India and England.
