Kumara Sangakkara Bids Adieu to Test Cricket at Colombo As India Dominate the 4th Day
August 24, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka, Test CricketKumara Chokshanada Sangakkara visited the cricket pitch for the last time in his career after the dismissal of Kaushal Silva in the third over of Sri Lanka’s second innings. He didn’t have a fairytale ending to his cricketing career but that didn’t stop his fans from getting emotional after he fell to Ravichandran Ashwin for […]
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Australians win Fifth Test in an Ashes series of contrasting conditions and insufficient excitement
August 24, 2015 John Welsh
Cricket, Cricket Australia, ECB, England Cricket, Test CricketAustralia duly won the Fifth Ashes Test match at the London Oval with England displaying some resistance in their second innings before being bowled out for 286 on the fourth day to suffer an innings and 46 runs defeat. That the hosts survived to bat on Sunday was mainly attributable to a lengthy innings from […]
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Despite Mathews’ Century India End Third Day of the Colombo Test with Some Advantage
August 23, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Sri Lanka, Test CricketIndian bowling was fully tested in the first session of the third day. They couldn’t find a wicket and looked helpless against the determined Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews. Sri Lanka began the day in trying to prevent India gaining any further advantage after they posted 393 runs and took three wickets for 140 at […]
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London suits the Australians as they seek a consolation Ashes Fifth Test victory
August 22, 2015 John Welsh
Ashes series, Cricket, Cricket Australia, ECB, England Cricket, Test CricketIt would appear that the Australian test cricket team prefer playing in London rather than in other cities during the current 2015 Ashes series against England. Their only victory in four previous tests occurred at Lords close to the centre of the Capital as a good fast wicket and plenty of warm sunshine suited their […]
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Nothing Spectacular From India’s Viewpoint on Second Day of the Colombo Test
August 22, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Sri Lanka, Test CricketOvernight not out batsman Wriddhiman Saha helped India stretch the morning and caused enormous frustration to the Sri Lankan bowlers. If it was not for Saha, who recorded his highest test score of 60 at Galle, the innings could have folded much earlier. Saha was the 9th India wicket that fell on the second day […]
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Riding on Lokesh Rahul’s Century India Reach 300-Plus on First day of the Colombo Test
August 21, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Lokesh Rahul, Sri Lanka, Test CricketJust when, he should have thought of preparing himself for the next day, Rohit Sharma fell leg before to Mathews. It was a similar delivery that the Sri Lanka skipper had used against Rohit in the first test. Rohit, however, had done the job by scoring 79 but his wicket yielded a psychological advantage to […]
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Before Colombo Badly Bruised India Trying to Recover From the Gargantuan Galle Gloom
August 18, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Sri Lanka, Test Cricket, Virat KohliFor India’s cricketers, especially the batsmen, it is not easy to forget what they did on the fourth day of the Galle test. As they arrived in Colombo for the second test beginning next Thursday, the memories of that woeful disaster kept chasing them. Ten remaining batsmen could not stand up to Rangana Herath on […]
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Rangana Herath Deflate India in An amazing Turnaround at Galle
August 15, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Sri Lanka, Test CricketFor two days of the Galle test, India held an upper hand. On the third day came Dinesh Chandimal, whose single-handed effort resulted in Sri Lanka taking a tricky 175 run lead. From what looked like India’s game at the end of the second day, Chandimal dictated terms and blew away India’s 5-bowler strategy. Kohli […]
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Centuries from Dhawan and Kohli Help India Hold Edge in Galle Test on Second Day
August 14, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Indian Sport News, Sri Lanka, Test CricketIndia began the second day at the Galle test with caution. They were 55 runs behind the Sri Lankan score of 183 all out and the wicket still had the bounce and turn. 99 runs were added by Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli by lunch and Dhawan helped himself to his fourth century in tests. […]
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With Ravichandran Ashwin’s 6-wicket Haul Day-One Honors Belong to India in Galle Test
August 13, 2015 R K Gupta
Cricket, indian cricket, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sri Lanka, Test Cricket, Virat KohliAs if to prove that India’s five-bowler strategy is the most ideal, two pace bowlers and three spinners were included in the squad for the first test at Galle with great results on the opening day. India bowled out Sri Lanka for 183 with Ravichandran Ashwin leading the charge. There is hardly any history about […]
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