Indian Cricket Team Updates

Jos Buttler (70) became the fourth player to score fifties in first two Test innings as a wicketkeeper after India’s Dilawar Hussain, West Indies’ Desmond Lewis and Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal. (Also Read:  Report: England vs India, 4th Investec Test - Day 3 ) Pankaj Singh finally took his first Test wicket off his 416th delivery when he dismissed Joe Root. He is, however, very far off the record of most balls bowled by a bowler before taking his first Test wicket. Another Indian AG Milkha Singh holds this record, as his maiden Test wicket came off his 652nd ball! Stuart Broad had to retire hurt when Varun Aaron’s bouncer hit him on the face. The last batsman to get retired hurt against India after being hit was Australia’s Steve Waugh (Melbourne in December 2003). Waugh got hit on the left elbow by Ajit Agarkar. Indian openers once again failed to put on a fifty stand. It has now been 31 consecutive innings outside India that the opening pair has not managed a fifty-stand sin...

In response to England’s 215-run lead the Indian batting lineup capitulated to Moeen Ali’s spin and caved in to the James Anderson-led pace attack for 161 runs. After wrapping up England’s first innings for 367 in the second session at Old Trafford, the visitors were bowled out for 161 in 43 overs on Saturday evening. After Anderson set the ball rolling with the wicket of Gautam Gambhir in the final session, the rest of the lineup succumbed to the England bowling without much resistance and now trail the series 1-2. (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: England vs India, 4th Investec Test - Day 3 ) While Murali Vijay and Gautam Gambhir took guard, Chris Woakes opened the bowling with James Anderson with Stuart Broad being injured by a Varun Aaron bouncer in the over after Lunch.  With over two days left in the game, India needed to occupy the crease even as they looked to put runs on the scoreboard in order to save the game.  With their task cut out, the openers played...

India were playing their first Test at Manchester in 24 years. They had last played here in 1990. Gautam Gambhir was making a comeback to Indian side after a gap of nearly 19 months. His last Test was also against England at Nagpur in December 2012. (Also Read:  Report: England vs India, 4th Investec Test - Day 1 ) MS Dhoni was leading India for the 14th time in a Test against England, thus equalling Sunil Gavaskar’s Indian record of most appearances as captain against England. Alastair Cook was playing his 106th consecutive Test. Now only Allan Border (153) and Mark Waugh (107) have appeared in more consecutive Tests than Cook (India’s Sunil Gavaskar also had a streak of 106 matches on the trot). When he caught Murali Vijay off the bowling of James Anderson, it was 23rd time Alastair Cook held a catch off Anderson’s bowling – most by a fielder / bowler combination for England.  From 8 for no loss India were soon down to 8 for four – their third worst start ever ...

England reached 113 for three at stumps on the first day of the fourth cricket Test after Stuart Broad's six-wicket haul had India shot out for 152 here today. (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: England vs India, 4th Investec Test - Day 1 ) For India Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 71 while Broad took six for 25. Among England batsmen, Ian Bell remained unbeaten on 45 while Gary Ballance scored 37. Varun Aaron took two for 26 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the other wicket. Alastair Cook and Sam Robson came out to bat and had put together 21 runs when the latter was dismissed. Bhuvneshwar Kumar knocked back Robson’s off-stump with an in-swinger to send him back for six. And 15 runs later, Varun Aaron accounted for Cook with the short ball to leave England on 36/2.  Ian Bell then joined Gary Balance, who has been in good nick, in the middle and the pair collected runs of the Indian attack at a steady pace. Both batsmen timed the ball well and found the boundary at will as they ...

After winning toss in six consecutive Tests, MS Dhoni’s luck finally ran out with flip of the coin. His streak of six toss-wins still equals the Indian record though. The details: Most consecutive toss wins by Indian captains Tests Captain Period Won Lost Drawn 6 Nariman Contractor Dec 1961- Mar 1962 2 2 2 6 Mohammad Azharuddin Oct 1995- Mar 1998 1 1 4 6 MS Dhoni Nov 2013-Jul 2014 1 2 3 Alastair Cook is playing his 104th consecutive Test. He has not missed a single Test for England since May 2006. Only three players have had a longer streak of consecutive Tests than Cook- Allan Border (153), Mark Waugh (107) and Sunil Gavaskar (106). (Also Read:  Report: England vs India, 2nd Investec Test - Day 1 ) James Anderson’s wicket of Shikhar Dhawan made him the leading wicket-taker in all Tests in England, moving ahead of Fred Trueman’s tally of 229 wickets. Anderson- with the wicket of Virat Kohli- became England's leading ...