With only 20 Tests left in the current World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, five teams have a chance of reaching the final. Here's a look at each team's qualification prospects. IndiaPercentage: 62.82, remaining games: New Zealand (one home game) and Australia (five away games) Two shocking defeats against New Zealand mean India still has a […]

Brendon McCullum, England head coach, says his team has “no excuses” after suffering a 2-1 defeat in the series with back-to-back defeats in Multan and Rawalpindi, but admits he was surprised Pakistan needed until the second Test to prepare for the kind of spinning pitches that have been his team's undoing on recent tours of […]

Immediately after the 113-run defeat against New Zealand in the Pune Test, which handed India their first home defeat in 12 years, Rohit Sharma suggested that the main reason for the defeat was that the batters failed to score close to the first's total The visitors' innings of 259. After Mitchell Santner scored 7 for […]

An English middle order with almost 25,000 Test runs between them managed just 25 in Rawalpindi. It took the mischievous, moustachioed Sajid Khan just over a session to dismiss all four of Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Ben Stokes: he celebrated each by he patted his thigh and pointed to the sky, and […]

Washington Sundar was not supposed to be in Pune for the second Test against New Zealand. He was supposed to be in Coimbatore with his Tamil Nadu teammates for the Ranji Trophy. He was not in the Indian Test team three days ago. Before Thursday, he had last played a test match three and a […]

India were bowled out for 46 on the second day – their lowest Test score at home – and ultimately lost the game by eight wickets. But thanks to Sarfaraz's 150 and Pant's 99, they were able to overcome the deficit of 356. “When these two bat, everyone is excited because they love playing the […]

Rachin Ravindra is a man with few emotions. Whether he has reached a batting milestone or taken a wicket, his facial expression is rarely lively. But a Test century in India, one of the toughest places for a visiting batsman, is no ordinary achievement and Ravindra celebrated the occasion in Bengaluru with a first pump […]

The then 18-year-old Sarfaraz had hit an audacious 21-ball 45, which included a series of physics-defying shots, while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. As he walked back to the dressing room, he was greeted by an awestruck Kohli, the then captain, who acknowledged his innings with folded hands and a bow. The video quickly went […]

If you were to imagine a scenario where, after a 2-0 loss in Sri Lanka, New Zealand were to face India, who are unbeaten at home for 18 consecutive series, then the fantasy would be pretty close, if not even exactly For example, what happened in Bengaluru. It had rained in the lead-up to the […]

Ben Stokes, England's captain, said he had apologized to his players for his frustration on the third evening in Multan when the second Test against Pakistan began to slip out of his team's control in a flurry of catches and misses. Stokes, back in the side for the first time in nine weeks after a […]