R Ashwin: Ashwin created history in the second test match against England, leaving many legends behind
R Ashwin has taken 97 wickets so far against England. R Ashwin (Photo Source: Getty Images) Ravi Ashwin has registered his name in the history books after becoming the Indian bowler who took the highest wicket in Test cricket against England. The veteran player left behind legendary leg spinner Bhagwat Chandrashekhar, who took 95 wickets from 23 wickets, including 8 five-wicket hauls. Off spinner Dr. Y.S. against England in the stadium India Record made on the fourth day of the second Test. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Before the Test match, Ashwin was 2 wickets behind breaking this record. But he did not get a single wicket in the first innings of this test match. R Ashwin wreaked havoc with the ball in the second innings of Visakhapatnam Test. However, Ashwin in the second innings England Trapped the batsmen in their spin. He LBWed opener Ben Duckett on Sunday. Duckett scored 28 runs in 27 balls with the help of 6 fours. He made a partnership of 50 runs for the first wicket with Jack Crawley (73). Ollie Pope became Ashwin’s second victim. Pope was caught out by Rohit Sharma after scoring 23 runs in 21 balls on the fourth day of the Test match. Ashwin got Joe Root (16 in 10 balls) caught by Axar Patel. Let us tell you that while chasing the target of 399 runs, England were in a lot of trouble till the lunch break of the fourth day. At the end of the first session, England’s score was 194/6 in 42.4 overs. While Ashwin took three wickets, fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took one wicket each. Ashwin has reached the threshold of completing 500 Test wickets. He has taken 499 wickets in Test cricket. He will be the second bowler after Anil Kubale to take 500 wickets for India. Indian bowler who took most test wickets against England 96 – R Ashwin 95 – BS Chandrashekhar 92 – Anil Kumble 85 – Bishan Bedi 85- Kapil Dev 67 – Ishant Sharma
“England will only try to win”, Kevin Pietersen said a big thing regarding Visakhapatnam Test
On the third day of the game, the bat of Indian opener Shubman Gill spoke loudly. Ben Stokes and Kevin Pietersen (Photo Source: Twitter) On the third day of the ongoing Visakhapatnam Test match between India and England, Team India’s second innings was limited to 255 runs and thus England had to face a huge target. By the end of the third day’s play, England had scored 67 runs at the loss of one wicket and needed 332 runs to win. Meanwhile, Kevin Pietersen believes that India will have to be cautious of the England team chasing a mammoth target of 399 runs in the fourth innings on February 5. He said the Ben Stokes-led side performed well on Sunday and will continue to bat forward with a baseball approach. Talking about the fourth day, Kevin Pietersen wrote on ‘X’, how well did England play today? 10 wickets were needed and he took 10 wickets. The captaincy and team were good. Now the Indian team will have this thing in their mind that the wicket is still good and England will try to win this game tomorrow. This is going to be fun. Let us tell you that the biggest target in the fourth innings in India is 387 runs, which the host team chased against England in Chennai in 2008. In that match, Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten century and Yuvraj Singh scored an unbeaten inning of 85 runs. Shubman Gill’s bat Earlier today, on the third day of the game, Indian opener Shubman Gill’s bat spoke loudly. After consecutive flops in Test cricket, he played a century, which was highly appreciated on social media. After the day’s play, England’s most experienced player James Anderson said, I think he was nervous today. Looking at the way he was batting, it seemed that he did not know how many runs were enough. They were very cautious, even when they had a big lead. Last night the coach said that even if they are ahead by 600 we will still go for it. I know there are 180 overs left in the game but we will try to do it in 60 or 70.
‘WPL schedule came very late’ English coach Jon Lewis on conflict of dates of England vs New Zealand Women’s T20 matches with the tournament
The second season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) is starting from 23 February and the final match will be played on 17 March. Jon Lewis (Image Credit- Twitter X) The schedule of the England women’s cricket team’s tour of New Zealand has suffered a major setback. Let us tell you that despite the request of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), New Zealand Cricket has rejected their request. It is noteworthy that England women’s cricket team is going to tour New Zealand next month. Here she will be seen playing a five-match T20 series and a three-match ODI series. This tour of England will start with the first T20 match to be held on March 19. However, due to this, 9 players of the England team will not be able to participate in the second season of the Women’s Premier League which is starting from 23rd February. If players want to participate in this tour, they will have to join the team before the knockout matches. However, now a big statement from England women’s cricket team head coach John Lewis has come out on the conflict of dates of WPL and England vs New Zealand tour. Lewis says the WPL schedule has come very late. Because of this this situation has arisen. England cricket team coach gave a big statement Let us tell you that on the conflict between the dates of England’s New Zealand tour and the WPL season, John Lewis quoted ESPN Cricinfo as saying – This series was in our diary for a long time. The date of the Women’s Premier League season was revealed quite late. That’s why this situation arose. Now, moving forward, should cricket boards around the world create a window for WPL like IPL? Lewis further said- We explored every option available to us so that all our players are available on this tour. But it didn’t work as well as we wanted. Yes, there are some things that other cricket boards can do. But to be honest, this is something which is not in our control. This is a unique and complex situation. 4 Indian players who scored a double century in test cricket at the youngest age These batsmen have scored more runs in IPL than MS Dhoni. Australia Cricket Awards 2024: Know which player won which award? Those 5 legendary batsmen who could never score a century in IPL 5 Indian batsmen who have made the highest score in Test cricket against England IND vs ENG: See Team India’s playing XI for the second test match IPL 2024: These franchises got a big blow, these star players were out..! These 5 teams have won the most test matches on Indian soil Players who scored the most runs while opening for India in Tests Top 5 bowlers who took most wickets in test cricket in India
IND vs ENG 2nd Test: James Anderson breaks Lala Amarnath’s 72 year old record
Anderson has made Shubman Gill his victim for the 5th time. James Anderson. (Image Source: Getty Images) The second Test match between India and England is being played in Visakhapatnam from Friday, February 2. By playing in this match, James Anderson has made a new record in his name in Test cricket. The experienced England player became the oldest fast bowler to play a Test match on Indian soil. Presently the age of James Anderson is 41 years and 187 days. Before him, this record was in the name of former Indian Lala Amarnath, who played against Pakistan on Indian soil in 1952 at the age of 41 years and 92 days. This record remained in his name for 72 years, but now in 2024, Anderson has become the oldest fast bowler to play Test in India. During the telecast of the first day of the game in Visakhapatnam, the broadcasters showed a graphic which showed the top-5 oldest fast bowlers to play Test in India. Social media users shared its screen shot, which you can see below. Jimmy Anderson becomes the oldest pacer to play Test cricket in India. pic.twitter.com/v2SEaxEyZC — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 2, 2024 Apart from James Anderson and Lala Amarnath, this list also includes Ray Lindwall (38 years, 112 days), Shute Banerjee (37 years, 124 days) and Ghulam Gard (34 years, 20 days). . The interesting thing is that all the players in this list had played in the matches before 1961. Anderson troubled three generations James Anderson is the bowler who has taken the most Test wickets on Indian soil. He has troubled three different generations of the Indian cricket team. When Sachin Tendulkar was active, Anderson had dismissed him 9 times. After this he targeted Virat Kohli and dismissed him on seven occasions. Now he has made Shubman Gill his victim 5 times. In today’s match, James Anderson got Shubman Gill caught behind the wicket.
Shoaib Bashir Test debut Story: Ben Stokes became crazy about Bashir after watching a video, then clipped coach McCullum forward
20 year old Shoaib Bashir made his debut in international cricket Shoaib Bashir. (Image Source: Getty Images) India The second Test match between India and England is being played from today at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. In the match, Team India won the toss and decided to bat first. Rajat Patidar got a chance to debut for India. Whereas 20-year-old Shoaib Bashir made his debut in international cricket for England. Let us tell you that just a few months ago, Shoaib Bashir made his first-class debut for Somerset in the English County Championship match against Essex. However, despite poor performances in his initial matches, Bashir managed to impress England captain Ben Stokes. Actually, Somerset had released the video of Bashir bowling against the brilliant spin player Alastair Cook from the social media platform ‘X’. In that video, Bashir, who was 19 years old at that time, had completely dodged the legendary batsman. After watching the video clip, Stokes immediately forwarded it to a WhatsApp group in which head coach Brendon McCullum and ECB managing director Rob Key were connected. I forwarded that clip: Stokes Talking about that moment, the England Test captain said, “To be honest, the first live glimpse I got was at the bash in Abu Dhabi, the first time I saw him was on Twitter. The County Championship had posted a short clip of his bowling against Sir Alistair. I’m in a WhatsApp group with Kessie and Baz. I actually forwarded that clip and said, take a look at this, this is something we can work with on our India tour. I saw some. The height from which he bowled, it was very clear that there was a lot of action, a lot of spin on the ball. This was something that I saw and thought, this could be very good for India. I have played a lot of games here. As a batsman, you know what is difficult to face, especially from a spin perspective.
IND vs ENG: 3 big reasons due to which Washington Sundar should get a chance to play in the second test match against England
The second test match between India and England will be played from February 2. Washington Sundar (photo source: X/Twitter) Currently, a five-match Test series is going on between India and England. So after winning by 28 runs in the first Test match held in Hyderabad, the enthusiasm of the visiting England is at its peak. On the other hand, now the second match of this Test series will be played in Visakhapatnam from Friday, February 2. By winning this match, the Indian team will be eyeing a comeback in the Test series. However, it is not going to be so easy for India. Because all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul will not be able to participate in this match due to injuries. In such a situation, the Indian team management may face a problem as to which player should be selected for the playing eleven in this match. However, BCCI has added Saurabh Kumar and Washington Sundar to the team as replacements for both the players. But it will be worth seeing which player the management gives a chance in the second test match against England tomorrow. But today we are going to tell you about three big reasons why all-rounder Washington Sundar should play in this match. 1. The team will get an extra off-spinner Washington Sundar. (Photo Source: Getty Images) If the Indian team management gives Sundar a chance in the second Test match against England to be held in Vizag, then an extra spinner is going to be seen playing in the team. If Sundar is successful in playing the second game, he will be seen helping the experienced Ravi Ashwin in the team, who himself is an off-spinner and had impressed with his bowling in the first Test match. Apart from this, there are three left-handed batsmen in England’s top batting, so if this point is considered then the management can give a chance to Washington Sundar in the playing eleven. Also, there is a lot of variation in Sundar’s bowling, so left-handed players will not have much opportunity to bowl reverse sweep.
Jack Crowley talks openly about the strategy of sweep and reverse sweep against Indian spinners.
Jack Crawley said, sweep and reverse sweep are good options when the ball is spinning. India v England (Image Source : Twitter) The England team defeated India by 28 runs in the first match of the five-Test series to take a 1-0 lead in the series. In the Hyderabad Test, the English batsmen faced the Indian spinners bravely, especially Ollie Pope, who played a brilliant century. Meanwhile, opening batsman Zak Crawley says that the use of sweep and reverse sweep by the English batsmen against Indian spinners is a perfect way to throw out the spin plan. Zak Crawley scored 20 and 31 runs in both the innings respectively. Despite not playing big innings, Crawley played an important role in giving England a great start. Speaking at a press conference ahead of the second Test, Crawley elaborated on the strategy of playing a sweep or reverse sweep. It takes the spin out of the plan – Jack Crowley He said, I think sweep and reverse sweep are good options when the ball is spinning. This takes spin out of the plan. I think reverse sweep is common for us because the ground is less there. It seems they always have two men on the leg side. If they had two men on the other side, we might have played a sweep. The reverse sweep probably comes as naturally to us as the common sweep. Speaking on baseball, he said, it (baseball) comes naturally because many teams are playing more aggressively. When I first came to England the mentality was to take my time and play a long innings. I didn’t think it would come naturally to me and some other people. A lot of us play a little better under that. Zak Crawley feels that the Indian team is very strong in its home conditions despite the absence of many key players in the upcoming second Test. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli is already out of two Tests, while KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja suffered injuries, due to which they have been ruled out of the second Test.