Delhi Test

List of India's series wins under Virat Kohli

The match, however, witnessed the Lankan team, which was comfortably beaten in the previous match, registering the highest fourth innings total against India in India.

Dec 06, 2017, 17:49 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test, Day 5: Delhi encounter ends in a stalemate, Virat Kohli & Co take series 1-0

Sri Lanka were never going to chase 410, but did well enough to bat as many as 102 overs in the second innings, finishing at 299 for five. The captains decided to shake hands after the end of seven mandatory overs.

Dec 06, 2017, 17:12 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test, Day 5 – As it happened...

Resuming at 31/3, Lanka lost only two wickets on the final day against a famed bowling attack, showing true grit to save the match.

Dec 06, 2017, 16:40 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Fans troll no-ball hero Ravindra Jadeja – Video

After setting a 410-run target for Sri Lanka, India got off to a good start on Day 5 with birthday boy Jadeja getting the wicket of former Lanka captain Angelo Mathews.

Dec 06, 2017, 12:47 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: 'Ignorant' Ravindra Jadeja leaves everyone in splits in Delhi on the eve of his 29th birthday — Video

Jadeja is playing his 35th Test match, and the celebrated all-rounder has taken 160 wickets in those 34 matches. He also scored 1167 runs.

Dec 06, 2017, 11:02 AM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: After setting 410-run target, bowlers choke Lankans on Day 4

The visiting Lankans were set an improbable victory target of 410 to level the three-match series. It will be a miracle if Sri Lanka manage to make it.

Dec 05, 2017, 18:18 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Vijay Shankar plays the perfect messenger for Team India in Delhi — Watch

In the 47th over, India coach Ravi Shastri sent Shanker to deliver a message in the middle. And it arrived promptly, with usual paraphernalia of water bottles and towels.

Dec 05, 2017, 17:53 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test, Day 4 — As it happened...

Dhananjay De Silva (13 not out) and Angelo Mathews (0 not out) were at the crease when the umpires called it a day, with Sri Lanka 379 runs behind the target.

Dec 05, 2017, 17:00 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Flying Sadeera Samarawickrama impresses Virat Kohli, Delhi crowd – Watch

Fielding at deep mid-wicket, Samarawickrama almost pulled off an impossible catch but ended up stopping a certain boundary.

Dec 05, 2017, 16:03 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Birthday boy Shikhar Dhawan completes 8000 runs in first-class cricket

The left-handed batsman reached the landmark with four off the third ball of 27th over in the Indian second innings. It's his 115th first-class match.

Dec 05, 2017, 13:12 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka: No place for Test captain Dinesh Chandimal in Lankan ODI side

The 28-year-old has so played 143 ODI matches, scoring 3288 runs at 32.23. He ha four centuries and 21 fifties.

Dec 05, 2017, 12:20 PM IST

Doctors say no to sport in Delhi as cricketers choke in smog

International cricketers returned Monday for day three of the third Test even as air pollution at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium soared to hit 18 times the World Health Organization`s safe level.

Dec 05, 2017, 10:05 AM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews tons fuel Sri Lanka fightback on Day 3

Sri Lanka`s current and former Test skippers combined in a 181-run fourth-wicket partnership to help them reach 356 for nine when bad light stopped play, the first time they had passed 300 in the series.

Dec 04, 2017, 17:02 PM IST

WATCH: Rohit Sharma conducts free coaching class for Sri Lankans in Delhi

At Stumps on Day 2, Sri Lanka were 131/3 with Angelo Mathews (57) and Dinesh Chandimal (25) unbeaten.

Dec 03, 2017, 21:35 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Cricket world bows to milestone-man Virat Kohli

Sehwag was not the only one to heap praise on India captain. Yesterday, England legends – Kevin Pietersen and Michael Vaughan – hailed Kohli is the best in the world.

Dec 03, 2017, 19:20 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Angry Virat Kohli declares after Sri Lankans complain of Delhi smog — Watch

On Day 2 of the third and final Test match, Lankan players entered the field wearing masks and requested frequent stoppages while India were plundering runs.

Dec 03, 2017, 18:42 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Records broken by Virat Kohli in Delhi

The India captain was at his best, notching up his highest score in Test cricket – 243 runs, and helped India post a mammoth total of 536/7. A win is certain to take the three-match series 2-0, which will become yet another record feat. It's turning out to be a record-breaking homecoming for Kohli.

Dec 03, 2017, 18:00 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Record-breaking Virat Kohli lights up 'masked' Delhi on Day 2

Playing in his 63rd Test, Kohli scored his record sixth Test double hundred, second on the trot for the Indian captain. He thus became the first ever captain to hit six double centuries in Test cricket.

Dec 03, 2017, 17:06 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: England legends hail Virat Kohli as world's best

His name is Virat Kohli, and he is here to break batting records. And it's not an overstatement. The India captain is scoring runs at an unmatched rate.

Dec 02, 2017, 23:59 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: Statistical highlights of Day 1

Kohli is now the sixth Indian player to complete 20 centuries or more in Tests, joining Sachin Tendulkar (51), Rahul Dravid (36), Sunil Gavaskar (34), Virender Sehwag (23) and Mohammad Azharuddin (22).

Dec 02, 2017, 22:26 PM IST