This team can do things that probably no Indian team has done, praises Ravi Shastri
India's track record on overseas tour have rather not been delightful enough to praise with just a few rare occasions when the Men in Blue did clinch an entire series. Under Virat's captaincy, India have so far won just a single series, against the Lankans, back in 2015.
Aug 02, 2017, 10:42 AM IST
I get excited seeing Shikhar Dhawan play, says Sri Lanka cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya
Jayasuriya also held high praise for the current Indian team, saying it is very rare to get such a talented squad in all areas.
Aug 01, 2017, 10:15 AM IST
IND vs SL: Felt like I was playing ODI cricket, says Hardik Pandya after maiden Test 50 at Galle
Pandya's senior Cheteshwar Pujara feels he can be the second Indian in international cricket, after Yuvraj, to achieve the rarest of rare milestone.
Jul 31, 2017, 16:31 PM IST
Hardik Pandya's incredibly fit body will even put some Bollywood hunks to shame – SEE PIC!
Pandya, just like his skipper Kohli, is a fitness freak and often shares his workout videos on social media websites.
Jul 31, 2017, 16:07 PM IST
On verge of 50th Test, Cheteshwar Pujara claims his father is his worst critic
In 49 Tests thus far, Pujara has scored 3966 runs at an average of 52.18, inclusive of 12 hundreds. The last of those centuries came in the recently concluded first Test at Galle that India won by 304 runs inside four days.
Jul 30, 2017, 21:20 PM IST
SL vs IND: Ravichandran Ashwin becomes highest wicket taker in 50 Test matches
Six years after making his Test debut, against West Indies, back in 2011, Ashwin reached a career landmark of 50th Test, when Team India headed down to Sri Lanka for the first of the three Test matches.
Jul 30, 2017, 15:11 PM IST
Virat Kohli yet to be tested as captain, says former India skipper Sourav Ganguly
India's most successful Test captain, said that Kohli's competence will be put to Test on the basis of how his team performs in countries like South Africa, Australia and England.
Jul 30, 2017, 13:48 PM IST
WATCH: Virat Kohli drops sitter, but Upul Tharanga fails to make lifeline count in SL vs IND Galle Test
Tharanga couldn't make the most of his lifeline and was bowled by Shami on the 5th delivery of the same over.
Jul 30, 2017, 11:30 AM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka: 1st Test, Day 4 – Statistical highlights
India's 304-run win is their largest in terms of runs in away from home Tests, eclipsing the 279 runs' victory against England at Leeds in 1986.
Jul 29, 2017, 23:04 PM IST
Skipper Virat Kohli wants Hardik Pandya to be India's Ben Stokes
The skipper singled out the 23-year-old for special mention, saying Pandya can emulate what Stokes has been doing for England. Interestingly, Stokes – regarded as world's premier all-rounder – hit his fifth Test hundred yesterday against South Africa during second's day play of the third Test at Kennington Oval.
Jul 29, 2017, 21:27 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka: Kohli & Co wrap up Galle Test inside four days, register biggest overseas win
For Sri Lanka, it was their biggest defeat (in terms of runs), surpassing their 301-run loss against Pakistan in 1994.
Jul 29, 2017, 17:02 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka, First Test, Day 4: Live Streaming, TV Listing, Time
The number one ranked side will hope to score quick runs before declaring the innings on the penultimate day of the Test, and give bowlers – especially the spinners – enough time to have a go at the opposition batsmen on a deteriorating pitch.
Jul 29, 2017, 00:29 AM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka: 1st Test, Day 3 – Statistical highlights
Kohli is the seventh Indian skipper to aggregate 1,000 or more in overseas Tests - his runs' tally is 1026 (ave 64.12) in eleven Tests, joining Sourav Ganguly (1693), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (1591), Mohammad Azharuddin (1517), Rahul Dravid (1219), Sachin Tendulkar (1098) and Sunil Gavaskar (1023).
Jul 28, 2017, 21:04 PM IST
Focussed on present, not thinking about past or future: Abhinav Mukund
With his 81-run knock, Mukund on Friday scored only his second Test half-century after his previous best effort of 62 against the West Indies in Dominica back in 2011.
Jul 28, 2017, 20:34 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Virat Kohli, Abhinav Mukund put game beyond hosts' reach after rain on Day 3
Virat Kohli (76 batting) and Abhinav Mukund (81) put on 133 runs for the third wicket as India reached 189 for three in 46.3 overs at stumps on a rain-affected day three. Overall, the visitors have a lead of 498 runs after they decided against enforcing the follow-on.
Jul 28, 2017, 20:08 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka: Milestone man Virat Kohli completes 1000 runs as Indian captain in overseas Tests
Kohli and Abhinav Mukund 81 (116), who got out off the last ball of the day, put up a 133-run third wicket partnership to end Lanka's chance of coming back into the match.
Jul 28, 2017, 18:46 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Virat Kohli declines to enforce follow-on after taking 309-run lead on Day 3
This is the second time under Kohli's leadership that India have opted to bat despite gaining a sizeable innings lead. Earlier this year, in the one-off Test match against visiting Bangladesh, India took a first innings lead of 299, yet opted to bat again. India won the match by 208 runs at Hyderabad.
Jul 28, 2017, 16:35 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka, First Test, Day 3: Live Streaming, TV Listing, Time
Lanka need another 246 runs to avoid the follow-on with former skipper Angelo Mathews batting on 54.
Jul 28, 2017, 00:38 AM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka: 1st Test, Day 2 – Statistical highlights
Hardik Pandya (50 off 49 balls) became the fourth Indian batsman to register a 50-plus innings on Test debut vs Sri Lanka. He has joined Suresh Raina (120 at SSC, Colombo in 2010), Arun Lal (63 at Chennai in 1982) and Lalchand Rajput (61 at Colombo, SSC in 1985).
Jul 27, 2017, 22:13 PM IST
Sri Lanka vs India 2017: Mohammed Shami makes a successful comeback with a neat spell in Galle
Shami has a fine record in Test match cricket if you look at only the Indian context since the seamers are not exactly the most threatening in world cricket.
Jul 27, 2017, 18:40 PM IST
