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Topic: Test cricket

Shoulder bump first, now stare down. New episode in Virat Kohli’s brush with Australia controversies

Incident happened when Kohli, who got out on 36 runs, was caught behind off Scott Boland. As fans were booing & making remarks, he gave them a stern stare before being escorted away.

Shubman Gill’s childhood coach Ghavri has a simple piece of advice. ‘Occupy crease & adapt to conditions’

Former Indian cricketer & coach Karsan Ghavri is confident about his ward coming out of the batting slump. He just has to put up that one big partnership or individual score, he adds.

Are Virat, Rohit & Co clueless before left-arm spin? Struggles of Indian batters ages old

Left-arm spinners are tricky for right-handed batters because of the natural variation—some deliveries turn sharply across the face of the bat while others come on with the angle.

Sunil Gavaskar on disadvantages of cricketers taking frequent breaks. ‘Very difficult to win after’

Former India captain also questions head coach Gautam Gambhir's role after 3-0 loss to Kiwis as well as tactics of home team during the three Test match series.

Our take on Chandrachud’s retirement, terror attacks in J&K, and LAC patrolling agreement

ThePrint view on the most important issues of the week.

Ben Stokes doesn’t get Islamabad reporter. Pakistanis charge English captain of overreacting

Pakistanis refused to let the English have the last laugh. One X user said, “Ben Stokes is me trying to understand the British English accent.”

Greater Noida stadium defeated the Afghanistan vs New Zealand Test. There’s a lesson here

The rain covers borrowed from Arun Jaitley stadium reached only on the evening of day two. The Test may join the list of rare games abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Royalty by blood, Anshuman Gaekwad exuded class, elegance on and off cricket ground

Baroda great was a proud man & he carried it on his sleeve, says ex-India cricketer Kiran More. 'He always maintained his dignity; he always interacted with people with adab.'

Inswing, outswing, reverse swing, reverse-reverse swing & more. James Anderson had it all

A fast bowler playing for 22 years & performing so consistently to be able to take 700 wickets would have sounded like fiction until Anderson did it, Tendulkar said it in March.

England’s James Anderson becomes first pacer to take 700 test wickets

Anderson clean bowled Shubman Gill on Friday and Kuldeep Yadav became his 700th victim on day three of the contest, when the batter fell caught behind.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?