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Topic: Test match

Team India look at tactical reset ahead of high-stakes Manchester test vs England

Bowling depth and batting form are in spotlight as India play England at Old Trafford where they haven’t won a test in nine attempts. England currently leading series.

India’s bowling selection handed England the opening Test win. Here’s what went wrong

Team selection for the World Test Championship has leaned towards shoring up the batting line-up, but it is believed to be coming at the cost of bowling power.

Kapil’s captaincy, Kumble’s test century & Kohli’s flourish. India’s Test campaigns in England over the yrs

Going by sheer numbers, England has the upper hand as it has won 51 of the total 136 Tests played between the two sides. India has won 35, while the remaining 50 ended in draws.

Look how Australian media covered the Perth Test defeat to India

Give it to the Aussies, they take a defeat on the chin and are brutal on their own cricket team while praising opposition India.

Washington Sundar claims 7-wicket haul as India restrict NZ to 259 in 2nd Test, lose Rohit

(Reuters) -India's Washington Sundar claimed a career-best seven-wicket haul and spin partner Ravichandran Ashwin took three to dismiss New Zealand for 259 before the hosts reached 16-1 at stumps on

Day 1 of 1st Test between India, New Zealand washed out, more rain forecast Thursday

Both teams could not train on Tuesday either due to heavy downpour.

Spin wizard Ashwin is branching out. Coming soon, Hindi YouTube channel on his life & all things cricket

Cricketer announced launch of all-Hindi channel in Instagram reel alongside journalist Vimal Kumar. 'I've tried to read Hindi and watch Hindi films to improve my Hindi,' he said.

Ind-SA Test was shortest ever. Bad pitch, missing focus to blame? It may just have been Bazball

Indian speedsters bowled their hearts out & avoided a potential 0-2 scoreline, even as batsmen's inability to play on bouncy pitches is exposed yet again.

‘Poor Man’s Sobers’ Eknath Solkar ended notion Indian cricketers were born with butter fingers

In 'My Cricket Hero', Gulu Ezekiel writes about Eknath Solkar who stood up to legends and was instrumental in India recording its first overseas wins in West Indies and England.

It was never about statistics for Virat Kohli. The cricket ground was a theatre of passion

There cannot be a better example of ‘sincere passion’ than Virat Kohli. Perhaps no future Indian captain will celebrate the fall of a wicket of the rival team as joyously as Kohli.

On Camera

Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.