All-round Ashwin stars as RR seal top-two finish

The Rajasthan Royals secured a second-place finish and booked their passage to Qualifier 1 against the Gujarat Titans with their thrilling five-wicket win over the Chennai Super Kings at the Brabourne Stadium. After Moeen Ali’s mesmeric 93 took Chennai to 150 for six on a two-paced surface, Rajasthan chased down the target with two balls […]

Delhi keep playoff hopes alive with victory over Rajasthan

The Delhi Capitals stay hot on the heels of the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals in the race for playoff positions following their comprehensive eight-wicket win over the Royals at the DY Patil Stadium. After restricting Rajasthan to a below-par score of 160, the Australian duo of Mitchell Marsh (89 off 62) and David […]

Jayant Yadav, Ashwin mop up New Zealand tail as India seal series victory

India sealed the victory in comfortable fashion on the fourth morning of the second Test in Mumbai as the hosts dismissed New Zealand for 167 to win by 372 runs – their biggest margin of victory in Test cricket in terms of runs. Jayant Yadav picked up four wickets in quick succession in the opening […]

India five wickets away from victory after Ashwin, Axar star on Day 3

India piled on the pressure on Day 3 of the second Test at the Wankhede Stadium as the hosts set New Zealand a near-insurmountable target of 540 after declaring at 276 for seven. With the ball, Ravichandran Ashwin continued to weave his magic, picking up three wickets to leave the Men in Blue just five […]

Ashwin, Suryakumar Yadav fire India to victory in series opener

Rahul Dravid starts his tenure as head coach with a win as India narrowly beat the T20 World Cup finalists New Zealand by five wickets in the opening encounter of the 3-match T20 series in Jaipur. Powered by Suryakumar Yadav’s half-century, India were cruising to victory with 23 runs needed off the final 24 balls. […]

Ashwin and Axar seal stunning series victory for India

India won the fourth test by an innings and 25 runs to wrap up the series victory in style in Ahmedabad. It was another comprehensive win for the hosts as the English batsmen once again had no answers to the Indian spinners and were bowled out for only 135 on the final day of the […]

Ravichandran Ashwin joins the 400 Club

Amidst all the madness that ensued on Day 2 in Ahmedabad, one of India’s finest cricketers went past a special milestone. Ravichandran Ashwin has been India’s premier matchwinner in Test Match cricket in recent times and in the third test in Ahmedabad, he became the 4th Indian player to pick up 400 wickets in Test […]

Axar and Ashwin secure 2 Day victory for India in Ahmedabad

It was a manic day’s play in Ahmedabad where spin reigned supreme. An astonishing 17 wickets fell across the day as India won the second test match inside two days to go 2-1 up in the four test match series. The pitch in Motera offered some extra assistance for the spinners, which provided for some […]

Ashwin scores masterful 100 in tricky conditions as India close in on victory

It was another dominant day at the office for Ravichandran Ashwin and India. The all-rounder brought up his fifth Test hundred as the hosts inched their way to another Test victory on Day 3 in Chennai. The pitch has been the talk of the cricketing fraternity in the past 24 hours but Ashwin along with […]

R Ashwin’s picks up 5 wickets as India storm ahead on Day 2

It was another dominant day at the office for India who took control on Day 2 of the 2nd Test Match against England in Chennai. On a spicy pitch which offered significant turn and grip for the spinners, the Indian bowlers ran through the English batting line up with relative ease. 15 wickets fell for […]