https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsWhen pace bowler James Anderson was getting rid of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar in quick succession in the third Test in Mumbai to help England script a series-levelling win in 2006, Rishabh Pant, the last of his three victims on Tuesday, was...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/jadeja-will-be-missed-as-axar-looks-to-replace-him/February 3, 2021, 9:38 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/4d0b1e29_1525_P_4_mr-1.jpgSportsIndian side will not only miss the spinner, but also a quality all-rounder as Ravindra Jadeja’s batting has improved over the past few years. In the last three years, his batting average has been 55.57 in Test cricket.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsTouring England spinners’ failure to take a single wicket in hosts Sri Lankan first innings of the ongoing second Test in Galle, has put a question mark on their ability to perform in India when their four-Test tour begins early next month. While ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsHanuma Vihari’s rearguard action on Monday in Sydney with a torn hamstring may have put on hold his Test career — he is likely to be ruled out of the fourth and final Test — but it has certainly put him on a high pedestal and vindicated the ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsWhile Rishabh Pant’s wicket-keeping skill set is not up to scratch and he may have struggled to make it to the limited-overs squads for the series preceding the Tests against Australia, his aggressive batting is turning out to be the X-factor for ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsNEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrah, who will now be the only pace bowler remaining from the India squad of 2018-19 that won the Test series in Australia, will have his hands full going into the last two Tests of the series being the senior-most bowler desp...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsNEW DELHI: India’s biggest take away from the second Test apart from the series-equalling win was the ability of debutants Shubman Gill (45 and 32 not out) and Mohammed Siraj (2/40 and 3/37) to step in and perform with self-assurance. Although the...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/indian-batsmen-need-to-learn-to-adapt-move-feet-gaekwad/December 23, 2020, 4:29 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/14a0773d_1073_P_4_mr-1.jpgSports'You have to move your feet, front or back, and get closer to the ball,’ former cricketer and coach Anshuman Gaekwad advises Indian players after their disastrous Adelaide performance.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsNEW DELHI: Ever since Ravi Shastri and his support staff took over the reins of the Indian cricket team in August 2014, following India’s disappointing loss to England in the Test series, the national team’s overseas performance — in South A...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsNEW DELHI:Having had the experience of bowling at the Adelaide Oval just two years ago and touring Australia four times over the last decade, R Ashwin was on the money from the start during the second day’s play of the first Test as he picked four...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/india-take-conservative-approach-for-first-test-choose-specialists/December 17, 2020, 9:15 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/4d8f6cb7_1006_P_1_mr-1.jpgSportsKohli has made it a point to field six specialist batsmen abroad, a strategy that paid dividends in 2018-19 . https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsNEW DELHI: Ishant Sharma, who could have become only the second Indian after Sachin Tendulkar to tour Australia five times, will be missed not just because of his experience but because of the kind of wickets he has taken Down Under on those five ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsWatching Australia’s Nathan Lyon bowl and pick wickets using flight, bounce and traditional off-spin is a delight, says Harbhajan Singh, the second most successful off-spinner in Test history. Lyon, who has 390 Test scalps, could become the third ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsSYDNEY: With Cheteshwar Pujara (No.3), captain Virat Kohli (No. 4) and Ajinkya Rahane (No. 5) being automatic choices, India’s batting line-up had two big questions ahead of the first Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval—who will face the n...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsOver five years after the Supreme Court of India declared the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as a public body discharging public functions, West Indies cricket has taken cue from the Indian apex court’s observation and has classified...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsJasprit Bumrah’s poor form in ODIs from early this year has continued to chase him in Australia despite his impressive showing for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League T20 over the last couple of months. The right-arm pace bowler has no...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/smith-and-finch-hit-tons-as-aussies-beat-india-in-1st-odi/November 28, 2020, 1:45 pmSportsHardik Pandya’s career-best effort fails to compensate for a forgettable bowling effort as Team India loses by 66 runs against Australia in the tour opener.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/india-short-on-bowling-options-in-odis-may-struggle-down-under-odis/November 26, 2020, 12:59 pmSportsRavindra Jadeja would possibly be the only proper all-rounder in the Indian side during ODIs.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/kohli-and-rahane-are-as-different-as-chalk-and-cheese-david-warner/November 24, 2020, 8:31 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/kohli.jpgSportsAustralian team may change their strategy with respect to engaging with the Indian players on the field depending upon who is leading them, says ace Oz batsmanhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsFormer India fast bowler Praveen Kumar, who helped India clinch the second Tri-series final in 2008 at Brisbane with an early three-wicket burst, says he used to catch the batsmen by watching their feet and body language. India, having won the fir...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsWhile fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah’s form with the ball has been one of the major takeaways for the Indian cricket team from this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), his real test will come during the ODI series in Australia this month. Bumrah, who ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsThe Indian cricket board has invited applications to pick three national selectors to replace Sarandeep Singh, Jatin Paranjpe, and Devang Gandhi, whose terms expired in September. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), however, went aga...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/kohli-to-return-home-after-1st-oz-test-rohit-back-in-squad/November 10, 2020, 5:30 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/f3f5e9f4_602_P_2_mr1.jpgSportsVirat Kohli given paternity leave by BCCI; Selection Committee decides to rest Rohit Sharma for ODI, T20I series to regain full fitness but includes him in Test squad. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsWith the league phase of the Indian Premier League (IPL) coming to an end, two players who had been part of the Indian limited-overs squads in recent times, were so below par that the selectors had to ignore them for the forthcoming white-ball ser...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsSunRisers Hyderabad pacer Sandeep Sharma’s ability to move the new ball has ensured that almost half of his 108 wickets have come in the powerplay in the Indian Premier league (IPL). The right-armer has scalped Virat Kohli seven times in the IPL h...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsThere were some concerns about certain Team India players before the Indian Premier League (IPL) began on September 19. But as the IPL draws to a close, these players with their performances seem to have laid these worries to rest — crucially ahea...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsNo one expected a team led by batting stalwart Steve Smith and having fine wicket-keeper-batsman Jos Buttler and top all-rounder Ben Stokes in the line-up to finish at the bottom of the Indian Premier League points table. But inconsistency, poor s...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsSpeedster Dale Steyn’s poor performance in the ongoing Indian Premier League where he has picked just one wicket in three matches and conceded 11.40 runs an over can be blamed on lack of cricket due to Covid-19 restrictions, believes former South ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/sports/andersons-love-for-pulverising-middle-order-continues/February 11, 2021, 9:34 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sp3-4.pngSportsAfter battling Covid-19 lockdown and rains in Ahmedabad as he hoped to return to peak fitness that had sidelined him for the latter part of 2019 and hurt his form early this year, pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah seems to have finally regained top form....