Arjun Tendulkar (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Goa’s experiment of promoting all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar, to open the innings has failed to yield results in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy.Arjun opened the innings for the third consecutive match and once again failed to make an impact with the bat. Opening against Punjab,…
Pranav Dhanawade (X-Cricbuzz) On this day ten years ago, a quiet patch of ground in a Mumbai suburb became the centre of the cricketing world. There were no grandstands, no roaring crowds, and no television history attached to it. Yet on 5 January 2016, it witnessed an innings that school cricket had never seen before.Pranav…
England’s Joe Root celebrates after scoring a century in Sydney. (AP Photo) Joe Root’s love affair with Test cricket scaled yet another peak on Monday as England’s master batter produced a monumental century in the fifth Ashes Test at Sydney, nudging himself to the very doorstep of two of the game’s most sacred milestones —…
England’s batting mainstay Joe Root struck his second century of the Ashes series on Monday, taking his overall tally to 41 Test hundreds and drawing level with Australian great Ricky Ponting in third place on the all-time list. The prolific right-hander reached the landmark with a couple off Michael Neser during a composed innings in…