Galle, June 27 (IANS) Pacer Auqib Nabi Dar spearheaded India A’s bowling charge with a four-wicket haul as the visitors secured a commanding 122-run first-innings advantage against Sri Lanka A on day three of the first four-day game here on Saturday.Despite fifties from Nuwanidu Fernando (84), captain Sahan Arachchige (72), and Ashen Bandara (70), Sri Lanka A eventually made 330 in response to India A’s mammoth first-innings total of 452/6 declared. By the time stumps arrived, India A extended…
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New Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) India completed their most dominant Test victory by margin on Sunday, crushing Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs inside three days after a commanding all-round performance spearheaded by centuries from Shubman Gill and KL Rahul and a match-winning bowling effort from debutant left-arm spinner Manav Suthar. Having piled up a mammoth 564/8 before declaring their first innings, India bundled Afghanistan out for 152 and then 112 after enforcing the follow-on, surpa…
New Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) India all-rounder Washington Sundar believes debutant left-arm spinner Manav Suthar has all the abilities to become a match-winner in Test cricket after the youngster impressed on the second day of the one-off Test against Afghanistan at the PCA Stadium. Suthar enjoyed a memorable start to his Test career on Sunday, picking up 3-21 in 15.5 overs as India reduced Afghanistan to 113/5 after declaring their first innings at 564/8. Speaking before the start of play on M…
New Chandigarh, June 7 (IANS) India continued their dominance in the one-off Test against Afghanistan – declaring at 564/8 in 126 overs and then reduced the visitors to 113/5 at stumps on day two’s play. For India, debutant left-arm spinner Manav Suthar emerged as the standout performer to pick 3-21 in 15.5 overs, as Afghanistan still trail by 451 runs.On a scorching Sunday, India’s innings was built on skipper and local lad Shubman Gill’s authoritative 126, KL Rahul’s century, Sai Sudha…
New Chandigarh, June 7 (IANS) India tightened their grip in the ongoing one-off Test against Afghanistan, declaring at 564/8 and striking early through debutant left-arm spinner Manav Suthar to leave the visitors at 28/1 in 5.4 overs and trail by 536 runs at tea on day two’s play. Off-spin bowling Washington Sundar anchored the lower order with a composed 52 not out, his sixth Test fifty, while Mohammed Siraj provided fireworks with a career-best 22 off just 12 balls, before India’s declarat…
New Chandigarh, June 7 (IANS) Young India left-handed batter Sai Sudharsan said he was disappointed at missing out on a bigger score in the ongoing one-off Test against Afghanistan, but expressed happiness over having contributed to the team’s score of 368/3 on day one’s play.Batting at number three after India elected to bat first, Sudharsan scored 81, his third fifty in the format and had a second-wicket stand of 139 with centurion KL Rahul. “I think, I was set, it could have been a big in…
New Chandigarh, June 6 (IANS) India opener KL Rahul said he deliberately avoided curbing his natural strokeplay while making the transition from T20 cricket to the Test format, a mindset that helped him compile a patient century on the opening day of the one-off Test against Afghanistan.Rahul’s 100, along with captain Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 103 and Sai Sudharsan’s 81, powered India to a commanding 368/3 at stumps on Day 1 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium.Reflecting…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Former India wicketkeeper-batter Saba Karim praised Sai Sudharsan’s composure during his fluent innings against Afghanistan in the one-off Test but pointed out a technical issue against spin bowling that he believes will be closely monitored by India head coach Gautam Gambhir.Sudharsan, who was handed the crucial No. 3 role by the team management, made a confident 81 after surviving an early reprieve when Afghanistan wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz failed to hold a cha…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar praised Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul for laying a strong foundation in the opening session of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, saying the pair helped calm nerves in the dressing room on a surface whose behaviour was still uncertain on the first morning.India reached 96/1 at lunch on Day 1 after electing to bat, with Jaiswal scoring a brisk 24 before being dismissed. Rahul, who was unbeaten on 37 at the break, went on to convert h…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) India’s newest red-ball debutant, Manav Suthar, expressed that words cannot fully capture how he felt on receiving his first Test cap. He described the moment as the ‘best feeling’ he has experienced so far while also stating that he was motivated while getting the cap from ‘a legend like Kuldeep Yadav.’India added Suthar to the XI for the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Mullanpur. Before the game began on Saturday, all eyes were on India’s playing XI, with…