NEW DELHI: India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant explained that he adopted a restrained approach on the opening day of the fifth Test against Australia due to the challenging nature of the SCG pitch, which prevented him from playing his usual aggressive game. Pant, who faced criticism for his reckless batting in the previous Test at Melbourne,

Australia’s Scott Boland celebrates with teammates after dismissing Nitish Kumar Reddy for a golden duck in the Sydney Test. (AP) Sydney: Just a few feet outside the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), a familiar face was sitting on the bench facing the iconic venue. With no one around him, he continued to gaze at the sky,

NEW DELHI: The opening day of the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground was a spectacle of high drama, with Virat Kohli surviving a golden duck scare earlier in the day and the action culminating in a heated exchange between Indian skipper Jasprit Bumrah and Sam Konstas.The incident occurred when Australian opener

Shubman Gill departed for 20 runs (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India’s hopes of clinching the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground and retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy seem to be slipping away. After dropping regular captain Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, leading the side for the SCG Test, opted to bat first—a decision that

Virat Kohli‘s shoulder-bump to Sam Konstas in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne further spiced up the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy, and the fans are keeping that face-off alive in the series-deciding fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which began on Friday. In a video posted by a user on microblogging social media platform

Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on January 2, 2025. (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: In keeping with what TimesofIndia.com had reported a day prior, instead of Rohit Sharma it was Jasprit Bumrah who came for the toss against Australia for the fifth Test at

Rohit Sharma was dropped from the playing eleven for the series-deciding fifth Test between India and Australia in Sydney. But what came as a bigger surprise for fans was when his name went missing from the 15 players mentioned on the official team sheet. Owing to poor form, which saw just 31 runs from Rohit’s

Yashasvi Jaiswal (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: With the new ball in his hand, Australian speedster and ‘smiling assassin’ Mitchell Starc made a habit of scripting euphoric starts whenever he faced India’s young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.In the opening Test in Perth, Starc unleashed his fiery pace, dismissing Yashasvi for a duck to

Steve Smith was ruled to have grassed this catch attempt to allow Virat Kohli to continue batting at the Sydney Cricket Ground. (Image: Screenshot) The Australian cricket team erupted in joy after what seemed to be an astonishing team catch off Virat Kohli’s first ball on the opening day of the fifth Test at the

Rishabh Pant (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant endured a tough day at the office, taking a painful blow from a Mitchell Starc short delivery during the opening day of the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the SCG on Friday.The incident occurred in the 35th over of India’s innings when