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England test plans not rocket science, says coach Silverwood
Reuters
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 10:22 PM IST
England completed a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the first test in Galle on Monday and finish the series at the same venue with the second fixture starting on Friday, before they head to India for four more matches.

Twitterati thank Dravid for grooming youngsters after India's win in Brisbane
By hindustantimes.com
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 10:13 PM IST
Soon after the Indian players lifted the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Gabba, former Indian captain Rahul Dravid began trending on social media

WATCH: Rahane presents signed Indian jersey to Lyon for playing 100th Test
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 20, 2021 06:58 AM IST
Towards the end of the presentation, India stand-in captain Rahane called Australia off-spinner to the podium to present him a signed Indian Test jersey. Rahane said it was to honour Lyon for playing his 100th Test for Australia.

Paine rubbishes retirement talks, wants to lead Australia despite loss to India
AP
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 07:22 PM IST
Tim Paine said his focus now is on winning Australia's next test series against South Africa — likely to be in March — and on the team's chances of qualifying for the World Test Championship final in England later in the year.

Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Bihar register five wins in a row, qualifies for knockouts
PTI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 06:57 PM IST
Bihar finished with five wins from as many matches and topped the group with 20 points, followed by Chandigarh and Nagaland (both 18 points).

Haryana beat Kerala by 4 runs, qualify for knock-outs unbeaten
PTI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 06:41 PM IST
Put in to bat, Haryana rode on Shivam Chauhan’s 59 and a late onslaught by Rahul Tewatia (41 not out off 26 balls) to post a big total of 198/6. Later, their bowlers held their nerves to restrict Kerala to 194/6 and eke out a narrow win.

'A better side outplayed us': Tim Paine reacts after India's series win
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 05:11 PM IST
Australia captain Tim Paine said India outplayed them and deserved to win the series. The Ajinkya Rahane-led Indian side beat Australia by 3 wickets in Brisbane to take the series 2-1

‘He has been brilliant and that's why we back him’
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 09:18 PM IST
After his scintillating knock helped India to retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy, team’s head coach Ravi Shastri eulogized Pant and revealed why the latter gets continuously backed by the management.

India vs Australia, 4th Test: India's miracle at the Gabba
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 04:04 PM IST
Stringing together an inexperienced eleven, India stood up to intimidating bowling on a fifth day pitch to defeat Australia by three wickets in the last hour of the fourth Test in Brisbane and win the Test series 2-1.

Cheteshwar Pujara takes body blows to lead India to win in Brisbane
By Rasesh Mandani
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 04:28 PM IST
India vs Australia: Like Close, Pujara will end the day with bruises all over his body--symbols of the nearly immoveable resilience he offered in the face of fiery Aussie fast bowling desperate for a win.

Rishabh Pant packs power, patience and new-found maturity to emerge as a hero
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 10:50 PM IST
His sensational, unbeaten 89 to steer India to a historic Brisbane Test victory and help the visitors clinch their second successive series in Australia, also completed his transformation, merging mind and matter with steely performances by Indian players.

Is this India's greatest Test win?
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 03:11 PM IST
- As many as five players at the Gabba – Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar and T Natarajan -- hadn’t played Test cricket before the tour of Australia began.

'Don't know how to describe': Emotional Rahane struggles to find words after win
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 20, 2021 12:37 AM IST
Captain Ajinkya Rahane struggled to find words initially to describe his feelings after India won the series 2-1 to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

BCCI announces 5 crore bonus for Team India after series win in Australia
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 02:19 PM IST
- BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah took to Twitter to make the announcement almost simultaneously.

'You're a match-winner': Management's words that motivated Rishabh Pant
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 02:18 PM IST
India vs Australia: Terming the series a ‘dream’ one, Pant said the Indian team management always backed him as a ‘match-winner’ which gave him the confidence to go out and play freely in difficult situations.

India vs Australia 4th Test Day 5: Action in images
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 01:44 PM IST

First time in 32 years: Team India breach 'Fortress Gabba'
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 01:54 PM IST
India vs Australia: This is the first time that Australia have been beaten in Brisbane in 32 years. Australia's last defeat at Gabba came at the hands of the West Indies in 1988.

India trump Aus by 3 wkts at Brisbane, record 2nd straight series win Down Under
By Arnab Sen
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 05:05 PM IST
- India vs Australia: Shubman Gill (91), Rishabh Pant (89*) and Cheteshwar Pujara (56) took India to a memorable victory with a final day chase at Brisbane.

Present and future for all formats: Former India cricketers hail Shubman Gill
By hindustantimes.com
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 12:19 PM IST
India vs Australia: Shubman Gill fell nine short of his century but his innings of 91 draw praise from all quarters with former India cricketers like VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, and Aakash Chopra hailing him as the next big thing for Indian cricket.

'Love test cricket': says Warne as stage set for a thrilling final session
ANI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 11:26 AM IST
Warne's love and adoration for the longest format of the game came as the ongoing match looks tantalising poised.

Rishabh Pant breaks MS Dhoni's record at Gabba
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 10:51 AM IST
India vs Australia: Rishabh Pant reached the 1000-Test runs mark during the final day of the fourth Test.

'I don't understand': Warne questions Lyon's tactics against Pujara
By hindustantimes.com
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 09:58 AM IST
India vs Australia: Speaking on Fox Cricket, Warne said that Lyon should have a bat-pad on the off-side against Pujara as the spinner had got the India batsman out with this strategy before.

'Fabulous effort': Inzamam impressed with India's 'new all-rounder'
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 09:22 AM IST
'He will be a threat to rest of the players in Indian team,' Inzamam impressed with India's 'new all-rounder'

'Never trusted DRS': Ian Chappell fumes after 'bizarre' LBW call saves Pujara
By hindustantimes.com
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 08:25 AM IST
India vs Australia: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell questioned the technology while speaking on On ABC Grandstand, according to Fox Cricket.

Shubman Gill hits a flat-six, fan takes easy catch at stands - WATCH
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 07:47 AM IST
India vs Australia: Shubman Gill registered his 2nd Test fifty at Gabba in the first session on 5th Day of the 4th Test.

'It might have played in their mind': Gavaskar on why Aussies did not declare
By hindustantimes.com
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 07:03 AM IST
India vs Australia: But former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels it was the right call considering what transpired at the Sydney Cricket Ground last week.

Warne makes 'poor' observations about Natarajan's no-balls, gets trolled
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 06:34 AM IST
India vs Australia: If there has been any problem as far as Natarajan is concerned, it is his frequency of bowling no balls.

'Warm-up for England Tests underway': Ashwin, Bumrah begin training at Gabba
By hindustantimes.com
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 06:24 AM IST
India vs Australia: However, as the Australia tour comes to end on Tuesday, the duo was seen getting into the groove for the upcoming English challenge at home.

4th Test, Day 5 Highlights: Pant guides Team India to colossal series win
By hindustantimes.com
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 02:57 PM IST
IND vs AUS 4th Test, Day 5 Highlights: India have beaten Australia in the fourth Test by 3 wickets and have won the series 2-1. Shubman Gill missed his century but Pant guided India to victory. Follow updates of India vs Australia Cricket match.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Tamil Nadu beat Bengal by 8 wickets
PTI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 18, 2021 11:16 PM IST
Karthik remained unbeaten on 47 off 31 balls while sharing an unbroken third-wicket stand of 110 runs.