Manav Suthar (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Manav Suthar’s journey from dreaming about playing Test cricket for India to winning the Player of the Match award on debut could not have been scripted any better. The 23-year-old left-arm spinner from Rajasthan donned the baggy blue for the first time, becoming India’s 319th men’s Test cricketer, and […]
Afghanistan’s return to Test cricket against neighbours India lasted a little less than three days as Shubman Gill’s side dominated the contest to seal an innings-and-300-run victory in Mullanpur. Eight years ago, when a young Afghanistan side played their maiden Test in India, they were blown away by the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and […]
NEW DELHI: Manav Suthar announced his arrival on the Test stage in stunning fashion, producing a six-wicket haul against Afghanistan in his maiden appearance for India at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur.The left-arm spinner finished with exceptional figures of 6/33 from 22 overs as Afghanistan were bowled out for 152 in […]
For Jagdish Suthar, the proudest moment of his son’s cricketing journey came on Saturday when he watched Manav receive his maiden India Test cap. What followed on Sunday was a performance every parent would have wanted to witness from the stands, but nerves and superstition got the better of the family. Jagdish Suthar, a retired […]
Sai Sudharsan revealed that the backing of head coach Gautam Gambhir gave him the confidence and clarity to play his natural game, as the young batter repaid that faith with a composed 81 on the opening day of India’s one-off Test against Afghanistan. On the eve of the match, Gambhir had thrown his weight behind […]
India’s captain Shubman Gill, (left), and head coach Gautam Gambhir during a training session. (PTI) NEW DELHI: In the past 18 months, India’s home fortress in Test cricket has not only been breached but ransacked with utter defiance by New Zealand and South Africa’s spinners. India were handed a 0-3 whitewash by New Zealand 2024 […]
