Abhishek Purohit

Saurashtra through as spinners run through MP

Madhya Pradesh's batsmen couldn't provide much resistance to quality spin bowling by Dharmendrasinh Jadeja and Kamlesh Makvana, to lose eight wickets for 45 runs and hand the quarter-final spot to Saurashtra

01-Jan-2013•The Report by Abhishek Purohit in Rajkot

Playing England bowlers gave me confidence - Pujara

When you have scored Test hundreds against the likes of James Anderson and Graeme Swann, domestic first-class cricket becomes a breeze, according to Cheteshwar Pujara

31-Dec-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Rajkot

Pujara's dominating double stuns MP

Over five hours of top-class batting, Pujara went from free-flowing to aggressive to downright dismissive, remaining solid all the time, as Saurashtra dominated Madhya Pradesh

31-Dec-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Rajkot

Saurashtra spin out MP, take big lead

Saurashtra's trio of spinners, Kamlesh Makvana, Vishal Joshi and debutant Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, earned their team a first-innings lead of 107 against Madhya Pradesh

30-Dec-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Rajkot

Madhya Pradesh's Rajput called for suspect action

After day one in Rajkot, the mood in the Madhya Pradesh camp was quite sombre and centred around one issue: the no-balling of debutant offspinner Ajay Rajput for a suspect action

29-Dec-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Rajkot

Pitch makes life hard for Saurashtra, MP

Slow and mostly low conditions in Rajkot made batting difficult for Saurashtra, who conceded whatever advantage winning the toss had given them by losing nine wickets against Madhya Pradesh on day one

29-Dec-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Rajkot

Dry pitch awaits MP in Rajkot

With Saurashtra, the home team, needing an outright win to make it to the knockout stage, a result pitch is likely in 'batting-friendly' Rajkot

28-Dec-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Rajkot

Famous rivalry resumes after five-year break

A preview of the first India-Pakistan T20 in Bangalore

24-Dec-2012•The Preview by Abhishek Purohit

Guptill century gives NZ last-ball win

Martin Guptill hit a boundary off the last ball of the game to take his side to victory and move from 97 to 101, becoming only the second man to make a hundred while chasing in a Twenty20 international

23-Dec-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Best six-for sets up 2-0 series win

Tino Best took three of the last four Bangladesh wickets as West Indies sealed a 2-0 series win before lunch on the final morning

25-Nov-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Shakib, Nasir fight but West Indies on top

Shakib Al Hasan, along with Nasir Hossain, all but ensured West Indies would bat again, but his survival had promised so much more

24-Nov-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Samuels, Chanderpaul build Windies lead

Marlon Samuels shredded the Bangladesh attack in the morning, reached his maiden Test double hundred and then sat back to watch Shivnarine Chanderpaul breeze to his 27th century

23-Nov-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Samuels and Bravo lead strong Windies reply

Marlon Samuels and Darren Bravo refused to give their wickets away, and Bangladesh could not produce enough bite out of the placid Khulna pitch to dislodge them

22-Nov-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

No. 10 Abul Hasan's debut ton revives Bangladesh

Abul Hasan became only the second Test debutant to make a hundred at No. 10. Abul's innings, and his record unbroken ninth-wicket stand of 172 with Mahmudullah rescued Bangladesh from 193 for 8

21-Nov-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Best five-for blows Bangladesh away

Tino Best's career has been more miss than hit, but on the rare occasion he combines his raw pace with control, he can be close to unplayable, as Bangladesh found today

17-Nov-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Mirpur Test comes alive after late wickets

West Indies are 215 ahead with four wickets in hand, leaving the game intriguing poised going into the final day

16-Nov-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Naeem, Shakib make it Bangladesh's day

Bangladesh scored 291 for the loss of just three wickets, one of them being Naeem Islam, who made an emotional maiden Test century, and one being Shakib Al Hasan, who threw away what would have been his third

15-Nov-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Important to share ideas with spin partner - Ashwin

Spin duo R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha in conversation with ESPNcricinfo

14-Nov-2012•Abhishek Purohit

Bangladesh swift in reply to WI's 527

After West Indies had declared with Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Denesh Ramdin sharing a stand of 296, Tamim Iqbal sizzled as Bangladesh lost three wickets in pursuit of the follow-on mark

14-Nov-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Zaheer, Tendulkar tune up at preparatory camp

The India squad seemingly had a fairly satisfactory five hours of practice on day two of their three-day preparatory camp in Mumbai ahead of the England Test series

10-Nov-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Mumbai

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