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India did many good things, but the less-good things outweighed them

India's on-field performance deserves scrutiny, but they were dictated by the decisions they made off the field

05-Jan-2025•Alagappan Muthu

Stats: Third-shortest Test in Sydney

Key numbers from the fifth Test between Australia and India

05-Jan-2025•Deep Gadhia

India find other heroes with Bumrah forced to the back seat

But the question for Sunday remains the same as it has all series: if India are without Bumrah, do they have what it takes to get the job done?

04-Jan-2025•Alagappan Muthu

Border-Gavaskar Trophy nears dramatic conclusion after 15-wicket day

There might be just one day left in this seesawing series with everything left to play for

04-Jan-2025•Andrew McGlashan

Stats - Bumrah hits new high, Kohli suffers new low

Also, Rishabh Pant hits the second-fastest fifty for India in Test cricket (he also has the fastest)

04-Jan-2025•Sampath Bandarupalli

Stats - India's season of first-innings batting woes

India's batting not living up to its potential in the first innings has been a recurring theme in 2024-25

03-Jan-2025•Sampath Bandarupalli

India's day of futility, until Bumrah catches fire

There was physical courage, there were technical tweaks, and nothing really worked. But the final act showed not all was lost

03-Jan-2025•Alagappan Muthu

Rohit did the decent thing, so why cloak it in intrigue?

In the series of mis-steps in Australia, Rohit dropping himself, if you strip it of emotion, is among the most clear-headed decisions India have made

03-Jan-2025•Sambit Bal

South Africa shine, India and Australia juggle joy and gloom

In our second batch of team report cards for 2024: India, Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, West Indies, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe

02-Jan-2025

Virat Kohli gears up for the final reckoning of a tour defined by misjudgments

Can the new year bring us a glimpse of the old master?

01-Jan-2025•Alagappan Muthu

Rohit Sharma and the ties that are a fraying

There are reports the India captain may retire from Tests after the tour of Australia, but what about his place in the XI in a must-win game at the SCG?

31-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

No Gabba 2021 at MCG 2024 as India lose a Test they needn't have

More than anything else, it was a chance for India's two most celebrated batters - Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma - to do something big. They failed, as did India

30-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Stats - A sorry end to 2024 for India and Rohit

India's defeat at the MCG made 2024-25 one of their worst seasons in Test cricket

30-Dec-2024•Sampath Bandarupalli

Jasprit Bumrah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Laura Wolvaardt and Nicholas Pooran make it to our teams of the year

Our staff pick their men's and women's teams from among those who excelled through the year

30-Dec-2024•Yash Jha

India, and Bumrah, fall short in compelling push for perfection

Bumrah did Bumrah things. Australia wobbled. Catches went down. Australia rallied. And, to close things out, Bumrah overstepped. It was a day of promise and pain for India and their relentless spearhead

29-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Labuschagne digs deep to handle Bumrah's heat

Australia were on the brink on the fourth morning before Marnus Labuschagne absorbed pressure and paved the way for the lower order

29-Dec-2024•Alex Malcolm

Boxing Day Test 2024-25 - a match to remember for the lower order

Stats highlights from the fourth day's play in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG

29-Dec-2024•Sampath Bandarupalli

Bumrah gets to 200 wickets with the best average in Test cricket

No bowler before Jasprit Bumrah has got to 200 wickets with an average of less than 20

29-Dec-2024•Shubh Agarwal

Cricket, have you been nice or naughty this year?

Everyone's a winner, baby, that's no lie (or is it?). Here are the annual awards that matter

29-Dec-2024•Alan Gardner and Andrew Fidel Fernando

Will Sam Konstas be the David Warner Australia are missing?

The young opener put India on the back foot with his outrageous shots, reminding people of a recent attacking batter whose absence is felt

29-Dec-2024•Ian Chappell

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