Cricket News

New Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson has said that coping with the recurrence of a back injury after the World T20 was tough but the break was necessary.

New Zealand allrounder Anton Devcich hopes the hard yards put in at training during the off season will pay off for him as he hopes to revive his stop-start ODI career

Suresh Raina has been ruled out of the first ODI against New Zealand in Dharamsala on October 16 due to a bout of viral fever. The BCCI has not named a replacement for him in the side

Following his side's 3-0 defeat to India, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said he is disappointed but was thankful for the experience, which he felt would help the players take their game forward

Despite some stellar individual contributions in the Test series, captain Virat Kohli said India's focus was on the smaller contributions and the team effort

"We believe in our skill much more, and not focus on creating atmosphere or conditions that might suit us partially," Virat Kohli said when asked about surfaces aiding India at home

India completed a 3-0 whitewash in devastating fashion as a seven-wicket haul from R Ashwin shot New Zealand out for 153 in their last innings of the series

The surface did not deteriorate much, contrary to its roughed-up appearance, but it was still a tough one, according to R Ashwin and Tom Latham

India declined to enforce the follow-on after R Ashwin's 20th five-wicket haul in Test cricket helped bowl New Zealand out for 299 on the third day of the Indore Test

Ravindra Jadeja was penalised 50% of his match fees and slapped with three demerit points by the ICC for "causing avoidable damage to the pitch during an international match."

Ajinjya Rahane rated his 188 in Indore among the best he has played because he enjoyed the struggle

A scoreline of 557 for 5 may indicate one team has lorded it over the other, but that wasn't entirely the case

Virat Kohli scored his second Test-match double-hundred and Ajinkya Rahane made 188 before India declared their first innings at 557 for 5

Cheteshwar Pujara put to end debates over his strike rates in Tests, saying all the team management asked him to do was show more intent

An unbroken partnership of 167 between Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, the highest of the series so far, put India in control at the end of Indore's first day of Test cricket

With batting getting tougher as the surface wears on, in India, Kane Williamson has said that the first-innings total will be a key area, on the eve of the Indore Test

As New Zealand try to avoid a whitewash against the No. 1-ranked Test side in the world, they will be buoyed by the return of their captain Kane Williamson, for Indore's Test debut

On a day when BCCI's old guard fought in the court for its existence, thousands saw the two Test teams practice with return of Kane Williamson and Gautam Gambhir likely for Indore's debut Test

Suresh Raina has been recalled to India's ODI side for the first three matches of the upcoming series against New Zealand

A back strain has ruled Bhuvneshwar Kumar out of the third Test between India and New Zealand in Indore