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Gambhir's concern as India face transition with limited bowling options

India's qualification for the World Test Championship final in June next year is hanging in balance and even if they make the grade for the third consecutive time, it will be a massive surprise if skipper Rohit Sharma stays available for the next two-year WTC cycle. Ditto for Ravichandran Ashwin, who will be 41 by then. Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli, the two supremely fit men, will be 39. The embarrassing Test series defeat at home against New Zealand has already triggered a debate around the effectiveness of a few seniors. Ravi Shastri could only empathize with Gambhir. "New Zealand have beaten them (India) handsomely in both the Test matches. It's food for thought (on series loss). He (Gambhir) has just taken over the job. It's never easy being coach of a team that has such a big following," Shastri said while commentating during the second Test in Pune. "It's still early days in his career as a coach. But he'll soon learn." There is no doubt India are looking at a tough ...

Australia to Sri Lanka: WTC 2025 final scenarios for five teams

While last year's finalists, India and Australia, still hold the top two positions, they are still not guaranteed a place in the final of the ongoing WTC cycle

India look to seal series as NZ's Amelie Kerr exits ODIs due to injury

India will seek a better performance from batters in their quest to seal the series when they face New Zealand in the second women's ODI here on Sunday. Even though India won the first match comfortably by 59 runs, batters squandered starts as their innings were littered with multiple 30s and 40s. The hosts would want a change of script in this match, and skipper Smirti Mandhana will have to lead the charge, which in the last match was done by debutant Tejal Hasabnis. The elegant left-hander got out for eight in the opening match, continuing her lean run over the last month or so. She can fall back upon the memories of a fine run against South Africa earlier this July when she cracked runs for fun, including two big hundreds. Along with Mandhana's form, the Indian camp will also keep an eye on the fitness of regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, who missed the previous match with an unspecified niggle. On the bowling front, India will be delighted with debutant pacer Saima Thakor's .

Rohit Sharma press conference: Captain's bold remark on WTC, series defeat

Skipper Rohit Sharma in the conference said that the team is not thinking about the WTC at the moment

India vs New Zealand HIGHLIGHTS, 2nd Test Day 3: Hosts lose 1st Test series at home since 2012

IND vs NZ 2nd Test Day 3 HIGHLIGHTS: New Zealand bundle out India at 245 and win their first Test series in India. They take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

WTC 2023-25 points table: India's chances for final dented after NZ loss

India need to win five of their remaining six Test matches to keep their final hopes alive

NZ's 1st Test series win in 69 yrs; IND 18 series unbeaten run at home ends

Every other Test-playing nation lost a home Test series except for India from 2012 to 2024-until today

IND vs NZ: Shocking to get Virat Kohli out off a full toss - Santner

Having spun the second Test and, perhaps, the series in New Zealand's favour with his career-best 7/53, Mitchell Santner admitted it was shocking' to clean up Virat Kohli on a full toss here on Friday. Santner's seven-for handed New Zealand a handy 103-run lead in the first innings on a low, slow surface, which the Kiwis stretched to 301 by end of play. The left-arm spinner's outstanding spell included the scalp of Kohli as India collapsed to 156 all out in the first innings. I was in more of a shock getting Kohli out off the full toss. He doesn't usually miss those, Santner replied when asked how much he enjoyed getting India's premier batter out in the manner he did. It was slightly slower through the air. I just tried to change it up a little bit, but usually if you bowl those, they go for six. There was obviously a little bit there which was nice and the change of pace was key today, he told the media. Santner said despite having a huge 301-run lead, New Zealand batters still

India vs New Zealand HIGHLIGHTS, 2nd Test Day 2: Latham-Santner put New Zealand in command

IND vs NZ 2nd Test Day 2 HIGHLIGHTS: India's first innings ended with just 156 on board as NZ took a huge lead in the Pune Test

IND -NZ: Footwork, shot selection errors define India's Day 2 in Pune Test

Lack of application and elementary errors put India in a precarious position on a low, turning pitch

NZ assistant coach Ronchi says they will replicate Indian spinners on day 2

New Zealand will look to replicate the approach of the Indian spinners in varying their pace on the ball to get wickets when play resumes on day two of the second Test here, said assistant coach Luke Ronchi. Washington Sundar (7/59) and Ravichandran Ashwin (3/64) combined to keep New Zealand to 259 in the first innings as India reached 16/1 at stumps the opening day here. "If you notice, for the first couple of sessions, the Indians were bowling quite quick -- the spinners -- and towards the back end they started to slow their pace, Ronchi told the media after the day's play. Ashwin and Washington worked out the plan of varying pace to trigger a New Zealand collapse from being 197/3. While Ashwin took three wickets at the top, Washington claimed the remaining seven to record his best figures in Test cricket. That sort of made for variable, a bit more turn and bounce and variable sort of reactions off the surface, so that's something we can use in our bowling innings, knowing that

IND vs NZ: Washington Sundar grabs his chance, takes 7-wicket haul in Pune

Washington silenced his critics in style as he claimed his maiden Test seven-wicket haul

Indian women's team coach Majumdar wants team to regroup before NZ series

India women's head coach Amol Muzumdar exhorted the side to push behind the hurt of the T20 World Cup and regroup for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, beginning here Thursday. New Zealand, who eventually lifted the ICC showpiece, had beaten India in their World Cup opener in the UAE recently, as the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side failed to enter the knockouts. It'll be an understatement to say that we were disappointed from the World Cup, as the team and the players have been hurting. But we need to gather ourselves and look at the positives that we have done in the last 10 months as a group, Muzumdar told the media on the eve of the first one-dayer here. Muzumdar reminisced about the team's dominant run over South Africa recently in Bengaluru, winning the ODI series 3-0, and asked the team to concentrate on its strengths. We'd won 3-0 against South Africa just a couple of months back in Bangalore. So, we are really looking forward to the series (against NZ). It's an ...

India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Playing 11, live toss time, live streaming

IND vs NZ 2nd Test Playing 11: Three changes in India's Playing 11 - Gill, Sundar and Akash come in for Rahul, Kuldeep and Siraj

Chad Bowes to Head: Full list of fastest double century in List A cricket

New Zealand Chad Bowes broke the record of fastest double hundred in List A cricket, reaching the mark in just 103 balls to shatter the record held by India's Jagadeesan and Australian Travis Head

IND vs NZ 2nd Test preview: India eye right selection calls in Pune

Jolted by an unexpected loss on home turf, star-heavy India will look for right balance in the line-up to counter-attack against a spunky New Zealand in the crucial second Test beginning here on Thursday. After being shot out for an embarrassing 46 in the first innings at Bengaluru, India's resolute show in the second innings could not prevent an eight-wicket pounding which saw the top-ranked team in the World Test Championship table dropping points even though it continues to hold the top spot. Winning the next two Tests will be first priority for Rohit Sharma and his men before they hit the Australian shores for a five-Test affair next month. With India in a spot of bother, focus has undeniably been on the nature of the pitch here at the MCA Stadium here. It does not have grass cover and is composed of black soil to negate the bounce which New Zealand extracted in Bengaluru. India's free-flowing batters cut a sorry figure when William O'Rourke and the seasoned duo of Matt Henry a

India vs New Zealand 2nd Test pitch report, Pune stadium key stats

When India last played a Test match in Pune, Virat Kohli scored a double century against South Africa. With 13 wickets, Ashwin is highest wicket-taker at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium

Kane Williamson ruled out of India vs New Zealand 2nd Test in Pune

New Zealand head coach Gary Stead hopes that former Kiwi captain Kane Williamson's fitness will improve in the coming days and he will be available for selection for the third Test.

Mandhana says it's good to start with a win after a hard couple of months

Stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana hailed India's bowling and fielding efforts as they bounced back from a "tough" phase to secure a win against New Zealand in the first ODI of the three-match series. India's Women's T20 World Cup campaign earlier this month had ended in a disaster as they failed to reach the semifinals following a 58-run defeat to Sophie Devine's New Zealand, who went on to win the tournament. However, this time, Devine's side fell short of chasing a modest 228, losing to India by 59 runs in the ODI series opener. "It's been a tough 1.5 to 2 months, so it feels good to start with a win. If you don't believe in cricket, you won't succeed," said Mandhana, who captained in place of Harmanpreet Kaur, during the post-match presentation. Harmanpreet was rested for this game because of an unspecified niggle. Indian batters also could not convert their starts and kept losing wickets at regular intervals to be bowled out for an under-par 227 in 44.3 overs. "We had a talk

Radha Yadav stars in India's commanding 59-run win over NZ in first ODI

The relentless accuracy of bowlers, led by Radha Yadav, drove India to a comfortable 59-run victory over New Zealand in the first women's ODI here on Thursday. India now lead the three-match series 1-0, after bowling out the Kiwis for 168 who were chasing a gettable 228. Left-arm spinner Yadav (4/42) was India's lead act in bowling. Debutant pacer Saima Thakor inflicted the first blow in only the second ball of her international career, removing Suzie Bates (1). Bates feathered an away-swinger to Yastika Bhatia behind the stumps. But that was only the beginning as three more wickets fell while New Zealand reached 79, and the dismissal of skipper Sophie Devine was the most bizarre. Devine forgot to drag her feet back behind the crease as stumper Yastika whipped the bails off after bowler Deepti Sharma threw the ball back to her. New Zealand briefly raised the vision of a comeback through the fifth-wicket partnership between Brook Halliday (39) and Maddy Green (31) that was worth 4