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India vs England : 1 st  Test Match at Leeds Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy   Day Five : After four days of scintillating Cricket it was all for the fifth day for the decider.  Ultimately it was England the winners with their disciplined and never giving up approach till the final moments. On the other hand Indian team on 5th day were clueless at times, Captain unable to rotate the bowlers with proper field setting. The bowlers also missed their line and length except for first few overs on the 5th day. Saga of fielding lapses, dropped catches continued from 1st innings of England and also on the 5th day. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the biggest culprit who dropped four catches in both the innings. Indian bowling unit took 5 wickets in the 2nd innings however the bite and attack was missing in the body language of the Indian team as was also missing in their bowling arms. Much before the match ended and post tea session, the casual approach of few players on the field was surprising. ...

  India vs England 1st Test Match Leeds.  Day four : Wil it be India or England. 5th day of this test match has become interesting with exceptional display by both the teams. Chasing 371 in 4th innings is going to be very competitive particularly checking out on the history of run chased on this ground. In 1948 team led by the greatest Sir Don Bradman won by scoring 404 for 3 and in 2019 it was England against Australia scoring 362 for 9. Other results were not as close to 371 in the 4th innings. It is said that Luck favours the brave and Indian Vice Captain Pant proved that once again with his fearless display of all round stroke play which resulted in clueless Ben Stokes on what next !. After taking Gill’s wicket very early on 4th day, England were extremely elated by sending two centurion of 1st innings to the pavillion without any notable contribution and hoped for a successful day ahead. KL Rahul the seasoned campaigner, started from where he lef previous dayover to play...

India vs England 1st Test Match, Leeds Day Three : Cricket at its glorious best, three days of fascinating game with honors tilting either side and post third day, the game is now open for a result unless there is a disruption due to unpredictable English weather. Lot of questions for introspection; whether Ashdeep would have been better choice than Prasidh Krishna, what role Shardul played in this test? Indian team management missed the mixed weather conditions or a preset mind ! The game. Brooks perturbed by Bumrah previous day, the last six balls he faced must have been a nightmare for him, but the way he started the day is something phenomenal. Brooks belted every bowler with maximum onslaught to Prasidh Krishna, Siraj and to some extent even Bunrah. He was pick of the English batters, taking charge on 3rd day with a well made 99, missing a much deserved Century. The rush of the blood and to cross the hurdle with Pant like aggression with a six, only miscued his shot off Prasidh t...

  India vs England : 1 st  Test Match at Leeds Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Day two : Fascinating day of Cricket with highs and lows, ups and downs and momentum swinging either way. It was an eventful sunny morning rainy afternoon;  the day had witnessed a record created for the first time in 148 years of test cricket with both Captain and Vice Captain scoring centuries on their debut in their respective roles.  The other interesting highlights were England bowlers coming back to bowl a disciplined line thereby resulting in seven wickets falling for 41 runs,  acrobatics of Pant after he scores century and his iconic tumbling shot over the fine leg, Bumrah bowling his heart out and England batters defending the big score in front of them were the talking points of the 2nd day’s play. The day started under watchful eyes of Gill and Pant with plans to score as many runs on 2nd day. Both continued to score at ease with Pant going after the bowlers and scoring at will. ...

  India vs England : 1 st Test Match at Leeds Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy   Day One : The much awaited test match between India and England started today 20 th June 2025 at Leeds, England. It is sunny here at Leeds and Ben Stokes the England Captain after winning the toss decided to bowl. With much drier weather as compared to English conditions and sunny morning it is now debatable whether it was good toss to win. India took full advantage of the conditions with the new set up of eleven boys without their Masters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had lot to prove for themselves, and the day started on a bright note. Both the openers Yashasvi and KL Rahul started the innings cautiously with mind set to play session by session particularly when they were sent to bat first by their opponents. English bowlers rarely had any impact on them and the idea to bowl first thereby using the wicket to get additional bounce and swing in the first hour was negated by both the openers. ...

In World Test Cricket Championship there emerges a new team South Africa.  The team has been built for years after they came back on the International arena post settling all apartheid issues in 1991 wherein the World could witness some great players battling out in the Cricket field.  🏏  The immense talent the team displayed with their bonding and friendly spirit brought a new dimension in the game, leaving aside the issues of race and ethnicity. South Africa has produced some great Cricketers before and after 1991 and it was left to the judgement of the Cricket lovers to appreciate and accept their talent. While building up such an unit of dedicated Cricketers the performance grew and reached the highest level of achievements but the lady luck never smiled on them to break the barriers of semi finals or finals where they can rule the sporting World of Cricket. This team with a very simple Captain who by his appearance never looked aggressive, with his short height alwa...

Cricket the game of glorious uncertainties again features in the big game of World Test Championship between Australia and South Africa at Lords Cricket Ground, London. South Africa are in big stage to redeem themselves by winning the Championship and remove the tag of great finalists without winning it. The first day was historic with South Africa bowling with precision to restrict their great opponents on the 1st day. SA again couldn't be in advantageous position on 2nd day with ist innings debacle (barring Bavuma and Bedingham who showed some resistance) with fine bowling efforts reducing Australia to 73 for 7 in 2nd innings but had to finish the day with Australia on 144 for 8. The lead is increasing and it will only require big character in the 2nd innings batting display to win this game.....but the fight they are putting on speaks of their talent and good bowling efforts using the conditions. The third day gave a good start for the Aussies with second innings ending at 207 a...