Indian cricket team batters need mental adjustments, not technical fixes, to overcome first-innings hoodoo
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian cricket team batters need mental adjustments, not technical fixes, to overcome first-innings hoodoo

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India’s batting struggles in the first innings of Test matches is a cause for concern and the visitors will have to answer a lot of questions ahead of the third Test against Australia in Brisbane. Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium was a notable exception in that India made 263, but even that wasn’t enough to prevent an embarrassing defeat as 147 in the second innings proved 25 beyond their reach. It’s with these same techniques that they have scored runs all over the world, including in Australia where Virat Kohli boasts seven Test hundreds, where Rahul produced his maiden three-figure score in January 2015, where Rishabh Pant is feared and adored, and where Gill announced himself in the 2020-21 series, including with a vital 91 in a record successful chase of 329 at the Gabba in the decider. Jaiswal has shown what he is capable of with 161 in the Perth second-innings and even though Rohit’s Test record here isn’t flash, he has made multiple hundreds in 50-over internationals.

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Firstpost  

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New Indian Express  

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Firstpost  

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Firstpost  

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Hindustan Times  

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India Today  

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IND vs ENG, 3rd T20I: Kevin Pietersen slams India's batting order after Rajkot loss

India Today  

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2 months ago

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Times of India  

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2 months ago

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India Today  

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Hindustan Times  

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IND vs ENG, 1st T2OI: India aims for change in fortune against McCullum-charged England

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2 months, 1 week ago

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Hindustan Times  

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2 months, 1 week ago

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Live Mint  

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Al Jazeera  

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Firstpost  

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunil Gavaskar: White-ball performances should not blind us to the deficiencies in Test cricket

The Hindu  

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'To say this to Virat Kohli...': India coaching staff's major flaw exposed by ex-bowling coach

Hindustan Times  

India's forgettable performances since their 2024 T20 World Cup victory has put pressure on a number of individuals, most notably captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir. Now, Bharat Arun, the former bowling coach who engineered a period of dominance particularly in the pace department in the Indian team, said that the current coaches may not have the stature …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kohli might benefit from a stint in county cricket ahead of England tour

The Hindu  

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An Indian batting crisis, time for Australians to eat humble pie and the dangerman England must go after in the Ashes: The 10 things we learned from the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Daily Mail  

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy finished on Sunday with a resounding 3-1 win for Australia over India - England's two biggest opponents in 2025. India had seemed poised for yet another famous win on Aussie soil after their first Test victory in Perth but Pat Cummins' side roared back and took advantage of some tepid batting from the tourists to cement their …

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Firstpost  

As the dust settles on what was a rather disappointing tour of Australia for the Indian men’s senior cricket team, we have more questions than answers. If the last two tours of Australia were remembered for the courageous, often heroic cricket that Team India played, this tour will be remembered for a number of things that didn’t work. For the …

IND vs AUS: Jaiswal and Nitish impress, Siraj delivers and more positives for Team India despite Test series loss
2 months, 3 weeks ago

IND vs AUS: Jaiswal and Nitish impress, Siraj delivers and more positives for Team India despite Test series loss

Firstpost  

Despite suffering a 1-3 Test series defeat to Australia Down Under, India still had quite a few positives to takeaway. Team India surrendered the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia Down Under, with the Pat Cummins-led side ending India’s decade of dominance with a 3-1 series triumph. IND vs AUS | Five tough decisions Team India will have to make after an …

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Hindustan Times  

India's rather forgettable 2024/25 season came to an end with them losing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade. The result, that comes at the end of a run in which India lost an ODI series to Sri Lanka for the first time since 1997 and were whitewashed at home by New Zealand, has prompted former spinner …

India gazes into life without Kohli, Rohit after Australia defeat
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

India gazes into life without Kohli, Rohit after Australia defeat

Hindustan Times  

India contemplated Test cricket without Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma on Monday after the star duo again failed to fire in the bruising series defeat to Australia. India gazes into life without Kohli, Rohit after Australia defeat With out-of-form skipper Rohit missing, the visitors went down by six wickets in the fifth and final Test on Sunday in Sydney to …

India's efforts to isolate Australian batters in the middle didn't pay off: Johnson
2 months, 3 weeks ago

India's efforts to isolate Australian batters in the middle didn't pay off: Johnson

India Today  

Former Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson highlighted how India’s tactics of making Australian batters feel isolated in the middle didn’t work during the recent Test series between the two teams. Following Australia’s victory, Johnson mentioned how the Indian team tried their best to put the Australian batters under pressure in the middle with their verbal volleys. Further ahead, Johnson also …

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma's slump indicates testing times for India in next WTC cycle post-Ashwin era
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Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma's slump indicates testing times for India in next WTC cycle post-Ashwin era

Hindustan Times  

For the first time, India will not figure in the race for top honours in the World Test Championship. India’s next cycle will begin, ironically enough, in England in June, with a five-match faceoff against the hosts, and end in early 2027 when Australia visit them for another of the five-Test showdowns that is becoming the norm in Tests involving …

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