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Pitch in Pune poised to play a crucial role in India's World Test Championship bid

India's coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma inspect the pitch in Pune ahead of the second Test cricket match between India and New Zealand. The pitch is expected to be a slow turner, but with rains behind around the city since last week, it cannot be said how much time the groundsmen have gotten to make the pitch as …

Rohit Sharma and Co. are ready to kickstart their red-ball season with a two-match Test series against Bangladesh starting this Thursday, but the Chepauk pitch remains a big mystery ahead of the series opener. Chennai: Bangladesh cricket coach Chandika Hathurusingha addresses the media during a training session ahead of the first Test cricket match between India and Bangladesh. Bangladesh head …

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Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023: Shami set to return in playing XI for Ahmedabad Test

India’s senior-most speedster Mohammed Shami is expected to feature in the playing XI for the final Test against Australia in Ahmedabad, starting on March 9, after being rested for workload management during the Indore game. GCA curators haven’t received any directive from Team India The Holkar Stadium in Indore has been already panned by ICC match referee Chris Broad for …

Former India all-rounder Mohinder Amarnath wants the ICC to introduce neural curators and ensure a winner is decided in the next World Test Championship cycle. Amarnath said the games finishing in two days like the day-night Test against England in Ahmedabad is not fair competition. That team should follow the ICC guidelines and ensure the game goes into the fifth …

Ever since the first Test match here in 1983 till the last one, before this series, in 2012, Dhiraj Parsana was the curator who laid out the pitch for every Test match in Ahmedabad. According to the veteran curator, now retired after serving the Gujarat Cricket Association for more than three decades following a successful career as a left-arm bowler, …