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Wearing shoes with rubber sole: Azharuddin's advice to batsmen on turners

Wearing shoes with rubber soles, assured footwork and proper shot-selection are the keys to success for batsmen on a 'rank turner' like the Motera pitch, feels Mohammed Azharuddin

India vs England: Rohit's bane turns into his success on tough tracks

After his dismissal off the bowling of Lyon in the first innings of the fourth Test against Australia in Brisbane last month, Rohit Sharma was criticised for being too aggressive and profligate

India vs England: Former players feel Motera pitch not ideal for Tests

Several former players, including Harbhajan Singh and VVS Laxman, said that the spin-friendly Motera pitch was not ideal for Test cricket, an opinion that was not shared by legendary Sunil Gavaskar

Indian spinners expose England's mental frailties, weak skill-sets

England's mental fragility, as well as its lack of skills, were laid bare as slow bowlers Axar Patel and R Ashwin kept them under a tight leash with wicket-to-wicket line

IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Fans came to watch Kohli face Anderson, says Root

England skipper Joe Root said he feels like the spectators have almost been 'robbed' as they came to watch Virat Kohli face the likes of James Anderson and Broad but watched him taking wickets instead

Intent to score was needed on Motera track, it was a normal wicket: Rohit

Intent to score and not just survive was the key to flourish on the Motera pitch, asserted India opener Rohit Sharma who batted effortlessly on the 'interesting but normal' pitch

Kohli eclipses Dhoni to record maximum Test wins as captain on home soil

Virat Kohli surpassed MS Dhoni's record of winning maximum number of Test matches as captain on home soil after leading the side to a 10-wicket victory over England in the day-night third Test

IND vs ENG: Kohli laments poor batting by both teams on good batting wicket

Virat Kohli lamented the quality of batting from India and England in the third Test that saw teams getting bowled out for low scores in the first three completed innings

IND vs ENG: Motera pitch was good, quality of batting was not, says Kohli

Virat Kohli said poor batting and not the pitch was responsible for the day-night third Test vs England winding up inside two days and described the performance of batsmen on both sides as 'bizarre'

Pitch or team? English media divided over reasons for Motera debacle

The British media lambasted its cricket team's abject surrender to India in the pink-ball Test

India vs England Test series: Ian Bell slams England's rotation policy

England guilty of thinking too far ahead, have gone wrong with rotation policy, says former England batsman Ian Bell

IND vs ENG: Bizzare that 21 of 30 wkts fell to straight balls, says Kohli

India skipper Virat Kohli brought forward a relevant point that the quality of batting was to be blamed as most of the batsmen got out to balls that didn't turn

IND vs ENG 3rd Test highlights: India knocks England out of ICC WTC final

The last time India won inside two days in a Test was in 2018, beating Afghanistan in Bengaluru. Check India vs England highlights and IND vs ENG scorecard here

Tendulkar lauds Ishant Sharma ahead of fast bowler's 100th Test

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday lauded Ishant Sharma ahead of his 100th Test, and said playing that many matches of the game's most challenging format is a great landmark for any cricketer, most of all for a fast bowler. Ishant, 32, is only the second Indian fast bowler after the great Kapil Dev to feature in 100 Test matches. "Playing 100 Tests is a great landmark for any cricketer, especially a fast bowler. Have seen you play from your U-19 days & played alongside you in your 1st Test. Proud of you & your service to #TeamIndia," Tendulkar tweeted. "Continue to serve in the best possible manner. Congrats," the master batsman added. During the first Test against England earlier this month in Chennai, Ishant became the sixth Indian and third pacer from the country to take 300 wickets in Test cricket, joining legendary former captains Kapil nd Anil Kumble. Speaking on Star Sports show Cricket Connected about Ishant, former India pacer Ashish Nehra called it a "big ...

Ind vs Eng, 3rd Test: Ganguly feels hosts are favourites to win match

India needs to win the ongoing series by at least a margin of 2-1 to make the finals of the WTC

India vs England: Check Motera stadium capacity, facts, tickets price here

Ahead of India vs England 3rd Test match, World's largest cricket Stadium, Motera, was renamed to Narendra Modi Stadium. Check key facts about Motera Stadium here

India, England will start on equal terms in 3rd Test: Gautam Gambhir

India and England will start on equal footing when they clash in the pink ball third day-night Test match on an untested pitch at Motera said former India captain Gautam Gambhir

Ishant playing 100 Tests is equally a happy moment for me: Virat Kohli

Ishant Sharma will be playing his 100th Test when India takes on England in the third Test at the Motera Stadium

IND vs ENG: It will be a different challenge with pink ball, says Leach

Jack Leach says he is ready for a new role as the day/night pink ball Test against India looks set to bring the seamers back into the forefront after the tweakers' domination in the first two matches

Floodlights at Motera programmed to help sighting during twilight phase

During the sunset period, the lights are uneven and to maintain that, the floodlights are automatically programmed so that there are no shadows on the ground, says a GCA official