Ojha reminds me of the old-time spinners
With due salutes to the batting heroics of Alistair Cook, India thoroughly deserved to win this critical first Test -theirs was the better all-round team performance. These days to see the follow-on e
ICC Test Rankings: Pujara and Ojha on the charge
There has been a significant shake-up in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings after the conclusion of the Ahmedabad, Galle and Mirpur Tests, while the second Test between Australia and South Africa, start
England all out for 406 at lunch
England were all out for 406 intheir second innings at lunch on the fifth and final day of
the first cricket Test against India here today.
India have been set a target of 77 to win the match.
Brief
India wins First Test
Chasing a paltry target of 77,India won the first cricket Test against England by nine
wickets here today.India take 1-0 lead in four-match series.
Brief Scores:
England: 191 and 406 all out
India:
It was a fantastic effort from bowlers: Dhoni
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today credited the bowlers for his team's nine-wicket victory over England in the opening cricket Test here, saying that the spinners put in a lot of hard work on a
India trounce England by 9 wickets to take 1-0 series lead
India broke through the stubborn England resistance with a morning burst of five wickets before surging to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in the opening cricket Test for a 1-0 lead in the four-ma
Ojha leads India’s quest; Cook scores century
England captain Alastair Cooknotched up his third century against India, but the visitors lost three wickets to reach 182 for 3 at lunch in their second innings after following on, even as the home team pressed hard
for victory on fourth day of the first Test here today.
Cook leads England fightback, visitors wipe off deficit
Captain Alastair Cook led a remarkable England fightback with a heroic unbeaten 168 as the defiant visitors wiped out India's mammoth first innings lead with a gritty batting display to raise hopes of
Ojha takes five as India force England to follow on
India forced England to follow on after the visitors folded for 191 with left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha grabbing his career's fourth five-wicket haul in the first cricket Test here today.
Ojha takes five, England fights to save Test
Pragyan Ojha snapped up five wickets to give India a mammoth 330-run lead before England staged a spirited fightback in the second innings to give themselves a slight hope of saving the first cricket Test here today.