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Rishabh Pant had famously come under criticism for his performance in Australia in the 2024/25 tour. (AP Photo)

Rishabh Pant ‘doesn’t go off-balance’ when playing the falling sweep, says Sachin Tendulkar

August 6, 2025 22:06 IST

Sachin Tendulkar said that players like Rishabh Pant need to be left alone and allowed to make their own decisions with the bat in hand.

India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was available for only three Tests of the series and it has been noted to what extent Siraj seemed to improve whenever the former sat out a match. (AP Photo)

Mohammed Siraj ready to be Indian bowling’s spiritual leader ‘with or without Bumrah’, says Greg Chappell

August 6, 2025 21:25 IST

Mohammed Siraj finished as the highest wicket-taker in the series, along with being the player that bowled more overs than anyone else, as he powered India to an improbable win in the fifth Test and helped them draw the series 2-2.

Shubman Gill himself was in record-breaking form throughout the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy scoring 754 runs runs at an average of 75.40 and with one double hundred and three hundreds under his belt in the series. (PTI Photo)

‘Shubman Gill was a huge positive for India in England’: Sanjay Bangar on new Test captain in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy

August 6, 2025 21:00 IST

Shubman Gill's record-breaking form with the bat complimented his captaincy and he managed to lead India to a draw in England in his very first assignment as the Test captain.

Indian cricket stops for no one…Kohli left, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, and Gill stood: Sourav Ganguly

August 6, 2025 19:07 IST

"Indian cricket has so much talent that this will only keep on growing," Ganguly said

Cricket Australia Chief says Big Bash League to let in private investment to make it second-best league after Indian Premier League ‘unashamedly’

August 6, 2025 18:20 IST

"Well that's certainly the vision of everyone in cricket here in this country is to make sure that we run a league and we run a T20 tournament that is sitting just beside or behind or adjacent to the IPL," Todd Greenberg said

Is it Siraj? Is it Bumrah? No, it’s a Fox: A feisty fox runs around the Lord’s outfield on the opening day of the Hundred

August 6, 2025 17:14 IST

Cheered on by the full house, it darted around the boundary rope like a thoroughbred and then leapt over a board, with Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan and David Warner playing on the day

Siraj's five-wicket haul helped India come back from a seemingly hopeless situation to secure a six-wicket win over England and thus draw the five-Test series 2-2. (AP Photo)

Mohammed Siraj jumps 12 places to career-best Test ranking after Oval heroics

August 6, 2025 17:07 IST

Mohammed Siraj finished as the highest wicket-taker in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, having accounted for 23 scalps and bowled a whopping 85.3 overs, which is also more than any other Indian or English bowler.

Irfan Pathan rates Karun Nair and Sai Sudharsan for their performance in Anderson-Tendulkar trophy

August 6, 2025 16:32 IST

It was always between Nair and Sai Sudharsan after the first Test till the final game at the Oval

Stuart Broad snubbed Shubman Gill from his combined IND-ENG Test XI. (Reuters/AP)

‘Only because I’ve got his mobile number’: Stuart Broad snubs Shubman Gill but picks 6 Indians in combined IND-ENG Test XI

August 6, 2025 15:11 IST

When pushed to spill one name for the slot, Broad leaned towards picking his former teammate rather than India captain Shubman Gill who racked up 754 runs and broke a heap of records in his maiden series as skipper.

Haddin has hailed India’s bowling talent and has called out that Bumrah ‘did not win a Test match’. (AP)

‘But he didn’t win a Test match….’: Brad Haddin’s brutal take on Jasprit Bumrah in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy

August 6, 2025 14:18 IST

Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah played in three Tests in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy and picked up 14 wickets in the series.

Parthiv Patel on KL Rahul carrying his form through the series: ‘Was a question mark…’

August 6, 2025 14:09 IST

KL Rahul ended up with 532 runs at an average of 53.2 which included two Test tons

Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah in action. (FILE photo)

Workload management will be crucial to prevent Siraj from getting injured in the future: RP Singh

August 6, 2025 13:24 IST

The 39-year-old also mentioned that Siraj's role as a support bowler is one of the many factors why Bumrah is successful

IND vs ENG: ‘Harry Brook could be one of the great middle-order players of this generation..’: Geoffrey Boycott hails Brook’s brilliance

August 6, 2025 12:49 IST

England middle-order batsman Harry Brook scored 481 runs in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy and now has ten Test hundreds in 30 Tests in his career

Tendulkar was effusive in his praise for Bumrah’s contributions in this series. (AP/Reuters)

Tendulkar slams Bumrah trolls: ‘just a coincidence that India won Tests he didn’t play’

August 6, 2025 12:33 IST

Pace legend Glenn McGrath had earlier told his paper about Bumrah’s issues, and the need to have an off season to recover.

Aakash Chopra on Shubman Gill’s comparisons with Virat Kohli as captain: ‘It never happened like that…just go through the motions’

August 6, 2025 12:17 IST

This is the first series for Gill as Test captain, and it ended 2-2

India captain Shubman Gill recalled how things had partially flared up on the field in the heat of the moment with his seam spearhead, Mohammed Siraj at Oval. (AP)

‘Tune bola kyu nahi?’: Shubman Gill reveals fuming Mohammed Siraj questioned him for communication lapse in Oval Test

August 6, 2025 12:13 IST

IND vs ENG: A plan to stop Gus Atkinson from retaining the strike at the end of overs turned out to be futile in the 84th over, leaving Mohammed Siraj fuming at the communication lapse between captain Shubman Gill and wicket-keeper Dhruv Jurel.

Sachin Tendulkar’s verdict on Mohammed Siraj: ‘he has jigar, big heart, hasn’t got credit he deserves, I love his bowling’

August 6, 2025 11:49 IST

Siraj bowled 1113 deliveries in the series, only the second bowler in the series alongside England’s Chris Woakes to bowl over 1000 balls

India's players leaves ground as bad light stopped play on day four of the fifth cricket test match between England and India at The Kia Oval in London, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo)

What’s next after India’s England tour? India’s future tour programs, cricket schedule till 2027

August 7, 2025 12:34 IST

Here's India Future Tour Programs (FTP) -- cricket schedule after the England tour of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy till 2027.

A team official told The Indian Express that while every Indian walked up to Chris Woakes who came to bat with a hand in a brace, admiring him for his courage, several English cricketers asked after how Rishabh Pant had been doing, given his broken toe. (PTI Photo)

Acrimonious series? India and England players meet and greet to celebrate an intense summerSubscriber Only

August 6, 2025 07:43 IST

Both teams assembled together to laugh, banter, respect, and savour an intensely fought series.

India's Jasprit Bumrah reacts during day three of the first cricket test match between England and India at Headingley in Leeds, England, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

IND vs ENG: Limiting Jasprit Bumrah’s playing time part of plan to protect him from further injury and help him extend careerSubscriber Only

August 5, 2025 22:37 IST

Pacer not 'picking and choosing' games; but a decision arrived at so that he's available for marquee matches, especially major ICC events.

Harry Brook was dismissed by Akash Deep in the second innings. (AP)

Siraj (2025) becomes the biggest Indian blockbuster in England since Simran & Raj (1995) as famous cricketers, fan armies and politicians gush

August 5, 2025 19:32 IST

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