Cricket Pitch News

Neha Kakkar married Punjabi singer Rohanpreet Singh on October 24, 2020. The couple solemnised their wedding as per the traditional Anand Karaj ceremony at a Delhi Gurudwara. They had an elaborate but close-knit wedding ceremony with all the rituals in place.

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Though women cricketers have achieved significant success while representing the national side, they are still compared to male cricketers. In India and Pakistan, despite performing superbly on the field, women cricketers are often considered inferior to their male counterparts. In one such incident, former Pakistan cricketer Marina Iqbal, who is now a successful commentator, was recently targetted by a sports reporter for wearing heels on the pitch.

There were reports that the Eden Gardens pitch, which was used during the first Test match against Sri Lanka, was decked with greenery at the request of Indian team management. The match witnessed lively ball movement and pacers dominated the bat and ball contest. In fact, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav became the first Indian trio to take all ten wickets in an innings in India.

Pune curator Pandurang Salgaoncar allegedly agreed to tamper the pitch ahead of the match. And the UPCA has increased the security arrangement around the stadium.

Much of the pre-match talk was devoted to the importance of pitch, with the Aussie camp once again blaming Indian curators for doctoring it.

Kohli said external conditions would determine how the pitch would behave.

Ashwin, who claimed two wickets, including the prized scalp of Joe Root (53), said the pitch was of his liking.

A similar warning was also handed out to Kingsmead in Durban following a South Africa versus New Zealand Test match where more than three and half days of play was lost.

ICC on Wednesday moved the high-profile match to Kolkata.

An unprecedented 2498 runs have been scored in the four matches so far, with both the teams crossing that magical 300-run mark with relative ease.

In the recently concluded Freedom series, hosts India received flak for making rank turners.

Thakur has called for Ranji Trophy matches to be played at neutral venues.

Bedi invoked Douglas Jardine's infamous Bodyline series to draw comparisons with Virat Kohli's tactics in the series against South Africa.

As many as 20 wickets fall on second day of third Test between India and South Africa at Nagpur.