Delhi Test News
Jadeja is currently India's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in Test cricket, and as such, he enjoys immense popularity among the Indian cricket fans.
Rahul has been struggling with his form, scoring just 198 runs in his last 12 innings and a total of 38 runs in three innings during the ongoing Test series.
India's victory against Australia was impressive, but Kohli's controversial dismissal was a topic of discussion in the cricket world.
Australia's hopes of securing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India for the first time in 19 years were thwarted after collapsing to a second straight Test defeat.
India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by taking a 2-0 lead in the four-match series. Pujara (31*) and Bharat (23*) played till the end to guide their team home.
After bowlers skittled out visitors for 113, Rohit Sharma, Srikar Bharat and Cheteshwar Pujara held their ground to help India register an emphatic 6-wicket victory against Australia in the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy here at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday.
Rahul has not been in good form since January 2022 and has only managed to score one fifty-plus score, with his last Test hundred coming in December 2021 against South Africa.
India had already won the Nagpur Test, and they could take an unassailable 2-0 lead if they beat Australia in New Delhi.
Australia’s best possible finish will be to draw with India 2-2, finish with 144 points and PCT of 63.15.
Story of how Australia went from 61 for 1 on morning session of Day 3 to losing the Test match even before Tea: a lesson for all visiting teams on how not to bat vs Indian spinners in India
According to the ICC LBW law, 36.2.2 states that if the ball makes contact with the striker’s person and bat simultaneously, this shall be considered as the ball having first touched the bat.
With 13 overs left in the day, Australia opted to send Head as an opener in absence of a concussed David Warner alongside Usman Khawaja.
In the 50th over bowled by Matthew Kuhnemann, Kohli attempted to play a straighter delivery on the front foot, which appeared to hit his pads first.
KL Rahul's Test cricket statistics have been a mixed bag. While he has shown glimpses of his talent and potential, he has also struggled for consistency at times.
Despite being the number one T20I team and achieving the top spot in the ODI rankings last month, India is now 11 ranking points behind Australia in the newest Test rankings.
Iyer is India's second-highest scorer in Test cricket since his debut. His tally of 624 runs in 7 Tests at an average of 56 is only behind Rishabh Pant's 722 runs in 8 matches.
Australia will be looking to bounce back in Delhi after going down 1-0 in the four-match series.
In the first test, India secured a dominant victory, with strong performances by Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Axar Patel. However, McDonald believes that their team can still improve and close the margins with their opponents.
A veteran of 102 Test matches, Warner has 8143 runs at a 45.74 batting average, including 25 centuries. His performance in India, however, is quite ordinary; he managed 399 runs from 9 matches at a strike rate of 22.16, with a best score of 71.
Medical experts are to examine whether India was right to hold a Test match against Sri Lanka during hazardous smog in New Delhi, the game`s world governing body said Friday.
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