“He had an injury in Kanpur which all of you are aware of”. He scored 76 and 106 in two innings as his team Karnataka would beat Team Rajasthan by 393 runs.
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Asked if England will be unchanged, Cook said: “I can’t quite answer that just yet”.
“James Anderson (above) has got 450 Test wickets”. He has played here before.
With spin expected to play a big part, and humid conditions on Wednesday suggesting swing might also be a factor, the importance of the toss won’t be lost on either captain. We look at it differently. Similarly, we have Rahul, who is now available.
He said: ‘Being out of rhythm, not having a good game is something that can happen to any bowler. but eventually you have to figure out over a span of two or three days how the individual is feeling, how he’s behaving. He noted that it was important to bowl in the right areas and make the batsmen commit errors, but while the Indians tried their best, the Englishmen countered them well. “Gautam (Gambhir) got the chances that he got and he played really well in different situations”, Kohli explained. Shami and Umesh bowled exceptionally well.
Indian captain Virat Kohli who had criticised the presence of grass on the Rajkot wicket, is expecting turn in Visakhapatnam, which is set to host its first Test ever. So it’s the old rotation policy or do you stick with what we’ve got? Catching is one area that the team prides itself.
“It’s just that the one area where we certainly probably let ourselves down was our catching and this team really prides itself in its fielding and its catching”, Kumble said. Mishra, who was picked as the third spinner in the side, was unimpressive, especially in the first innings, conceding over four runs per over as the visitors piled up 537 runs.
Cook spent less than a day with his new-born daughter before flying out and admitted: “Yes, I’ve sacrificed a bit to come out here. So, it would be good to have full teams from both the sides going into this Test match”, he added.
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The legendary spinner did not blame Cheteshwar Pujara for not taking DRS for the contentious leg before decision that he got. The result could have gone in our favour had we put them under pressure by picking wickets at the top. I don’t think you can blame anyone for that. Thus, Indian batsmen had to play calm and steady and not try to hit unnecessary shots and loose wickets.
