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The Independent
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- The Independent
Yashasvi Jaiswal hits hundred as India pile on runs against England
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill made hay as England floundered after sticking India into bat on the opening day of the first Rothesay Test at Headingley. A revamped India batting line-up, shorn of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, may have influenced Ben Stokes' decision at a venue where the last six Tests have been won by the side fielding first. India captain Gill said he, too, would have bowled but it proved a good toss to lose as his 58 not out alongside Jaiswal's masterful 100 not out in an unbroken 123 lifted the tourists to 215 for two at tea. Jaiswal would have been lbw on 45 but Brydon Carse overstepped, while Gill could have been run out on one but Ollie Pope was off target with his throw – but the India pair were otherwise largely untroubled. Indeed, only cramp in his forearm, for which he needed treatment from the physio twice, in muggy heat seemed to hinder Jaiswal, whose 17 boundaries all came in the arc between backward point and mid-off. Jaiswal, player of the series when these sides met in India 18 months ago following two double hundreds, put on 91 with KL Rahul before Carse made the breakthrough on the stroke of lunch. England's bid for early wickets meant they over-pitched or offered width, feeding Jaiswal's drive and cuts, but Carse found a hint of movement away to take Rahul's outside edge on 42 which was gobbled up by Joe Root. Debutant Sai Sudharsan had a brief stay, strangled down the leg-side by Stokes with the last ball before lunch, but it was still India's session, even if 91 without loss became 92 for two. A direct hit from Pope at midwicket would have run out Gill when play resumed but the England vice-captain missed and to compound the situation, the ball whizzed away to the boundary. Worse was to follow as Carse's inswinging yorker thudded into Jaiswal's boot first before he dug it out with his bat. It was plumb lbw but Carse breaching the front-foot line made the decision redundant. Shoaib Bashir was greeted into the attack by being cut away first ball by Jaiswal, who looked ruffled when Josh Tongue went short but then extraordinarily belted him over deep point for his first six. Gill was totally unflappable and a capable foil for Jaiswal, who took three fours in an over off Carse before a single off the last ball took him to a fifth hundred in just his 20th Test – with the second fifty taking just 48 balls. Stokes found Jaiswal's edge in the final over before tea but the ball dropped short of Harry Brook, who palmed on to the helmet behind wicketkeeper Jamie Smith for five extra runs to end a miserable session for England.
Yahoo
an hour ago
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- Yahoo
Yashasvi Jaiswal hits hundred as India pile on runs against England
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill made hay as England floundered after sticking India into bat on the opening day of the first Rothesay Test at Headingley. A revamped India batting line-up, shorn of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, may have influenced Ben Stokes' decision at a venue where the last six Tests have been won by the side fielding first. Advertisement India captain Gill said he, too, would have bowled but it proved a good toss to lose as his 58 not out alongside Jaiswal's masterful 100 not out in an unbroken 123 lifted the tourists to 215 for two at tea. Shubman Gill batted impressively alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal (Danny Lawson/PA) Jaiswal would have been lbw on 45 but Brydon Carse overstepped, while Gill could have been run out on one but Ollie Pope was off target with his throw – but the India pair were otherwise largely untroubled. Indeed, only cramp in his forearm, for which he needed treatment from the physio twice, in muggy heat seemed to hinder Jaiswal, whose 17 boundaries all came in the arc between backward point and mid-off. Advertisement Jaiswal, player of the series when these sides met in India 18 months ago following two double hundreds, put on 91 with KL Rahul before Carse made the breakthrough on the stroke of lunch. England's bid for early wickets meant they over-pitched or offered width, feeding Jaiswal's drive and cuts, but Carse found a hint of movement away to take Rahul's outside edge on 42 which was gobbled up by Joe Root. Debutant Sai Sudharsan had a brief stay, strangled down the leg-side by Stokes with the last ball before lunch, but it was still India's session, even if 91 without loss became 92 for two. A direct hit from Pope at midwicket would have run out Gill when play resumed but the England vice-captain missed and to compound the situation, the ball whizzed away to the boundary. Worse was to follow as Carse's inswinging yorker thudded into Jaiswal's boot first before he dug it out with his bat. It was plumb lbw but Carse breaching the front-foot line made the decision redundant. Advertisement Shoaib Bashir was greeted into the attack by being cut away first ball by Jaiswal, who looked ruffled when Josh Tongue went short but then extraordinarily belted him over deep point for his first six. Gill was totally unflappable and a capable foil for Jaiswal, who took three fours in an over off Carse before a single off the last ball took him to a fifth hundred in just his 20th Test – with the second fifty taking just 48 balls. Stokes found Jaiswal's edge in the final over before tea but the ball dropped short of Harry Brook, who palmed on to the helmet behind wicketkeeper Jamie Smith for five extra runs to end a miserable session for England.
The Star
3 hours ago
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- The Star
Cricket-Two quick-fire wickets drag England back into opening test just before lunch
LEEDS, England (Reuters) -Two wickets late in the session dragged England back into their opening test of the five-match series against India on Friday, with the tourists 92-2 at lunch having previously cruised into a strong position. Despite the clear, humid Headingley conditions seemingly favouring the batting side, England chose to bowl first, safe in the knowledge each of the previous six Leeds tests had been won by the side bowling first. Skipper Ben Stokes' decision initially seems ill-advised, with India openers KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal both looking in fine form, taking India into the nineties unbeaten as lunch approached. Without numerous frontline pace bowlers through injury - the lightning Jofra Archer and Mark Wood in particular - England's new-look attack grew more erratic as the opening session wore on. It was left to Brydon Carse, making his first test start on home soil, to make the crucial breakthrough just as Rahul was really settling in on 42, Yorkshireman Joe Root taking the catch on his home ground in the slips. The pressure then got to 23-year-old Sai Sudharsan on debut, as from the last ball before lunch, Stokes found a leading edge, with Jamie Smith taking the catch behind the stumps to send the rookie back to the pavilion without having scored a single run. (Reporting by Peter Hall)
India Today
3 hours ago
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- India Today
ENG vs IND: Sai Sudharsan first Indian batter in 14 years to bag duck in maiden Test knock
B Sai Sudharsan will have to wait a little longer for his first runs in Test young batter was dismissed for a duck in his maiden innings for India after edging a delivery down the leg side in the final over of the opening session of the first Test against England at Headingley, was tasked with the responsibility of negotiating a tricky passage of play-the final six minutes of the morning session-after India lost their first wicket. He walked in at No. 3 following KL Rahul's dismissal, which ended a solid opening partnership of 91 runs with Yashasvi Sudharsan appeared nervous at the crease, clearly eager to get off the mark. In his short stay, he was involved in a couple of hesitant calls with Jaiswal, attempting to steal quick singles by playing the ball late-signs of a debutant eager to make an on the fourth delivery of the final over before lunch, Ben Stokes bowled an inswinger that was never threatening the stumps. The ball started from leg stump and swung well outside the pads. Keen to get bat on ball, Sudharsan tried to flick it fine in search of a boundary. Instead, he got a faint edge, which was neatly taken by wicketkeeper Jamie looked dejected as he trudged back to the pavilion without troubling the young Tamil Nadu batter, who won the Orange Cap in IPL 2025 for the Gujarat Titans, thus joined an unwanted list of Indian players dismissed for a duck in their first innings in Test cricket. He is the first Indian since Umesh Yadav in 2011 to suffer that NEED TO CRTICISE HIM: PUJARAadvertisementSenior batter Cheteshwar Pujara, who presented Sudharsan with his Test cap during the team huddle on Friday morning, urged fans and pundits not to be overly critical of the debutant."It was a bit unfortunate-getting caught down the leg side," Pujara told Sony Sports."When you're playing your first game, you're eager to get off the mark, and that's probably why he went for that ball, even though it was quite wide of leg stump. Normally, he wouldn't go for that. But he was tense-it's natural on debut. Let's give him some time."He's a confident cricketer. There's no need to criticise him harshly. These things happen, and I'm sure he'll come back stronger in the second innings. On debut, getting out down the leg side is just one of those things-there's not much a batter can do in that situation."India went to lunch at 92 for 2, having handed England a chance to claw their way back into the contest. Jaiswal and Rahul had dominated the first 90 minutes, making Stokes momentarily question whether choosing to bowl first was the right bowlers struggled to hit the right lengths and lines, but the dismissal of KL Rahul titled the balance in favour of the OF INDIAN BATTERS WITH DUCKS IN FIRST TEST INNINGSCT Sarwate – 1946JK Irani – 1947SA Banerjee – 1948Ghulam Ahmed – 1948SP Gupte – 1951GS Ramchand – 1952JM Patel – 1955MS Hardikar – 1958VM Muddiah – 1959MM Sood – 1960BS Chandrasekhar – 1964UN Kulkarni – 1967ED Solkar – 1969GR Viswanath – 1969DD Parsana – 1979K Srikkanth – 1981Maninder Singh – 1982RGM Patel – 1988V Razdan – 1989A Kuruvilla – 1997R Singh – 1999DJ Gandhi – 1999R Vijay Bharadwaj – 1999A Ratra – 2002PA Patel – 2002WP Saha – 2010R Ashwin – 2011UT Yadav – 2011B Sai Sudharsan – 2025
NDTV
3 hours ago
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- NDTV
KL Rahul's 'Unfair Treatment' Called Out By Ex-India Star. Sanjay Manjrekar Contradicts
Former India cricketers Deep Dasgupta and Sanjay Manjrekar had contrasting takes on star batter KL Rahul 's international career, especially Test cricket. Since his debut in 2015, Rahul has played 58 Tests so far, scoring 3,257 runs with a below-par average of 33.57. However, the 33-year-old has not been able to establish himself, be it due to injury or form. However, Dasgupta called out the BCCI for its unfair treatment towards the player. He pointed out Rahul has been made to play at different positions, as per the need of the team. "See, I just hope they give him a permanent position now. He made his debut in 2014. It's been more than a decade, but we still don't know where does he fit into the Indian Test side? Is he a middle-order batter? Is he an opener? I think it's about time to tell him, 'KL, you've got to play this series or whatever, and you're going to play as an opener. This is what you're going to do. And I think once you give him that position, that security, we will see a different KL Rahul," Dasgupta said on Star Sports. Dasgupta suggested it's time for the management to give Rahul a fixed spot, since the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are no longer part of the Test setup. "As of now, in every series,Virat Kohli's absence felt even before first ball is bowled in IND vs ENG Test: 'Moved on from Gavaskar, Sachin but...' it's like KL Rahul is trying to cement his position from one series to the next. You need a wicketkeeper in South Africa, call him. You need a No. 5, call him. Opener? Yes. So that's something I think is being quite unfair on him. It's been a decade now. Come on. Give him that series, maybe more than that and tell him this is how we are looking at you - as an opener - and play him," he added. On the contrary, Manjrekar was of the opinion that Rahul has not shown consistency when it comes to Test cricket. "Am I allowed to contradict? I will be nice. I believe KL Rahul has not shown the kind of consistency that's expected of him at any position. Had this been a guy who averaged 52 as an opener, nobody would dare drop him to No. 4 or 5. Having said that, huge responsibility on him. And Deep, given your assessment of leaving the balls, we'll see how Rahul goes about it today," said Manjrekar.
