Ishant to Finch, no ball, Ishant traps Finch with a booming inswinger. Dharmasena’s finger goes up in no time, but is this going down leg? That’s what Finch is hoping for as he goes for the review after a little chat with his partner. Oh hang on! We didn’t even need to check ball-tracking. Ishant’s […]

Lyon to Kohli, no run, clipped firmly into the on-side, bounces right into the throat of Aaron Finch at short leg. Doesn’t look in too much concern though, thankfully. After that the Australian Wicketkeeper Tim Paine said,”You want a dart?” to Aaron Finch. Here is the clip of that video: "You want a dart?" No […]

Adil Rashid to Rahul, out Bowled! It needed something like this to get Rahul. A magnificent 149 by Rahul comes to an end. That pitches on a length in the rough outside leg-stump, in the blind-zone for the side-on stance. Rahul gets back in the crease and opens up his stance to defend off the back foot […]

Bumrah to Broad, out Lbw!! Oh that’s plumb. Smashes into Broad’s pad while he’s pinned to the crease. Bit of an angry scream from Bumrah in celebration. It was a sharp nip-backer from round the wicket headed towards middle, completely did Broad for pace there. But what a useful partnership. Here is the clip of that video: […]

Shami to Buttler, out Caught by Kohli!! Didn’t take long, did it? Complete credit to Shami for this. He kept pitching it up right from the start of his spell and this time Buttler went fishing after a wide one and it has been sliced neatly to Kohli at tummy height. Safe as a house. Pouched it […]

Ishant to Cook, out Caught by Pant!! Gone now. First catch for Pant in Tests. Ishant exults. Lovely delivery, swung in from round the wicket, fuller and moved away off the seam, Cook pushed out and nicked off. Ishant has troubled him all series and now gets him. First breakthrough for India and it is the senior […]

U Yadav to Sam Curran, out Caught by Karthik!! DK hangs on. A fine knock ends. Umesh has two. Kohli celebrates. India need 194. In an attempt to steal a single to third man Curran shuffles across and glides the back of a length delivery off the bat face to Karthik, who moves to his left and manages to […]

Ishant to Malan, out Caught by Rahane!! Gone. And Ishant is screaming away in delight. Turned into an ‘S’ and edges it to gully. Finally Ishant gets it right, lands it around middle and squares Malan up completely, thick edge and Jinks is one of the safest fielders in this side. Struggle ends for Malan. Has had […]

Chahal to Andy Balbirnie, out Stumped!! Gone. That’s Chahal at his best. Slows it up beautifully, even as he might have guessed that Andy Balbirnie was going to charge him, slower and tossed up outside off, beats the batsman’s swing to leg. MS has the easiest of jobs to do. Andy Balbirnie st Dhoni b Chahal 11(14) [4s-1] […]

Rashid Khan to Gayle, SIX, not off the middle really but who cares? He has enough power! The googly and Gayle decided to go with the turn, sliced it away over long-off and easily cleared the fence! Whoa! Rashid Khan to Gayle, SIX, this is off the middle alright! Gayle storm alert! The shorter length and Gayle sits on the back […]