Team India gets down to practice before Pune Test. See photos
Cricket | Oct 09, 2019, 02:02 PM ISTIndia will play South Africa in the second Test, starting on Thursday at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
India will play South Africa in the second Test, starting on Thursday at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
Currently, a team gets 120 points for a series clean sweep, irrespective of whether it's a two-match series or five-match series on home and away basis.
In the only Test match played in Pune, India lost to Australia by 333 runs as Steve O'Keefe bagged 12/70 in the game.
"We are still looking to grow as a side and enjoy being uncomfortable. No matter how you look at it, the guys are 'comfortable being uncomfortable' and keep getting better," Muthusamy said.
Ashwin's 350 in just 66 Tests places him fourth in the all-time list for India behind Kumble's 619, Kapil Dev's 434 and Harbhajan's 417.
India rode on Mohammed Shami's brilliant spell in the second innings of the first Test on a docile pitch in Visakhapatnam when he claimed a five-wicket haul to help the hosts beat South Africa by 203 runs.
Although the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to confirm the development, it was learnt that Mandhana picked up a knock on her toe during practice a couple of days ago.
Ravindra Jadeja understands his craft and realizes its limitation, and he used it to optimum effect on Day 5 against South Africa.
While both had reached the milestone in their 66th Test, Ashwin took 18 innings more than Muralitharan, but bowled fewer deliveries than the former Sri Lankan cricketer
In the first Test against South Africa which India won by 203 runs at the ACA-VDCA Stadium, Mayank Agarwal scored a brilliant double hundred and helped India post a monstrous first-inning total of 502/7 declared.
All the pacers bowled a combined 105 overs in the first four days at Visakhapatnam, picking only four wickets, while Shami bagged five in just the 10.5 overs he bowled on the final day, conceding only 35 runs.
Ravichandran Ashwin took eight wickets in the first Test against South Africa and equalled the world record for the fastest bowler to take 350 wickets in Tests.
India's decision to promote Rohit to the top of the order has often been compared to former captain Sourav Ganguly's decision to allow Sehwag to open the innings.
Ashwin also said that his maiden Test wicket will always hold a special place but there are a few others up there in the list.
Shami also hailed India captain Virat Kohli for giving the bowlers freedom to decide the length of their spells.
Not many expected the Proteas to put up the fight that they did considering they were hammered in India four years ago.
In the post-match press conference, Rohit said the key was to make the pacers bowl in short spells on the final day to keep them fresh.
One of the stumps was broken and the BCCI put up an image of Shami posing with it at the end of the day's proceedings on their Instagram page.
It took him 20 balls to get off the mark, hit his first boundary in his 42nd ball that he faced and at one point en route to his 21st Test half-century, he stood at 8 off 62.
South Africa ended up losing the first Test against India at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam by a heavy margin of 203 runs.
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