Bowlers

Navdeep Saini reveals how India skipper Virat Kohli always listens to his bowlers

According to Saini, Kohli always appreciates opinionated-bowlers and feels that that quality shows that Kohli is a “thinking cricketer” who knows what he is doing or wants to do next.

Bowlers require minimum two months' preparation to play Tests, says ICC

Bowlers looking at resuming Test cricket after the novel coronavirus lockdown will require two to three months of preparation to avoid injuring themselves, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said.

Bowlers, Rohit Sharma shine as India beat New Zealand in fifth T20I to complete 5-0 clean sweep over Black Caps

Check out the key moments from the fifth T20I between India and New Zealand played Bay Oval

The game is changing, there is enormous pressure on batsmen

Demands on batsmen keep piling up: they have to score at a fast clip, run like a hare and also rotate the strike to unsettle the rival bowling attack

The dice are loaded against them, but bowlers make a match

Bowlers have to keep probing at flaws in a batsman’s technique and also second-guess his intent, induce false strokes through changes in line, length, pace and flight. And, they are succeeding

India vs Ireland: With eye on 2019 World Cup, visitors need to test their pace-bowling options in upcoming T20I series

It is high time the India go with the likes of Umesh Yadav and Siddharth Kaul, even if it means benching one of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah, or even both.

India's stadiums and pitches need to be upgraded to make Test cricket interesting in the country

In the first Test against South Africa, both sides scored about 200 in their first innings. This is something that almost never happens in India.

India vs Australia: Virat Kohli and Co bought into visitors' pitch jingoism at Ranchi and were a bowler short

India did not have enough wares in a four-bowler attack to force a result on the placid day five wicket at Ranchi against Australia.

James Anderson, Stuart Broad to miss remainder of domestic English season due to injury

Surviving the slump: Of cricketers and the strange ways they rediscovered lost form

In the age of greater, gadget-driven scrutiny, batsmen's time under the microscope grows ever greater, but it is still hard to decipher why a skilled player with years of experience suddenly loses his ability to do a job