India Cricket Team News

New Zealand need 107 runs to win with ten wickets and a day in hand to seal an emphatic win in Indian soil. Sarfaraz Khan’s 150 coupled with Rishabh Pant’s 99 set up India’s 462 runs, albeit the second new ball did the trick for the Kiwis with the hosts losing the last seven wickets for 29 runs.

A marquee tournament such as ICC World Cup 2023 gives the platform for players to leave the cricket fraternity in awe of their performances and play a hero. Mohammed Shami, who was playing his first game of the competition in the clash against New Zealand, started his tourney with a bang.

Ravichandran Ashwin came to India's rescue once again in the fourth Test on Friday as he kept the flow of runs right before singlehandedly sweeping past Australia's lower order. His six-for helped fold the visitors for 480 before the hosts' openers saw through the final few overs without damage.

A leather ball, a wooden bat, two projectile bails and three sticks as stumps -- cricket has all the ingredients for inflicting serious pain. Shreyas Iyer thus exercised caution on Thursday by moving away in his position at short-leg despite the skipper physically pushing him closer to the stumps.