CAB felicitates Manoj Tiwari with golden bat as he bids cricket goodbye

IANS | February 18, 2024 9:12 PM

Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Sunday felicitated Bengal captain Manoj Tiwari for piling up a stupendous 10,000-plus runs in First-class cricket on a day when he retired from all forms of cricket. Tiwari was presented with a golden bat and ball memento by CAB President Snehasish Ganguly as the majestic Eden Gardens bid adieu to one of its favourite sons.

3rd Test: Ben Stokes defends England's tactics; says they will continue to push the scoring

IANS | February 18, 2024 8:06 PM

Rajkot, Feb 18 (IANS) His team may be facing a lot of criticism over their all-out aggressive tactics of 'Bazball' during their 434-run defeat to India in the third Test, but England skipper Ben Stokes defended his team for pushing for runs despite the prevailing situation. With Ben Duckett going great guns, England were cruising at 224/3 in their first innings before losing wickets at regular intervals as they were all out for 319, conceding a lead of 126 runs to India, who posted 445 in their first innings.

3rd Test: I'm just trying that whenever I'm set, make it big, says Yashasvi Jaiswal on unbeaten 214

IANS | February 18, 2024 7:21 PM

Rajkot, Feb 18 (IANS) The scintillating start that Yashasvi Jaiswal got off to in his Test career reached a crescendo when he made an unbeaten 214 in India’s 434-run win over England at Rajkot, registering back-to-back double centuries. In seven Tests, Jaiswal has now made 861 runs at an average of 71.75, including three hundreds, all of which have been converted to 150-plus scores. Jaiswal retired hurt on 104 due to back cramps on Day Three.