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Bairstow walked into the middle at 12* off 47 deliveries at the start of play on day three and started batting cautiously but an exchange of words with former India captain Virat Kohli on the pitch changed the complexion of the game. Bairstow was batting on 16* off 65 deliveries but that incident with Kohli charged up the right-handed batter and he started hitting fours and sixes. He first went on completing his fifty off just 81 deliveries and then went on to slam an imperious century off just 119 deliveries. The hundred of just 119 balls by Bairstow is the fastest any player has reached a hundred against India in Tests since January 2016. Bairstow smashed 14 fours and two maximums in his knock en route to his century and counter-attacked Indian bowlers. It was his innings which pushed the Indians on the back foot and helped the hosts go past the 200-run mark as they were 84 for 5 when the play started on day three. He struck a partnership of 66 runs with Ben Stokes for … [Read more...] about Jonny Bairstow was batting like Pujara, Virat Kohli’s sledging triggered him to play like Pant: Sehwag

England star Jonny Bairstow had started slow on Day 2 of the rescheduled 5th Test against India as the hosts went to Stumps at 84/5. On Day 3 too, he started cautiously, as Mohammed Shami zipped the ball around. This prompted Virat Kohli to have a go at him, with the two seen engaging in a feisty exchange. But Kohli's sledging seemed to spur Bairstow on more, as he switched gears and took the attack to the Indian bowlers and went on to score his third Test century in as many matches. Carrying on his form from the series against New Zealand, when he scored tons in the last two Tests, Bairstow brought up his century off just 119 deliveries. The swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batter hit 14 boundaries and two sixes as he helped take England to a score of 284, even as India took a 132-run first-innings lead. He was eventually dismissed by Shami, who had troubled him in the morning session, and rather poetically, it was Kohli who took the catch at first slip. Had it not been for … [Read more...] about Jonny Bairstow Replies To Virat Kohli Sledging With Scintillating Century | Cricket News

India will enter the upcoming limited overs series against England on a positive note, having beaten Northamptonshire by 10 runs after an impressive display by the bowlers in their second warm-up match on Sunday. India had earlier defeated Derbyshire by seven wickets. After Harshal Patel lifted India from a precarious position to 149 for eight with a 36-ball 54, the visiting bowlers fired in unison to bowl out the county side for 139 with three balls to spare. Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal and Harshal picked up two wickets apiece as Northamptonshire failed to overcome India's total. Earlier, asked to bat first, India were off to a disastrous start losing Sanju Samson in the very first delivery of the match, the successful bowler being skipper Joshua Cobb. One-down bat Rahul Tripathi, too, did not last long but more trouble awaited India as pacer Brandon Glover sent back Suryakumar Yadav to leave the visitors tottering at 8/3 in the third over. Glover two … [Read more...] about Harshal Patel Hits Fifty As India Beat Northamptonshire By 10 Runs In Tour Match | Cricket News

India vs England Test Win Prediction : After being sent in to bat first by England, India were in a lot of trouble, having lost half their side for not too many on board. India vice-captain Rishabh Pant played one of the best Test knocks in his career, bringing up his century in just 89 balls that helped India to get into a formidable position at the end of the first day’s play. The India wicket-keeper batter was ably supported by Ravindra Jadeja, who also scored a century that helped India reach a more than a competitive first innings score of 416. On 18 occasions when India have scored more than 400-runs in the first innings in the last eight years, they have won 15 out of those 18 Test matches and have drawn three. India have never lost a Test after scoring 400 in the first innings since 2014, which will hold them in good stead for the rest of the Test match against England. The Ben Stokes-led team found themselves in a spot of bother after losing their top-order for … [Read more...] about ENG vs IND Test: India Likely Not To Lose Edgbaston Test, Reveals Amazing Stat | Will Win Series After 15 Years In England

INDIA'S TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2022 by Cricbuzz Staff • Last updated on Share Tweet Bairstow's third centuy in as many Tests helped England avoid the follow-on. © Getty Jonny Bairstow set a slew of records getting to his third straight Test century but his thrill-a-minute 106 was not enough to deny India a substantial first-innings lead. The hosts were bowled out for 284 giving India a lead of 132 which they pushed to 169 for the loss of Shubman Gill by Tea on Day 3. That India bagged a 100-plus lead despite Bairstow's brilliance was another glowing testament to their pace attack that split the 10 wickets among itself. Mohammed Siraj was expensive but finished with a four-fer while Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami finished with three and two respectively. The session's story though was Bairstow, who through the course of his knock became the leading run-getter in Tests for the calendar year. More significantly, he became only … [Read more...] about India lose Gill early in their second innings