Mount Maunganui [New Zealand], January 2 (ANI): Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Najmul Hossain Shanto starred with the bat as Bangladesh showed a terrific fightback against New Zealand on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test against New Zealand here at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Ajaz Patel became only the third bowler in Test history to take all ten wickets in a single innings in the Mumbai Test in early December. Making history, he was in news for his skill and techniques. Unfortunately, Ajaz Patel is not included in New Zealand’s 13-man squad for the two-Test series against Bangladesh. Rachin […]

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 6 (ANI): After India's win over New Zealand in the second Test here in Mumbai on Monday, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) posted a picture of Indian spinners Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja with Kiwi spinners Ajaz Patel and Rachin Ravindra posing in a unique way.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 5 (ANI): Indian all-rounder Axar Patel feels the hosts are in a good position to win the second Test, having taken five New Zealand's wickets in the second innings on Sunday.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI): New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has backed the Kiwis middle order to come good in the second Test against India despite a poor show in the opening game.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI): New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel on Wednesday said that the BlackCaps are pretty confident about playing against India in the second Test of the ongoing two-match Test series in Mumbai.

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 30 (ANI): New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra said he felt "big relief" when the Kiwis managed to survive by the barest of margins on the last day of the first Test against India.

The first Test between India and New Zealand ends in a draw at Kanpur after New Zealand finished at 165/9 in pursuit of 284. Overall, an enthralling test match, both the teams fought till the last ball, and eventually, the Kiwis earned a hard-fought draw. New Zealand’s last-wicket pair of Rachin Ravindra and Ajaz Patel, […]

Kanpur Nov 29 PTI India head coach Rahul Dravid on Monday commended his spinners for putting up a great show on quite an unresponsive fifth day track with outside edges not coming into play in the drawn first Test against New Zealand The Indians got nine New Zealand wickets but failed to dislodge the last pair of Rachin Ravindra and Ajaz Patel as the visitors managed a creditable draw after being down and out in the post-tea session We showed great composure and fighting spirit and worked really hard in that final session It was quite an unresponsive pitch on the fifth day and really good effort to have taken eight wickets after lunch three in that session and five in last session With a little bit of luck it would have gone our way I think guys really fought hard Dravid said after the match What surprised Dravid was the fact that the pitch lacked the bite one finds in this part of the world on the fifth day with minimal turn and almost no close-in fielders -- slips forward short leg silly-point or backward short-leg -- coming into the picture It was low and slow and probably it didnt have that much bounce or didnt have turn Probably you expect a little bit more wear and tear on fifth day in Indian conditions over the course of five days This didnt seem to have that kind of bite he added Dravid then spoke about his assessment in greater detail Generally in India on day five spinners can challenge both edges -- inside and outside You know you can beat people on the inside edge and get lbw But honestly in this game the outside edge was virtually ruled out he sounded a trifle disappointed Even till the last day none of the edges carried very few catches close to the bat I cant remember KS Bharat took a couple It sort of made it feel that there is only one way to get people out bowled or may be lbw probably two in last session In spite of that we were able to prise out nine wickets 8 on the last day but it was tough but we expected it to be tough in Kanpur I have played here and I know wickets can be tough he said He felt that with the winter setting in the cracks didnt open as it would have say in September or October Usually on day five you should get bit more help and cracks to widen up a little bit I dont know may be its winter and thats why cracks didnt open People like Tom Latham were able to play more than 400 balls across two innings before getting out and that was because defending wasnt as big a problem here said the coach It felt like if you wanted to block didnt want to score runs it got difficult to get people out and we saw that We have quality guys who were able to make a game out of this and otherwise it would have easily gone on to become a dull draw he was all praise for his spinners before signing off PTI KHS KHS AH AH

Kanpur Nov 29 PTI He has always been different from the rest and Indias new head coach Rahul Dravid proved it once again by giving Green Parks groundstaff led by Shiv Kumar Rs 35000 for preparing a sporting pitch for the first Test against New Zealand The Indian-born Ajaz Patel and Rachin Ravindra showed remarkable resilience under fading light and on a deteriorating track to defy Indias famous spinners and eke out a thrilling draw for New Zealand after an engrossing fifth and final day of the opening Test here on Monday We would like to make an official announcement Mr Rahul Dravid has paid Rs 35000 personally to our groundsmen the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association UPCA announced in the press box after the game During his time Dravid was known to play the game fair and square and things havent changed one bit even after so many years The tip was a token of appreciation for not dishing out an under-prepared track where the divot would explode and the match would end inside three days It was a proper pitch where batters who have applied themselves got runs such as Shreyas Iyer Shubman Gill Tom Latham and Will Young while pacers Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson tormented Indias top-order and the home team tweakers got 17 wickets Dravids appreciation means that the template going forward would be sporting wickets with a bit of everything rather than something diabolical PTI KHS AH AH