• Yuvraj Singh

    Yuvraj Singh's desire to establish himself as a Test cricketer has hit another roadblock.

    Yuvraj Singh’s stop-start Test career has hit another roadblock after he was dropped from India’s squad for the third and final match of the series against West Indies. Rohit Sharma, who has been in good form for Mumbai in the early part of the Ranji Trophy season, has replaced Yuvraj in the squad.

    Yuvraj’s scores in the Test series against West Indies read 23, 18 and 25 for an aggregate of 66 runs at an average of 22, which is by far the lowest among India’s batsmen. Yuvraj has been troubled by the West Indies bowling attack and his weakness and inability to face the fast bowlers thanks to weaknesses in his technique were again ruthlessly exploited and exposed, more so in the second Test at Kolkata.

    This has been the story of Yuvraj’s Test career where he has routinely struggled against quality seam and spin bowling. Yuvraj has played only 37 Test matches for India since he made his debut in

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  • (During the course of the second Test between India and the West Indies at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata we'll post live updates, analysis, reader comments and reactions. Please hit F5 periodically for new posts.)

    2:00 pm: India have wrapped up the Test and the series, Umesh Yadav picking up the last two wickets. VVS Laxman is Man of the Match for his 176 not out - another award at the Eden Gardens for the middle-order batsman.

    1:15 pm: Darren Bravo's wicket has opened up the floodgates. It was looking like a completely different game when Bravo and Samuels had their partnership going, but after Bravo was dismissed wickets have fallen in a heap. Off-spinner Aswhin has also come to the party, not willing to be outdone by Ojha.

    1:00 pm: The Pragyan Ojha - Rahul Dravid combination has managed to turn around things for the Indians. It looked like the game was heading into the 5th day, but two tossed up deliveries from Ojha went towards the man with the most catches in Test cricket. Dravid

    Read More »from Day 4 at Eden Gardens
  • (During the course of the second Test between India and the West Indies at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata we'll post live updates, analysis, reader comments and reactions. Please hit F5 periodically for new posts.)

    If the task for West Indies wasn’t hard enough as it was after India had declared their first innings at a mammoth 631-7, the newly wed Ashwin has got rid of the hosts’ nemesis S Chanderpaul and the Caribbean team has it all to do. Time for the young and talented Darren Bravo to step up to the plate.

    9.44am: West Indies appear to be headed for a follow-on after a good length ball from Umesh Yadav uproots Darren Bravo's off stump. West Indies in a heap of trouble here. India's bowlers on top.

    9.55am: Umesh Yadav, take a bow! I am not his biggest fan and feel Varun Aaron should play ahead of the Vidarbha pacer. That being said, Yadav has just bowled a beauty and got Marlon Samuels to play down the wrong line. The result ... off and middle stump were uprooted. Terrific delivery

    Read More »from India vs West Indies: 2nd Test, Day 3

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