Yet if the Indian captain, who rode his luck to reach an extraordinary first-innings hundred, hangs around on Saturday morning, India will go on to what would be the best of their seven Test victories in England. India has the screaming crowds for limitedovers cricket, but few...
Virat Kohli’s childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma has said that the Indian captain’s first Test century in England was the result of a balance between skill and fitness.
England will doubtless be the happier of the two teams trundling off for tea, the hosts took three wickets – two for Ben Stokes and one more for Sam Curran – to leave India struggling to reach the hosts’ below-par first innings total of 285.
He looks strong, he looks fit and as long as that’s the case, I imagine he’ll carry on playing for a really long time. Virat Kohli’s impressive effort was surely the turning point in the game.
Karim Benzema struck late in the first-half to reduce the deficit and while Los Blancos were dominant in the second period, United managed to hold on for a morale-boosting win.
Jose Mourinho believes Alexis Sanchez’s on-pitch frustrations in Manchester United’s 4-1 friendly defeat to Liverpool was understandable given the quality of the players around him.
Britain’s Geraint Thomas fulfilled his childhood dream by winning the Tour de France Sunday (July 29) after the 21st and final stage won by Norway’s Alexander Kristoff.