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  The Start of a New Era A test match where a team scored a combined of 835 runs in both innings including 5 individual centuries and a 5-fer .... one would think it would be an easy victory for that team but this was not the case for the Indian team in the 1st test vs England at Headingly . One could solely point out and blame any one of the three departments for the loss but according to me it was a collective failure of all 3 departments in some way or the other . The Batting Issues: The 1st innings for India included 3 centurions [Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant] which was a great sign for the team on Day 1 .... but things changed on Day 2 when India were cruising on 430-3 targeting a massive 600-650 total and suddenly they were bundled out for 471 with a collapse of 41-7 where apart from the centurions the next highest scorer was KL Rahul with his 42 . The other batters and bottom 6 barely contributed despite the likes of a Jadeja , a Shardul ...

THE WTC PREVIEW South Africa will face its haunting past and history and wants to overcome the tag of 'chokers' associated with it for the longest time... Australia will come to the battleground with immense confidence , pride , and honor. .. PRIDE of being CHAMPIONS , PRIDE OF HAVING DONE IT BEFORE , and the belief of passing the South African huddle once again like they have done before a few times . While South Africa's qualification is being termed by many as a fluke , citing their path to the finals as a tad easier than that of the other teams, one should not forget their 7-match winning streak , which is yet to be broken . Australia citing to become back-to-back WTC champions have also had an interesting and challenging road to the finals ... whether it was the Thrilling and controversial 2023 ASHES SERIES or the massive 2024-25 BGT . VENUE: WTC for the 1st time in its history comes to the HOME OF CRICKET: THE LORDS CRICKET GROUND . While Australia retur...