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Pietersen’s words come after the third Test ended within two days and with it equalled the record of the shortest Test match.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar took to the micro blogging website to congratulate the Indian team.
Thursday’s win gave India a 2-1 lead and they will look forward to continuing that momentum when they clash in the fourth and final Test at the same venue.
The high spirits were also reflected in the post-match events where skipper Virat Kohli crashed an interview of the man of the moment, Axar Patel.
Yousuf Pathan was one of the most destructive batsman of his time who represented India in 57 ODIs and 22 T20Is between 2007 and 2012. He scored 810 runs in 41 ODI innings while also chipping in with 33 wickets at an economy rate of 5.49.
Suryakumar Yadav opened up on his selection to the Indian T20I squad, saying he's looking forward to playing under Virat Kohli. Suryakumar, who was ignored for the tour of Australia, got his chance when he was named in the squad for the T20Is against England at home.
England have lost their batting rhythm after playing on two difficult surfaces and looked like "startled rabbits" in the second innings of the third Test against India, according to former skipper Nasser Hussain.
The BCCI is looking at four to five venues for conducting the next edition of the Indian Premier League with Mumbai as a single host not looking feasible anymore following a surge in COVID-19 cases in and around the city.
The Motera Pink Ball Test was the seventh shortest completed match (in terms of balls bowled) in the history of Test cricket. The match got over in 842 deliveries making it the shortest Test India has ever participated in and in Asia.
Former India and Baroda batsman Yusuf Pathan has announced his retirement from all forms of the game.
Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin expressed disappointment that batsmen struggled in the third Test between India and England in Ahmedabad, which got over inside two days with India winning by 10 wickets
Former India pacer and Karnataka legend Vinay Kumar announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket on Thursday. The 37-year-old has played 1 Test, 31 ODIs and 9 T20Is for India apart from 139 first-class matches where he has picked up 504 wickets.
Rohit Sharma is the only batsman to have scored, not one, not two but three double tons in one-day internationals.
Umpire Aleem Dar, who was at the bowler’s end in the culminating over, didn’t agree for the LBW appeal by the Kings.
Sehwag’s comments come after Root bagged his career best bowling figures in the pink-ball Test.
Axar Patel was the hero for India with the ball in what was perhaps their biggest Test at home in recent years. He has already picked 18 wickets in his first two Tests at a stunning average of 9.44 and strike rate of 25.8 - this is as good a start as any bowler has had in Test cricket history!
For any player, especially one who is an over-thinker and achiever such as Ravichandran Ashwin, confidence is a key factor.
Ravindra Jadeja has had little competition for his spot as India's preferred spin all-rounder over the last seven years but that may have changed following Axar Patel's match-winning display in the third test against England in Ahmedabad.
Chris Morris said on Thursday he wants to follow in his father's footsteps by playing for the South African province that dad Willie represented for 12 seasons.
On This Day in 1993, the great Australian captain Allan Border overtook the Little Master from India, Sunil Gavaskar to become the highest scorer in Test cricket history.
Several former players said that the spin-friendly Motera pitch was not ideal for Test cricket, an opinion that was not shared by the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.
England skipper Joe Root on Thursday said it is up to the ICC, and not the players, to decide whether the "difficult" Motera pitch is suitable for Test cricket.
The day-night, pink ball Test at Ahmedabad’s new Narendra Modi Stadium was sensational for its brevity: it ended within two days, the entire match lasting just 140.2 overs.