The top story: India beat New Zealand by 321 runs

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin were at the forefront of India’s 321-run conquest of New Zealand in the third Test at Indore on Tuesday. After bowling the Kiwis out for 299, India went on to make 216/3 in their second innings on the back of a brilliant unbeaten 101 by Pujara and valiant 50 by Gautam Gambhir.

And in the second innings, Ashwin once again went about doing his business to secure yet another win for India and again bagged the Man of the Match and Man of the Series awards. India needed only 44.5 overs to win the third Test with Ashwin picking up seven wickets in the innings, making it 13 for the match and 27 for the series.

New Zealand will hope to refocus and comeback stronger in the One Day International series starting on October 16 at Dharamsala.

Other top stories

  1. The English Cricket Board (ECB) declined a request from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to include a reserve day for the third ODI at Chittagong, a spokesman told ESPNCricinfo. The weather conditions which are threatening a washout of the series decider was the reason behind the request. ECB did consider the request, but the tight security and planning seems to be reason behind declining the request. England and Bangladesh will play the final match on Wednesday.
  2. With South Africa leading the five-match series 4-0, the Proteas will look to complete the whitewash in the fifth ODl against Australia at Cape Town on Wednesday. 
  3. Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was appointed as the new head coach for the country. Streak will take over from Dav Whatmore, who was sacked in June. Streak has to ensure that Zimbabwe qualify for the 2019 World Cup, and will be allowed to continue in his role as bowling coach for the Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League.
  4. The Bangladesh team management have told Sabbir Rahman that he faces the danger of being suspended after he accumulated three demerit points under the International Cricket Council's updated code of conduct. He has been punished twice in the space of two weeks since the new system is on three points and will be on the watch list for the next two years.
  5. The Pakistan Cricket Board will express its displeasure at Board of Control for Cricket in India chief Anurag Thakur's comments on relations between the two countries at the International Cricket Council's executive board meeting in Cape Town. Former PCB chairman Najam Sethi promised to censure BCCI officials and also questioned if it was Thakur, the politician or the cricket administrator, who had lashed out at Pakistan.
  6. India captain Virat Kohli was presented with the ICC Test Championship mace for leading his team to the top of the Test Team Rankings. India was guaranteed number-one spot after it took a 2-0 lead in Kolkata. “It’s an honour and a moment of great pride to receive the ICC Test Championship mace. To be recognised as the best in the traditional form of the game is as good as it gets for any team and stuff that dreams are made of,” Kohli said.