With this win, Australia have now gained a 12-2 lead in the series. The team had already secured the Ashes in the first T20I.
In reality, Ravindra Jadeja's ascension was a lot about CSK's second in command for years Suresh Raina losing form and being released by the franchise. It was more of a distress move with distinct lack of options.
Chopra threw a personal best 89.30m at last month's Paavo Nurmi Games before improving it to 89.94m at the Stockholm Diamond League.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will receive the Polly Umrigar Award from the BCCI for being India's best international cricketer of the year 2012-13.
KL Rahul is the likely first choice in white-ball cricket for the foreseeable future, feel three former India wicket-keepers.
Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad, off-spinner Ashish Kapoor and left-arm spinner Maninder Singh are some of the prominent names that are doing rounds for the national selectors post after the BCCI completed its interview process on Tuesday.
He did admit in a roundabout manner that he was putting too much pressure on himself earlier, which has changed since he scored 91 and 61 at Leeds and Oval at a decent clip.
'What is true khadoos? Stubborn? Dogged? Unyielding? Relentless? Or something in between that? Or all of it together?' 'Just like you can't translate it, you can't teach a kid to be khadoos either. You can only inculcate that attitude in him by sharing stories of all the khadoos-ness of past stalwarts.' 'For instance, the story of Sunil Gavaskar batting left handed to counter the left-arm spin of Raghuram Bhat and salvaging a draw in the 1981-1982 Ranji Trophy semi-finals...' Rahul Dravid on Cricket's Great Oral Tradition.
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SA's youngsters took time to adapt to situations
Tendulkar and his elder brother Ajit have time and again recalled how Achrekar would stand behind trees and watch Tendulkar bat to let him play freely.
A junior member of the Indian cricket team's support staff was accused of "inappropriate behaviour" by a female hotel employee in Antigua, an incident dismissed as a "case of mistaken identity" by the BCCI.
Aware that guiding an age-group outfit is vastly different from helming a ruthlessly result-oriented international outfit, India's new head coach Rahul Dravid wants to strike a fine balance between winning every game and building a team for the future.
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Nayan Mongia expresses his candid views on Haridk Pandya and also sheds light on Kohli's captaincy.
'The one thing that a cricketer aspires for is earning the respect of the dressing room and that respect is earned only when any player puts his hand up in adverse conditions and does his job for the team.'
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Former England captain Cook, 34, who retired from international cricket this year, was his country's most-capped Test player and record test run scorer.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will hold a shortened version of the Indian Premier League overseas every September, starting this year.
The 13th edition of the U-19 World Cup will be played among 16 teams, split into four groups.
Says he comfortable with opening the innings
India crushed arch-rivals Pakistan by 203 runs on Tuesday to set up a summit clash against Australia on February 3 at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand.
Whether the selector will have a vote in choosing the playing XI is still not clear.
'Today's result has changed them, not just people in our community but for entire India, it's an inspiration. For a girl of Muslim community to do so well, it gives others, not just our community, confidence that our girls can also do this.'
In a three-page letter, Justice Sen has admitted that even BCCI has cleared Kalra's recorded date of birth of January 15, 1999. The cricketer has also provided his CBSE class X certificate, copy of passport, pan card which corroborates the same.
Four-time champions India will back themselves to reach their third successive final at the U-19 World Cup when they face arch-rivals Pakistan in the semi-finals, in Potchefstroom, on Tuesday. Both teams go into the last four clash unbeaten. While India beat Australia in the quarter-finals, Pakistan outplayed Afghanistan.
Delhi Capitals' new skipper Rishabh Pant says walking out with Mahendra Singh Dhoni for toss in their IPL opener was a special moment for him, as the Chennai Super Kings talisman is his "go-to man".
Shimron Hetmyer said he looked up to the great Brian Lara and thanked his country's legends for backing youngsters like him.
The incident has been met with astonishment in Australia, with the protagonists -- Smith, his vice captain David Warner and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft -- lambasted in the media under headlines almost universally trumpeting the word "Shame".
DDCA official said that neither did Ponting speak to any of the groundsmen, nor was he promised a fast track.
The fastest man on earth Usain Bolt arrived at Bangalore International Airport to make his date with India on Tuesday as he features in a friendly cricket match with India's star players Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan.
Former India coach Anil Kumble is in the running for the Coach of the Year award in the inaugural edition of the Indian Sports Honours, instituted by the RP-SG Group in association with the foundation of skipper Virat Kohli.
From a life built on challenges and studded with victories, India's beloved chess champion, Vishwanathan Anand plucks out a few important lessons.
'Dhawan is a very strong contender while is miles ahead of his peers in terms of being an impact performer'
'Virat's career and captaincy are on auto-pilot mode right now.' 'He knows what he is doing and leads by example.'
"A rock-star, a match winner, a great junior and a very good friend of mine," Akhtar said on his YouTube channel.
'All my life, I have made expensive films. This time, I want to make the least expensive film ever made in Bollywood.' 'It's an honest attempt to climb Mount Everest without knowing if I will reach the peak.'
'Some of the recommendations, I feel is too much. Let us not take anything away from the BCCI.'
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