Skipper Yash Dhull was all praise for his boys after India romped into the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup, saying the team stuck together to tide over a tumultuous phase following multiple COVID positive cases in the squad.
Factbox on the four-Test series between India and Australia, which starts at Pune on Thursday:
The first couple of Indian cricket made a kind gesture towards bowlers of the Indian cricket team, it was revealed on Tuesday.
Shubman Gill will be presented with Cricketer of the Year award.
India will take on four-time winners Australia, who defeated South Africa by five runs in what was also a rain-hit semi-final, curtailed to 13 overs after Australia's innings.
Can the same Indian team beat Australia away from home? Look what Michael Kasprowicz said.
Mohammed Shami, who is among the best in the business, might just have to keep warming the bench.
Former India pacer Rudra Pratap Singh believes the defending champions have found form at the right time and sent out a warning to other teams in the ICC World Cup.
Even though the score is below-par against Southern Stars, Vastrakar's clean hits at least gave them something to fight for.
The first Women's Cricket World Cup was held in England in 1973, two years before the first men's world cup in 1975.
Franchise is the future but Australia rule the here and now
Australia will struggle on their tour of India where they will play four tests against the world's top-ranked side in spin-friendly conditions, former captain Ricky Ponting has predicted.
In Agartala, the Group A match between Mumbai and Tripura ended in a draw with the reigning champions earning three points by virtue of the first-innings lead.
Cummins said Australia's triumph had made him fall in love with 50-over cricket again even as questions about the future of the format linger.
Marsh defends controversial act of resting feet on World Cup trophy
Mohammed Shami's unbeaten half century at Lord's gave India a "false sense of security about their tail" and they cannot have "four rabbits from 8-11", said former England captain Michael Vaughan after the visitors suffered an innings defeat in the third Test.
India made two changes to their side with opener Virender Sehwag recalled for Praveen Kumar and S Sreesanth replacing Munaf Patel.
Australia regained the prestigious ICC Test mace and also won a cash award of $1million after beating New Zealand in the Christchurch Test by seven wickets and winning the series 2-0 on Wednesday. Australia finished two points ahead of India with 112 points in the final series before the April 1 cut-off date.
'India is known for its guru shishya parampara and the Guru always gets more.'
The Indian cricketers will start their outdoor training sessions in Chennai on Monday after successfully completing their six-day quarantine period during which they cleared three COVID-19 tests.
England captain Andrew Flintoff has ruled out another shirtless celebration if his team beats Australia in Saturday's must-win Champions Trophy game.
Images from Day 5 in the second Test between India and Australia in Bangalore.
'It is the ability to fight back.' 'Obviously, you need skill to win a game of cricket, but the biggest thing is the resilience and the conviction to bounce back and the conviction to go and win abroad or anywhere.' 'I think that conviction is what stands out.'
The Australian team spoke about the challenges of playing in India.
'When you win a series like this, you are high on confidence and it is all about taking that confidence there. We have to keep repeating the performances. It is a never-ending story'
Beating India in their own backyard is the ultimate challenge and the boys are up for the knockout battle against the hosts in the ICC World Twenty20, in Mohali, on Sunday, said Australian all-rounder Shane Watson.
With a fourth crown, India also surpassed Australia in the race of most U-19 World Cup titles. Prior to the final, India and Australia were locked at three titles each.
India's men's hockey team chief coach Graham Reid has told his players to keep their emotions in check and avoid cards against a strong opponent like Belgium in the Tokyo Olympics semi-finals on Tuesday.
Uday Saharan's India won hearts and held out promise of a bright future for the Fab 15.
Pat Cummins wants to experience that awesome feeling of leading a great bunch of blokes
Waugh spoke in reference to India coach Ravi Shastri's comments that this is "the best Indian side in the last 15 years".
'Whichever team is able to adjust and adapt to the conditions, the pitch will win the match.'
In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from Kashmir to Kerala and Mizoram to Maharashtra, explains Shreekant Sambrani.
Rohit also shared his memory of playing against the legendary Shane Warne in the IPL.
Virat Kohli struck a record 50th hundred and fast bowler Mohammed Shami's seven-wicket haul proved equally crucial as India overpowered New Zealand by 70 runs.
Indian cricket fans celebrate historic win over Australia on Tuesday.
'I didn't like that most of the teams have opted for foreign players as captains because it's an Indian league'
Former captain Rahul Dravid is confident that the Indian team under Virat Kohli will 'peak during next few months' as they go into the World Cup in England as one of the tournament favourites.
India went down fighting 1-3 to Australia via the penalty shoot-out in the final of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament, in Breda, the Netherlands, on Sunday.
Need to maintain energy to secure maiden Test win over Australia, says Harmanpreet Kaur
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