Pakistan strike bowler Shoaib Akhtar blamed a lack of pace support for him in the 1-0 Test series defeat in India and rejected former captain Imran Khan's criticism that he did not try hard enough.
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Bolstered by the comprehensive win in the series opener, an upbeat India will look to assert their supremacy over an inexperienced West Indies with yet another commanding show in the second cricket Test, starting in Kingston on Saturday. The 'Men In Blue' made a confident start to the 2016-17 season, recording India's biggest win outside the sub-continent when they thrashed the hosts by an innings and 92 runs in the opening cricket Test.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah says the team will play the next two Tests against Australia as scheduled, but the playing the triangular ODI series which also involves Sri Lanka hinges on Harbhajan Singh hearing.
Tamil Nadu opener Murali Vijay was handed his Test debut in the fourth and final Test against Australia. Harbhajan Singh, who missed the last match due to injury, made it back to the team.
Both India and England retained their teams that played the second Test at Trent Bridge.
In the 29 Tests played so far, the India won 10 and lost just six. More importantly, India won the last seven Tests played at the venue -- the most successive wins for India at any venue -- and last lost a Test at the Kotla 21 years ago, in 1987 to the West Indies.
Australia took a 48-run lead on the back of some solid batting by Matt Renshaw and Shawn Marsh on Sunday. Statistical highlights on day two of the second cricket Test between India and Australia, in Bengaluru.
Indian captain Virat Kohli says opposition hardly matters in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-finals and final even though an India-England final is what everybody seems to want.
The four-match series could be the last Test tour of Australia for batting greats Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly and Vangipurappu Laxman, as well as leg spinner Anil Kumble, and they are intent on clinching their country's first series win on the game's toughest terrain.
Indian cricket team hit the nets at Sabina Park on the Wednesday morning, hours after landing in Kingston, and followed a rigorous exercise to get used to the hot and humid conditions. The entire team put in some effort, with different batting and bowling sessions following the regular drill.
Factbox on the four-Test series between India and Australia, which starts at Pune on Thursday:
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