Punjab Kings batters to face different challenge against Gujarat Titans
India beat England by nine wickets in the opening Test in Motera on Monday to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
A beaming father Chandrapal, said that the son told his mom that he was confident of stopping the legendary MSD on his tracks.
Having aired his view that the Ferozeshah Kotla track was unsuitable for international matches, star Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Friday said the Motera pitch in Ahmedabad is not ideal for Test cricket either.
Rahul Dravid and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni cracked sparkling centuries as India staged a remarkable recovery after a dramatic top-order collapse on the opening day of the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka at Motera on Monday.
Probably the pitch is playing on Australians' mind before the big match.
She added that light rains are also expected in Banaskantha and Sabarkantha districts on October 16, adding that the possibility of light rains at a few places in Ahmedabad cannot be ruled out for that day also.
South Africa won the third and final one-dayer at Motera on Saturday to reduce India's series-winning margin to 2-1.
The report also claimed that if India make the final in Ahmedabad, a slow pitch is expected at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera.
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Rohit Sharma achieved another significant milestone in his already impressive career by becoming the first Indian batsman to hit 300 sixes in One-day Internationals. In doing so, he joined an elite club alongside Chris Gayle (331 sixes) and Shahid Afridi (351 sixes) as one of the few to have hit more than 300 maximums in ODIs.
The disgrace is compounded by the fact that the 81-year-old self-styled godman is already serving a life sentence in a Jodhpur jail for raping a minor girl at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to farmers and other stakeholders associated with the cooperative sector to make GCMMF, which owns the 'Amul' brand, the world's number one dairy company from its current eighth position. He was addressing nearly one lakh people, mostly cattle rearers and farmers, gathered at the Narendra Modi stadium in Motera area of Ahmedabad for the golden jubilee celebration of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).
Tillakaratne Dilshan produced a scintillating century as Sri Lanka put up a spirited batting display to leave the first Test against India evenly poised at the end of the second day at Motera on Tuesday.
Yuzvendra Chahal might be despondent after the selectors snubbed him for the T20I series against Australia, but the leg-spinner channelised his angst positively with a six-wicket burst against Uttarakhand.
After stumps on Day 1, the England captain Joe Root and coach Chris Silverwood spoke to the match referee calling for 'consistency in the process'.
Raina hailed Australia's mentality and talked about how their mindset makes them a tough opposition to face, especially in the final.
The legendary Sunil Gavaskar dismissed conspiracy theories around the pitch for the World Cup semi-final between India and New Zealand, asking the "morons" to shut up and stop taking potshots at the hosts.
On Monday, Chaturvedi became the first quadruple centurion in the Cooch Behar Trophy final as his knock earned Karnataka their maiden title in the U19 tournament.
Rohit Sharma feels track will be slowish one
With Ajinkya Rahane making a comeback, Wriddhiman Saha brushed aside questions on his chances of a India comeback, stating his only focus is doing well for Gujarat Titans.
Images from the ICC Men's ODI World Cup match between India and Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday, October 14.
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Not scoring quickly certainly became India's undoing.
Police heads of various units across Gujarat have been instructed to be on "alert mode" and keep a close watch on anti-social elements as well as sensitive areas to avoid any untoward incident.
Travelling from airport to Navrangpura, at the heart of the city and then to Motera at the other corner, not for once did it feel like there is a marquee cricket match being hosted in the city, tickets of which are already sold out.
Gujarat Cricket Association creates half-a-dozen mini-ICUs for spectators in case of medical emergency
Who knows the world record equalling 49th hundred might just happen at the same venue where it all started.
India spinner Kuldeep Yadav believes that he was able to create confusion in the minds of Pakistan's batters because they went for high-risk sweep shots despite failing to read his hand during the marquee World Cup clash in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
'The skipper is 100 per cent playing. I don't know about any other development'
Mohammed Shami will be needed on a dry Motera surface, which might be conducive for reverse swing.
Rohit Sharma is not averse to playing three spinners against Pakistan on a huge Motera ground with big square boundaries.
India need a draw in the final Test, also in Ahmedabad from March 4, to reach the WTC final against New Zealand.
PCB chairman Najam Sethi has informed ICC that Pakistan will not play at the Narendra Modi Stadium unless it's a WC knockout game.
Travis Head smashed a brilliant 137 as Australia cruised to their sixth World title after outclassing India by six wickets in the final on Sunday.
It is very difficult not to respect Mohmmed Shami for his mastery over his craft.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat from Wednesday, during which they will watch the first day of the fourth Test match between the two countries at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on March 9, officials said.
Usman Khawaja hit an unbeaten century to give Australia the upper hand on Day 1 of the fourth and final Test against India in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
India's batting megastars will be desperate to clear the cobwebs from their head in pursuit of a second successive World Test Championship final berth as they take on Australia in the series-deciding fourth Test in Ahmedabad from Thursday.
India-England will lock horns in a pink-ball Test, beginning February 24 at the Motera Stadium.
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