Australian batter Steve Smith on Thursday said his bowlers reaped the benefits of relentlessly targeting the off stump.
India got off to a horror start in their practice match as youngsters Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal and Shubman Gill failed with the bat on Day 1 of the three-day game against New Zealand XI at Seddon Park, in Hamilton, on Friday. All the batsmen were dismissed by fast bowler Scott Kuggeleijn as India were reduced to 5/3 in the seventh over.
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'We will be quarantining for that much time.'
Australia were all out for 263 on Day 1 of the second Test at the Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi, February 17, 2023.
Saurashtra's middle-order batter Sheldon Jackson followed in senior teammate Cheteshwar Pujara's footsteps, completing his century on day two of their Ranji Trophy Group A tie against Rajasthan to guide the defending champions to a 300-plus total in Jaipur on Saturday.
India has lost three finals and on four occasion it bit dust at the semifinal stage. It also made an exit at the preliminary stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup.
'I cannot say in one line what Rahul bhai means to me. He has always been an inspiration, and will remain one'
Openers Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill fell for ducks as India 'A' batsmen struggled on the opening day of their three-day practice match against Australia 'A' at the Drummoyne Oval, in Sydney, on Sunday.
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Shivam Dube carried his rich recent form into domestic circuit cracking a rapid fifty but Shreyas Gopal's four-wicket haul ensured that Mumbai were bowled out for 251
Indian women cricketers took to social media to laud the Board of Control for Cricket in India for introducing equal match fees for both men's and women's cricketers in a huge step to introduce pay equity in the sport.
Rajput said that India will miss pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at home, if he is ruled out of the event through injury.
The stage will also be set for Virat Kohli to score his first Test hundred since November 2019.
Pacer Navdeep Saini and uncapped Saurabh Kumar were named as replacements for injured Mohammad Shami and Ravindra Jadeja.
Shubman Gill, who scored his maiden Test century at home in the ongoing fourth and final Test, said he was determined not play a loose shot.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar blew away Bengal top-order in an incredible five-wicket haul
South Zone pacers were brilliantly bellicose while reducing West Zone to 129 for 7
India will need to be ruthless and tactful in equal measure while dealing with an unpredictable England when the third chapter of a riveting Test series begins in Rajkot on Thursday.
Steve Smith has no ambition to be Australia's full-time captain again, the 33-year-old said after leading the team to a nine-wicket victory in the third Test against India.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting was critical of Pujara's strike rate during the third Test in Sydney but the Test specialist was unmoved.
With the pitch a spinner's paradise, Nathan Lyon stood up and rallied his team back into contention.
Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma and Shardul Thakur in the nets.
Rizwan said advice from Pujara helped him
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Gavaskar said Indian batters erred persistently around their personal landmarks, citing a pattern.
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Central Zone bowlers led by captain Shivam Mavi (4/43) silenced the big guns in the West Zone batting line-up to restrict them to 216 for 8.
Regular match practice, something Cheteshwar Pujara was not able to get due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is the reason for the India batter's consistent run in the English County Championship, reckons his father and coach Arvind Pujara.
Mohit Avasthi ran through the Bengal batting lineup, grabbing seven wickets for 52 runs as Mumbai stormed to an innings and four-run win with a bonus point in their Ranji Trophy Group B match in Kolkata on Sunday.
The Indian team, set to play the second Test against Australia from Friday, had to switch hotels in New Delhi.
The Indian Test cricket specialists posted pictures of them on 'daddy duty' as they took their children for a stroll around Sydney.
Dravid is now overseeing the transition phase as a head coach, sometthing he was part of when he along with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly passed the baton to MS Dhoni.
India internationals Shardul Thakur and Shivam Dube starred with the ball and the bat respectively as 41-time champions Mumbai took an upperhand over Assam on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match in Mumbai on Friday.
Cheteshwar Pujara is set to play his 100th Test match when India take on Australia for the 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
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Veteran England pacer James Anderson on Thursday equalled Indian spin legend Anil Kumble's tally of 619 Test wickets during the ongoing first Test against India in Nottingham.
There will certainly be some distinct home advantage for Australia along with the experience of playing more Day/Night Tests.
