Ajinkya Rahane wants to take on the New Zealand pace battery with more intent in the second Test. He has a foolproof strategy, which includes countering the awkward angles which became a nightmare for Indian batsmen during the first Test at the Basin Reserve.
India's captain Ajinkya Rahane on Monday said the racial abuse faced by his teammates Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj during the third Test against Australia in Sydney is not at all acceptable and should not happen anywhere in the world.
The batsmen's inadequacies in adverse conditions were laid bare as India crashed to an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat against a ruthless New Zealand side that wrapped up the opening Test in just over three days, in Wellington, on Monday. Starting the day on 144 for four, India were all out for 191 in 81 overs in their second innings, a shade better after their dismal 165 in the first innings, which eventually proved decisive.
Central Zone's batsmen, led by Robin Bist, were guilty of poor shot selection as they finished on 237 for 7 against South Zone on Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy final, in Delhi, on Wednesday. Bist blew away a chance to register a hundred, getting out for 79 off 153 balls. His three-and-a-half hours' stay at the wicket was studded with 12 sweetly-timed boundaries and a six.
India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant says the hundred that he struck in the recently-concluded pink-ball warm-up game against Australia A was just the confidence-booster he needed ahead of the Test series against Australia, starting on December 17.
A summary of Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday
Sanjay Manjrekar said the team management should take the blame for selections which have backfired.
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India will look to make the most of their only warm-up game, beginning, in Sydney, on Wednesday against Cricket Australia XI.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 2nd Test played at Optus Stadium in Perth on Friday
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Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane will lead India in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, starting November 25, before regular skipper Virat Kohli returns to take charge from the second Test in Mumbai.
It was a dream come true moment for Tamil Nadu bowlers Thangarasu Natarajan and Washington Sundar as they made their Test debuts at the Gabba.
Labuschagne said Australia were expecting a little more help from the fifth day pitch but credited India for hanging on for a remarkable draw.
'They came out with an attitude that they had nothing to lose.' 'That's what stands out about this team.'
Both Avesh and Washington sustained their injuries while turning up for County XI in the first-class warm-up game against their own side. This was done after multiple players in the home team were ruled out either due to injury or because of COVID-19 isolation.
Following is a fact box on the second Test of the four-match series between Australia and India:
Shaw kept taking on the bowlers and ensured boundaries came in every over as he got into the 90s.
Not just the 40 points, India will also be eyeing a 3-0 whitewash in the Gandhi-Mandela series.
Virat Kohli's men ticked almost all the boxes during their 203-run win in the opening encounter in Visakhapatnam and they would like to maintain the same intensity in their bid to seal the series in Pune itself.
India opener Prithvi Shaw is likely to retain his place in the playing eleven for the second Test against New Zealand, starting Saturday, while Ravindra Jadeja may replace Ravichandran Ashwin.
A round-up of Day 4 of the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals on Friday.
Shubman Gill is expected to retain his place in India's Test squad after scoring an unbeaten 204 for the A team in the drawn four-day game against New Zealand A, in Christchurch, on Friday.
Ravichandran Ashwin termed India's first innings score as slightly below par on a "two-paced" Wanderers pitch, but added that it could be enough for their bowling arsenal to make a match of the second Test against South Africa.
West Indies all-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall said making Cheteshwar Pujara his first victim in his debut Test was a good feeling to have.
If India's net session on Wednesday is taken into consideration, Wriddhiman Saha is starting as the wicketkeeper ahead of Rishabh Pant for the series opener beginning on Friday.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis will miss the remainder of his side's limited overs tour to Sri Lanka after injuring his shoulder in Sunday's 78-run victory that clinched the one-day international series.
Australians survived a barrage of bouncers under lights from Indian pacers before the match ended in a draw at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Ajinkya Rahane will have his task cut out once he dons the captain's armband after Kohli returns to India following the opening Test.
A round-up of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday.
A summary of Ranji matches played on Tuesday.
India 'A' lead the series 1-0.
More than the runs scored, it is the manner of his dismissals that is causing frustration, considering that the Indian cricket establishment has invested heavily in the 21-year-old from Rourkee.
Axar Patel's heroics down the order went in vain as India A suffered a narrow five-run defeat to West Indies A in the fourth unofficial ODI of the five-match, in Coolidge, Antigua, on Friday.
The three-day practice game will give a chance for the players who are already in the West Indies to shift from limited overs to the five-day format.
England opener Alastair Cook's final Test innings came to a close when he was dismissed having scored a fairytale 147 against India in the fifth Test at the Oval on Monday.
Kohli's deputy Ajinkya Rahane will lead India in the final three Tests.
Sri Lanka Cricket denied reports that all-rounder Thisara Perera indulged in match-fixing during this year's Indian Premier League, saying that it has full faith in its players.
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