2:47 pm IST Saurabh somani Close Saurabh Somani is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Big picture The home team wins the first ODI of a three-game series, in Sydney. Both India and Australia have been here before, in fact the last time they played a bilateral series in Australia. On that …
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India captain Virat Kohli has questioned the ICC for altering the points system of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC), saying the change is “confusing” and the governing body has a lot to explain. India fell to second place in the WTC standings after the ICC decided last week to …
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T Natarajan, the left-arm closer for Tamil Nadu and Sunrisers Hyderabad, has been added to India’s ODI squad, just hours before the series opener, as a cover for Navdeep Saini. According to a BCCI press release, Saini had complained of “back spasm”. Natarajan wasn’t on either of the white-ball teams …
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Hours after India captain Virat Kohli revealed that team management was confused by the absence of both Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma in Australia, the BCCI issued a press release at midnight Thursday, stating that the Batter still remains in dispute, but Seamer has been ruled. of the four-game test …
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India will look to play against the youngest members of its team during the Australian tour, said its captain, Virat Kohli, on the eve of the first ODI. India will play three ODI, three T20I and four Tests in a tour that runs until January 19. Also included in that …
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Big picture The SCG. Australia and New Zealand played an ODI here in March, in eerie silence. It would be the last international action in four months. Cricket has been back for a while, but the silence hasn’t gone away. On Friday, however, we were able to witness something close …
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Aaron Finch is eager to get out. More or less, his final commitment after two weeks of quarantine in a hotel in Sydney after the IPL is to anticipate Australia’s ODI series against India via Zoom, the only means by which he has been able to plan the contest with …
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Rohit Sharma is the most successful IPL captain in history, with five trophies to his name. Anyone who follows his captaincy closely – outsiders like me and players who play with him – claims that he is tactically astute and that there are few who read the game better than …
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Most of the leading Indian cricketers were playing in the IPL until the other day, but KL Rahul, the vice captain of the national white ball teams, is clear that it will be “a new beginning” for them in Australia when the exchanges take place. . start with ODI on …
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Now that we know for a fact that Rohit Sharma is still about two weeks away from rehab to be “70-80% ready” for test cricket, questions will arise about the BCCI’s handling of the injury. Aside from the obvious problem of a virtually absent communications wing, of course. A quick …
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