Steven Smith has defied India’s pacing attack to throw the short pins during the test series, believing that if they focus on hitting him with the ball, it will work in Australia’s favor. In Australia’s most recent Test series, against New Zealand in the 2019-2020 season, Neil Wagner produced a …
Read More »Australia coach Justin Langer hints Joe Burns will retain top spot ahead of Will Pucovski
Justin Langer has given the strongest indication yet that Joe Burns will retain his spot at the top of Australia’s batting order for the first Test against India and the final decision will be made after the first of Australia’s matches. next month. Both Burns and Will Pucovski, who has …
Read More »Aus vs Ind: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly says Rohit Sharma is still ‘70% fit ‘
Rohit Sharma may have returned to action and played three straight games for the Mumbai Indians as they marched to a record fifth IPL title earlier this week, but he’s still “70 percent” fit, according to the president of the BCCI, Sourav. Ganguly. “Rohit is still 70% [fit]”Ganguly said in …
Read More »Aus vs Ind – Justin Langer full of ‘respect’ for Virat Kohli’s decision to take paternity leave
“Of course it will have an impact,” Australia coach Justin Langer said when asked about Virat Kohli’s return home after the first test in Australia later this year for the birth of their first child. Using a parallel from Australian football, Langer compared Kohli’s absence to “taking Dustin Martin out …
Read More »Australia vs India 2020-21: Indians land in Sydney and go into quarantine
The Indian team landed in Australia on Thursday for a two-month tour comprising three ODI, three T20I and four Tests. Most of the players have flown directly from the UAE, where the recently concluded IPL took place. Some of them, such as Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, have …
Read More »Rohit Sharma will not join team from India in Australia until test series
Rohit Sharma will not be part of the Indian contingent flying from Dubai to Sydney on Wednesday for the Australia tour. Sharma, who led the Mumbai Indians to their fifth IPL title on Tuesday, will return home to fully recover from the hamstring injury he sustained during the IPL. The …
Read More »Australia vs India – Virat Kohli to play only one test against Australia, Rohit Sharma added to squad
Virat Kohli has been granted paternity leave by BCCI and he will return home after the first test of the Australia tour, to be played in Adelaide from 17 December. It is not yet clear if the Indian captain will be able to return for the rest of the Trials …
Read More »Rohit Sharma is not in the India team, but can play again in the IPL
Rohit Sharma’s omission from the Indian teams for all three formats on their Australian tour next month has raised questions about his involvement in the remainder of this IPL season. At the same time, however, it does not imply that the door is closed to your performance at some point …
Read More »Rohit Sharma is not in the India team, but can play again in the IPL
Rohit Sharma’s omission from the Indian teams for all three formats on their Australian tour next month has raised questions about his involvement in the remainder of this IPL season. At the same time, however, it does not imply that the door is closed to your performance at some point …
Read More »Rishabh Pant omitted from the Indian white ball teams, Varun Chakravarthy from the T20I team
Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has been omitted from the India ODI and T20I teams for the upcoming Australian tour. Rohit Sharma, India’s vice white ball captain, who is currently recovering from a hamstring injury at IPL in the UAE, is also not part of both teams. The mysterious spinner from Tamil …
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