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India captain Virat Kohli has said that T Natarajan could compete for the T20 World Cup next year at home if the left-arm closer builds on his impressive start in Australia. On his first international tour, Natarajan stepped up with his slower yorkers and variations, in the absence of Jasprit …

Big picture India has a golden opportunity to claim a 3-0 series sweep in Australia without really hampering their preparation for the next test series. Neither Jasprit Bumrah nor Mohammed Shami were required in the series-clinching victory Sunday night with the India attack doing the job to back Australia after …

Australia will reconsider its plans for Test series preparation with the possibility of more team members playing in the pink ball warm-up game against the Indians at SCG following injuries and absences. The initial plan had been for most of the test team to join in Adelaide shortly after the …

Indian great hitter Sunil Gavaskar finds nothing wrong with Yuzvendra Chahal coming as a surrogate for concussion for Ravindra Jadeja, but said he doesn’t like the concept of covering up a technical disability. Chahal replaced Jadeja, who took a hit to the helmet in the first International T20 and made …

Big picture India is participating in this tour. Victory in the final ODI and opening T20I means there is a bit of spring in their wake as they return to Sydney for the last two white ball games before the focus shifts firmly to the test series, although as these …

By the time India begins their second T20I on Sunday, their test specialists will have played the first day of their three-day warm-up match against Australia A at Drummoyne Oval. It is not ideal that some of the players of all formats have to choose between the T20I and test …

The relentlessness of India’s attack is what lingers on Travis Head’s mind from his 2018 test series experience, as he prepares for the rematch that will begin by captaining Australia A, which has national captain Tim in its ranks. Paine, in the three days. match at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney …

Moisés Henriques has said Australia has no problem with Ravindra Jadeja being replaced for a concussion, but has questioned whether Yuzvendra Chahal was a similar replacement for him. A combination of Jadeja, the batsman, and Chahal, the bowler, knocked out Australia in a T20 international that they controlled for long …

Australia won the draw against India and chose the field Resplendent in an Aboriginal-patterned uniform, Australia’s captain Aaron Finch won the draw and chose to send India at bat in the first T20I of a three-game series at Manuka Oval in Canberra. Australia got Mitchell Starc back in shape to …

Big picture A very quick format change and one where there is a bit more urgency to get it right before next year’s T20 World Cup. According to the ICC rankings, this series is pitted from second to third, so it has the characteristics of good competition on surfaces that …