After being pushed against the wall after a humiliating loss in the series opener, the Indian team rebounded and dominated the opening day of the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday. Substitute captain Ajinkya Rahane lost the draw, but Indian bowlers were in song all day …
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A resilient India rallied from its embarrassing early test exploits to take Australia out by just 195 and take control of a riveting second test opening day in Melbourne on Saturday. After their horror show in Adelaide last week, where they lost by eight wickets and were hit for 36 …
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MELBOURNE: Jasprit bumrahThe threat was equaled by Ravichandran Ashwin’s cunning as an inspired India led by Ajinkya rahane he shot Australia for a sub-par 195 to dominate the opening day of the second round here on Saturday. SCOREKEEPER | HIGHLIGHT | CALENDARIndia then lost a Mayank Agarwal (0) out of …
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Ravindra Jadeja held on to a good catch despite colliding with Shubman Gill.© Twitter Ravindra Jadeja avoided “disaster” when he made a good catch at Ravichandran Ashwin’s bowling alley to send Matthew Wade back to the pavilion in the second test match underway on Saturday. Ashwin, at 13, beat Wade …
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It was just a couple of sentences from Ravichandran Ashwin, but they were enough to describe Mohammed Siraj’s journey. Ashwin acknowledged that Siraj had gone through the ‘routines’ of national and India A cricket and has ‘earned’ his right to play for India as he handed over the test cap …
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IND vs AUS Live: Ravichandran Ashwin has represented two wickets at MCG.© Twitter Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head are the hitters in the fold, following the layoffs of Matthew Wade and Steve Smith. Australia opted to bat against India on Day 1 of the second Test Match, at the Melbourne …
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Wasim Jaffer came up with another witty message after India named their player XI for the second Australian test, but without one of the two players Jaffer had been supporting. While Shubman Gill received a Test debut, fellow hitter KL Rahul found no place on the side. Jaffer, who had …
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Why five bowlers? Why not KL Rahul? Was it necessary to leave Wriddhiman Saha? Who will hit at number 4? Questions were plentiful as Twitter was inundated with mixed reactions as India played XI for the Boxing Day test against Australia, starting on Saturday. After losing the opening round of …
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India on Friday named their player XI for the second Test against Australia from December 26 with test debuts handed over to Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj. Gill comes in for Prithvi Shaw and is likely to open up the batting as Siraj replaces the injured Mohammed Shami. Rishabh Pant …
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NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Saint Stephen’s day test in Melbourne, Team India on Friday announced Game XI which saw the highly anticipated inclusion of Shubman gill but it also saw the surprise exclusion of KL Rahul. Gill, 21, will make his Test debut and replaced Prithvi Shaw, who scored …
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