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‘Prepare turning track at your own peril’: Alyssa Healy says the ploy will backfire for India

New Australia women’s cricket captain Alyssa Healy has warned India for preparing a spin-friendly track during their upcoming multi-series tour in India. Australia will play one Test, three T20Is and as many ODIs in the tour. Healy said preparing the rank turners might backfire for India as Asutralia have a really good spin attack. “I’m actually really intrigued to see what sort of wickets they prepare,” Healy told reporters. “I think we’ve got a really, really good spin attack, so do that at your own peril. “Don’t get me wrong, the Indians have got a strong spin attack as well, but we’ve got some of the best leg-spinners in the world. We’ve got Ash Gardner, who took nine wickets on English soil with the ball in hand, so prepare spinning wickets at your own demise. “It will be intere...
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T20 series win is something to give fans to cheer about after disappointing World Cup loss in final, says Ruturaj Gaikwad

Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad in action during the third T20 international against Australia. | Photo Credit: PTI Dashing opener Ruturaj Gaikwad said India's "fearless and aggressive" approach helped them secure the five-match T20I series against Australia and hoped the triumph would give fans something to cheer about after India's heartbreaking loss in the ODI World Cup final.India on December 1 defeated Australia by 20 runs in the fourth T20I to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. "I think this is something to be happy for everyone after the disappointing loss in the final of the World Cup," Gaikwad, who scored 28-ball 32 to help India post 174 for nine, said. "I think it was important for all of us to express ourselves and enjoy the game. I think everyone pretty much to...
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IND vs AUS first T20I | India wins toss; opts to bowl against Australia

Captain Suryakumar Yadav with his Australian counterpart Mathew Wade | Photo Credit: Shahbaz Khan India skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bowl against Australia in the first T20I of the five-match series in Visakhapatnam on November 23. India are playing two spinners in Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi, leaving out Washington Sundar. Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar and Prasidh Krishna form their three-pronged pace attack. Australia skipper Matthew Wade has rested Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa and Travis Head, who were part of the ODI World Cup-winning side.Teams: India: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan(wk), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna. Australia: Matthew Short, Steven Smith,...
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India vs Australia first ODI | Mohammed Shami shows his class as India restricts Australia

Mohammed Shami celebrates after taking a wicket during the first ODI against Australia in Mohali on September 22, 2023. Shami took his second five-wicket haul in ODIs. | Photo Credit: ANI Mohammed Shami displayed his artistry with impressive figures of 5 for 51, reminding all and sundry of his skills while helping India restrict Australia to 276 in the first ODI in Mohali on September 22.Shami, who doesn't seem to feature in India's first XI plans for the World Cup, literally made a statement with his second five-wicket haul in ODIs. His performance also put tremendous pressure on the weakest link among pacers Shardul Thakur (0/78 in 10 overs), who has been selected in the 15, primarily due to his batting skills. Shardul would consider himself unlucky that Shreyas Iyer dropped a dolly ...
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Ravichandran Ashwin named in India’s squad for ODI series against Australia

Seasoned off-spinner R Ashwin on September 18 made a comeback to the Indian ODI team for the three-match series against Australia and will be competing for a potential World Cup berth with Washington Sundar if Axar Patel doesn’t get fit in time for the global event.Senior players including skipper Rohit Sharma, senior batter Virat Kohli, all-rounder Hardik Pandya and in-form spinner Kuldeep Yadav were rested from the first two games, giving them a chance to get mentally fresh for the mega event.K L Rahul will lead the side in the first two games against Australia before Rohit returns to lead a full strength squad in the third and final ODI ahead of the World Cup beginning October 5. The squad for the third game is effectively the 15 picked for World Cup and Ashwin and Washington.Ashwin,...
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Pat Cummins played Oval Test with suspected broken wrist, could miss India series

Australia skipper Pat Cummins could miss the three-match ODI series against India next month having played the fifth Ashes Test with a suspected broken wrist. | Photo Credit: Reuters Australia skipper Pat Cummins could miss the three-match ODI series against India next month having played the fifth Ashes Test with a suspected broken wrist. Cricket Australia is yet to reveal the details of Cummins' injured left wrist. The men from Down Under will fly to India for the ODI series, which is slated to begin on September 22 in Mohali. However, "two sources with knowledge of the matter but not authorised to speak publicly say medical staff have not ruled out a possible fracture," according to the 'Sydney Morning Herald'. The Australian pace spearhead had injured his wrist on the opening day o...
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Ind vs Aus 1st ODI | Captain Hardik opts to bowl first, 4 pacers picked

Captains Hardik Pandya and Steven Smith at the toss ahead of the 1st ODI between India and Australia at Wankhede Stadium on March 17, 2023 | Photo Credit: Getty Images India's stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first against Australia in the first ODI here on Friday. Hardik is leading the team in the absence of regular skipper Rohit Sharma, who is unavailable for the fixture due to family commitments. The Indian playing XI featured four quicks in Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Hardik and Mohammed Siraj and two spinners in Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav. For Australia, Josh Inglis came in for Alex Carey, who has flown home due to illness. David Warner hasn't fully recovered from his elbow fracture, and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh will open the innings in...
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PM Modi, Albanese arrive ahead of India-Australia Test match; take round of sprawling stadium

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese before the start of the fourth Test cricket match between India and Australia, at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on March 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on March 9 morning reached the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabd and took a round of the massive sports arena on a golf car before the start of the fourth Test match between India and Australia.Mr. Modi and Mr. Albanese presented Test caps to their respective team captains Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Australian captain Steve Smith before the start of the fourt...
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Australia wins third Test against India in little over two days

Australian batsman Travis Head plays a shot on the third day of the 3rd Test Match at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Friday, March 03, 2023. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Australia recorded an emphatic nine-wicket victory over India, winding up the third Test in little over two days to secure their place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final on a rank turner here on Friday, March 3, 2023.Travis Head (49) and Marnus Labuschagne (28) took the visitors past the finish line after they lost Usman Khawaja (0) in the very first over.The hosts were bowled out for 163 in their second innings, leaving Australia with a target of just 76 runs to record an immensely satisfying win after being hammered inside three days in the first two matches of the Border-Gavaskar trophy.One of the b...
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Border-Gavaskar Trophy | Back to the drawing board for panicky Australia after another India failure

Australia captain Pat Cummins leads his team off the ground after they were defeated by India on day three of the Second Test at Arun Jaitley Stadium on February 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A confident Australia landed in India with genuine hope of winning their first Test series in the south Asian nation in nearly 20 years but they head to the third match in Indore with a 2-0 deficit and a chorus of criticism ringing in their ears.The honeymoon for Pat Cummins's captaincy is well and truly over after the six-wicket capitulation in New Delhi, and few of his team mates have been spared the wrath of furious former players and pundits."I’m disappointed, I’m shell-shocked - angry about the way we went about our work," former Australia captain Allan Border said on broadcaster Fox...
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Clarke lists out ‘major, major mistakes’ committed by Australia on India tour so far

Former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke. | Photo Credit: AFP Australia's wretched run on the tour of India so far has been filled with "major, major mistakes", reckons former captain Michael Clarke.Clarke feels the biggest mistake Australia made was not playing a tour game ahead of the four Test series that began February 9. Instead, Pat Cummins chose to simulate Indian conditions back home before having a short camp near Bengaluru ahead of the series opener in Nagpur. Two weeks later, the visitors are 0-2 down in the series and have already lost a shot at regaining the Border-Gavaskar trophy. "I'm not surprised by what I'm seeing because we didn't have a tour game. Major, major, major mistake. There should have been at least one game over there to get used to the conditions,"...
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Ind vs Aus, 2nd Test | Shami, spinners restrict Australia despite Khawaja, Handscomb fifties

Mohammed Shami’s clever variations with the semi-new and old ball were beautifully complemented by the spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin as India restricted Australia to 263 on the opening day of the second Test in New Delhi on February 17, 2023. Opener Usman Khawaja (81, 125 balls) made amends for a horrendous first-Test outing at Nagpur with an attractive knock while Peter Handscomb (72 not out, 142 balls) played with determination at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday, but their efforts weren’t enough as the visitors were all out in 78.4 overs. At stumps, India were 21 for no loss with Rohit Sharma (13 batting) and KL Rahul (4 batting) at the crease. Shami’s (14.4-4-60-4) repertoire of deliveries was on full display as he struck with the new, semi-new an...
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Ind vs Aus 2nd Test | Top-order a worry as India eye another big win in Pujara’s 100th Test

K.L. Rahul's prolonged run of failures remains a worry but India will still start as overwhelming favourites for another three-day finish when they take on Australia in the second Test here from Friday. The match will be one of Indian cricket's understated warrior Cheteshwar Pujara's 100th Test, a feat achieved after 13 years of sweat and toil. While Pujara would like to savour the momentous personal milestone with a 20th Test ton, one can't but paper over the concerns around India's top-order. Save skipper Rohit Sharma, who was regal in attack and classical in defence during his hundred on a slow turner in Nagpur, the others failed to get going in the opener. Besides Rahul, the list of strugglers includes the peerless Virat Kohli and, to an extent, Pujara. Kohli is leaving no stone un...
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‘Will be lovely game of chess’: Labuschagne on making changes to combat Ashwin

File picture of Ravichandran Ashwin celebrating the wicket of Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne during a Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 28, 2020 | Photo Credit: Getty Images Star Australia batter Marnus Labuschagne can't wait to engage in a "lovely game of chess" with Ravichandran Ashwin during next month's Test tour of India after making required changes in his game to combat the ace spinner. Australia, who haven't won a Test series in India since 2004, will play four Tests in Nagpur (February 9-13), New Delhi (February 17-21), Dharamsala (March 1-5) and Ahmedabad (March 9-13). Labuschagne was dismissed twice by Ashwin even though he emerged as the leading run-scorer in the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia with 426 runs at an average of 53.25. "I've ch...