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India vs Australia second Test: Another sobering defeat for India in pink ball Test at Adelaide

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India vs Australia second Test: Another sobering defeat for India in pink ball Test at Adelaide

Indian players are seen after they were defeated by Australia on day three of the second Test in Adelaide on December 8, 2024. India’s travails with the pink ball continues. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s travails with the pink ball under Adelaide skies got a second episode over the weekend. If the 2020 outing and the meagre score of 36 are inextricably linked, the second Test of the current Border-Gavaskar Trophy series moved towards another sobering defeat.The highs gained from the Perth Test were frittered away in the City of Churches and even if Rohit Sharma hinted at keeping the faith, the teams will start level at 1-1 in the third Test at Brisbane from December 14. Perhaps, the latest bout of oscill...

IND vs AUS Adelaide day-night Test: Pitch will provide ‘even contest between bat and ball’, says curator

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IND vs AUS Adelaide day-night Test: Pitch will provide ‘even contest between bat and ball’, says curator

India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal during a training session at Adelaide Oval on December 03, 2024 in Adelaide, Australia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The guardians of the 22-yards that matter in cricket, are often secretive about the surfaces they offer. The Adelaide Oval’s head curator Damian Hough, while believing in the mystique of a pitch, still held a mirror to the turf that would play host to the second Test, a day-and-night fixture, between Australia and India here from Friday (December 6, 2024).Also read:Alex Carey backs Australia’s ‘world-class’ batters to counter Bumrah threatTalking to the media on a sunny Wednesday (December 4, 2024) morning, Damian said: “We are happy about where we are today, the compact...

IND vs AUS | Scott Boland likely to replace Josh Hazlewood for Adelaide Test

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IND vs AUS | Scott Boland likely to replace Josh Hazlewood for Adelaide Test

Australia’s Scott Boland. File photo | Photo Credit: Getty Images An extra twitch or a minor tear of a ligament may sideline a bowler, but it also offers another speedster an opportunity. Scott Boland, a representative of Australia’s aboriginal community, found himself in such a bitter-sweet corner when a damp Saturday (November 30, 2024) dawned at Canberra.Being a part of the Prime Minister’s XI taking on the visiting Indians, Boland was perhaps focussing on the task at hand. And then news trickled in about Josh Hazlewood being sidelined with a side-strain. Unless the selectors have some drastic plans, Boland in all likelihood will team up with Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins as the pace-bowling troika at Adela...