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Rajkot lessons: Full-strength Australia lays bare India’s limitations

There were quite a few lessons for India to take home from Rajkot, where they endured a 66-run defeat at the hands of Australia in a dead-rubber game. For a series that has acted as a perfect preparation just before the World Cup, there have been plenty of positives for India. But on a day where Australia fielded their near full-strength team, India showed how their limitations in certain aspects could after all be the big difference that could stop them from being the favourites to lift a third World Cup title. Their lack of depth in the batting and a one-dimensional attack in the middle-overs where a lot depends on Kuldeep Yadav, is already well documented. Right through their victorious Asia Cup campaign after starting off on a troublesome note, they managed to hide these holes. When...
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India vs Australia | India seals series after sublime hundreds from Gill, Iyer script 99-run win

India’s Suryakumar Yadav plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match between India and Australia, at Holkar Stadium in Indore, on Sept. 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Shubman Gill showed his insatiable hunger for runs with fifth hundred of the year while Shreyas Iyer hit a timely ton under pressure to set up a series sealing 99-run win for India in the second ODI against Australia in Indore on Sunday.Gill (104 off 97 balls) and Iyer (105 off 90 balls) shared a stroke-filled 200-run stand off 164 balls before Suryakumar Yadav (72 not out off 37 balls) unleashed carnage to fire India to 399 for five, the hosts’ highest total against Australia in ODIs.Skipper K.L. Rahul chipped in with 52 off 38 balls.Rain stopped play for the second time in the game when Australia were 56 for two in...
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India-Australia ODI series | Men in Blue looking to seal the deal against visiting Aussies

Mohammed Shami celebrating the wicket of Mitchell Marsh during the 1st ODI between India and Australia held at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics The Men in Blue landed in this historical city on Saturday as the No. 1 team across formats. They had made history when they beat Australia in the first ODI at Mohali; only South Africa had achieved the feat of being the ICC’s top-ranking team for men in Tests, ODIs and T20Is at the same time, back in 2012.It is no doubt a significant achievement and a fair reflection of the strength and depth of the present day Indian cricket. Ruturaj Gaikwad provided a glimpse of that. The stylish opener is not part of the World Cup squad and has been named only for the first two games of this series, but ...
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India vs Australia Live Streaming: When and where to watch the 2nd ODI live?

India vs Australia ODI Series 2023 Live Streaming: Shreyas Iyer will be desperate for some runs after missing out on a flat track while the skillful R Ashwin will be searching for wickets in the middle overs when India take on Australia in the second ODI on Sunday. Despite missing four first-XI players, including skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, India were able to win the first ODI rather comfortably and look on course to secure the series at the Holkar Stadium which usually produces high-scoring games. Veteran opener David Warner has carried his good form from South Africa to India and would be looking to maintain it over the next couple of months. Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne were guilty of throwing their starts in Mohali and a big hundred will be needed from either of the...
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1st ODI: Suryakumar Yadav blazes, India tick another box

On the eve of the match, India head coach Rahul Dravid asserted that his team had ticked most of the boxes in the Asia Cup. One that perhaps remained unticked was the form of Suryakumar Yadav, who duly came to the party with a feisty 50, a knock in the finisher mould, where he showed considerable restrain and awareness to bail his team out of a tricky situation. His most unusual outing at this level helped India chase down 277 with the loss of five wickets, in the company of KL Rahul.There was a phase when he was worried about his inability to crack the ODI code. “What is happening for me in this format, I have wondered. The teams and bowlers were the same. I went back and reflected and realized I was probably rushing things a bit. So I decided to play slower and take it deep. I think i...
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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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India vs Australia Live Streaming: When and where to watch the match live?

India vs Australia ODI Series 2023 Live Streaming: Shreyas Iyer’s dodgy match-fitness will be put to ultimate test while Suryakumar Yadav’s desperation to alter a dismal ODI record adds a fascinating sub-text to India’s three-game series against Australia, which also serves as final dress rehearsal before the World Cup, beginning next month. With pillars of Indian batting – skipper Rohit Sharma and the brilliant Virat Kohli — resting for the first two games along with lead spinner Kuldeep Yadav and premier all-rounder Hardik Pandya, it will be head coach Rahul Dravid’s final chance to assess his bench strength. Australia despite losing 2-3 to South Africa recently had a quality series even as skipper Pat Cummins’ injury keeps bothering them.Travis Head’s injury gave Marnus Labuschagne ...
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Shreyas Iyer fit at the moment, says Ajit Agarkar

Shreyas Iyer’s fitness issues are behind him, and it’s all about him getting enough game time and runs ahead of the World Cup, according to the BCCI’s senior selection committee. Iyer had missed a lot of cricket since March due to a back injury and suffered a niggle on his return to the squad at the Asia Cup, where he had only one knock during the tournament. He had made a promising start in the match against Pakistan after the top order were blown away, before succumbing to a pull shot. Before his injury, He has been included in the squad for the three-match ODI series against Australia starting Friday, and chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar said the middle-order batsman has been declared good to go.Most Read 1 Ridhi Dogra says it’s ‘unfortunate to play’ Shah Rukh Kh...
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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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‘You are born and brought up on these wickets… need to apply yourself’: Rohit Sharma cites ‘collective failure’ after India lose ODI series

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said it was a collective failure after the side’s defeat in the third ODI at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. Speaking after the match, Rohit Sharma said, “It’s a collective failure; we can take a lot of learnings from this series. Credit to the Australians. Both the spinners applied the pressure, and so did their seamers.” Australia defeated India by 21 runs to clinch the series 2-1. Australia made a competitive 269 against India after opting to bat. Leg-spinner Adam Zampa (4/45) shone bright with the ball as Australia bundled out India for 248 in 49.1 overs. Zampa was adjudged player-of-the-match but fellow spinner Ashton Agar turned the game on its head by removing Virat Kohli, whose 54 was the highest score by a batsman from either side...
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White-ball mode: Virat Kohli shows the way at nets as power-hitting takes centre stage

IND vs AUS: Close to an hour-and-a-quarter into his nets session, Virat Kohli swivelled round to connect with a torpedo hurled at him and send the ball flying into the middle tier behind midwicket. With the next, which seemed like travelling even faster, Kohli nearly took the throwdown specialist, who was quick to duck, with his straight-as-an-arrow shot. And just before he called it a day, the former India captain caressed one over the cover boundary. Fresh from a Test hundred, this was one of Kohli’s longest outings at the nets this series as he spent close to two hours in the middle, occasionally taking short breaks on a sultry evening in Mumbai. It was almost two hours of clean, aesthetic power-hitting, signalling the onset of the white-ball season, which concludes with the World Cu...
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IND vs AUS ODI series: Pat Cummins to remain at home, Steve Smith set to continue as skipper

Australia captain Pat Cummins will not return to India for the ODI leg of the tour, following the death of his mother Maria last week and Steve Smith will continue to lead the team, Cricket Australia has said in a statement. Cummins returned home after Australia’s second Test defeat in Delhi to be close to his family, with his mother Maria placed into palliative care. “Pat won’t be coming back, he’s still taking care of what’s happened back home,” coach Andrew McDonald said. Pat Cummins won’t return to India for the ODI leg of the tour #INDvAUS — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) March 14, 2023 “Our thoughts are with Pat and his family as they go through that grieving process.” Cummins took over the ODI captaincy after Aaron Finch’s retirement last year but has led them in just two matc...