[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Sunday admitted that their pre-determined ploy to use sweep shots to counter spin backfired for them at the Kotla pitch in Delhi. An over-reliance on sweep shots hastened their collapse on the third day of the second Test as they suffered a …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Australia opener David Warner has been ruled out of the ongoing second Test against India at the Koltla after suffering a concussion when he was struck in the head while batting on Day 1.Matt Renshaw has been brought into the Australia team as a concussion substitute.Australia, who …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: With the scores of 1, 10 and 15 in the series so far, opener David Warner has clearly looked out of touch but his opening partner Usman Khawaja believes that mere three innings is not big enough sample size to judge the Aussie veteran. India pacer Mohammed …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Spinners Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin shared six wickets between them but pacer Mohammed Shami’s four-for was the highlight on Day 1 of the second Test in the national capital as India bowled out Australia for 263. Shami, who relentlessly targetted the good length area at the …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: That the Indian Premier League has taken Indian cricket by storm would be an understatement. But two legends of Indian cricket had seen it coming before the cash-rich league was launched in 2008.This was revealed by former Indian opener Virender Sehwag at a press conference organized by …
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[ad_1] India’s worries around a wobbly top order will weigh on their mind even as the hosts look primed to give Australia a tough time once again as the two teams meet in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, beginning Friday. The …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Smarting from a humiliating defeat in the series-opening first Test against India in Nagpur, Australia may replace struggling David Warner with off-spin all-rounder Travis Head in the second match in New Delhi starting February 17, Australian media reported on Sunday.Australia’s aspiration to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy suffered a …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The initial part of the morning of Day 1 of the ongoing India vs Australia first Test in Nagpur belonged to the hosts. Soon after Mohammed Siraj gave India their first breakthrough, dismissing Umman Khawaja, Mohammed Shami too joined the party. Shami, bowling his second over of …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Team India vice-captain KL Rahul reckons that you can never ever predict how the pitch will play but there is a “temptation” to play three spinners in the first Test against Australia, beginning on Thursday, specially when you are playing in India.“Yes, we did see it (the …
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[ad_1] NAGPUR: India host Australia in a hotly anticipated four-match Test series starting on Thursday in Nagpur.AFP Sport looks at three key battles that could decide who comes out on top in a clash between the world’s two top cricket teams.VIRAT KOHLI VS PAT CUMMINSVirat Kohli has triumphed over his …
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