[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: India’s star left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja made a superb comeback to Test cricket, after returning from a long injury lay off, with a five-wicket haul against Australia in the opening Test at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday.Jadeja returned figures of 5/47 along with Ravichandran Ashwin, …
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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] SYDNEY: The entire third day of the final Sydney Test was washed out Friday forcing a reappraisal of Australia‘s push for a series clean sweep over South Africa.Skipper Pat Cummins has a decision to make ahead of Saturday’s fourth day: whether to declare the team’s first innings at 475 …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Usman Khawaja was stranded just short of a pinnacle double-century when rain interrupted Australia’s run plunder against South Africa in the third Sydney Test on Thursday.In another dominant day for the Australians with the series already won, Khawaja peeled off an imperious unbeaten 195 – his highest Test …
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