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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s lower order batters always come to the rescue whenever the team stares down the barrel and on Saturday Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin again rose to the occasion with their match-turning partnership.Axar (74) and Ashwin (37) added 114 runs for the eighth wicket to help India …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India put on a solid fightback, thanks to R Ashwin and Axar Patel‘s brave eighth-wicket stand, on Day 2 of the second Test at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.In reply to Australia’s 263, India were bowled out for 262, trailing by 1 run.Axar (74 off 115), …

[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Legendary Australian cricketer Allan Border is still at pains to understand why middle-order batter Travis Head was excluded from the side that suffered an innings and 132-run defeat against India in the opening Test at Nagpur.Head has been in sublime form since the 2021/22 Ashes series, where he …

[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 …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Australia legend Ian Chappell opined that the pitch in Nagpur was “by no means impossible to play on”, and called it nothing more than a fairly typical first-day Indian red-soil wicket.Chappell added that the noise around the pitch was not unexpected, but asked Australia to stop thinking …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former Australia star opener Matthew Hayden and captain Steve Waugh have been left shell-shocked by the axing of Travis Head for the opening Test of the four-match Test series against India. Australian team included right-handed batter Peter Handscomb ahead of Head. Head was adjudged 2021-22 Ashes “Player …

[ad_1] NAGPUR: Rohit Sharma, a bonafide white-ball legend, will face his biggest test as India’s red-ball captain against a determined Australian side which would be hungry for revenge when the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar series starts here Thursday.It is a series that promises a lot of twists and turns, engrossing sub-plots and …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: While there is so much talk about spin bowling, Australia captain Pat Cummins said his side should not forget about their intimidating pace bowling attack.“I think sometimes, talking about a couple of spinners, you forget how good a lot of our fast bowlers have been in all …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former Australia batting great Greg Chappell believes injuries to key players like Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah has made India “vulnerable” this time and Australia can win the upcoming high-profile four-match Test series.While Pant is ruled out for most part of the year as he continues to …

[ad_1] BENGALURU: Australia have roped in Maheesh Pithiya, a 21-year-old spinner with uncanny resemblance to Ravichandran Ashwin, to train on spin-friendly tracks as part of their preparation for the upcoming Test series against India.Off-spinner Ashwin may prove to be a major threat for Australia, who haven’t won a Test series …