This Team is the future of Indian cricket- Kirti Azad
Sports | January 19, 2021 19:24 ISTIndia played like a pack of lions Says Former Indian cricketer Kirti Azad on 2-1 series win against Australia.
India played like a pack of lions Says Former Indian cricketer Kirti Azad on 2-1 series win against Australia.
Green suffered a blow on his head on Friday, the first day of the second warm-up between the touring Indians and Australia A at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Hazlewood has stated that his team will look to keep the Indian bowlers on the field for a substantial amount of time early in the upcoming Test series.
Shreyas Iyer says Aussie plans best be tackled by adopting a counter-offensive approach and taking advantage of the field placing.
The former Indian pacer blames Kohli for making frequent changes in the bowling, not allowing bowlers to settle down.
The in-form Mayank Agarwal is likely to open with Shikhar Dhawan in Rohit's absence in the ODI series beginning Friday.
Despite calls from various quarters to draft in young Will Pucovski for the upcoming Test series against India as an opener ahead of experienced Joe Burns, Langer hints the latter remains the first choice.
Waqar said Australia will come hard at India as they must be still hurting from the defeat in the 2018 Test series at home.
Despite recent COVID-19 lockdown in southern Australia, Adelaide is all set to host the first Test match of the Australia-India series, said Cricket Australia interim CEO Nick Hockley.
Indian coach Ravi Shastri said Indian fast bowling quality gives them an edge over Australia; Calling the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav and Navdeep Saini his fabulous five.
With regular skipper Virat Kohli opting to play just the first Test of the four matches so as to return to India for the birth of his child, Ajinkya Rahane is most likely to lead the side in the remainder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
West Indies legend Brian Lara has termed Suryakumar Yadav "a class player" and feels that the 30-year-old should have been a part of the India squad for the upcoming series against Australia, which begins this Friday.
India without captain Virat Kohli in Tests will be akin to Australia without Steve Smith and David Warner, according to former Australia fast bowler Geoff Lawson.
Former India fast bowler Praveen Kumar, who helped India clinch the second Tri-series final in 2008 at Brisbane with an early three-wicket burst, says he used to catch the batsmen by watching their feet and body language.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly recently had said that they are expecting Ishant Sharma to get fit before the first Test in Adelaide.
Australia's strike bowler Mitchell Starc will train at the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) Village here for a week to spend time with wife Alyssa Healy ahead of the India series.
Thanks to no local transmission case of Covid-19 in Sydney over the last week, life for the touring Indian cricketers is expected to be a bit more relaxed.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has clarified once again that Indian opener Rohit Sharma is not yet at his 100 per cent after the Mumbai Indians captain suffered a hamstring tear mid-October.
There has been an increase in demand for tickets for December's first India-Australia Test after it was confirmed that it will be the lone Test that Indian skipper Virat Kohli will play in the series.
Australia head coach has hinted that he is likely to stick with Joe Burns at the opening position with David Warner for the first Test against India despite young Will Pucovski's incredible form.
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