Cricket Australia name young national performance squad for India tour
Cricket | August 05, 2019 15:30 ISTThe squad coached by former Test opener Chris Rogers, includes star Big Bash League (BBL) batsmen Ben McDermott and Josh Philippe.
The squad coached by former Test opener Chris Rogers, includes star Big Bash League (BBL) batsmen Ben McDermott and Josh Philippe.
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Both the teams have the potential to dominate each other, but the side that will possess better skills on the match day will eventually earn the two crucial points.
Nathan Coulter-Nile's 92 off just 60 balls proved vital in Australia's 15-run victory, but the 31-year-old believes his expensive outing with the ball in Bristol may not help his cause.
Ricky Ponting is considering the game against West Indies as a wake-up call and hoping for Australia to bounce back against India.
India travelled to London from Southampton on Thursday, a day after beating South Africa by six wickets in their tournament opener.
It was long decided that Australia will be coming to India for 10-day tour next January as part of the FTP agreement between the two boards but Cricket Australia was trying to backtrack.
In an otherwise predictable squad, Karthik's selection over the young Rishabh Pant became the talking point after the team was announced on Monday.
India have tried a number of players for the spot including Rishabh Pant, Vijay Shankar and Ambati Rayudu but all of them have failed at times under pressure.
Sourav Ganguly said the Aaron Finch-led Australian team played better cricket than the hosts and termed the loss as a wake-up call for Virat Kohli and his boys ahead of the World Cup.
Clarke tweeted after the Australian team beat fancied India in the fifth and final ODI at the Feroz Shah Kotla for a stunning come-from-behind 3-2 series win here Wednesday.
Rohit Sharma was trolled on Twitter following his dismissal in the fifth and final ODI against Australia at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Wednesday.
Usman Khawaja was one of the main architects of Australia's 3-2 series win over India after going down 0-2. He scored 50, 38, 104, 91, 100 in five matches.
India surrendered the five-match series 2-3 to Australia despite being 2-0 up and as India's preparation for the World Cup comes to an end, questions remained regarding the team combination.
Virat Kohli said that he wants the boys to go into IPL 2019 and enjoy themselves before the 2019 World Cup, which is starting on May 30.
Australia first beat India 2-0 in the two-match T20 Series and have now pulled off a 3-2 series win after being 0-2 down.
Before the start of the series, Kohli had said that a couple of places need to be sealed and now it is down to just one man as India finalise their World Cup squad and the ideal playing XI.
In what was their last game before the showpiece event in the United Kingdom, the Indian innings folded for 237, exactly in 50 overs while chasing a 273-run target.
The long wait is over for Australia! They have beaten India in India in an ODI series after almost 10 years. Great character shown by the new-look Aussie team.
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