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  AUS vs IND | Steve Smith's back stiffness doesn't mean we change bowling plans: Virat Kohli

  Cricket | December 16, 2020 17:04 IST

  Virat Kohli has said that the bowling plans are ready against Steve Smith as India prepare to take on Australia in the pink ball Test in Adelaide.

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  AUS vs IND: Prithvi Shaw, Wriddhiman Saha in playing XI for Pink-Ball Test; Gill, Pant sit out

  Cricket | December 16, 2020 17:03 IST

  The BCCI on Wednesday announced the playing XI for the Day/Night Test in Adelaide, which begins on Thursday.

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  AUS vs IND: Pretty sure Rahane will do 'tremendous job' as captain when I leave, says Virat Kohli

  Cricket | December 16, 2020 17:03 IST

  Virat Kohli said that both he and Rahane have a mutual understanding which is based on trust.

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  'My personality, character is representation of new India': Virat Kohli

  Cricket | December 16, 2020 17:03 IST

  Virat Kohli was asked about his aggressive brand of cricket coupled with a fighting attitude that the Greg Chappell found similar to the mindset of Australians.

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  AUS vs IND: Was surprised KL Rahul didn't play pink-ball practice match, says VVS Laxman

  Cricket | December 16, 2020 12:10 IST

  KL Rahul is making a comeback to the longest format of the game after more than a year.

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  We expect him to be there: Paine brushes aside fitness concerns around Smith ahead of India Test

  Cricket | December 16, 2020 11:57 IST

  Tim Paine said it was not a serious niggle and a day's rest came as a "blessing in disguise" for Steve Smith.

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  AUS vs IND: Pitch the ball up for Steve Smith, Ian Chappell advices Team India

  Cricket | December 16, 2020 9:42 IST

  Ian Chappell has adviced the Indian bowlers to pitch the ball up for Steve Smith in the upcoming Test series.

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  AUS vs IND: Would 'love to see him in Test side': Warne names Indian player who could improve team

  Cricket | December 16, 2020 9:20 IST

  Warne believes that Pandya could've helped the Indian Test team in the absence of Virat Kohli, who will return to India after the first Test to attend the birth of his first child.

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  AUS vs IND | Cameron Green 'good to go', set to make Test debut in Adelaide: Tim Paine

  Cricket | December 16, 2020 7:59 IST

  Paine says 21-year-old allrounder Cameron Green is medically fit to make his test debut in the day-night fixture, but won’t divulge whether struggling opener Joe Burns will play.

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  Indian bowlers may get carried away and start bowling short on Australian wickets: Kapil Dev

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 20:44 IST

  Even in the absence of the experienced Ishant Sharma, the India team boasts of a lethal pace-bowling attack, led by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami.

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  AUS vs IND | Skipper Virat Kohli's absence incentive for Indians to lift up their game: Gavaskar

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 19:44 IST

  Kohli will be returning to India after the Adelaide Test (December 17-21) to be with his wife Anushka Sharma who is expecting their first child.

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  AUS vs IND | Virat is our captain right now, will think about captaincy once he leaves: Rahane

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 19:43 IST

  Rahane will be leading the side in the last three Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Series once Virat Kohli returns to India to attend the birth of his first child.

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  AUS vs IND: India look more settled than Australia ahead of first Test, feels Isa Guha

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 19:45 IST

  Isa, a veteran of 113 internationals for England, feels that out-of-form Joe Burns will not be opening alongside Marcus Harris in the opening Test at Adelaide starting on December 17.

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  AUS vs IND: Darren Lehmann backs Joe Burns to replace David Warner in pink-ball Test

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 19:49 IST

  Burns' below-par start to the Marsh Sheffield Shield season gave rise to a widespread debate as several former cricketers called for the prodigiously talented Will Pucovski to be handed a Test debut.

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  AUS vs IND: Pink ball zips around more, captains have to manage tactics: Pat Cummins on D/N Test

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 19:52 IST

  India have played just one pink ball Test, winning it convincingly against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens in November last year.

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  AUS vs IND: 'Sticking with Joe Burns for first Test': Ricky Ponting wants Australia to back opener

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 19:53 IST

  He scored 4, 0, 0, 1 in his last four innings during the two warm-up games ahead of the four-Test series against India.

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  Will miss Ishant, no decision on combination: Ajinkya Rahane spills very little ahead of first Test

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 19:53 IST

  Rahane is confident that despite Ishant's absence, the pace attack comprising Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami will step it up for the Australians.

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  AUS vs IND: Steve Smith faces injury scare ahead of first Test in Adelaide

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 13:18 IST

  In what could be a big blow to Australia ahead of the first Test against India, Steve Smith missed the net session on Tuesday after suffering from back soreness.

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  AUS vs IND: Have plans in place for Virat Kohli, says Justin Langer

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 19:52 IST

  Virat Kohli will return to India after the first Test in Adelaide but Australia coach Justin Langer is determined to stop the Indian captain from setting the tone for the series.

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  'He plays far too many shots early in innings': Gavaskar, Border advice Shaw after batting struggles

  Cricket | December 15, 2020 11:24 IST

  While Shaw failed to get a fifty, aggregating 62 in four innings at an average of 15.5 in the two warm-up games over the last week, Gill made 127 at 31.75 with a 65 in those games.