In a major changes on a deadline day, Australia included their in-form batter Marnus Labuschagne in the place of Ashton Agar while India added the veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to their final squads for the ICC World Cup 2023.
Marnus Labuschagne is enjoying sensational form in ODIs as he finished the recent series against India with 138 runs in three innings, including a crucial fifty in the third match in Rajkot.
Players were finding it difficult to play in Rajkot's excessive heat in the third ODI between India and Australia on Wednesday, September 27. As Steve Smith sat on a chair getting an ice-pack on his head, Virat Kohli decided to have some fun with his batting partner Marnus Labuschagne.
Veteran Indian spinner R Ashwin has been on the top of his game in the ongoing ODI series against Australia upon return to the national side in the format after 20 months. Ashwin may or may not be in the World Cup side but talked about the variation that did the trick after the rain break in Indore.
Australia posted a respectable score of 276 runs on board as despite being sloppy in the field, the KL Rahul-led Indian team put breaks on the Pat Cummins-led side's scoring rate in the first of the three-match ODI series in Mohali.
Marnus Labuschagne played a match-winning knock in the first ODI vs. South Africa in Bloemfontein.
Temba Bavuma played a sensational knock of 114* off 142 balls to help South Africa score 222 runs while batting first.
Cricket Australia's chair of selectors George Bailey opened up on Marnus Labuschagne's ODI snub.
Joe Root pulled off a one-handed stunner to put an end to Marnus Labuschagne's stay in the middle.
Australian No. 3 batter Marnus Labuschagne was at it again for Australia as he scored a measured 47 in the second Ashes Test at Lord's as the visitors posted a 416-run total on the board.
IND vs AUS 2nd Test: Australia were thrashed by India in the first Test match that was played in Nagpur. The Indian team will now play against the Aussies in Delhi in the 2nd Test that starts from February 17, 2023
The Aussie batter was dismissed twice by Ashwin even though he emerged as the leading run-scorer in the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia with 426 runs at an average of 53.25.
AUS vs SA, 3rd Test: Marnus Labuschagne is a funny character and everybody knows it. In a recent incident in the ongoing Test match, Australia's number 3, used a lighter to fix his helmet.
ICC Players rankings: Australian star player continued to the World in the Test format and has equalled the big achievement of an Indian great.
ICC Test Rankings: Aussie batter Marnus Labuschagne is all set to go past the likes of Virat Kohli and Sir Vivian Richards, the Aussie batsman is currently on the number 1 spot in the list
AUS vs WI, 1st Test: Marnus Labuschagne has scored a gritty 100 in the first Test match against West Indies. The Australian youngster scored a double hundred in the first innings and is the player to score a double century and a century in the same Test match.
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