India vs Australia 2017: Teams arrive in Kolkata for 2nd ODI
Cricket | September 18, 2017 19:24 ISTThe 'men-in-blue' looked relaxed as they headed straight to the team hotel along with their support staff and chief coach Ravi Shastri.
The 'men-in-blue' looked relaxed as they headed straight to the team hotel along with their support staff and chief coach Ravi Shastri.
Gayle's innings on Saturday against England during the one-off T20I was a reminder for the cricket fraternity across the world that the 37-year-old Jamaican has lost none of his power at the crease.
Kuldeep Yadav (2/33) and Yuzvendra Chahal (3/30) ran through the Australia's middle and lower order as India took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series in Chennai.
Dhoni becomes the fourth Indian batsman to achieve the feat in the ODI format after Sachin Tendulkar (164), Rahul Dravid (145) and Sourav Ganguly (106).
Hardik Pandya's all-round show and Yuzvendra Chahal's triple strikes help India beat Australia by 26 runs (DLS method) in first ODI at Chennai on Sunday.
Currently, Kohli is jointly second highest in terms of hundreds with 30 tons to his credit in ODIs along with Ricky Ponting. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 49 hundreds.
The last time the Australia played a bilateral ODI series in India was in 2013, the hosts won seven-match series 3-2 with two games were abandoned due to inclement weather.
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The Test series between Bangladesh and South Africa and the one between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be the first ones to be played with the new changes ruled out by ICC.
The five match ODI rubber between India and Australia starts from September 17 with the first game in Chennai.
The line-up that Australia are going to face has only one capped player in captain Gurkeerat Singh Mann, who played three ODIs against the Kangaroos early in 2016.
Kohli was the highest run-getter in the five-match series against Sri Lanka with a tally of 330 runs
The visiting Australians would play a warm-up match on September 12 against a Board President's XI to be led by Gurkeerat Mann.
The first ODI between India and Australia will be played at Chennai on September 17 followed by games in Kolkata, Indore, Bengaluru and Nagpur.
The selection pattern would indicate that the top 15, which decimated Sri Lanka, are set to be retained for the Australia series with may be a minor change.
Chennai, Kolkata, Indore, Bengaluru and Nagpur will host the five ODI matches of Australia's limited-overs tour of India.
"He is the leader who leads from the front and sets an example for the team," says Yadav in the post-match press conference.
The BCCI official said the new set of rules will be applicable from the New Zealand series.
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