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Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian cricket team captain, is highly impressed with the performance of the side in the first Test against Australia. Playing without regular captain Rohit Sharma, the side notched a memorable win over Australia in Perth with Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli stepping up. But the ‘most impressive’ performance,…
File image of Sourav Ganguly.© X (Twitter) India’s stunning victory over Australia upset the predictions of quite a few cricket experts and former cricketers, who had given Australia the edge looking at India’s form in the home series against New Zealand. One of them, former England cricketer Michael Vaughan, had predicted that Australia…
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma© AFP An ardent fan of Rohit Sharma checked into Manuka Oval, called out his names multiple times before breaking into a “Mumbai cha raja” chant to attract the India captain’s attention, and get his autograph, which he was seeking for the past 10 years. All his hard…
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File photo of Don Bradman© AFP A cap worn by Australia’s greatest batsman Don Bradman will be auctioned in Sydney on Tuesday, with the tattered “baggy green” expected to fetch as much as US$260,000. Bradman donned the woollen cap during India’s 1947-48 tour of Australia, which marked the touring side’s first Tests on…
Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar believes the panic in Australian team environment is very much evident, citing Josh Hazlewood‘s comments, after losing to India by 295 runs in the first Test at Perth. The heavy defeat meant Australia are now 1-0 behind in the five-match series, with the second game, a pink-ball affair, set…
Jasprit Bumrah in a practice session© AFP The Indian team got the better of Australia’s Prime Minister XI as the two sides squared off in the pink-ball warm-up game in Canberra. While Rohit Sharma‘s men kept the upper hand throughout the fixture, Australia’s Sam Konstas showcased his talent with a brilliant hundred in…
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Australian big-hitter Travis Head on Monday asserted there is no “divide” between his team’s struggling batters and its potent bowling attack as they geared up to bounce back in the pink-ball Test against India, starting here on December 6. Australia suffered an embarrassing 295-run loss as their batters struggled to cope with the…
India captain Rohit Sharma wa mobbed by fans outside the Manuka Oval in Canberra ahead of the pink-ball practice match against Prime Minister’s XI. Fans approached him for autographs and selfies and the Indian skipper gracefully obliged to the wish of the group. However, Rohit got a bit irritated after a fan asked…
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After taking part in the two-day warm-up match against Prime Minister’s XI, Rohit Sharma-led Team India on Monday departed from Canberra for the Adelaide Test, which will be starting from December 6. Earlier on Sunday in the warm-up match, a four-wicket haul by pacer Harshit Rana, along with commanding knocks from Shubman Gill,…
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File photo of Mohammed Shami The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) continues to put a close look on the fitness of Mohammed Shami, who has made a comeback to competitive cricket after a long-standing injury. The right-arm pacer was not named for India’s ongoing tour of Australia due to his…