In an Instagram story, star India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja announced that he will be following Australia’s spinner Nathan Lyon for the next 24 hours. This came after Jadeja took seven wickets in the 2nd innings of the 2nd Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test and helped India win the match by 6 wickets. Jadeja, who had never followed anyone on Instagram until now, captioned the photo with the phrase “Following my friend @nath.lyon421 for 24 hours” with a few smiley faces. Lyon also posted a screenshot of Jadeja’s story on his personal Instagram. This is why Ravindra Jadeja decided to follow Nathan Lyon…
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday, February 19, announced the squads for the remaining two tests and the ODI series against Australia. The ODI series will be played after Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023. The first ODI match between India and Australia will be played on March 17 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. No change in the test squad for the 3rd and 4th Tests against Australia. Rohit Sharma will miss the first ODI against Australia due to family commitments. Hardik Pandya will lead the Indian side in the absence of the regular skipper. Also read: Here’s what Team…
Team India is very close to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) Final. Currently, 3 teams are in the race to qualify for the WTC Final: 1. Australia 2. India 3. Sri Lanka West Indies and South Africa have been knocked out. With a 6-wicket victory over Australia in the Delhi Test, Team India has taken their PCT to 64.06. Australia are still at the top with 66.67 PCT. But they are in danger of missing out if they suffer a 0-4 humiliation. Also read: India Beats Australia in the 2nd Test, Goes 2-0 Up in the Series, Axar,…
Team India head coach Rahul Dravid, after the end of the 2nd Test, revealed Virat Kohli’s food parcel delivery. “It wasn’t Chole Bhature, it was Kulcha Chole,” Dravid told the broadcasters. Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid were sitting on the team balcony, when a person nudged Kohli, holding a food parcel. Kohli turned around and such was his delight that he clapped his hands in great joy. Dravid said Kohli also tempted him to have a bite. Also read: IND vs AUS 2nd Test: Virat Kohli created history, became the fastest player to reach 25,000 International runs “He was tempting…
Team India star player Virat Kohli is in dangerous form these days and is breaking many big records in every match. In such a situation, while batting in the second Test match being played between India and Australia, Kohli has made a great record. Virat Kohli has completed 25,000 runs in International Cricket as soon as he scored 8 runs in the second innings and with this he has become the second Indian to do so, and also the first player in the world to achieve this in less than 250 innings. Also read: Watch: Virat Kohli’s Happiness on Seeing…
Team India’s star batter Virat Kohli was dismissed in a controversial manner on Day 2 of the 2nd Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Kohli was given out lbw by the on-field umpire Nitin Menon off debutant Matthew Kuhnemann’s delivery and a review declared it too close to judge whether the ball hit the bat or pad first. Hence, Kohli was given out as no conclusive evidence was present to overturn Nitin Menon’s decision. Kohli, who went back unhappy, was seen frustrated and angry while watching replays in the pavilion. Also read: IND vs AUS: Glenn Maxwell likely to return…
Star Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell made a stunning comeback to competitive cricket, smashing a half-century in his first fixture since his injury. Glenn Maxwell was out of competitive Cricket for nearly 3 months after suffering a fracture to his leg at a friend’s party in November 2022. Glenn Maxwell played for his club outfit Fitzroy-Doncaster in the Victorian Premier Cricket fixture on the weekend and scored 61 runs off 92 balls. Also read: IND vs AUS 2nd Test Lunch: India 14/1 on Day 3, still need 101 runs to win and Australia needs 9 wickets to win Maxwell’s return to…
Rishabh Pant is currently out of action and is likely to stay out of action for the next 6-8 months in the process of recovery from the car accident. However, not only his batting, but his chirpy nature behind the stumps too was missed by fans during the 2nd Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, while missing the chirpy nature of Rishabh Pant behind the stumps, shared an emotional message for him in the commentary box during Australia’s second innings. “Australia are lucky that Rishabh Pant is not there. He would have had a fair…
Gritty half-centuries from Usman Khawaja and Peter Handscomb guided Australia to a fighting 263 all out on Day 1 of the 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Batting on Day 2, Team India hoped to reach the total without losing many wickets. Team India openers, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, gave a decent start to the team. But both of them got dismissed for 32(69) and 17(41) respectively. After the fall of these wickets, Cheteshwar Pujara, who is playing his 100th Test, got out on a duck, and Shreya Iyer, who is making a comeback to the team after injury,…
Shreyas Iyer returned to Team India for the Delhi Test. He could not play the last Test match due to injury. Shreyas’ return was not pleasant as he was dismissed after scoring just 4 runs. He was hunted down by Nathan Lyon. However, Peter Handscomb had more hand in the wicket of Shreyas than Lyon. Handscomb took a brilliant catch of Shreyas Iyer at forward short leg. Also read: IND vs AUS 2nd Test: India’s poor 12-over phase undoes good work by Axar-Ashwin partnership as Australia leads by 61 runs at the end of Day 2 Handscomb also got lucky.…