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  • Indian cricket team practiced fiercely in Sydney

    The Indian cricket team is practicing heavily in Sydney for the series against Australia. The Indian team practiced with a red and pink ball on Tuesday in Sydney.

    Sharing a video of the team’s practice, Lokesh Rahul tweeted, “It feels good to be back in blue.” Indian captain Virat Kohli also shared a video of the team’s practice and wrote, “Test cricket Like to practice for.

    The series between India and Australia will begin with a one-day match and the team will play the first match on 27 November. The second ODI will be held on 29 November and the third ODI will be held on 2 December. After this, the T20 series will begin on December 4. The Test series will begin from December 17 after three T20 matches.

    India has to play three ODIs, three T20s and four Tests in this tour. Indian captain Virat will return home after playing the first Test in Adelaide in Australia due to the birth of his first child. The Indian team will play the last three Tests in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane without their regular captain Virat and Ajinkya Rahane will lead the team in his absence.

  • Pujara can become six thousand in Australia

    Cheteshwar, the most trusted batsman in the current Indian Test team, can become six thousand against Australia in the four-Test series starting in Adelaide from 17 December. Pujara, 32, has scored 5840 runs in 77 Tests at an average of 48.66 which includes 18 centuries and 25 half-centuries. He needs only 160 runs to complete six thousand runs in Test cricket. Pujara, better known as Mr. Trusty, played his last Test in Christchurch against New Zealand in February-March this year. After this, he remained out of the cricket field due to Corona for more than eight months.

    He was not part of any team in the IPL in the UAE and reached Dubai in the last leg of the IPL so that after the end of the tournament, he could go straight to Australia with the remaining players. Former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath says that Pujara has been out of the field for a long time so this time he may have to struggle to score runs on Australian pitches. Pujara was the most successful in the previous Australian tour of 2018-19 and played an important role in winning the series 2–1 to India.

    In the last tour, Pujara scored 521 runs in four Tests with the help of three centuries and a half-century, which was the highest among the players of both teams. After him, Rishabh Pant, who was second, had 350 runs and captain Virat Kohli had 282 runs. These figures can be gauged by how dependent the Indian team is on Pujara in terms of batting. Although Pujara has expressed confidence that he has been out of the ground, but he will return to his rhythm from practice before the series.

    Pujara will have more responsibility during this series as captain Virat will return home after playing the first Test in Adelaide. If Pujara achieves this feat, he will become the 11th Indian to score 6000 runs in Test cricket. This time ahead of them, Gundappa Vishwanath (6080), Mohammad Azharuddin (6215), Dilip Vengsarkar (6868), Saurabh Ganguly (7212), Virat Kohli (7240), Virender Sehwag (8503), VVS Laxman (8781), Sunil Gavaskar (10122) ), Rahul Dravid (13265) and Sachin Tendulkar (15921).

  • Glenn McGrath told which Australian cricketer will be the X-factor in the series against India

    The Indian cricket team is on an Australian tour these days. India has to play three ODIs and T20 International series, followed by a four-match Test series between the two teams. Team India won the Test series on their last Australian tour and also became the first Asian team to do so. Former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGram believes Australia will have a better chance of winning this series and Mitchell Starc’s bowling could prove to be very important.

    McGrath said, “Australia has an advantage against India this time and the biggest reason for this will be the lethal bowling of left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc. But India also have good fast bowlers and they will also get excited this time by winning the last series. McGrath said, ‘Umesh Yadav has the edge while Mohammed Shami has a good catch and he is able to swing the ball in both directions and Jasprit Bumrah has class. He is very strong mentally. Their third and second spell are just as dangerous as the first spell. You have players who will be a tough challenge when they are in form. ‘

    He said, ‘On the other hand, the Australian team has the world’s number one bowler like Pat Cummins, who contributes 100 per cent. Apart from this, the Australian team has left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc. When it is his day, he can easily take four-five wickets. He has some special talent. The bowling of both the teams is excellent but if Australia has anything special, it is the stork bowling which leaves a strong impact.

  • Virat Kohli will become the fastest 12 ODI player

    One-day international cricket Indian captain and run machine Virat Kohli, who has spent more than 12 years, can become the fastest 12 thousand in a three-match ODI series against Australia and break the record of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.

    For Virat, the tour against Australia starting on 27 November is going to prove personally important in many ways. India has to play three ODIs, three T20s and four Tests in this tour. However, Virat will return home after playing the first match of the Test series as his wife Anushka Sharma is going to give birth to his first child in early January.

    The Indian captain is considered to be the most potent contender to break Sachin’s record. Virat will have the chance to make the fastest 12 thousand in ODI series. He is just 133 runs away from this achievement. In this series of three matches, Virat can achieve this feat. After scoring 133 runs in the series, Virat will become the sixth player in the world to reach the peak of 12 thousand runs in ODIs.

    Virat will also have a chance to make the fastest 12 Hazari in ODIs and in this case he can break the record of Master Blaster Sachin. Sachin played 300 innings to reach 12 thousand runs and took 13 years and 73 days. Virat currently has 11867 runs from 248 matches and has played 239 innings. Virat started his ODI career on 18 August 2008 and he has been in ODI cricket for more than 12 years. On this basis, he can break both Sachin’s innings and time records.

  • Williamson and Bolt rest in T20 series against West Indies

    New Zealand have announced the names of 13 players for the World Test Championship and T20 match against the West Indies, with skipper Kane Williamson and fast bowler Trent Boult rested. Captain Kane Williamson and senior fast bowler Trent Boult have been rested from the T20 series keeping in mind the World Test Championship. Williamson and Bolt recently played in the IPL. Tim Southee, who was sent to rest from the third round of the Plunket Shield tournament, will now take over the captaincy in the limited overs.

    New Zealand coach Gary Stade said, “We had to decide on Williamson and Bolt to prioritize Test matches. Apart from this, keeping in mind how important they are to the Test team, we have rested them in limited overs. Both played a key role in the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL). “

    “After a 2–0 win over India and new equations, we are in the race for the final of the Test Championship.” In such a situation, Trent and Kane must be fully fit for the upcoming series. “Auckland batsman Devon Conway has been included in the squad in place of Williamson.” Fast bowler Kyle Jamison, who impressed with his bowling earlier this year against India, has also been selected for the T-20. Only the 13-member squad that played the Test against India in February has been retained once again.

    Tim Southee (captain), Hamish Bennett, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamison, Darryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Siffert (wicketkeeper), Ross Taylor.

    Kane Williamson (captain), Tom Blendall, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhom, Kyle Jamison, Tom Latham, Henry Nichols, Ejaz Patel, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wegner, BJ Watling (wicketkeeper), Will Young.

  • Former Australia coach John Buchanan explains how Virat Kohli’s absence will impact India

    Former Australia coach John Buchanan recalled India’s historic Test series win in Australia, saying even though it was Cheteshwar Pujara, who emerged the highest run-scorer for India in the series, captain Virat Kohli’s contributions were equally significant. During India’s famous 2-1 series win in Australia in 2018-19, Pujara had starred with 521 runs in four Tests, including three centuries, while Kohli totalled 282 runs.

    Even though that kind of performance was no where close to the one Kohli had in 2014/15 – where he’d scored 692 runs, Buchanan reckons Kohli was a monumental figure in the series and the India captain’s absence will have an impact on India’s performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

    “He (Kohli) has done an incredibly good job – irrespective of whether he is scoring runs or not. If we go back to 2019, (Cheteshwar) Pujara was the star of the series and Kohli made some contributions, so did (Ajinkya) Rahane.But Kohli’s real contribution is his leadership and captaincy and the way he instills greatness – not only to win games, but also in finding a way to beat teams,” Buchanan told Sportstar.

    During the last week of the IPL, Kohli had touched upon the Australian tour and underlined how the bio-bubble duration should also be counted in the overall duration of the tour. Being in bio-bubbles tends to have an effect – a sort of mental wear down on players – something Kohli had touched upon, and highlighting the same, Buchanan reckons that is where India will miss Kohli the most.

  • Australia got a blow before the series against India, star player dropped from the team

    The limited overs series is going to start from November 27 between India and Australia. The first three ODIs will be played between the two countries and then there will be three Twenty-Twenty matches. But the Australian team has suffered a major setback before this series. Australian fast bowler Ken Richardson has backed out of the limited overs series. Andrew Tie will replace Richardson in the Australian team.

    Richardson informed of his withdrawal from the limited overs series on Tuesday. Australia’s Chief Selector said, “It’s a difficult decision for Ken Richardson.” But the board and selectors are standing with all their players.

    Ken Richardson has recently become a father and wants to spend time with his child. The Chief Selector said, “Ken wants to be with his child.” We fully support our players and their families. These are difficult times, but we respect his decision. ”

  • Australia will easily win Test series without Virat Kohli: Michael Vaughan

    Former England captain Michael Vaughan feels that if Virat Kohli does not play the last three matches of the four-Test series, Australia will win the Border-Gavaskar series with Asseni.

    Kohli’s wife, actress Anushka Sharma, is scheduled to become a mother in January and Kohli sought leave from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which she has got. On Monday, the board announced that captain Virat had been discharged and that he would return to India after the first Test match starting in Adelaide on 17 December.

    Michael Vaughan tweeted, ‘Virat Kohli is not in the team for three Tests in Australia … Going back to India for the birth of his first child is the right decision … but it means that Australia win the series very comfortably Kohli, however, will play in the series of three ODIs and three T20 T20 Internationals. Apart from this, the first match of the Test series which will be the Pink Ball Test – Kohli will also be a part of it.

  • Babar Azam becomes Pakistan’s new Test captain

    Babar Azam has been made the new Test captain of Pakistan, after which he has now got the captaincy of all three formats. Babar has been appointed Test captain in place of cricketer Azhar Ali. Under the leadership of Azhar Ali, Pakistan’s performance was very disappointing and the team suffered a terrible defeat in England this July. Babar is already the ODI and T20 captain of Pakistan and now he has also been handed the captaincy of the Test.

    Under Babar’s captaincy, Pakistan recently won the ODI and T20 series against Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, Pakistan has announced today a 35-man squad for the tour of New Zealand starting in December. Pakistan will play three T20s and two Test matches against New Zealand during this tour. Babur will lead this team.

    After being made Test Captain, Babar said, “I am very honored after being made Test Captain and have joined some of the most prestigious players to captain Pakistan.” Now I can say with confidence that dreams come true, just you need to chase them with honesty, dedication and commitment. He said, I want to thank him for the way Azhar Ali captained the team last season. it was very difficult. I know that he will leave no stone unturned to give his best to the team.

  • 27,000 people to see India-Australia Test match in Adelaide, permission granted

    27,000 spectators will be allowed to watch the match in the first day night Test against India at the Adelaide Cricket Stadium in Australia. Cricket Australia confirmed this report on Tuesday. This number of spectators is 50 percent of the total capacity of the stadium. Due to the corona virus epidemic, cricket matches are currently being played in an empty stadium in a bio-bubble environment. Some spectators will be present on this day night Test between India and Australia, starting on 17 December.

    India will play three ODIs, three T20s and four Test matches during the Australia tour. The first ODI in Sydney will be held on 27 November while the Test series will start in Adelaide from 17 December. According to a report, 27,000 tickets are available for each day of the first day-night test. Indian captain Virat Kohli will return home after playing in the first Test. The BCCI has given Virat permission for this. Virat’s wife Anushka Sharma will give birth to her first child in the new year and that is why Virat will return home.

    This will be the first pink ball test between India and Australia. Australia has hosted four day-night Test matches in Adelaide while India played their only day night Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata last year. The Boxing Day Test will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from 26 to 30 December. The government has allowed 25 per cent of the total capacity of the stadium to watch the match. 30,000 spectators will be allowed to attend the fourth Test in Brisbane, which is 75 per cent of the total capacity. For every day of the Boxing Day Test, the government has allowed 25,000 spectators to watch the matches.

    The second Test will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground where 23,000 spectators will be allowed to watch the match and this number is 50 per cent of the total capacity. The traditional Pink Test will start at Sydney Cricket Ground from January 7, in which 23,000 fans will be allowed to watch matches which is 50 per cent of the total capacity.