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  • Will maintain this rhythm of victory even further: Virat

    After winning the last match of the ODI series against Australia, Indian team captain Virat Kohli said on Wednesday that he is happy with the performance of the team and he hopes that the team will carry this rhythm forward. Although the Indian team lost the series 1-2, but for the last match, Virat made a change in the team which benefited and the team managed to win the last ODI.

    Virat said after the match, “We were under pressure during Australia’s batting. With the arrival of Shubman and other new players, there was some freshness in the final match. The pitch for this match was better for bowlers. Face it We did well in the ball and fielding. I am happy with the performance of the team and hope that the team will carry the same rhythm in the future. “

    Virat said about his batting and the performance of Jadeja and Pandya, “I wanted to take my innings forward and spend time on the pitch. Pandya and Jadeja had a great partnership. The team needed similar encouragement and especially when you are playing in front of a team like Australia. “Now the three-match T20 series between the two teams will begin on December 4 with the first match in Canberra. After the first match, both teams will return to Sydney where the second and third matches will be played on 6 and 8 December.

  • Shastri should have told Virat about Rohit: Gautam Gambhir

    Gautam Gambhir, former player of Indian cricket team, has said that the situation is unclear about the opening of the team’s tour of Australia and the availability of the batsman Rohit Sharma, that the team’s head coach Ravi Shastri has to give captain Virat Kohli the availability of Rohit. Should have given information about

    Gambhir said in a conversation with former player VVS Laxman during the Star Sports program Cricket Connected, “First of all I think Rohit should have been selected in the team and the lack of communication that has come out for his selection is very disappointing. is.”

    He said, “I am very surprised because in this round of dialogues there are so many Whats app groups and there is a group mail which includes everyone. There is definitely a dialogue group between the team management, the chairman of the selection committee and the in-charge of the medical team of BCI. Generally, everything is made clear to the team management. I don’t know what caused this communication to break this time. “

    The former player described Rohit’s injury as unfortunate, saying that this communication gap is very bad because Virat is the captain of the team and when he went to the press conference, he told the media that he had no information about the improvement in Rohit’s injury. is.

    Gambhir said that three people are the most important in this situation. First the physio chief, the head coach of the team and the chairman of the selection committee. He said that these three men should have told about Rohit’s situation and the coach of the team should also have given information about Rohit to Captain Virat. He said, “If you are going to the press conference and you don’t have any new information about Rohit’s injury, then it is very unfortunate. Rohit is a very important player in the team and there should be a good dialogue about the player’s presence which has been missing somewhere.

  • Virat Kohli Breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s Record, Is The Fastest To 12,000 ODI Runs

    Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the fastest to reach 12,000 runs in One-day International cricket. Kohli breached the mark in the third ODI against Australia in Canberra. The 32-year-old had 11,977 runs before this game and got to the landmark soon after arriving at the crease after winning the toss and batting first. Kohli got to the milestone in his 242nd inning thus bettering the previous record set by Sachin Tendulkar, who got his 12000th run in his 300th inning.

    Kohli is the second-highest scorer for India in ODIs behind Tendulkar’s 18,426 from 463 ODIs. The India captain also holds the record for the fastest batsman (in terms of innings) to 10,000 and 11,000 runs in ODIs.

    Kohli reached 11,000 runs in 222 innings and became the fastest to breach the 10000-run mark by doing so in his 205th inning. The current India captain made his ODI debut in 2008 against Sri Lanka and has hit 43 ODI centuries in addition to 59 fifties in a career that’s spanned over 12 years. The most recent of his half-centuries came in the second ODI against Australia in Sydney where he hit 89 in India’s chase of 390 runs.

  • Virat Kohli 23 runs away from breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s massive record

    India captain Virat Kohli will be on the verge of achieving a huge milestone when he steps out to bat in the 3rd ODI against Australia on Wednesday in Canberra. The Indian team has already lost the series with the Aaron Finch-led Australia taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. Kohli played a scintillating 89-run innings in the 2nd ODI during India’s 390-run chase. But a great catch from Moises Henriques ended his stay as India lost the match by 51 runs.

    But the visitors will have a chance to pick up a consolation win and avoid the clean sweep in the 3rd ODI in Canberra. In the match, Kohli will have a chance to surpass India legend Sachin Tendulkar to become the fastest player to reach 12,000 run-mark in the ODIs.

    Kohli is just 23 runs away from reaching the 12,000 ODI-run mark. If he manages to do so, he would reach the mark in his 251st ODI, and 242nd innings. In comparison, it took Tendulkar 309 matches and 300 innings to reach the mark.

    Overall, Kohli will be the sixth player in the list, only after Australia’s Ricky Ponting, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya, and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene.

    Kohli will also be on the verge of equalling Sachin’s record of most ODI hundreds by an Indian player against Australia. If Kohli makes a ton, it will be his 9th ODI hundred against the Aussies.

  • Gautam Gambhir criticized captaincy Virat, why only two overs were done with new ball

    Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has questioned the lack of use of fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, criticizing Team India captain Virat Kohli after two consecutive matches in the ODI series against Australia. In the second match of the current series against Australia, Bumrah on Sunday gave just seven runs in his first spell, putting the second and fourth over. After this, he was given only one more over in the first power play. Bumrah put the ninth over of the innings. Gambhir said that it is beyond his understanding why Bumrah was given only two overs with the new ball.

    Gambhir said at a Cricinfo event after the match on Sunday, “To be honest, I did not understand the captaincy of Virat. We are constantly talking about that we have to take more and more wickets and we need to bat in Australia.” The line-up has to be cut, but Virat is getting two overs from his important bowler Bumrah with the new ball. Usually in ODIs there are spells of 4-3-3 overs and a bowler is allowed four overs in a maximum of one spell. “

    He said, “If you stop your leading fast bowler by bowling two overs with a new ball, then it is difficult for me to understand this captaincy.” This is not T20 cricket. India lost, because there was poor captaincy. “Questioning the team selection, Gambhir said,” He could have included either Washington Sundar or Shivam Dubey in the ODI. It shows how they perform in ODIs. If both of them are not in Australia, then it shows a decrease in team selection from somewhere.

    Unless we give someone a chance, how will we find out how much better he is at the international level? Captured the series of matches. Australia won the match by 66 runs by scoring 374 runs in the first match.

  • Team India fined 20% for slow over rate

    The International Cricket Council has fined the Indian team 20 per cent of the match fees for the slow over rate in the first ODI against Australia.

    The first ODI was played between India and Australia in Sydney on Friday, where Australia defeated Team India by 66 runs. The Indian team threw an over short at the scheduled time, after which match referee David Boon fined the team.

    On-field umpires Rod Tucker and Sam Nogajski, TV umpire Paul Reifel and fourth umpire Gerrard Abood accused Team India of violating the rules. However, Captain Virat confessed to the crime, after which there was no need for an official hearing in this case. Under Section 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct, players are fined 20 per cent for each over bowled in a stipulated time.

  • RCB’s Parthiv Patel on persisting with Virat Kohli as skipper

    Royal Challengers Bangalore qualified for the Indian Premier League playoffs this season after 3 years. The much-maligned side impressed initially as they won 7 of their first 10 matches. But a slump in the latter games resulted in the side narrowly qualifying for the playoffs in fourth place. They eventually lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator and the defeat resulted in some criticism levelled at captain Virat Kohli.

    Former India batsman and two-time IPL winning captain Gautam Gambhir said that it is time for the 32-year-old to be held accountable for the results and was vocal about wanting to change Kohli as RCB captain.

    “100 percent, because the problem is about accountability. Eight years into the tournament [without a trophy], eight years is a long time. Tell me any other captain…forget about captain, tell me any other player who would have got eight years and wouldn’t have won the title and would have still continued with it. So it has to be accountability. A captain needs to take accountability,’ Gambhir told ESPNcricinfo.

    On the other hand, Virender Sehwag supported Kohli, saying he is a fine captain who is being let down by an unbalanced team. Kohli’s RCB teammate Parthiv Patel was asked about Kohli’s captaincy and said that he feels Virat shouldn’t be held accountable for team’s loss.

    “He is very attacking player himself. He likes to get on with it. I thought he was slightly defensive in taking those decisions as a captain. Other than that, he has been a very successful India captain, no doubt about it. But if you look around RCB’s records in eight years, it is obviously been a long, long time,” Parthiv told cricket.com.

    “I am sitting at this point of time neither in Sehwag’s shoes (Backing Kohli to continue as captain) nor in Gautam Gambhir’s shoes (replace Kohli as captain). The franchise should decide on it. I don’t think as players, we have anything to say about it.”

  • Australia won the toss, India will bowl first

    In the first match of the India-Australia ODI series starting today, Australia has decided to bat after winning the toss. With the new jersey and new atmosphere in the Corona era, the Indian cricket team will return to international cricket against a veteran like Australia, then they will miss their hitman Rohit Sharma in the first ODI cricket match on Friday.

    Virat Kohli’s team last played an international match against New Zealand in early March. The team, which has been away from international cricket for a long time due to the Corona epidemic, now faces a fierce race like Australia, which will not be easy to beat on its soil.

    The Indian batsmen are going to face the best fast attack while Australia also have a skilled spinner in the form of Adam Jampa, who has troubled Kohli many times. In the presence of returning Steve Smith, run machine David Warner and rising star Marnus Labuschen in the rhythm, the Indians will have to do their best to defeat Australia on their land.

    Captain Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur Are included.

    At the same time, Australia’s team electop in captain Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschen, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carrey, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Jampa, Josh Hazlewood, Sean Abbott, Ashton Egger, Cameron Green, Moises Henriques, Andrew Tye, Daniel Symes, Matthew Wade.

  • Australia coach Justin Langer ahead of India ODIs

    Australia head coach Justin Langer admitted they have a few selection headaches ahead of the three-match ODI series against India starting on November 27 at Sydney.

    Steve Smith has returned to the ODI squad after he missed Australia’s last assignment against World champions England due to a concussion. Langer confirmed that Smith will straightaway find a place in the XI in place of the injured Mitchell Marsh in the first ODI against Virat Kohli’s men at SCG on Friday.

    “We’ll probably lean that way (picking Smith for Marsh) but we did learn and we’ve talked about in our foundation for one-day cricket going forward, we really like that extra bowling option,” Langer said as quoted by Cricket.com.au.

    The former Australia opener, however, added that they would like to have that extra cushion of a bowler which they had in the presence of Marsh, Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis, which gives them some selection headaches.

    “In England, we had Mitch Marsh, Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell able to get us at least 10 overs. So we like that combination, the extra allrounder. Obviously Steve will come straight back in.

  • India will get smoked 4-0 in Tests if Virat Kohli does not set tone before leaving: Michael Clarke

    Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has warned that India could be “smoked 4-0” in the Test series if skipper Virat Kohli does not set the tone in the white-ball games before his departure.
    The 32-year-old Kohli has been granted paternity leave by the BCCI to be with his wife for the birth of their first child. He will lead the team in the white-ball series, comprising three ODIs and as many T20s, and the opening Test at Adelaide before heading back home.
    “These one-dayers and these Twenty20s is where Virat Kohli can really stand up and lead from the front,” Clarke said on ‘Sky Sports Radio’ on Tuesday.

    “If India don’t have success in the one-dayers and the T20s, they are in deep trouble in the Test matches and they’ll get smoked 4-0, in my opinion,” he added.
    Clarke feels that despite featuring in only one Test, the talismanic Indian skipper could still play a huge role in the outcome of the red-ball series by dominating in the limited-overs games.
    “I think the tone he sets with this team will play a big role when he leaves, after the first Test match.”
    The much talked about contest between the two best sides in the world would begin on November 27 with the ODI series-opener in Sydney.