India trudged to 64-1 at lunch in the face of some intense bowling by the Australian quicks on the second day of the decisive fourth and final Test on Sunday. Opener Lokesh Rahul was batting on 31 with Cheteshwar Pujara on 22 after the hosts lost Murali Vijay early in the first session at Dharamsala, … Read more
Australian skipper Steve Smith hit an unbeaten half-century, keeping up his purple patch with the bat in the series-deciding fourth and final Test against India on Saturday. The 27-year-old right-hander struck 10 fours in his brisk 72-run knock to steer the tourists to 131-1 at lunch on the opening day of the rubber. David Warner … Read more
India’s Ravindra Jadeja took the big wicket of captain Steve Smith to damage Australia’s hopes of salvaging a draw on the final day of the third Test in Ranchi on Monday. Australia were 83 for four at lunch with Shaun Marsh on 15 and Peter Handscomb on four, needing another 69 runs to avoid an … Read more
India pegged back Australia’s brisk start to their first innings by taking three wickets in the opening session of the third Test in Ranchi on Thursday. Australia elected to bat after winning the toss in their 800th Test and were 109 for three at lunch after a 50-run opening stand between Matt Renshaw, who made … Read more
Lokesh Rahul and Abhinav Mukund reached 38-0 at lunch on the third day of the second Test Monday after Ravindra Jadeja took six wickets as Australia were dismissed for 276. Left-arm spinner Jadeja took three of the four wickets to fall in the first hour in his 6-63 which kept Australia’s first innings lead down … Read more
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja struck a key blow to remove Australia skipper Steve Smith as India took two wickets in a tight morning session on day two of the second Test on Sunday. Smith, who scored a gritty century in Australia’s opening win in Pune, was made to battle hard and had made just eight … Read more
Australian captain Steve Smith (L) is caught for eight runs on the second day of the second Test at Bangalore Australia were 87 for two at lunch on day two of the second Test in Bangalore on Sunday, 102 runs behind India. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja got the key wicket of Australia skipper Steve Smith … Read more
Australia skipper Steve Smith has warned his players against complacency and expects India to come back hard after the hosts’ crushing first Test defeat in Pune The tourists on Saturday demolished India by 333 runs inside three days to take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series with left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe the unlikely hero. … Read more
Overnight batsman Mitchell Starc was dismissed for 61 as Australia were bowled out for 260 in the first over on day two of the opening Test against India in Pune on Friday. Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin got Starc caught at mid-wicket after the left-hander added just four runs to his overnight score of 57. Opening … Read more
India grabbed the key wicket of David Warner just before lunch on the first day of the opening Test in Pune Thursday, stalling Australia’s momentum after their openers made an impressive start. The visitors were 84 for one at the break after Warner and Matt Renshaw put on an 82-run stand for the opening wicket, … Read more
Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh Friday scored fluent centuries against a faltering Indian bowling attack on day one of the three-day warm-up match between Australia and India A in Mumbai. The centurions dominated the Australian innings before retiring out, as the visitors ended at 327 for five, with Mitchell Marsh (16) and Matthew Wade (7) … Read more