India vs Australia: Rahane, Rohit dig in after hosts remove Kohli, Pujara

At tea on Day 2 of the 3rd test between India and Australia, Rahane was 30 not out and Rohit on 13, the pair digging in with a 47-run stand to maintain India’s advantage

Sports: Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma held firm in a steadying partnership to nudge India to 346 for four at tea after Australia fought back with two wickets in the heat of day two of the third test on Thursday. Pace spearhead Mitchell Starc denied Virat Kohli a second century for the series, having the India captain caught on the rope for 82, before seamer Pat Cummins bowled Cheteshwar Pujara for 106 on a scorching afternoon at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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Rahane was 30 not out and Rohit on 13, the pair digging in with a 47-run stand to maintain India’s advantage on a pitch offering little assistance for the bowlers. India had managed only 52 runs in the first session as the home side bowled grudging lines, so Kohli returned keen to accelerate the innings after resuming with Pujara on 277 for two after lunch.

Toiling under a blazing sun, Australia’s seamers seemed resigned to banging the ball in short with the hope of coaxing the batsmen into a mistake. Kohli rose to the bait in Starc’s third over after lunch, pulling the seamer twice over mid-on, the first for a scratchy three and the second for a more commanding four three balls later. He was out on the next delivery, trying to ramp a third short ball over third man only to be caught by Aaron Finch on the rope.

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India vs Aus: Mayank Agarwal, Pujara power visitors to 123 for 2 at Tea

India vs Australia 3rd test: Pujara was 33 not out, with India captain Virat Kohli next in after winning the toss and electing to bat at Melbourne Cricket Ground

Sports: Opener Mayank Agarwal scored a half-century on debut in a patient stand with Cheteshwar Pujara as India pushed to 123 for two at tea on day one of the third test on Wednesday as Australia’s bowlers laboured on a docile pitch.

After a frustrating session for the home side, seamer Pat Cummins had Agarwal caught down the leg-side for 76 off 161 balls, the wicket ending an 83-run partnership and bringing tea. Pujara was 33 not out, with India captain Virat Kohli next in after winning the toss and electing to bat on a Melbourne Cricket Ground wicket that offered little for the bowlers.|Click here: India vs Australia

Cummins earlier captured the first wicket before lunch, removing promoted opener Hanuma Vihari for eight, but Australia’s formidable pace battery was largely blunted by the lifeless pitch.India had resumed on 57 for one after lunch, with Agarwal having impressed in a chanceless opening session.

He hammered Josh Hazlewood through the covers for four on the first ball of the second session, then danced down the pitch to smash spinner Nathan Lyon for another two boundaries. The second, a glorious straight drive, brought up the 27-year-old’s maiden test fifty off 95 balls.|Business Standard  

Ind vs Aus 2nd test Day 4 score: Paine, Khawaja on creas; Aus 145/4

India need to bowl with great line and length in morning session of Day 4 and take some quick wickets so that they cannot chase more than 250. Check India vs Australia 2nd test Day 4 live action here

On Day 4 of India vs Australia second test, India will look to bowl out Australia cheaply after conceding 43-run lead. Australia were 132 for four at stumps on the third day of the second Test extending their overall lead to 175 runs. India need to bowl with great line and length in the morning session of Day 4 and take some quick wickets so that they cannot chase more than 250. On the other hand, Paine and Khawaja will look to extend the lead and play out the first session unhurt to consolidate their grip on the match.

Earlier, responding to Australia’s first-innings total of 326, India were all out for 283 to give the hosts a 43 run lead. The Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored 123 runs off 257 balls. It was his sixth Test hundred on Australian soil, joining boyhood hero Sachin Tendulkar, and he became the second-quickest batsman in Test history to score 25 Test hundreds (in 127 innings) after Sir Donald Bradman’s 68 innings…..

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Ind vs Aus score, 2nd test Day 1: Harris, Finch give solid start

Australia win the toss and elected to bat first. India picked Hanuma Vihari and Umesh Yadav in place of Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin. Check India vs Australia LIVE score and match updates here

Sports: After registering a thrilling 31-run victory in the first cricket Test, India cricket team will look to continue the momentum when they take on Australia in the second test match at Optus Stadium Perth today. The pitch will offer plenty of pace and bounce at the brand new Optus Stadium and that could, on paper, be an advantage for the hosts. But an upbeat Indian team, having a world class bowling attack at their disposal at the moment, would be relishing the opportunity to have a go at their rivals.

“We get more excited than nervous looking at lively pitches now,” skipper Virat Kohli had said. India though have been hit by injuries to key players R Ashwin and Rohit Sharma who are ruled out of the Perth Test. “Ashwin has a left-sided abdominal strain. He is receiving treatment at the moment. He has been ruled out of the second Test,” a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) statement said. The BCCI also said that teenage opener Prithvi Shaw was recovering well from his left ankle injury but still undergoing treatment.(Click Here: Ind vs Aus)

India playing 11: Lokesh Rahul, Murali Vijay, Virat Kohli(c), Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(w), Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia playing 11: Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Tim Paine(w/c), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

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India beat Australia by 31 runs in first test at Adelaide, take 1-0 lead

Batting first, India were all out for 250 in their first innings and then bowled out the hosts for 235 to take a 15-run lead

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 1ST TEST|India removed Travis Head and Shaun Marsh in the first session of the fifth and final day to close in on victory in the opening Test against Australia here Monday. Set a target of 323, Australia reached 186 for six at lunch at the Adelaide Oval. The visitors need another four wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

Australia meanwhile need another 137 runs, with Tim Paine (40 not out) and Pat Cummins (5 not out) at the crease at lunch-break. They added 30 runs for the seventh wicket. Starting from overnight 104 for four, the Head-Marsh partnership lasted only 7.4 overs before India forced a breakthrough with the old Kookaburra ball.(Sports News)

Head (14) was the first to go, with Ishant Sharma (1-35) bowling a sharp bouncer that followed the batsman and left him no room. The ball looped up to gully where Ajinkya Rahane made no mistake.

The duo had added 31 runs with the onus now on Marsh and Paine as the last recognised batting pair. Marsh shouldered the responsibility and scored his first half-century in the fourth innings of a Test off 146 balls. It was his 10th Test half-century overall.

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Rishabh Pant equals world record of most catches in a Test by wicket keeper

He eclipsed the India record of 10 catches in a game by Wriddhiman Saha, as the visitors won the opening game by 31 runs to go 1-0 up in the four-match series

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 1ST TEST|Rishabh Pant Monday equalled the world record of most catches in a Test by a wicketkeeper, snaring 11 in the first match against Australia while breaking the Indian mark. The 21-year-old is now level with Englishman Jack Russell (vs South Africa at Johannesburg in 1995) and South Africa’s AB de Villiers (vs Pakistan at Johannesburg in 2013).

He eclipsed the India record of 10 catches in a game by Wriddhiman Saha, as the visitors won the opening game by 31 runs to go 1-0 up in the four-match series. Pant equalled the world record after taking Mitchell Starc’s catch off Mohammed Shami’s ball in the second innings at the Adelaide Oval.

The wicketkeeper caught six batsmen in first innings and five in the next on way to the record. In the first innings, Pant was involved in the dismissals of Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb and Tim Paine before pouching on to edges off Starc, Travis Head and Josh Hazlewood’s willow.|(Sports News)

When India bowled again, he played a role in the departure of openers Marcus Harris and Aaron Finch, followed by Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Paine and Starc. Pant equalled the India record when he took his tenth catch of the match — a top edge off Australia skipper Tim Paine.

“It was nervous as they were coming close, but we did well. I’m happy to contribute to the team. I always enjoy troubling batsmen, I love it when they concentrate on me and not on the bowlers,” said Pant, who was heard egging on the bowlers on the stump mic.

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India beat Australia by 31 runs in first test at Adelaide, take 1-0 lead

Batting first, India were all out for 250 in their first innings and then bowled out the hosts for 235 to take a 15-run lead

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 1ST TEST|India removed Travis Head and Shaun Marsh in the first session of the fifth and final day to close in on victory in the opening Test against Australia here Monday. Set a target of 323, Australia reached 186 for six at lunch at the Adelaide Oval. The visitors need another four wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

Australia meanwhile need another 137 runs, with Tim Paine (40 not out) and Pat Cummins (5 not out) at the crease at lunch-break. They added 30 runs for the seventh wicket. Starting from overnight 104 for four, the Head-Marsh partnership lasted only 7.4 overs before India forced a breakthrough with the old Kookaburra ball.(Sports News)

Head (14) was the first to go, with Ishant Sharma (1-35) bowling a sharp bouncer that followed the batsman and left him no room. The ball looped up to gully where Ajinkya Rahane made no mistake.

The duo had added 31 runs with the onus now on Marsh and Paine as the last recognised batting pair. Marsh shouldered the responsibility and scored his first half-century in the fourth innings of a Test off 146 balls. It was his 10th Test half-century overall.

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India vs Australia 1st Test: India fold for 250 in first innings

Earlier on Thursday, India were reduced to 19/3 before centurion Cheteshwar Pujara’s gritty 16th Test ton (123) anchored the innings to 250/9 at stumps

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 1ST TEST|India failed to add any further run to their overnight score before being packed for 250 on the very first ball of the second morning of the opening Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval here on Friday.

Pacer Josh Hazlewood got the last man Mohammed Shami (6) caught behind on the very first ball to deny the visitors any addition to the overnight score.

For the hosts, Hazlewood shone with three wickets, while fellow quicks Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins took two scalps each. The spinner Nathan Lyon also bagged a couple of wickets.

Earlier on Thursday, India were reduced to 19/3 before centurion Cheteshwar Pujara’s gritty 16th Test ton (123) anchored the innings to 250/9 at stumps.

Pujara, however, fell to a brilliant run out on the last ball of the opening day.

Brief Scores: India 250 (Cheteshwar Pujara 123, Rohit Sharma 37; Josh Hazlewood 3/52, Pat Cummins 2/49) vs Australia.

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India vs Australia: Rain plays spoilsport in warm-up match in Sydney

The play was impossible at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where the tourists are scheduled to play a non-first class tour match against an understrength representative side

The start of India’s only warm-up match for the test series against Australia was delayed by torrential rain on Wednesday, with the four-day clash against a Cricket Australia XI looking unlikely to get underway before Thursday.

Storms battered the New South Wales coast on Wednesday morning, flooding streets, railway stations and homes as the extreme weather caused commuter chaos, grounded flights and left hundreds of homes without electricity.|India vs Australia

The play was impossible at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where the tourists are scheduled to play a non-first class tour match against an understrength representative side featuring just one international, D’Arcy Short. The test series begins in Adelaide on Dec. 6, with further matches in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney over the following month.

India vs Australia 1st T20 : India look to continue winning streak

India have been unbeaten since November 2007 in the T20 format and will look to keep their momentum against the Australians. Catch all the Ind vs Aus live updates here

Ind vs Aus 2018-19| The day has arrived, a confident India, led by captain Virat Kohli would face the Aussie challenge in the series opener on Wednesday.

The first T20 international at The Gabba, Brisbane is set to be a fierce competition between India and host Australia who have not been in their best recently due to performance and the, especially after the infamous ball-tampering scandal.

Australia would look to move past from the shadows of recent times while India aim another triumph and especially a long-awaited against the host.(Sports)

India have been unbeaten since November 2007 in the T20 format and will look to keep their momentum against the Australians

Skipper Kohli would look to maintain a psychological pressure on Australia but it remains to be seen how a young Indian side perform as it’s not a cakewalk to play under the conditions in Australia…Read More