Australia vs India: David Warner’s participation still doubtful for the third test says, Justin Langer

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Australia vs India: David Warner’s participation still doubtful for the third test says, Justin Langer

Australia vs India: David Warner’s participation still doubtful for the third test says, Justin Langer.

David Warner injury: Australian star opening batsman David Warner’s participation in the third test remains doubtful as he fails to recover from injury. Coach Justin Langer on Sunday said Warner is still having some issues with his groin injury. David Warner was ruled out of the second Boxing Day Test Match after he failed to recover from the injury that he picked in the second ODI against India. The star opener has made noticeable progress as he came to bat but agile movements are still a concern.

“There is no one more professional and he is doing everything possible. The management saw him batting last day, he came to bat again this afternoon at MCG, so in terms of batting he is flying, he is killing it. But the problem remains when comes to agile movements, he’s still having some issues with his groin and we know how dynamic he is,” Langer told Ricky Ponting.

“His running between the wickets, his movements all the time, so he’s getting closer and we’re hopeful he will come good, he’s certainly hoping he’ll come good, but time will tell. We’ve still got a few more days to the next Test match,” he added.

The third test between India and Australia will begin on January 7 at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

No partnerships are the biggest disappointment, Justin Langer:

Langer feels Australia needs to build some more crucial partnerships against India to put them under pressure. Just like Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja did last day.

“A bit like the opening test game, just our partnerships,” Langer said when asked about his biggest disappointment. “We are not able to set up the games up to our limits- if you look at our partnerships in the first game in the first test innings and then yesterday, we certainly need to get a lot better now.”

“Australia had some good partnerships previous game and this game too. We have one 50 runs stand in the first test and 86 runs stand yesterday. Once you go on to 86 runs you should convert it to 150 or more. Because that’s how the game will proceed and you have to set up the game. So we weren’t able to do that and to me, partnerships as much as anything,” he added.

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Australia vs India: Rahane has been able to do something special says, Ponting

Australia vs India: Rahane has been able to do something special says, Ponting.

Australia vs India 2nd Test: Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting praises stand-in skipper of India, Ajinkya Rahane for his supreme ton against a quality bowling unit. Ajinkya Rahane slammed his 12th Test ton on the Second Day of the Boxing Day Test against Australia. Rahane’s innings of unbeaten 104 put the visitors in the driving seat in the Test game.

With his 12th Ton, Rahane also become the only second skipper to score a test century at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). He is now also the second Indian cricketer to score multiple test tons at the same venue. Previously Vinod Mankad held the record.

Ponting in talks with cricket.com.au praises Rahane for his brilliant leadership role.

Rahane picked up the team says, Ponting:

“I think he’s done a great job to pick up the pieces from Adelaide with this team, lead really well in the field yesterday and you can see he’s playing like a captain now as well.

He wants to play that captain’s knock; he wants to get a hundred in Virat’s absence and do the best thing he can to try and drag his country and his team back into this series,” Ponting told cricket.com.au.

“Virat will be captain of India as long as he wants to, but if he thinks standing down is going to make him an even better player, then that’s a scary thing for world cricket,” he added.

Ponting compared Rahane with Virat’s captaincy and said Ajinkya has got something special in him.

“I’m not doubting Kohli’s captaincy skills or credentials at all, I’m just saying it’s going to take something special to pick up the pieces and Rahane’s been able to do that so far. I don’t think there’ll be pressure from anywhere else for Kohli to do that but let’s wait and see,” Ponting further said.

At the end of the play of Day 2, India amassed 277 runs with 5 wickets in hand. Rahane unbeaten at 104 while all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is standing close to his half-century.

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Australia vs India: Ajinkya Rahane’s brilliant knock, Cricket Pundits / Twitters reaction

Australia vs India: Ajinkya Rahane’s brilliant knock, Cricket Pundits / Twitters reaction.

Australia vs India: Team India’s stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane’s absorbing knock of unbeaten 104 grabbed the attention of the Cricket Pundits. Rahane stepped out of Kohli’s shadow and scored a blazing century putting India to the driving seat on Day 2 of the Boxing Day Test.

India after a humiliating defeat in Adelaide Cricket Ground came up with a better mind-set and restricted Australian’s at 195 runs. On the second Day despite losing four wickets in a mere 36 runs Rahane and Jadeja kept the scoreboard running.

India before the stumps of Day 2 amassed 277 runs in the loss of five wickets and a lead of 82 runs.

After India’s brilliant comeback on Day 2, Cricket Pundits became crazy to praise the captaincy and India’s performance.

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ICC Awards of the Decade: ICC Teams of the Decade: MS Dhoni named as captain of both T20Is and ODIs while Virat Kohli named as captain of the Test team of the Decade

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ICC Awards of the Decade: ICC Teams of the Decade: MS Dhoni named as captain of both T20Is and ODIs while Virat Kohli named as captain of the Test team of the Decade

ICC Awards of the Decade: ICC Teams of the Decade: MS Dhoni named as captain of both T20Is and ODIs while Virat Kohli named as captain of the Test team of the Decade.

ICC Awards of the Decade: International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced the results of much-awaited awards of the Decade. The Teams for all three formats have been announced i.e., Tests, T20I s, and ODIs.

Indian former captain MS Dhoni has been named captain of both T20Is and ODIs while Virat Kohli has been named as the captain of the Test team of the Decade.

ICC T20I team of the Decade:

In T20Is apart from Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah have been named in the list of T20I cricketer of the Decade. The lineup led by MS Dhoni also features some greats of the format like Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Lasith Malinga, and Aaron Finch.

Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, MS Dhoni (c), Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, and Lasith Malinga.

ICC’s ODI Team of the Decade: 

In the list of 50 over format, ODIs apart from captain MS Dhoni, Australian David Warner, and Indian Rohit Sharma have been named as openers followed by Virat Kohli and South African AB de Villiers as middle-order batsmen. England’s Ben Stokes and Bangladesh’s Shakib al Hasan has been picked as the all-rounders while the bowling is led by Australian Mitchell Starc, New Zealand’s Trent Boult, and Sri Lankans Lasith Malinga.

Rohit Sharma, David Warner, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Shakib Al Hasan, MS Dhoni (c), Ben Stokes, Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Imran Tahir, and Lasith Malinga.

ICC’s Test Team of the Decade: 

International Cricket Council (ICC) also announced the Test team of the Decade. India’s current test skipper Virat Kohli is picked as the captain of the side. The test side includes some of the most prominent names such as Alister Cook, Kane Williamson, Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara.

Alistair Cook, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli (c), Steve Smith, Kumar Sangakkara, Ben Stokes, Ravi Ashwin, Dale Steyn, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.

ICC’s Women’s T20I Team of the Decade: 

The list also features the women’s T20I team of the Decade. Australia’s Meg Lenning has been named as the leader of the side which includes two Indians Poonam Yadav and Harmanpreet Kaur. 

Alyssa Healy, Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates, Meg Lanning (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Stafanie Taylor, Deandra Dottin, Ellyse Perry, Anya Shrubsole, Megan Schutt, Poonam Yadav.

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Australia vs India 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: Ajinkya Rahane completes his test ton

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Australia vs India 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: Ajinkya Rahane completes his test ton

Australia vs India 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights; Ajinkya Rahane completes his test ton.

Australia vs India 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: Stand-in skipper’s top-notch unbeaten innings of 104 put the visitors high on the test campaign after a frustrating defeat in the first game. Ajinkya Rahane’s under-pressure innings against the brilliant bowling unit proved India is no less even if Virat Kohli is not with the team.

Day 2 ended as India scored a total of 277 runs for five wickets taking up the lead of 82 runs against the mighty Australians. It was a rough day for the bowlers of the hosts as they managed to pick just four scalps and missed some of the close chances to dismiss the stand-in skipper.

Debutant Shubman Gill scored brilliant 45 runs before moving back to the pavilion on Day 2. Rishabh Pant and Hanuma Vihari both controlled the innings well against the moving ball to stitch a good partnership with Rahane.

Pant scored 29 runs while Vihari ended on 21 runs. Ravindra Jadeja and Ajinkya Rahane both fired at the Australian’s world-class bowling and kept the scoreboard rotating. In the meantime, the duo completed their 100 runs stand and took India to a good lead of 82 runs at the end of Day 2.

After the new ball, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins made some chances to dismiss skipper Rahane, however, few dropped chances made the day worst for the bowlers.

India will resume on 277 on Day 3 with Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja batting. Jadeja facing over 100 balls and scored ten short of his half-century.

While Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins got two wickets each. Nathon Lyon got one on his bag.

Australian squad for 2nd Test:

Matthew Wade, Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Tim Paine (c & wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.

Indian Squad for 2nd Test:

Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

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Surya Kumar Yadav to lead Mumbai in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: The exuberant Mumbai batsman Surya Kumar Yadav to lead Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. Yadav has been one of the prominent faces in Mumbai domestic season as well as in IPL with Mumbai Indians.

However, Arjun Tendulkar son of cricket God Sachin Tendulkar failed to see his name in the 20 members list of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Mumbai Indians. It is learned that Arjun has not performed well in the practice games and went for plenty of runs.

This will be a perfect opportunity for Surya Kumar to knock on the doors of national selectors once again. Yadav who has not got his maiden national call-up will be excited to smash the bowlers to make his stance more solid in front of selectors.

Mumbai Cricket Association shared the information about the 20 member squad on its website earlier on Saturday.

Apart from Surya Kumar Mumbai regulars Aditya Tare, Sarfaraz Khan, all-rounder Shivam Dube and Siddesh Lad are also in the squad.

The young U19 batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal is also among the 20 members for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Jaiswal could not capitalize on his chances given by Rajasthan Royals, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 will be the perfect opportunity to gain confidence and win selectors heart.

The pace attack will be led by Tushar Deshpande and Dhawal Kulkarni along with spinners Atharva Ankolekar and Shams Mulani.

The center has asked all the players to undergo an RT-PCR test for Covid-19 and carry a negative report of the same before heading to the Wankhede Stadium on December 29th.

The domestic season will kick off with Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 that will begin on 10th January.

Mumbai Squad of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021:

Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Aditya Tare (Vice Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aakarshit Gomel, Sarfaraz Khan, Siddhesh Lad, Shivam Dube, Shubham Ranjane, Sujit Nayak, Sairaj Patil, Tushar Deshpande, Dhawal Kulkarni, Minad Manjrekar, Prathamesh Dake, Atharva Ankolekar, Shashank Attarde, Shams Mulani, Hardik Tamore, Akash Parkar and Sufiyan Shaikh.

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New Zealand vs Pakistan: Shaheen Afridi feels frustrated after missed chances

New Zealand vs Pakistan: Shaheen Afridi feels frustrated after missed chances.

New Zealand vs Pakistan 1st Test: Young pacer who put up a brilliant show on the first day of the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand must be saddened after plenty of mischances. 

Shaheen Afridi after the end of the play of Day1 feels frustrated due to the number of missed chances in the field as well as by the straightforward LBW.

The stand-in skipper Mohammad Rizwan opened up well winning the toss and opting to field first. The speedster Shaheen Afridi started his spell with two wickets in quick succession. Afridi removed Tom Latham and Tom Bundell cheaply sending New Zealand into backfoot.

However, Pakistan could not manage to pick one more wicket the whole day. Afridi made few chances where wickets would fall but Pakistani fielders dropped chcnces.

“We did try to get wickets early on with new balls and took two wickets but if you don’t take catches it will be difficult,” Afridi said.

A brilliant parternership of 120 runs came to end after Shaheen Afridi removed Ros Taylor who became the most capped player across format for New Zealand. 

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and Henry Nicolls ensured a another good parternership of unbeaten 89 runs to end the play of Day 1.

Dropped Chances :

Before the end of the Day, Williamson and Nicholls both were given lives. Williamson was dropped twice in the slips by Shan Masood and Haris Sohail – off Naseem Shah and Afridi respectively, while Henry Nicholls was also given a chance.

To put salt in the wounds, Pakistani skipper Mohammad Rizwan did not take a simple LBW review to get rid of New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson off Shaheen Afridi. A well-directed yorker hit the pads of Williamson which would eventually hit the off stumps.

“They batted hard but I am 100% frustrated by the dropped catches. It’s disappointing when you drop catches, and we didn’t take the review (on Williamson),” Afridi said.

“It’s a part of the game but if you need to win matches you have to take catches and have to improve the fielding. They know how to play in their conditions so it is tough, but the ball is still new and tomorrow we will come hard to take wickets as early as possible.”

As the Day 1 of the first test ended, New Zealand closes on 222 for 3 wickets, and Kane Williamson who is six runs short of his 23rd Test Ton while Henry Nicholls as his partner.

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Australia vs India: I won’t comment on Rahane’s captaincy, Sunil Gavaskar

Australia vs India: I won’t comment on Rahane’s captaincy, Sunil Gavaskar.

Australia vs India 2nd Test: Former Indian cricketing great Sunil Gavaskar refrain to comment on Rahane’s captaincy during the talk show in Sony. I won’t comment on Rahane’s captaincy says Sunil Gavaskar.

Team India in the absence of skipper Virat Kohli bowled out Australian on 195 in the first innings of the second test match. Stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane rotated his resources well to keep the pressure on Aussies batsmen which eventually helped the bowlers to deliver upfront.

Sunil Gavaskar looked pretty impressed by Rahane’s captaincy but refrain to say any word as he would be accused of backing fellow Mumbaikars.

I will be accused, Sunil Gavaskar:

“From what I have examined and seen in the last 2 tests and ODIs he led, he has got a good sense of field placement. It is very important for any captain to use the right bowler for specific batsmen. Having said that, it is crucial for bowlers to bowl according to the field placement. If bowlers pitch in right areas and bowl according to the field the captain eventually looks good,” Gavaskar said on Sony Network.

“Importantly, let’s not jump to the conclusions too quickly as these are early days and anything can happen. If I say I am impressed by his captaincy and he has been outstanding, I will be accused of supporting a Mumbai boy and all kinds of things will happen.”

The bowlers did their job nicely. Bumrah and Ashwin picking initial wickets were more important. However, let’s not forget Siraj who impressed with his lengths and took two wickets in his debut match.

Siraj’s Bowling:

“It is important to think beyond Rahane’s captaincy. The way Bumrah and Ashwin were controlled. The way Siraj made completed his spell is outstanding. I mean imagine, being a new ball bowler and not getting a single over in the opening hour. You get to bowl in the second session when the ball is old and tired but the intent was clear. Siraj took two crucial wickets and made his debut memorable.”

After bowlers steal the show against Australia, another debutant Shubman Gill has been equally impressive. Gill scoring with that confidence in his debut game is phenomenal.

India are 36/1 at the stumps of Day 1 while Australia batting first has been restricted to 195 runs.

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Shadab Khan to miss Pakistan’s home series against South Africa

Shadab Khan to miss Pakistan’s home series against South Africa.

Pakistan vs South Africa: Shadab Khan to miss Pakistan’s home series against South Africa due to injury. The senior all-rounder has been fully ruled out of the ongoing test series against New Zealand as well as advised to take rest till full recovery.

Khan during the third T20I game against New Zealand injured himself while fielding. The MRI scans revealed that he has a muscle tear in his left thigh. Doctors suggested at least six weeks rest to Shadab Khan and which re-examination will be done to mark him fit for the international series.

It is almost clear that the all-rounder will miss the whole South Africa tour which consists of two test games followed by three T20Is.

“After the competition of the six-week period, the medical panel will access and evaluate the injury before making a call on Shadab’s return to competitive cricket,” Saleem said in a statement on Saturday.

Shadab Khan will stay with the team in the New Zealand tour and start his rehab program under the eyes of the team’s medical team.

Pakistan’s Injury Concerns:

Pakistan is already suffering from various injury concerns. Skipper Babar Azam along with Imam-ul-Haq have sustained thumb injuries during net practice which eventually ruled them out of the first test against New Zealand.

Shadab Khan’s thigh injury will hurt Pakistan’s run in the ICC World Test Championship. However, Pakistan’s management will hope that Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq to regain fitness and come back in the second test game.

Pakistan’s Squad for New Zealand Test:

Mohammad Rizwan (captain for 1st Test), Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Shadab Khan, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Sohail, Imran Butt, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Shan Masood, Sohail Khan, Yasir Shah, and Zafar Gohar.

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Australia vs India 2nd Test Match Day 1 Report, debutant Siraj and Gill top performance

Australia vs India 2nd Test Match Day 1 Report, debutant Siraj and Gill top performance.

Australia vs India 2nd Test: After a low phase from the first test game against Australia, the visitors bounced back in absence of its regular skipper. India took charge of Australians as they bowled out for 195 while India playing at 36/1 as the play of Day 1 ends.

Australian skipper Tim Paine won the toss and opted to bat first at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday. India opened up in absence of two senior players Viart Kohli (Paternity Leave) and Mohammad Shami (Fractured arm).

Australian innings on Day 1:

The bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah opening the account dismissing Joe Burns for a duck. Marnus Labuschagne and Matthew Wade took innings past 35 before Ashwin took Wade in the 13th over.

Labuschagne looked good but Aswin once again dismissed Steve Smith for a duck. This is the first time after four years Smith went without scoring a single run. 

India was in a good swing as Jasprit Bumrah then removed Travis Head who was batting at 38 runs.

The visitors did not lose control as the debutant removed Marnus Labuschgne who was two runs short of his half-century. Siraj once again stikes and this time he took young Cameron Green with himself.

Australia went completely to backfoot now. Australian skipper Tim Paine who scored a brilliant half-century in the first test looked clueless against India in the second test. Paine’s struggle ended as Ashwin picked his wicket as he crossed double digits mark.

Australian on the first day were restricted to just 195/10. Jasprit Bumrah picked four scalps (4/56) while Ashwin got three under his belt (3/35). Debutant Siraj got two while Ravindra Jadeja picked one wicket.

India’s innings on Day 1:

The opening challenge for India came as Mayank Agarwal departed without scoring. Mitchell Starc in his very first over took Agarwal’s wickets. While debutant Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara controlled the innings till the stumps on day 1.

Gill scored 28 runs while Pujara with 7 runs are at the crease. India are 36/1 before the stumps on Day 1.

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