Posts Tagged ‘India’s Tour of Australia’
Clarke likely to miss ODI against India
Australia captain Michael Clarke said on Friday he was unlikely to recover in time for Sunday's tri-series one-day international against India in Brisbane I`ve got a little hamstring strain It`s on the mend It`s probably unlikely I`ll be picked for Brisbane, though," said Clarke, who missed out of today`s ODI against Sri Lanka at the [...]
Dhoni likely to rest Gambhir for next ODI
The controversy surrounding the rotation of openers has come to haunt MS Dhoni again, Reports suggest that in-form Gautam Gambhir may be rested for India's next game against Australia in his previous two outings "As I said, what's important is to get everybody going," Dhoni said "What may also happen is the guy who is playing all the games may get [...]
Adelaide ODI between India and Sri Lanka tied
A fighting half-century by skipper MS Dhoni denied Sri Lanka their win in the tri-series as the fifth ODI of the tournament ended in a tie at Adelaide on Tuesday555 before becoming the fifth Indian batsmen to depart90/7 in 4673/3 in 361 overs "We've been inconsistent with the bat, fielding there have been a few lapses but has been good overall [...]
Tri-series: Dhoni, Gambhir steer India to win
With the help of Opener Gautam Gambhir's 92 runs knock and Dhoni's cool innings, India beat the Australia by 4 wickets in the fourth match of the ongoing CB Series at Adelaide Oval on Sunday83 runs from the last over and Dhoni hit a huge six -- 112m -- from the third ball off Clint McKay to swing the game in India's favour9867 from the final [...]
Perth: India beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets
India beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in the second ODI of the tri-series at the WACA Ground on Wednesday5 overs of the match9 balls to spare0/41320 overs7th over5 overs6th over, cost only 11 runs for a wicket Ashwin began with a maiden over but then was held back for final overs Dhoni pressed on with Praveen Kumar and left-arm spinner Ravindra [...]
Injured Lee replaced with Hilfenhaus
Test seamer Ben Hilfenhaus has been brought into Austalia`s one-day squad to replace injured paceman Brett Lee, who was ruled out of the triangular series with a broken toe, the team said on Monday Hilfenhaus would act as injury cover for Friday`s match against Sri Lanka in Perth, chairman of selectors John Inverarity said in a [...]
Tri-Series: India dusted again
India opened their cricket tri-series campaign on a disappointing note as they slumped to a 65-run defeat against Australia, who yet again exposed the batting chinks of the visitors in a rain-truncated encounter, here on Sunday6 for five in their 32 overs and then bundled out the visitors for 151 in 29-run third wicket stand, India's top order [...]
Finally, India taste victory in Australia
After the 4-0 whitewash in the Tests, India have finally won a match claiming the second T20 international against Australia by a good 8-wicket margin35 for the loss of 2 wickets in reply to Australia's 131 in the second Twenty20 international at the MCG in Melbourne31 all out in 1921, Rahul Sharma 2/2935/2 in 19; Brad Hogg 1/1931 in 1935 for two [...]
India vs Aus T20: India loses by 31 runs
Opener Matt Wade half-century fired Australia to a 31-run victory over India in the first of two Twenty20 matches on Wednesday71 40 runs71 for four proved too tough a target for an India team hoping for a turnaround in fortunes after suffering a 4-0 hammering in the Test series and the tourists managed just 140 for six in the rain-delayed [...]
India vs Australia 1st T20 Preview
After the humiliating loss in the Test series, India will be desperate to turn things around and restore some pride in the limited overs matches, starting with the first T20 against Australia on Wednesday0 and young batsmen were exposed big time against the short-pitched deliveries The Indians were all out on most occasions, despite having a [...]
Dhoni ready to quit Test captaincy
Reacting to outrage over the team's performance and calls for changes in the team, Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, on Tuesday said that he is willing to give up the captaincy and be replaced by some one else India suffered their second successive whitewash on an overseas tour when they were wiped out 4-0 by Australia in the recently [...]
BCCI promises action after India’s humiliating defeat
An under-pressure BCCI on Saturday promised "corrective measures" after the Indian cricket team was humbled 0-4 by Australia in the Test series but refused to comment on the future of the struggling senior players, saying that remains in the hands of selectors India lost the fourth Test by 298 runs in Adelaide, completing an eighth consecutive [...]
Bedi comes out in support of Dravid and Laxman
Former Indian captain Bishen Singh Bedi has come out in support of under-fire Indian batsmen Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, saying that both these veterans deserves respect for serving the nation for around 15 years Some ex-players and Indian media are demanding the retirement of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman as both these batsmen had disastrous [...]
India drop to third place in ICC Test rankings
The humiliating 0-4 whitewash at the hands of Australia on Saturday resulted in India dropping a rung to third spot in the ICC Test rankings with Michael Clarke's team breathing down their neck just a fraction of a point behind in the table18 ratings points, have fallen to 111 ratings points while fourth-ranked Australia have boosted their [...]
Aussies crush India to complete 4-0 whitewash
Australian bowlers needed just an hour to remove the remaining four Indian batsmen on the last day of Adelaide Test on Saturday to complete a clean sweep runs to lose the final Test by 298 runs967/68 series, this was the first time India were inflicted a series whitewash by the Australians and with this they have now lost eight consecutive Tests [...]
India 166/6 at stumps, trail by 333 runs
India are on the verge of a huge defeat and a shameful 4-0 whitewash567/5, setting India a target of 500 to win10 for 4 Virat Kohli and VVS Laxman then attempted a rescue act, but it was too little too late VVS Laxman falling to Nathan Lyon once again for 35 Needing to bat out less than five overs, Ishant Sharma was sent as a [...]
Kohli slams ‘really low’ Australia after Test ton
Virat Kohli lashed out at the Australian players for indulging in sledging and the local fans for not treating the Indian cricketers with respect and assured that he didn't hesitate to give it back to them16 in India's first innings total of 272 on day 3 of the fourth and final Test here “To give it back verbally and then score a hundred is [...]
Australia end day three at 50/3, lead by 382 runs
Australia bowled out India for 272, but decided not to enforce the follow on816 [subscribe2]
Australia declared at 604/7, India 61/2
Australia posted a huge first innings score thanks mainly to double tons by both Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke5, Australia down to 530/68 from 18 balls before he tamely hit a low full toss back at Peter Siddle Ben Hilfenhaus once again exposed chinks in Rahul Dravid's defence Dravid clean bowled for one for the sixth time in the [...]
Australia 335-3 at stumps on day 1
Ricky Ponting and Micheal Clarke vanquished any hopes that stand-in Indian skipper Virender Sehwag had of restricting Australia to a small total, after Indian bowlers dismissed the hosts top three batsmen early in the first session runs at nearly 4 runs an over to wrest the initiative from the Indians5 minutes of play Warner looked to take the [...]
