David Saker, Australia’s stand-in head coach, has blamed the players’ fear to express themselves as the reason behind Australia’s dismal show in the recently concluded One-Day International series against India. Barring the fourth One-Day International in Bengaluru where a mammoth 231-run stand between Aaron Finch and David Warner inspired them to a big total and […]
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IND vs AUS 2017: Rohit Sharma Credits Fitness Routine for the Recent Success
India defeated Australia in the five-match ODI series 4-1 and completely dominated the Kangaroos throughout. Major credit for this success should be given to Indian openers who did the bulk of the scoring and gave stable platforms for the middle-order to come and capitalise. However, unlike the last series in India, this one was not a […]
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BCCI Planning a FTP for Women’s Team: Ratnakar Shetty
In a much-needed boost to women’s cricket, BCCI general manager Ratnakar Shetty, on Monday (October 2), said the Indian board is planning on having a Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the women’s team which is ‘working out well’. “We are now planning to have an FTP at the international level like the men’s team for ODIs […]
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India to host Sri Lanka Schedule Announced
As Board of Control in India (BCCI) is yet to give its official verdict on the full schedule for India hosting Sri Lanka, ESPNcrinfo’s latest report revealed the bilateral series will be beginning from November 16 in Kolkata and will run until December 24 in Mumbai. As the detailed itinerary was released on Monday (October […]
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Rohit Sharma Just Keeps Getting Better And Better: Kumar Sangakkara
Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara has lavished praise on Rohit Sharma, calling him graceful as well as devastating, as the India opener’s stunning century took India over the line in the fifth and final One-Day International against Australia on Sunday (October 1). Rohit, who entered the series against the world champions on the back of some […]
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India vs Australia 2017: Five Talking Points From The Just-Concluded ODI Series
India thrashed Australia by seven wickets in the fifth and final One-Day International on Sunday (October 1) to wrap up the five-match series 4-1. Batting first, Australia could manage only a modest total of 242 for nine in the allotted 50 overs. In reply, the Men in Blue, led by Rohit Sharma’s brilliant 125, chased […]
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Irfan Pathan hits a Six, got Eight Answers Right out of Ten on his Career
Sometimes it’s hard for a player to remember facts, figures and solely the achievements, as discarded India fast bowling all-rounder Irfan Pathan is one among such professional cricketers. Irfan has had been one of the promising bowlers for India while bursting onto the international scene in 2003, before his down-slide in the top-flight cricket. In […]
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Steven Smith Urges Domestic Contenders to Step on the Gas
After Australia went down to a 1-4 series loss in the five-match One-day international series against now ranked World No. 1 India, the visitors’ skipper Steven Smith emphasised that domestic cricketers must come to the salvage and play its part for the struggling side particularly in the 50-over format. The 28-year-old Sydney-born Smith believes the […]
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IND vs AUS 2017, 5th ODI: We Weren’t Good Enough and Were Outplayed by India – Steven Smith
So the win and the batting performance from Australia in the fourth One-Day International in Bengaluru was merely a fluke, or many would assume it like after the visitors came up with yet another poor batting show in the fifth and final game on Sunday (October 1). For the third game in a row, the […]
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India Vs Australia: 5th ODI – Scorecard
Nagpur, Oct 1 (IANS) Following is the scorecard for the fifth and final One-Day International (ODI) played between India and Australia at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground here on Sunday. Australia: David Warner c Manish Pandey b Axar Patel 53 Aaron Finch c Jasprit Bumrah b Hardik Pandya 32 Steven Smith lbw b Kedar Jadhav 16 […]