Mitchell Johnson has backed skipper Tim Paine to continue as Australia’s captain, and believes that calls for him to be dropped are “ridiculous.” Tim Paine’s future has been the topic of hot debate over the past 24 hours after Australia lost the
David Lloyd, former England cricketer-turned-commentator has slammed Australian Test skipper Tim Paine for his needless sledging against the Indian batsman on last Day 5 of the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Tim Paine was continuously involved in a verbal
Kuldeep Yadav feels that India can repeat their success in Tests like their performance in 2018-19 if pacers and batsmen show the same intent as they did last time around. India won their first test series Down Under in 2018-19 as Kuldeep
Mohammad Kaif, India’s former middle-order batsman, believed that current Australian wicket-keeper and skipper in tests, Tim Paine might lose captaincy and be axed from the team by the end of 4 match Border Gavaskar test series for poor form. He made this
Tim Paine was handed the captaincy armband after the ball-tampering scandal in 2018 which saw one year ban from all forms of cricket for then skipper Steve Smith and deputy David Warner. Moreover, the duo was also given subsequent captaincy bans-as Steve
Tim Paine, Australia’s red-ball skipper in Tests, has admitted the “annoying” Test series defeat to India still “grinds” him, adding that Australia now has a better all-round side which is pumped up to take on the holders of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India
Sachin Tendulkar, the former legendary Indian cricketer, reckons that Mayank Agarwal is a ‘confirmed starter’ for the four-match Test series against Australia. Back in December 2018, it was during India’s previous tour of Australia itself that the right-hander debuted in international cricket.
Ajinkya Rahane will be the one to lead the Indian side in important Test matches in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth with Virat Kohli missing the last three Tests to attend birth of child back home. Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has a
John Buchanan, former Australian coach, recalled India’s historic Test series win over Australia in 2018-19, saying even though it was Cheteshwar Pujara, who emerged the highest run-scorer for India in the series, captain Virat Kohli’s contributions were equally significant. During India’s famous
Glenn McGrath feels India will not hold any fear coming to Australia as they used to after having won their first Test series Down Under on the previous tour in 2018-19. Glenn McGrath knows that when he plied his trade, between the