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  • IND vs AUS: Australia’s plan to observe on Nagpur pitch spoiled via curators

    It kind of feels like there’s no finish to Australia’s agony in terms of the Nagpur pitch.

    In keeping with a document in Cricket.com.au, the Australian crew control had deliberate to make use of the Nagpur pitch for additional observe after the primary Take a look at of the Border Gavaskar Trophy sequence resulted in 3 days. Buit their plan didn’t succeeded as Vidarbha Cricket Affiliation groundstaff watered the outside after the fit ended.

    “A member of the VCA Stadium groundstaff used to be seen hosing down the pitch after the Australians left the VCA Stadium on Saturday afternoon no longer lengthy after India had wrapped up an innings victory inside of 3 days,” mentioned Cricket Australia.

    “Whilst watering the wicket sq. after Take a look at finishes is a long way from abnormal, the Australians had asked the pitch be stored intact to permit their misfiring top-order treasured further observe the next afternoon.”

    Australia trainer Andrew McDonald on Radio Station SEN admitted that they’d a deliberate consultation after the fit ended early.

    After the fit, Australia captain Pat Cummins had rued their failure to attain way over 177 within the first innings after opting to bat.

    “Enjoying the spinners used to be all the time going to be laborious paintings,” Cummins mentioned.

    “The wicket spun (within the first innings) however wasn’t unplayable. We must have scored 100 extra runs to place a bit of extra drive on their first innings. Todd Murphy used to be implausible (with the ball).”

    The second one of 4 Assessments starts subsequent Friday in New Delhi.

  • IND vs AUS 1st Check Day 3 Reside rating and updates: Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel glance to offer India sturdy lead

    08:30 IST:

    Hi and a heat welcome, girls and gents, to our protection of Day 3 of the primary Check between India and Australia on the Vidarbha Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Nagpur. Very similar to Day 1, Day 2 used to be now not wanting motion both, and it had been the hosts who ruled the lawsuits and had been the happier facet at Stumps.

  • IND vs AUS: Large blow to Australia as Matthew Renshaw despatched for scans on damage

    Falling prey to Ravindra Jadeja at the opening day of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur, Australia batter Matthew Renshaw harm his knee within the warm-up ahead of the play on day two of the sport.

    Changed by means of Ashton Agar, Renshaw, on Friday, left the VCA Stadium to go through scans. Already with out the products and services of Cameroon Inexperienced and veteran Mitchell Starc, Renshaw’s damage is a big blow to the guests.

    For Renshaw, who closing month needed to isolate himself from teammates by means of the use of a special changeroom after contracting COVID-19 all over his go back on the SCG, that is the second one consecutive mid-Check crisis.

    The batsman additionally had his first Check out of the country famously interrupted in 2017 all over Australia’s closing discuss with to India when a abdomen worm compelled him to be compelled to take a rest room spoil whilst batting in Pune and give up harm.

    In the meantime, within the sport, Skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed numerous composure to inch in opposition to his 9th Check hundred with India achieving 151 for three at lunch towards Australia on the second one day of the outlet Check.

    On the spoil, Rohit used to be batting on 85 off 142 balls with 12 barriers and two sixes to his credit score. Virat Kohli who departed at the first ball after Day 2 Lunch, additionally appeared in ominous contact because the Australian bowling didn’t glance threatening in spite of getting a few wickets — Ravichandran Ashwin (23) and Cheteshwar Pujara (7) — all over the consultation.

  • IND vs AUS: ‘Fascinating’, writes Tim Paine as photos of Jadeja showing to rub his bowling finger intrigues social media

    “Fascinating,” got here the remark from former Australia captain Tim Paine as a photos of Ravindra Jadeja from the primary India-Australia Take a look at did rounds on social media on Thursday.

    The aforementioned photos confirmed Jadeja showing to have taken one thing from Mohammed Siraj in his proper hand forward of one in all his overs on day one in Nagpur. The printed cameras then displayed the all-rounder seeming to rub one thing on his bowling finger.

    Fascinating

    — Tim Paine (@tdpaine36) February 9, 2023

    “What do you bring to mind this @tdpaine36 Seems like one participant giving grippo to the bowler and him rubbing it everywhere his spinning finger to me. Ideas?” wrote a Twitter consumer to which Paine replied in a single phrase.

    Taking part in a Take a look at for India for the primary time since July 2022 and making his comeback to global cricket following an harm bout, Jadeja completed with figures of 22-8-47-5.

    The all-rounder combined his inventory ball, turning clear of the best hander and extraordinary one, going directly to brush aside the likes of Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne on his method to selecting a fifer, inspiring a a primary day-third consultation cave in of Australia.

    India completed the day at 77/1, trailing at the back of by way of 100 runs going into day two.

     

  • ‘Jiyas, you my bhai, thanks’: Indian spinner remembers affiliation with Aaron Finch

    Probably the most prized ownership in Ok Ok Jiyas’ exhibit at his Kerala house is the Australian males’s ODI cap bearing No. 197 – that of Aaron Finch, signed through the just-retired former Australian captain himself. Its flap carries the phrases: “Jiyas, you my bhai, thanks”.

    The left-arm wrist-spinner (chinaman) was once related to the Australian group for almost 3 years from 2017 in quite a lot of excursions as a internet bowler to lend a hand their batters recuperate in opposition to spin bowling. Finch wrote the ones phrases and gave the cap to Jiyas after Australia overturned a 0-2 deficit to check in a 3-2 win within the ODI collection in India in 2019.

    “After the 5th recreation in Delhi, Finchy got here up and introduced me his cap. That’s after I requested for an autograph. He was once so beneficiant to thank me and write the ones phrases. It was once an enjoy I can by no means overlook,” Jiyas informed indianexpress.com on Tuesday after Finch introduced his retirement from all types of world cricket.

    “I’m really not satisfied that he has retired now. He will have simply performed on for no less than a few extra years, no less than in T20Is,” stated Jiyas, 31, who performed age-group cricket for Kerala.

    “He’s taking a look to present alternatives to the following era. That has been the hallmark of his character. He by no means performed the sport for himself. It was once all the time for the group and his teammates. He’s a pleasant particular person and this is why he succeeded as captain,” Jiyas added.

    Jiyas was once some of the two Indian spinners – leg-spinner Pardeep Sahu of Haryana being the opposite – who have been a part of the Australian toughen group of workers as internet bowlers. Former India and Tamil Nadu allrounder Sridharan Sriram, who was once a spin guide with the Australian group, handpicked Jiyas to lend a hand the Australians counter the spin risk of Kuldeep Yadav all the way through the 2017 ODI collection in India.

    Even though he labored with the Australian group for simplest two days in that excursion, he re-joined them in 2018 forward of the Check collection in opposition to Pakistan within the UAE, this time with a freelance.

    “Finchy beloved the best way I bowled within the nets. He performed a big function in me getting my contract prolonged. We used to have fit simulations. After bowling, I used to speak about with the batters the tactics to care for my roughly bowling they usually used to welcome it,” Jiyas stated.

    Jiyas was once additionally a part of the toughen group of workers of the Australian group which thrashed Pakistan 5-0 within the 2019 ODI collection. The semi-final loss within the 2019 ODI International Cup was once devastating for Finch and Australia, he stated.

    The wrist-spinner, who was once within the Delhi Daredevils camp within the 2015 version of the Indian Premier League (IPL), stated widespread publicity to India helped Finch be told a couple of Hindi phrases too. “Every time he noticed me, he would first ask, ‘Hello bhai, kaise ho? Theek? (How are you? all neatly?).”

    Finch retired from all types of world cricket after main Australia in a file 76 video games as captain of the T20I squad. Finch guided Australia to their first T20 International Cup in 2021 and was once captain once more final yr of their unsuccessful identify defence on house soil. The 36-year-old top-order batter additionally gained a International Cup identify with Australia within the 50-over structure at house in 2015 and performed 5 Check fits throughout a world occupation spanning 12 years.

  • How a farmer’s son from a village in Junagadh helped Steve Smith get ready for Ravichandran Ashwin

    Mahesh Pithiya watched his first cricket fit in a paan store in Nagichana, a village which is an hour clear of Junagadh, a cricketing backwater. It used to be Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell Take a look at on the Wankhede Stadium again in 2013.

    Throughout this ‘public screening’ of the Take a look at fit within the village, Pithiya spotted that his bowling motion used to be very similar to off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. The similarity used to be a accident, Pithiya mentioned as a result of sooner than that day he had by no means observed Ashwin bowl. Again then he used to be a village-level tennis-ball off-spinner. He caught to his herbal motion and just about a decade later it helped him get a large spoil — bowling to one of the crucial largest batsmen of this period, Steve Smith.

    The likeness had stuck the eye of the traveling Australian Take a look at crew willing to duplicate a Take a look at fit in India really feel all the way through follow forward of the four-Take a look at sequence that begins on February 9. Pithiya, from a farming circle of relatives, boarded a flight to Bangalore on Wednesday.

    “Steve Smith used to be the batsman I bowled to essentially the most during the last two days. The Australian batsmen most effective realised I’m very similar to Ashwin after I began bowling to them all the way through follow. Smith used to be very focused on going through me,” Pithiya says concerning the visiting crew’s follow periods in Alur. Pithiya, nonetheless in awe of the standard of batsmen he bowled to, says he ‘disregarded’ Smith on a couple of events.

    Pithiya, 21, made his First-Magnificence debut for Baroda in a Ranji Trophy sport in opposition to Uttar Pradesh in December. He wasn’t within the limelight or at the radar of the Australian crew however a throw-down specialist from Baroda forwarded a video of his bowling to Australia’s assistant trainer Andre Borovec. “I used to be requested if I knew any excellent spinners and I ahead the video of Mahesh. The similarity of his motion with Ashwin is there however he’s additionally an excellent spinner,” Pritesh Joshi, the throw-down specialist, mentioned.

    Pithiya, 21, made his First-Magnificence debut for Baroda in a Ranji Trophy sport in opposition to Uttar Pradesh in December. (Specific picture)

    The unexpected highlight, which adopted a write-up by way of Cricbuzz concerning the ‘Ashwin impersonator’, has given Pithiya his first brush with reputation. He says he has given part a dozen interviews, together with to the legit broadcaster of the four-Take a look at sequence. Cricket Australia’s legit site had a write concerning the Ashwin reproduction.

    Until Friday night, the second one day of follow in Alur, Pithiya may now not to find time to have a dialog along with his people again house — his father Viran, mom Maniben and brother Dinesh.

    Pithiya mentioned he’s pinching himself upon getting the chance to stick in the similar crew lodge because the Australians, go back and forth of their crew bus and bowl to Take a look at batsmen from the No.1 crew on the planet.

    “Junagadh isn’t identified to supply cricketers, so it is going with out announcing that avenues hardly ever exist for a tender participant who desires to make it large. There’s a large number of tennis ball cricket,” Pithiya mentioned.

    He adopted within the footsteps of his tennis-cricket-crazy brother Dinesh. The men performed within the village however have been on the lookout for a possibility to improve their talents. Pithiya heard about two boys from a close-by village who had made it to a cricket hostel in Porbandar. His brother inspired him to head for trials — first in Junagadh after which Porbandar.

    The Porbandar stint lasted almost about six months and Pithiya felt he wasn’t progressing. “A trainer referred to as NK Sharma had come to the hostel on deputation. He urged me to transport to Baroda. Excellent, I listened to him. I performed for Baroda’s Beneath-19 crew and likewise represented them in Ranji Trophy this yr,” Pithiya mentioned.

    The Australians have began calling him ‘Ashwin’ however they don’t seem to be the primary since the similarity in supply stride and the lead-up were spotted by way of different groups previously. The carrom ball continues to be a piece in development, Pithiya mentioned. “I’ve an arm ball and a backspin supply. I’m running on a couple of diversifications,” Pithiya added.

    Pithiya is scheduled to fly again house on Sunday through which time the Australians might be packing their baggage and heading to Nagpur, the venue for the primary Take a look at fit. “Being requested to bowl in opposition to the Australians used to be an surprising alternative. I will be able to achieve from it however I do know I’ve a protracted option to move in my cricket profession,” Pithiya mentioned.

    When he’s house, even after he moved to Baroda to play cricket, Pithiya is helping his folks by way of chipping in at the farm. “Groundnuts and wheat are what we develop. I paintings at the farm even now. One shouldn’t lose contact with one’s roots.”

  • Delhi, Tamil Nadu search to restore Ranji campaigns in conflict of heavyweight associations

    When captains Yash Dhull and Baba Indrajith stroll out for the toss for a Ranji Trophy conflict between two heavyweight cricket associations, Delhi and Tamil Nadu, they’re going to achieve this with the hope of having their campaigns again heading in the right direction.

    Like Tamil Nadu, which is by way of a long way one of the most easiest home white-ball groups, Delhi have proven lately that they are able to do neatly within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy. However within the Ranji Trophy, those two groups have a tendency to underperform, particularly when one elements within the sources the Delhi & District Cricket Affiliation and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Affiliation have.

    Those two associations frequently ship gamers to the nationwide aspect. If Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Navdeep Saini are round for Delhi, there’s R Ashwin, Washington Sundar and Dinesh Karthik for Tamil Nadu. So those two proceed to nurture skill, and as they square-off within the third-round fixture, there may be one different connecting level: each have selected to put money into kids.

    The hosts, who’ve only one level from two fits, will take the sphere with out seamers Ishant Sharma, Saini, Simarjit Singh, Pradeep Sangwan, Mayank Yadav (all injured), whilst batsman Nitish Rana has been dropped for the following two fits.

    Given the beginning they’ve had, that is the very last thing Delhi would have sought after. However such is the agenda that there’s just a three-day hole between fits, with sooner or later spent on travelling, leaving gamers much less time for restoration as temperatures achieve unmarried digits within the northern a part of India.

    Given the context, the underdog tag will are compatible completely on Delhi. (Report)

    After dropping their opening fixture to Maharashtra, Delhi overlooked out on a first-innings lead in opposition to Assam. Whilst they’re going to hope to dance again in opposition to Tamil Nadu, the unavailability of key gamers will make it all of the harder for 20-year-old Dhull.

    Delhi depleted however TN cautious

    Given the context, the underdog tag will are compatible completely on Delhi, however Tamil Nadu are in no temper to name themselves favourites going into the competition. After coming on the subject of pulling off a surprising victory over Hyderabad within the first around, they misplaced to Andhra by way of simply 8 runs in Coimbatore remaining week. Having ruled the sport for three-and-a-half days, one unhealthy consultation value them the fit.

    “This is a crucial recreation certainly,” Indrajith informed The Indian Specific. “Given what took place within the earlier fit, it’s important we construct once more earlier than we predict the rest too a long way forward in relation to first-innings lead or an outright win.

    “The focal point is to return and play the emblem of cricket we need to play, like we did within the first fit in opposition to Hyderabad and for probably the most phase in opposition to Andhra. This is a procedure to do it on all 4 days and notice the place we’re on the finish of the fit.”

    Greater than the defeat, the style during which all of it opened up for Tamil Nadu is certain to check their unravel and their skill to make a robust comeback. There’s a risk that Tamil Nadu may usher in pacer Aswin Crist rather than left-arm spinner Ajith Ram, however this can be a name they’re going to take most effective on Tuesday morning after taking one ultimate take a look at the Arun Jaitley Stadium pitch.

    “The defeat was once disheartening as a result of it’s the type of fit that you simply will have to be profitable. In case you take a look at it, champion aspects have a tendency to have the option to win shut video games. You are going to have the extraordinary defeat, the place you’re outplayed. However for me as a captain, profitable the ones shut video games issues so much. I am hoping we be told from our errors and don’t repeat them,” Indrajith added.

    For Tamil Nadu, this around kickstarts a chain of away video games that can resolve how a long way they move within the marketing campaign. After Delhi, they face Mumbai within the first week of January earlier than transferring to Pune to play Maharashtra. Their remaining two fits are in opposition to Assam and Saurashtra at house.

    And all stated and completed, there are a couple of positives to this point for Tamil Nadu. For a facet that has usually struggled to get 20 wickets, it has completed so in successive fits, and if the batsmen buckle up, there may be each likelihood they may flip the tide.

    “We need to take a look at the positives as neatly, and as I stated previous, we’re a group in transition. We should be guarded. They are saying Delhi isn’t doing neatly and so they don’t have their key gamers and it’s the proper time to play them, however we wish to center of attention on ourselves.

    “After the primary recreation, they stated excellent issues about our run-rate and the way we went about with our manner and after one defeat, questions have been raised about the similar. So for us, it is very important again our procedure and play,” Indajith added.

    Ranji Trophy, third around, Dec 27-30

    – Delhi vs Tamil Nadu, Delhi (9.30 am)

    – Baroda vs Uttar Pradesh, Vadodara (9.30 am)

    – Odisha vs Haryana, Cuttack (9 am)

    Live to tell the tale Hotstar

  • Babar Azam brings up 9th Check ton in opposition to New Zealand, shatters a couple of information

    Pakistan captain Babar Azam hit his 9th take a look at century and along the recalled Sarfaraz Ahmed helped his workforce recuperate in opposition to New Zealand on Monday within the first Check.

    Babar smashed his hundred off 161 balls with a six off Michael Bracewell over midwicket simply ahead of tea as Pakistan advanced to 224/4.

    Breaking a 16-year-old document held via Mohammad Yousuf, Azam now holds the document for essentially the most runs in a calendar 12 months via a Pakistan batter.

    The Pakistan skipper eclipsed Yousuf’s combination of 2435 runs in 2006 whilst batting on 54 on the finish of the primary consultation.

    BOOM ?

    Century reached in taste!#PAKvNZ | #TayyariKiwiHai percent.twitter.com/krAqHkuJz0

    — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 26, 2022

    Right through his innings, Babar shattered a couple of information, amongst them – scoring maximum 50s or extra in a calendar 12 months as a captain. He moved previous Australia’s Ricky Ponting who had 24 half-centuries in 2005.

    This 12 months has been not anything in need of a curler coaster for Pakistan’s Check workforce, on the other hand, the 28-year-old batter outclassed with numbers; he registered greater than 1000 runs underneath his title in simply 9 suits and has change into the best Check run-getter in 2022. Babar’s milestone of 8 centuries in 2022 ranks 3rd all-time within the record.

    Babar has additionally long gone previous former gamers Mind Lara, Graeme Smith and Mahela Jayawardene and his recent Australian Vice-captain Steven Smith for essentially the most centuries as a captain in a calendar 12 months.

    Steadily stepping up for his workforce and bailing the facet out of an important scenarios, the batter has additionally carried out smartly in restricted over video games. Main Pakistan in 3 collection victories, the skipper scored 679 runs in ODIs this 12 months.

  • I charge my defence beautiful strongly, says R Ashwin in dialog with Cheteshwar Pujara

    After rescuing India from what would had been an embarrassing defeat in Dhaka, R Ashwin in dialog with participant of the collection Cheteshwar Pujara talks about his batting and defined why he charges his “defence” strongly.

    Ashwin lifted India from the depths of 74 for 7 and dragged them to the objective of 145 sooner than lunch at the fourth morning of the second one Take a look at towards Bangladesh in Dhaka for a 2-0 collection win.

    In a video posted by way of BCCI, on their respectable site, the duo might be observed discussing their recreation plan, victory and extra.

    From rising victorious after a difficult run chase to sharing the thrill of red-ball cricket ??

    Fit-winners @ashwinravi99 & @cheteshwar1 sum up #TeamIndia’s collection win towards Bangladesh ???? – By way of @RajalArora

    Complete Interview ? #BANvIND https://t.co/5E8DzZ0bVP %.twitter.com/4XSe2HjInB

    — BCCI (@BCCI) December 25, 2022

    Pujara questions the spinner about his certain intent right through the sport. Quizzing Ashwin concerning the adjustments in his recreation, he asks if it’s as a result of T20 and IPL preparation or the volume of white ball cricket he has been taking part in in recent years is the rationale.

    To this, the 36-year-old spinner says, “Reasonably in all probability….I nonetheless wish to assume I charge my defence beautiful strongly, even supposing it might probably glance just a little iffy now and then I feel check fits are performed and constructed round defence and as a batter…I’m chatting with a person who builds his recreation round defence”

    Pujara nods his head, smiles and says, “I totally agree”

    Poking a laugh on the veteran batsmen, he stated, “At the different aspect, Cheteshwar Pujara has long gone excessive and has swept bowlers with consistency thru this collection.”

    Replying to this, Pujara published that he were taking part in the ones shorts in apply periods on a daily basis and now he in any case were given the risk to execute them within the collection.

    “You recognize that I’ve been running in this for fairly a while and it’s been nearly a few years. It’s been in all of my apply periods and closing Take a look at fit was once the only the place I were given a possibility to do this,” Pujara advised.

    This isn’t the primary time Ashwin pulled his leg, the senior Indian batter has sledged Pujara on more than a few events.

    Previous, in an interplay with Vikram Rathour (group India’s batting trainer) on his Youtube channel, Ashwin challenged the batsman and requested, “Can we ever see Pujara hit an off-spinner excessive?”

    Spilling extra beans on his recreation plan, Pujara provides credit score to his home group Saurashtra and his county stint in England.

    “Lot of credit score additionally is going to the volume of white-ball cricket I’ve performed for Sussex and Saurashtra as a result of that helped me acquire self assurance”

    India beat Bangladesh by way of 3 wickets within the low-scoring 2d check to finish a 2-0 collection sweep in Mirpur. Taking 6 wickets, Ashwin was once unbeaten at 42 within the chase whilst the proper passed batsman scored 90 and 102* throughout each innings within the first Take a look at, with the hundred coming at a strike charge of 78.

  • ‘Again the place it began’: Sam Curran reacts after being picked by means of Punjab Kings

    The go back of Sam Curran to Punjab makes them glance truly ambitious on paper and he may just neatly be the participant to take them into the play-offs subsequent season. The England all-rounder is understood for his effectiveness with the ball on the dying with the exception of getting used as a floater with the bat.

    The Mohali-based franchise outbid 5 different groups to signal him for Rs 18.50 crore. Curran is reunited with the franchise the place he made his IPL debut in 2019 beneath the captaincy of R Ashwin.

    The ? we’ve all been looking forward to! ?

    Listen out sadda Sam. ??#TATAIPLAuction #SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #SamCurran %.twitter.com/GNwDVyKSFk

    — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) December 23, 2022

    “Completely beaten and extremely humbled to obtain that bid. Punjab is the place I did my debut season a couple of years in the past. Incredible and having a look ahead to satisfy my English team-mates as neatly,” mentioned Curran.

    Curran got here into the public sale after an improbable T20 International Cup, the place he helped England win their 2nd identify whilst being adjudged the Participant of the Ultimate and the Participant of the Match.

    Again to the place it began! Having a look ahead to it ? https://t.co/1lpsK8fX4V

    — Sam Curran (@CurranSM) December 23, 2022

    “It is going to be very other now however I do know the stadium at Mohali lovely neatly, and for sure our team-mates will assist me. I think assured going into this match and we had an improbable International Cup.

    “Extremely excited to return to India for this large alternative. Such a lot of issues working thru my thoughts.

    “At 9 am this morning I used to be suffering to discover a move, it [the auction] wasn’t on TV in England. ̛I sat with my female friend and her dad to look at it.

    “I in reality grew to become my telephone off as a result of I believed I used to be at the back of and didn’t wish to see any messages announcing congrats. I noticed the bids coming from Mumbai, then Chennai, having performed for Chennai previous it was once cool to look them [bidding].”

    Mumbai Indians went so far as INR 18.25 crore to check out and pick out Curran, however they had been sooner or later outbid by means of Punjab.