Australia hammered India by 10 wickets in the second Test to level series 1-1. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: After the highs of Perth, India hit the nadir at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, suffering an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat against Australia in the Pink-ball Test.With the match finishing inside seven sessions — just over two days … Read more
Mohammed Siraj gave a fiery send off to centurion Travis Head and was booed by Adelaide crowd. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: A sizzling Travis Head ton was followed by a shock late Indian collapse as Australia tightened their grip in the day-night Test in Adelaide on Saturday.After India succumbed to 180 all out on the … Read more
Last Updated:December 07, 2024, 17:37 IST Travis Head’s dominant century helped Australia to a 157-run lead before the hosts reduced India to 128/5 at stumps on Day 2. Travis Head (left) owned India with the bat before Scott Boland piled on their misery. (AP/AFP) Australia took a giant step towards pulling themselves on level terms … Read more
Australia quick Mitchell Starc dismissed Virat Kohli for 7 in the first session on Day 1. (Photo credit: ICC) Much like the first day of the opening Test, the second Test also witnessed a wicket-ravaged start in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. If the first Test had 17 wickets fall on Day 1 in Perth, the day-night … Read more
KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma (Julian Finney/Getty Images) “He (KL Rahul) will open the innings. I will play somewhere in the middle… “Rohit Sharma ended the suspense when he confirmed India’s openers for the Adelaide Test vs Australia from December 6. Rahul did a phenomenal job with the bat in both innings of the Perth … Read more
Shubman Gill (Photo credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: A fit-again Shubman Gill struck a stylish half-century easing concerns over his thumb injury while skipper Rohit Sharma batted at No.4 and fell cheaply, leaving questions over his position and form for the second Test as India eased past Australia Prime Minister’s XI in the pink-ball warm-up in … Read more
Virat Kohli and Sunil Gavaskar. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Former India batting icon Sunil Gavaskar drew a comparison between the period when tennis greats Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic were without titles with Virat Kohli’s struggles before the former captain struck a magnificent hundred in the first Test in Perth in the Border-Gavaskar … Read more