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Report Join us for updates, analysis and colour from the second day of the SCG Test Welcome to our live report of the second day of the Australia-India Test from Sydney. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please

Welcome to our live report of the first day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. 6.55pm local time/1.25pm IST: Australia on top after first

News ESPNcricinfo understands updated plans for Gabba Test were approved by BCCI office bearers on December 29 Cricket Australia will seek clarification from the BCCI after more suggestions emerged that India would not travel to Brisbane for the final Test of the series, but the Australian board continues to insist it has not been made

Welcome to our live report of the first day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. 10.10am local time/4.40am IST: Two more debuts in the

Pravin Amre (second from left) was the Capitals’ head talent scout from 2014 to 2019 © BCCI Pravin Amre, the former India batsman, has returned to the Delhi Capitals as assistant coach to Ricky Ponting. Amre had earlier served as the Capitals’ head talent scout from 2014 to 2019. Since November 2019, Amre had been

Big Picture They lost key players before the series, they’ve lost a few more since its start, and they’ve been rolled over for their lowest-ever total. It’s a wonder that India are still holding themselves together, never mind level in the series and looking, by some measures, a better side than Australia in their own

News “He will be on oral medications and will be monitored by doctors and nurses on a daily basis at home” Sourav Ganguly will be discharged from Kolkata’s Woodlands Hospital, where he was admitted after complaining of chest pain and discomfort on January 2, on Wednesday. Hospital spokespersons have confirmed that blockage in his coronary

News He hurt the wrist on Saturday, during India’s practice session at the MCG India batsman KL Rahul has been ruled out of the remainder of the Australia Test series with a sprained left wrist. He had hurt the wrist on Saturday, during India’s practice session at the MCG. India have since flown to Sydney,

News “Both teams have wanted to play the schedule as we’ve set out” There has been “nothing formal from the BCCI” about India being reluctant to play the fourth and final Test in Brisbane, Nick Hockley, the chief executive of Cricket Australia, has said, adding that CA has been in “daily” touch with their counterparts

News SCG to have 25% capacity crowds following Sydney’s virus issues, reticketing process on Both the teams, their support staff and the match officials for the ongoing Test series between India and Australia have tested negative for Covid-19. The tests were administered on Sunday and the results received today (Monday), the day the teams are

“We all knew we’d get some curveballs and this is just one of them” © AFP via Getty Images Matthew Wade has affirmed that Australia are planning for the fourth Test to go ahead in Brisbane as scheduled. His comments on Sunday followed media reports that the Indian squad doesn’t want to travel to Brisbane

News BCCI secretary Jay Shah tweeted Ganguly was “stable and responding well to treatment” BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has been hospitalised in Kolkata and is undergoing treatment. According to PTI, the former India captain complained of chest pain after a workout session on Friday, and he was taken to a hospital on Saturday. BCCI secretary

The five players will be allowed to continue training but not with the rest of the group © AFP via Getty Images Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Navdeep Saini have been placed in isolation as a precaution pending investigation into a video posted on Twitter that purportedly showed the group eating

T Natarajan had stayed on in Australia as a net bowler after a successful white-ball international debut © Getty Images From being a net bowler in the original tour party, T Natarajan could return home an international in all three formats, after being named in India’s squad for the remainder of the Test series in

News R Ashwin points to the stand-in captain’s calming influence for giving the team stability at the MCG A single tucked to the leg side, no raised bat or arms, no plucking of stumps, no removing the helmet, just casually walking off knocking fists with others. Looking at Ajinkya Rahane, it might seem he had

News Coach Ravi Shastri said the medical team will look at Sharma’s fitness before the third Test Rohit Sharma joined the Indian team in Melbourne on Wednesday after completing his two-week quarantine in Sydney, bolstering the tourists who are on a high after scripting an incredible comeback in the ongoing four-match Test series against Australia.

News He had limped off the field during the second Test at the MCG Umesh Yadav has been ruled out of India’s last two Tests against Australia with a strained calf muscle, ESPNcricinfo has confirmed. Replacements for both Yadav and Mohammed Shami, who got injured in the first Test, are expected to be named shortly.

News Assistant coach Andrew McDonald backs rookie opener Will Pucovski to put in a good show too David Warner could play the third Test against India even if he’s not back to full fitness while trust will be put in Will Pucovski to determine whether he is ready for a debut in Sydney. The pair

Keeping Steven Smith quiet has been one of the key factors in India’s strong showing against Australia in their ongoing series, which is tied 1-1 after both teams registered eight-wicket wins in Adelaide and Melbourne. So tight have India been to him that he hasn’t crossed double digits yet, with scores of 1, 1*, 0

News Sanju Samson to lead the side, with Sachin Baby as his deputy Sreesanth has taken a big step towards a return to competitive cricket after a gap of close to eight years, as he was named in Kerala’s squad for the 2020-21 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the national T20 tournament, which

News Updates, analysis and colour from the fourth day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne 2.50pm: India win by eight wickets Shubman Gill drives down the ground  Getty Images Bowled out for 36. Virat Kohli goes home. Mohammed Shami out of the tour. Umesh Yadav limps from the attack. India had to overcome so much

Bowled out for 36. Missing three, arguably four, first-choice players. Losing another mid-Test. Spending months on the road and in mentally challenging bubbles. Losing the toss. Becoming only the third team to come back from a 0-1 deficit in the last 50 years in Australia. You might have accused India coach Ravi Shastri of hyperbole

News He walked off with a strain in the middle of his fourth over India are dealing with an injury scare to another bowler as they waited on scan results on Umesh Yadav‘s calf after he walked off with a strain in the middle of his fourth over on the third day at the MCG.

Welcome to our live report of the third day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local. 10.15am: Australia’s missed chances They

The 2020 edition of the Women’s T20 Challenge logged 5.34 billion minutes in viewership in India. That’s a 2.45-times rise from the 2.20 billion minutes the 2019 edition recorded, with as many as 105 million unique viewers tuning into the three-team competition as opposed to last season’s 71 million viewers. Broadcast data obtained by ESPNcricinfo

News Debutant opener says practising against India’s bowlers in the nets made him better prepared for Test cricket On debut, Shubman Gill‘s first two overs at the wicket were the kind that made Geoff Boycott ask his team-mates to thank him for not getting out before the last ball from Michael Holding’s first in Jamaica.

News Bumrah was asked about neutral umpires in the wake of the Tim Paine run-out call Without actually saying that India were denied the wicket of Tim Paine in a close run-out appeal on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test, Jasprit Bumrah has said that it is “unfortunate” that neutral umpires can’t travel

News Coming back into the side were allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant Shubhman Gill and Mohammed Siraj will debut for India in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Coming back into the side were allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. Gill replaced Prithvi Shaw at the top of the order while

News Rahane says he had a conversation with Kohli after running him out in Adelaide One bad hour. Two good days. Back yourselves to keep doing the same things that brought you those two good days, and avoid that bad hour. That is the import from India’s stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane, who picked an XI

News Board to seek views of states during SMA on conducting further domestic tournaments In a positive development for India’s domestic cricket, the BCCI has not yet given up on hosting the Ranji Trophy despite the Covid-19 pandemic severely affecting the calendar. Recently the BCCI announced it would be conducting the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy