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India and Australia will take on each other in a mouthwatering four match test series starting from 23 rd February. The first test match will take place at MCA Stadium, Pune. India is on a roll beating New Zeland, England and Bangladesh in the home season so far. It has been great home season by team India who has not lost any match since 2012. The Australian team won their last test match on Indian soil in 2004. From 2013 onwards, Australia lost the test series to India 4-0, 2-0 to Pakistan in UAE and was whitewashed by Sri Lanka 3-0 last year. It promises to be an exciting series with two top teams in the world at the present moment. Last time both teams played in Australia, India were defeated Australia 0-2 with Virat Kohli scoring 692 runs in 4 test matches. India is currently the number 1 ranked test team in the world. If India beats Australia in the first test match, then the Men in Blue will receive 1 million. The Indian team is in great form with the likes of Murali Vija...

India and Australia will face each other in a mouth-watering series from 23 rd February. Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India has been on a roll beating New Zealand, England and Bangladesh in home season so far. Last time, the Australia was whitewashed by India in 2013 by 0-4. Australia won their last test match on Indian soil in 2004. From 2007 to 2011, they have won only one test match in subcontinent. This Indian team are currently the number 1 ranked team and if they win the first test at Pune, the Men in Blue will receive 1 Million prize. Here we look at the 6 players which will decide the fate of India- Australia test series 2017. 1.        Virat Kohli Virat Kohli has been in excellent form so far scoring 4 double centuries against all opponents he has played this season. Last time Virat Kohli visited Australia in 2014-2015, he scored 692 runs in 4 matches including 4 centuries. With Australia being his favourite opponent, Virat Kohli...

India continued their excellent form by beating Bangladesh by 9 wickets in Super Six match today to qualify for World Cup 2017 to be held in England later this year. Indian women played excellent cricket and dominated Bangladesh team right from the start. Winning the toss India elected to field. The Indian bowlers did an excellent job restricting Bangladesh to modest 155 for 8 in 50 overs. M Joshi was the pick of the bowlers taking 3 for 28 in 10 overs. The other Indian bowlers did also an excellent job.   While chasing this target, the Indian team did not have a great start losing the wicket of Mona Deepti Sharma for 1. After that Mithali Raj and Mona Meshram dominated the Bangladesh bowlers putting on unbroken 136 runs for the second wicket. Both players scored half centuries and remained not out on 78 and 73 respectively.  India chased down this target in 33.3 overs. India had defeated South Africa in the first super six match. India will play Pakistan in thei...

The much awaited Indian Premier League is back as the schedule for the 2017 edition has been announced today. The opening match of IPL 2017 will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on 5 th April. Defending Champions Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on runners up of last year Royal Challengers in the first at Hyderabad. The 2017 edition has 10 venues and spread over 47 days. Each team has to play 14 matches out of which 7 will be at home. 2017 edition will the return of Indore as venue for the first time since 2011. The finals will be played on 21 st May at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. In the 2017 auction 351 players will be up to the auction on 20 th February the council body confirmed. The final lists will 799 players who have registered their names to auction. 122 are international players including six players from Afghanistan and UAE. 30 players from Australia, 6 from Bangladesh, 9 from England, 226 from India, 21 from Sri Lanka , ...

The Indian team has been in excellent form winning 8 test matches in a row. India defeated Bangladesh by 208 runs in one off test match at Hyderabad and consolidated their position at the top of ICC test rankings. With the upcoming four test matches against Australia starting from 23 rd February, India has a chance to end as the number 1 ranked team in test matches at annual cut off date off April 1 st . With the win over Bangladesh, India have earned one point and are at 121 points. To retain the number 1 test team, India must win one off the four test matches. The Australian team need to defeat India by 3-0 or 4-0 to reclaim the number 1 rank in test matches. South Africa will take on New Zealand in three match test series next month. South Africa can have a chance to be at number 1 position in test matches, they need to whitewash New Zealand and hope that India does not win a single test against Australia. The top placed ranked side in test matches as off April 1 will rec...

Australia middle order batsmen Adam Voges has decided to retire from international cricket earlier today.   "This will be it for me," Voges said. "I'm certainly looking forward to getting out there and playing this game. I've had an amazing couple of years with Australia with the Test team and I've loved every minute of it. "I see this as a last opportunity to play against an international team and I'm certainly looking forward to that." Voges made his test debut against West Indies in 2015. Since his debut he has played 20 test matches with the best score of 269 against New Zealand. In 2016, he did not perform according to expectations against South Africa at home and was dropped for the third test match. Adam Voges has finished with second best average behind Sir Donald Bradman. He struggled against South Africa and Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. He averaged 61.87 with 5 centuries and 4 half centuries. The Australia was hit by a bouncer...

BCCI have retained the same 16 man squad for the first two test matches against Australia starting from 23 rd February. Abhinav Mukund, Kuldeep Yadav and Karun Nair have been named in the 16 man squad. India played the same squad for one off test match against Bangladesh. Mohammad Shami has not recovered from his injury. Rohit Sharma who injured his hamstring during the fifth ODI against New Zealand is not selected. India has been on a roll not losing a test match since August 2015. The Men in Blue are currently the number 1 ranked test team in the world. It promises to be a mouthwatering series between two top teams in the world. Australia record in the subcontinent has been poor not winning a test match since 2011. They have lost 9 successive test matches including 4-0 loss to India in 2013, 2-0 loss to Pakistan in 2014 and 3-0 loss to Sri Lanka last year. It also includes only 2 draws. The four test match series will start from 23 rd February in Pune. The second test m...

India defeated Bangladesh by 208 runs in the one off test match at Hyderabad on the fifth and final day. It was a spirited by the Bangladesh team batted more than 100 overs in both innings but the Indian team dominated the test match right from the start. India won the toss and elected to bat first. After the dismissal of KL Rahul earlier in the match, contributions from Murali Vijay, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rahane, Wriddihman Saha and Jadeja helped the hosts to post a massive total of 687 for 6. Murali Vijay scored his 9 th test century while Virat Kohli scored his 4 th double century in his test carrier. Then wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha scored his 2 nd test century. Ravindra Jadeja contributed 60 runs quickly. The Bangladesh bowlers tried their best but could not restrict a strong Indian batting line up. Bangladesh played their first test match on Indian soil. The Indian batsmen made use of a good batting pitch. Apart from KL Rahul, the middle order and lower order sc...

India ended the first day in a dominating position against Bangladesh at 356 for 3 that was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara 200 runs partnership set the foundation for a big total. Virat Kohli and Rahane partnership has ensured that India ends the first day in a strong position. After winning the toss India elected to bat first. KL Rahul was dismissed by Taskin Ahmed in the very first over itself for 2 runs only. Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay steadied the innings with good strokes putting pressure on the Bangladesh bowlers. Mehedi Hasan missed an easy run out chance to dismiss Murali Vijay when he was on 35. They put on 50 runs partnership in just 86 balls. India ended the first session on 86 for 1. After the lunch break, Pujara and Murali Vijay completed their half centuries. Both of them continued to dominate the Bangladesh bowlers putting on century runs partnership in 181 balls. It was excellent display of batting by both I...

After a successful test season in 2016, India will take on Bangladesh in one off test match against Bangladesh in Hyderabad from tomorrow. The Indian team are high on confidence after winning 9 test matches in 2016. This is the first time Bangladesh are visiting India to play a test match on Indian soil. India are firm favourites to win the match but Bangladesh performance in New Zealand shows that they can cause upset if they to the potential. India is currently the number 1 ranked team in test matches and would not want to take Bangladesh lightly. Here we look at the predicted XI for one off test match against Bangladesh. 1.        Murali Vijay Murali Vijay played a key role in helping India to register a 4-0 win over England. His ability to leave the ball and play according to the situation makes one of the best openers for India. He scored two centuries in the test series against England and would play key role in giving the hosts a solid start ag...

Mohit Ahalwat created a unique record by becoming the first cricketer to score triple century in T20 cricket. He achieved this feat during a T20 match playing for Maavi XI in local tournament at Delhi’s  Lalita Park against Friends XI today. This is the first time that a player has scored a triple century in a T20 match at any level. During his 300 not out knock he hit 39 sixes and 14 boundaries which came off 72 balls only. His efforts helped Maavi XI to score 416 in 20 overs. His partners Gaurav scored 86 off 39 balls. Maavi XI won the match by 216 runs. For Delhi, Mohit Ahawlat played 3 first class games but could not contribute only 5 runs. Mohit played his last first class game in 2015 against Haryana. He is 21 years of age and done something unique in shortest format of the game. The highest score in a T20 game during the shortest format is 175 by Chris Gayle. Chris Gayle hit 175 in IPL. Mohit Ahawlat would catch the eye of franchises during IPL 10 auction. Mohit ...

  Alistair Cook has decided to resign as the captain of England test team. Cook decided to resign captaincy after the team had lost 0-4 in the test series against India played in November- December 2016. He is one the most successful England captains winning the Ashes series in 2013 and 2015 at home. In 2012 Cook won a memorable test series win over India in India and also defeated South Africa in South Africa. Alistair Cook was appointed in 2012 and led England in 59 test matches. Apart from that he has led England in 69 One day internationals between 2010 and 2014. Cook is the most successful batsmen for England scoring 11057 runs in 140 test matches till date. His performance with bat for England has been outstanding. Confirming his decision, Cook said: "It's been a huge honour to be England captain and to lead the Test team over the past five years. "Stepping down has been an incredibly hard decision but I know this is the correct decision for me and a...