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India vs Australia 4th Test 5th Day: India seals a remarkable win the series

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  The Indian Cricket Team created history as they won a remarkable 3 wickets win on the fifth and final day of the 4 th Test match played at Gabba, Brisbane on Tuesday. Starting on the overnight score of 4 for 0, it was not an ideal start for the visitors as Rohit Sharma was brilliantly caught by Tim Paine. Shubman Gill showed his class playing with intent putting the Australian bowlers under pressure. On other hand, Cheteshwar Pujara remained solid according to his usual self. Gill created pressure on Nathan Lyon coming down the track and hitting him for boundaries. Paine decided to rotate his fast bowlers, but nothing worked for Australia. Pat Cummins bowled sharp bouncers against Pujara. Gill completed his half-century off 90 balls and then smashed Mitchell Starc for a brilliant six. The pitch had an uneven bounce that Australian bowlers did not exploit. India went into the lunch break at 83 for 1. After the lunch break, the Australian bowler's pacers hit Pujara on his bo...

This Day That Year: AB de Villers created history

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  It was an amazing performance by one of the modern greats in international cricket, AB de Villiers proved his class against West Indies played at Johannesburg on 18 th January 2015. West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and decided to field first. Rilee Rossouw and Hashim Amla started off cautiously before showing their intent against the inexperienced West Indies bowling line-up. Both looked in cracking form putting enough pressure with attacking strokes and kept on ticking the scoreboard. The South African openers kept on scoring with ease and laid a strong foundation. Jerome Taylor got rid of Rossouw for a superb 128 off 115 balls to end 247 runs stand for opening wicket. AB de Villers came to the crease and played with intent right from the word go. He decimated the West Indies bowling reaching fifty off 16 balls. It remains the fastest fifty in ODI cricket to date. AB de Villiers continued his aggressive approach and kept on hitting the West Indies bowlers with ...

India vs Australia 4th Test 4th Day: Shardul Thakur and Siraj stole the show on a rain curtailed day

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  Despite the Australian team scoring at a quick pace, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur stole the show on a rain-curtailed 4 th day of the 4 th Test match played at Gabba, Brisbane on Monday. Mohammed Siraj and T Natarajan troubled the Australian bowlers. Rohit Sharma dropped a chance to get rid of Warner. Warner and Harris showed their class keeping the scoreboard ticking. As things looked out of control for India, Shardul Thakur produced a peach of a delivery to dismiss Marcus Harris to end a dangerous 89 runs opening stand. Soon after Washington Sundar got rid of David Warner. Warner was given out and he decided to take the review after the timer went off. The decision was upheld to bring back India into the game. Marnus Labuschagne played with intent hitting lovely strokes keeping the scoreboard ticking. Mohammed Siraj took 2 wickets in an over to dismiss Marnus Labuschagne with a good catch by Rohit Sharma and fine tickle to get rid of Matthew Wade. Steve Smith showed...

India vs Australia 4th Test 3rd Day: Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar leads India fightback

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  Thanks to a brilliant partnership between Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar, India made a strong comeback on the 3 rd day of the 4 th Test match played at Gabba, Brisbane on Sunday. Starting on the overnight score of 62 for 2, Ajiyanka Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara began off decently. Rahane was lucky enough as the edges went between the slips and gully twice. Pujara played some lovely shots to put pressure on Australian bowling. Josh Hazlewood provided the breakthrough for the hosts getting rid of Pujara with good delivery. Pujara and Rahane put on 45 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Mayank Agarwal and Rahane looked confident with their strokes hitting in the gaps and doing good running between the wickets. The Australian captain Tim Paine plan worked as Mitchell Starc got rid of Rahane taking the edge into Wade's hand. Rahane and Mayank added 39 runs for the 4 th wicket. Mayank Agarwal showed his class with strokes while Pant defended well. India went into the lunch break at...

India vs Australia 4th Test 2nd Day: Match hangs in the balance on rain-curtailed day

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  It was another good day of cricket as the match hangs in the balance on a rain-curtailed 2 nd day played at Gabba, Brisbane on Saturday. Starting on the overnight score of 274 for 5, Tim Paine and Cameron Green began from where they left with positive intent putting pressure on the inexperienced Indian bowling. Both played some lovely strokes making life tough for the opposition. Paine reached his fifty off 102 balls. Shardul Thakur provided the breakthrough with fuller length delivery giving a simple catch to Rohit Sharma. Paine and Green added 98 runs for the 6 th wicket. In the next over, Washington Sundar dismissed Cameron Green. Shardul Thakur produced a superb yorker to get rid of Pat Cummins leaving Australia in trouble at 315 for 8. The Indian bowlers did not execute their plans to Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc who played with intent. Lyon took on Shardul Thakur with lovely strokes while Starc also contributed with vital runs. Sundar got rid of Lyon who tried to sw...

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: Mumbai and Vidarbha knocked out

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  After today’s matches, Mumbai and Vidarbha became the two teams to be knocked out in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 played on Friday. Mumbai took on Haryana in a Group E match played at Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai. Mumbai captain Surya Kumar Yadav won the toss and decided to bat first. The young Yaishvi Jaiswal looked in great touch putting the Haryana bowlers under immense pressure. Jayant Yadav provided the breakthrough in getting rid of Jayant Yadav. Jayant Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal created panic among the Mumbai batting. Jayant Yadav took wickets of Jaiswal for well made 35. Yadav then dismissed Siddhesh Lad, Shivam Dube, and Shams Mulani in quick succession to leave Mumbai in tatters at 56 for 6. Atharva Anokolekar and Sarfaraz Khan provided some stability with a decent partnership. Both batsmen took the attack to Haryana bowlers. Rahul Tewaita made the breakthrough getting rid of Anokolekar for a quickfire 37 off 25 balls. Anokolekar and Sarfaraz Khan added...

India vs Australia 4th Test 1st Day: Match evenly poised

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  Despite the injuries, India did a great job to restrict Australia on the opening day of the 4 th Test match played at Gabba, Brisbane on Friday. Australian captain Tim Paine won the toss and decided to bat first. It was an ideal start for the visitors as Mohammed Siraj got rid of David Warner in the very first over via a superb catch by Rohit Sharma at first slips. The Indian bowling line-up made 4 changes with R Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah being ruled out of the match due to injuries. Shardul Thakur struck in his very first over dismissing Marcus Harris with an easy catch by Washington Sundar to leave Australia in some trouble at 17 for 2. T Natarajan bowled consistent lines and lengths. Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne looked steady enough with their strokes. Navdeep Saini was bought into the attack in the 21 st over while Washington Sundar bowled tightly not conceding any runs in his first three overs. Australia went into the lunch break at 65 for 2. After the lunch br...