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Jadeja becomes 3rd Indian to play 50 games across all three formats

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja expressed gratitude after becoming the third Indian cricketer to feature in 50 or more games for the country across all three formats -- Tests, ODIs and T20Is

Jasprit Bumrah's dismissal of Smith reminiscent of Ghavri's Chappell wicket

Steve Smith getting bowled by Jasprit Bumrah down the leg-side with his leg-stump exposed on the third day of the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Heartening to see Australian legends praising Rahane's captaincy: Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar said it was heartening to see Australian legends heaping praise on stand-in captain Rahane for his leadership skills after he led India to a series-levelling win in the second Test

Virat Kohli top brand value based on social media engagement: Report

Virat Kohli has the highest brand value among Indian cricketers based on social media engagement for the period August-October 2020, according to Checkbrand, an online sentiment analysis company

IND vs AUS: No stress, Smith and Labuschagne will find a way, says Cummins

Australia pace spearhead Pat Cummins also revealed that South African batsman AB de Villiers is the toughest batsman he has bowled to in the longest format of the game

IND vs AUS 3rd Test: Players to stay in Melbourne for another week

The Indian and Australian teams will stay in Melbourne for a few more days and proceed to Sydney only a few days before the third Test match that will begin at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7

IND vs AUS: Cummins feels red-ball creates best contest between bat, ball

Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins has won hearts with his effort in the pink-ball Test at the Adelaide Oval

No Australian has scored a ton against India at home since 2018

Australia's batting struggles at home against India in Tests, which started in the 2018/19 series that they lost 2-1, doesn't seem to have been solved thus far in the ongoing four-match series

Good people finish first too: Ganguly hails Rahane and team after MCG win

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has heaped praise on skipper Ajinkya Rahane after he led his side to a 'special' Boxing Day Test win at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Most Bengal players have experience of living in bio-bubble: Laxman

Bengal players have the advantage of having spent time in a bio-secure bubble, thanks to the recent Bengal T20 Challenge, says VVS Laxman, Bengal batting consultant and former India batsman

IND VS AUS: Debutants Gill and Siraj impress with boldness, self-assurance

India's biggest takeaway from the second Test apart from the series-equalling win was the ability of debutants Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj to step in and perform with self-assurance

CA confirms that third India-Australia Test will remain in Sydney

Cricket Australia on Tuesday decided to retain Sydney as the venue for the third Test against India, ending speculation that the game could move to Melbourne because of stringent COVID-19 restrictions

SA vs SL: Host bowlers shine as Proteas win by an innings and 45 runs

Wiaan Mulder, Lutho Sipamla and Anrich Nortje all claimed two wickets apiece as the Proteas made a winning start to the summer with a clinical innings and 45-run victory over Sri Lanka

1st Test: New Zealand need 7 wickets, Pakistan 302 runs to win

New Zealand are seven wickets away from taking a 1-0 lead in their two-match Test series against Pakistan

Australia fined 40% of match fee, four WTC points for slow over-rate

The Australian cricket team was fined 40 per cent of its match fee and penalised four ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against India in the second Test

Jasprit Bumrah trumps Marshall, Garner, McGrath in bowling average

Bumrah has trumped the likes of Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, Curtly Ambrose and Glenn McGrath in the list of bowling averages for bowlers with 75 or more Test wickets over the last fifty years

Rahane is a shrewd captain, has calming influence, says Ravi Shastri

India head coach Ravi Shastri described stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane as a "shrewd" leader, whose calm demeanour is in sharp contrast to regular skipper Virat Kohli's "passionate" approach

Ajinkya Rahane brought calmness in dressing room: Ravichandran Ashwin

Ajinkya Rahane brought calmness in the dressing room in the absence of regular captain Virat Kohli, spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said on Tuesday

No need to change batting order, we just need to bat better: Tim Paine

There is no need for Australia to tinker with the batting order despite an inept show in the second Test, asserted home captain Tim Paine

Ind vs Aus: Rahane's knock was turning point of match, says Ravi Shastri

India coach Ravi Shastri made it clear after the thrilling win that stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane's valiant knock in the first innings was the turning point in the Boxing Day Test