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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

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

Mohammed Siraj's brother delighted after pacer shines in debut Test

Mohammed Sameer, brother of Mohammed Siraj, expressed joy after the pacer delivered a scintillating performance in the Boxing Day Test against Australia to guide India to a victory

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

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

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

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

Debutants Gill and Siraj showed character: India skipper Ajinkya Rahane

India skipper Ajinkya Rahane on Tuesday singled out the debutant duo of Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj while commending the tremendous character shown by his side to turn it around in the second Test

India beat Australia by 8-wickets in second Test, level series 1-1

India thumped Australia by eight wickets in the second Test on the fourth day to level the four-match series 1-1, on Tuesday

Ind vs Aus: Umesh Yadav to miss third Test, Natarajan likely cover

India pacer Umesh Yadav who limped off with tearing pain in his calf muscle on the third day of the Boxing Day Test against Australia on Monday will miss the third Test of the four-match series

India vs Australia 2nd Test: India close in on victory; Siraj takes three

Victory should be a formality in the second session for Ajinkya Rahane's men, 10 days after an infamous batting debacle in Adelaide, where India was bowled out for its lowest Test score of 36

Still feel the hundred at Lord's is my best: Rahane after MCG masterclass

Ajinkya Rahane produced a master-class after taking over the reins at a low point for his team but when it comes to his best knock, Rahane placed his century at Lord's ahead of the latest effort

IND vs AUS: Mohammed Siraj credits domestic experience for confident debut

India pace bowler Mohammed Siraj has credited his five-year grind at the domestic level for his impressive performance on Test debut in the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

IND vs AUS 2nd Test: MCG pitch is getting slower, says Mohammed Siraj

India's debutant pacer Mohammed Siraj on Monday said that the MCG track has slowed down considerably and to wipe off the Australian tail, they will have to hit one area consistently. The Indian bowlers, despite Umesh Yadav's injury early into the second innings, reduced the home team to 133 for six. The hosts have just a two-run lead with four wickets remaining in the second Test. "The track on the first day was very helpful for bowling but it has become very slow today. Not much is happening and there wasn't much swing on offer. The key is to remain patient and hit one area consistently," Siraj said during the virtual media conference. His senior pace bowling partner Jasprit Bumrah told him that the only way to get wickets on a flat deck is to build pressure with a lot of dot balls. "Jassi bhai told me that don't try anything different. Bowl in one are and create pressure with dot balls and there should be equal focus on each ball," the 26-year-old Hyderabad pacer said, having ...

Warner's absence pinches Australia, Wade pitch-forked into opener's role

In three innings against India, Wade has managed a grand total of 111 runs in four innings of the two Tests

Rahane's century is one of the most important in Indian cricket: Gavaskar

Legendary Sunil Gavaskar feels Rahane's century in the ongoing Boxing Day Test here, after the Adelaide humiliation will go down as one of the most important innings in the history of Indian cricket

IND vs AUS: Umesh Yadav suffers calf muscle injury, doubtful for 3rd Test

India fast bowler Umesh Yadav is unlikely to take further part in the second Test against Australia at MCG and also doubtful for the next game of the four-match series