Australia’s Usman Khawaja runs back to the pavilion as it starts to rain at the Gabba in Brisbane. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Persistent rain made a big impact on the opening day of the third Test match between India and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane. Only 13.2 overs were possible on Saturday.Australia finished the…
Matthew Hayden’s daughter Grace and Rishabh Pant It was a frustrating morning of waiting in Brisbane as heavy downpour allowed very little cricket on the opening day of the third India-Australia Test in Brisbane. Only 13.2 overs were bowled and the fans got their umbrellas out, put the raincoats on but held on to their…
Rohit Sharma is yet to hit a Test hundred in Australia. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: When Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl against Australia in the third Test at the Gabba in Brisbane of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he became the second Indian captain to do so after Sourav Ganguly.Sourav Ganguly had…
Mohammed Siraj (Photo Source: X) Mohammed Siraj continued to face hostility from the crowds in Australia as he was booed at the Gabba on Saturday when he came on to bowl in the third Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.Siraj’s aggressive show during two separate incidents in the pink-ball Test at Adelaide made him a…
File Pic: Rohit Sharma of India talks to his players. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to field against Australia in the third Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at the Gabba in Brisbane on Saturday. With the series locked at 1-1, the match…
Virat Kohli (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Virat Kohli is on the verge of achieving another significant milestone in Australia. He needs 25 more runs in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy to reach 1500 Test runs in the country. This would make him only the second Indian, after Sachin Tendulkar, to reach this landmark.Kohli currently has…
NEW DELHI: The India-Australia rivalry brings no dull moment for the cricket fans, as the sledging and verbal volleys between the players on the ground add a spark to it. But what is seen on the field is not off it, as star Aussie batter Steve Smith opens up about his camaraderie with Virat Kohli.Smith…
NEW DELHI: Former Australia cricketer Greg Chappell, who formerly coached India, thinks Jasprit Bumrah combines the finest qualities of the great pacers Andy Roberts and Dennis Lillee.Bumrah is currently the only player preventing Australia from winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he said.“I have always said that Dennis Lillee and Andy Roberts were the most complete fast…
Team India (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: Four of India’s three innings so far in the two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia folded up for less than 200. If it wasn’t for Jasprit Bumrah‘s brilliance in Perth, the visitors could have been 2-nil down and staring down the barrel. But the series remains…
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma‘s grace and Virat Kohli‘s class will confront the ultimate ‘Test’ on a fiery Gabba field, when India will play the third game of the Border-Gavaskar series on Saturday against an Australian squad keen to correct the record.Brisbane could determine…
