Pakistan opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq has been ruled out of the Test series against New Zealand after sustaining a thumb injury.
Imam-ul-Haq ruled out of New Zealand Test
The Pakistan Cricket Board said that Imam will return home on Sunday. The southpaw sustained the injury during training sessions for the New Zealand series in Queenstown.
Imam would undergo rehab at the high-performance center in Lahore.
With Imam’s injury, Pakistan’s concern only gets bigger as earlier all-rounder Shadab Khan was ruled out of next month’s home series against South Africa after sustaining a thigh injury.
Pakistan has been left to deal with a spate of injuries with all-rounder Shadab Khan being ruled out of next month’s home series against South Africa starting on January 26 due to a thigh injury. The series against South Africa will commence on January 26.
The all-rounder will remain with the side in New Zealand, where he has started his rehabilitation program under the supervision of the medical team.
“The MRI reports have confirmed it is a fresh injury and not the one that had sidelined him from the Zimbabwe series last month.
“The latest injury will be treated conservatively and Shadab will undergo a six-week rehabilitation program during which he will have weekly ultrasound scans. After the competition of the six-week period, the medical panel will access and evaluate the injury before making a call on Shadab’s return to competitive cricket,” Dr. Sohail Saleem of PCB said in a statement.
Babar Azam – thumb fracture
Babar Azam
Earlier, Babar Azam is also on the injury list with a thumb fracture and The Pakistan skipper has already missed the T20 series and first Test in New Zealand.
The board said he is progressing well and had started practicing with the hard ball. PCB said a decision on whether Babar would play in the second Test beginning on January 3 at Christchurch would be taken on the eve of the match.
Times of Sports(TOS) listed the top controversial moments in cricket in the year of 2020. The year 2020 faces many obstacles in cricket history. Especially the much-expected IPL 2020 has moved to UAE and played between the September – November window.
Raina is the highest run-getter for CSK in the IPL. He cited personal reasons but speculations about coronavirus scare and a rift with captain MS Dhoni did not stop.
Gavaskar’s comment on Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
The IPL 2020 saw Indian players return to cricket after the hiatus due to the pandemic. RCB skipper Virat Kohli’s form was not up to his usual level and commentator Sunil Gavaskar opined that the reason was not training enough.
He also brought Kohli’s wife actress Anushka Sharma in the comment, leading to a storm on the internet. Things escalated with Anushka publicly asking the veteran player to explain his side and Gavaskar giving out a statement.
Later in December 2020, Gavaskar slams BCCI for not allowing T Natarajan back home to see his newborn daughter while Virat permitted with Paternity leave. He also mentioned that BCCI flexes their rules according to the players.
Rohit Sharma fitness issue
Rohit Sharma
This question plagued Indian fans ever since Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma came back to bat for his IPL side even after being left out of the squad for Australia.
This move confused fans as Sharma played fine in the tournament after sitting out for a couple of matches. There were rumours of disagreement between Sharma and Kohli as well.
Later Rohit Sharma clears his fitness and returns to Australia to play the 3rd Test match against Australia.
AUS vs IND 1st T20I: Concussion substitution
Jadeja injured in the last over of the 1st innings of Australia vs India 1st T20I match
In the 1st AUS vs IND T20I, Ravindra Jadeja was batting great until he suffered from a concussion. Then in the second innings of the game, Team India decided to bring in Yuzvendra Chahal as Jadeja’s substitute.
Chahal went on to take some crucial wickets thereby sparking a controversy if the right protocols were being followed.
Mushfiqur Rahim’s fighting Gesture
Mushfiqur Rahim angry gesture towards Nasum Ahmed
At the Bangabandhu T20 being played in Bangladesh, things took an unforeseen turn and was in the news for non-cricketing reasons.
The much-expected young gun Shaw fails to prove his worth in the 1st Test and replaced by Gill in the 2nd Test against Australia. Shaw struggles to lock his place in the playing XI.
Regarding this legendary batsman, Sachin Tendulkar claims that the backlift performed by Prithvi Shaw is the major reason for the ball is sneaking through his defenses.
Prithvi Shaw and Gill
“With Prithvi, I feel it’s the backlift,” Tendulkar said on his YouTube channel. “I feel his hands are moving away from his body, and then coming in. So, it’s a scoop, rather than a pendulum or a cradle, which goes in a straight line.
But what is happening because his hands are away and then he’s coming down it’s coming down straight but if the ball zips through the surface, that is when problems get created.”
Shaw has already witnessed the highs and lows of international cricket in his short career. He announced himself with a century on debut before being suspended for doping. Now he has been dropped from the
“It is not just to the balls coming in, but when a batsman is not playing well – I’m not talking only about Prithvi, it’s about any batter who’s not in good nick and has that kind of a backlift, because when you’re scooping, you don’t get the timing right and you edge the ball either on the outer side or the inside.
When you’re batting well, your timing is going to be right, but when you’re not, the straighter backlift helps,” Tendulkar explained.
Shaw’s flaw in 2nd Innings of the 1st Test
Sachin Tendulkar
Providing further insight into what led to Shaw being bowled by Pat Cummins in the second innings in Adelaide, Tendulkar said it’s not just the movement of the body but also what’s going on in the mind at that moment that’s affecting the 20-year-old.
“In the second innings, I felt he was caught on the move. There were a number of batters who were caught on the move. They were late in playing the ball just a fraction. That can happen because there are so many things going on in your head.
Here, again if you see, because there were a lot of things going on in his mind, he was a fraction late on getting on the ball because if you notice, his foot was in the air in the second innings,” the most prolific run-getter in international cricket’s history said.
“People talk about footwork, but it’s not about the bowler body. Footwork is in your mind, your head. So, if you’re not thinking properly, your lower body is not going to follow instructions. When there are multiple things going on in your head, it is going to affect your footwork. It’s in the mind,” he added.
Virat Kohli has been named captain of the men’s ICC Test team of the decade, while Meg Lanning leads the female ODI XI, which includes two other Australians, Alyssa Healy, and the all-rounder Ellyse Perry.
Virat Captains ICC Test team of the decade
Kohli is joined by his teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, while the seam attack is dominated by England, with James Anderson, Stuart Broad, and Ben Stokes all included. Dale Steyn is the sole South African representative while there is no player from either Pakistan or West Indies selected in the male Test squad.
Former England captain Alistair Cook opens the batting with Australia’s David Warner, while New Zealand’s Kane Williamson is in at No 3 and Steve Smith at No 5. Kumar Sangakkara is selected as the side’s wicketkeeper, despite the Sri Lankan retiring from Test cricket in 2015.
Sarah Taylor, who retired from international cricket in 2019, takes the gloves as the sole England player named in the women’s ODI XI. India’s all-time leading run-scorer Mithali Raj bats at No 3, while the West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor is named at No 5.
Australia’s Meg Lanning is named as captain for the ICC Women’s ODI squad of the decade. Suzie Bates is the only New Zealand player named in the squad.
India’s Jhulan Goswami, the all-time leading women’s international wicket-taker, features in a bowling attack completed by two South Africans, Dane van Niekerk, and Marizanne Kapp, alongside Anisa Mohammed of the West Indies.
As with the top men’s XI, there are no Pakistan or Bangladeshi players in the side.
BBL 2020 Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars Highlights: The 15th league match of BBL 2020 is set to play between Sixers and Melbourne Stars. Both the team lock their horns to boost their position in the BBL 2020 points table.
Match: Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars
Venue: Carrara Oval, Queensland
Toss Details: Sydney Sixers won the toss and opt to bowl
Playing XI
Sydney Sixers
Josh Philippe(w), Jack Edwards, James Vince, Daniel Hughes(c), Jordan Silk, Daniel Christian, Jason Holder, Carlos Brathwaite, Ben Dwarshuis, Ben Manenti, Steve OKeefe.
Melbourne Stars
Ben Dunk, Andre Fletcher, Hilton Cartwright, Glenn Maxwell(c), Nicholas Pooran(w), Nick Larkin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa, Liam Hatcher, Billy Stanlake, Zahir Khan.
BBL 2020 Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars Highlights
Melbourne Stars Batting
Andre Fletcher and Ben Dunk get into the crease to lead Melbourne Stars. Holder gets into the attack on behalf of Sydney Sixers. The much-expected Andre Fletcher fails to show-up and dismissed in the first over after scoring 4 runs.
Hilton Cartwright and Ben Dunk join hands and lead Melbourne Stars to score 30 runs for 1 wicket at the end of the 5th over. Dwarshuis in the followed over dismissed Cartwright for 14 runs. Melbourne Stars, though grabs some quality runs failed to maintain a good partnership.
Steve OKeefe in the 9th over of the innings dismissed Ben Dunk for 24 runs. At the end of the 10th over Melbourne Stars scored 61 runs for 4 wickets loss. Glenn Maxwell joins hands with Nicholas Pooran and makes a steady partnership.
Maxwell with a six off the 17th over scored his half-century, where Stars scored 162 runs for 4 wickets loss. At the end of the 20 overs, Melbourne Stars scored 193 runs for 5 wickets loss.
Sydney Sixers Batting
Philippe and Jack Edwards get into the crease to chase down a massive target of 193 runs. Stanlake opens the attack against Sydney Sixers.
Coulter-Nile in the followed over dismissed James Vince for 0 run. Josh Philippe and Daniel Hughes join hands and in pressure to build a massive partnership in order to chase the target.
The duo gathered 55 runs in total before Zampa dismissed Philippe for 22 runs. Though Sydney Sixers loses wickets frequently Daniel Hughes makes a steady inning and scored his half-century. While Sydney Sixers needs 43 runs off 18 deliveries Daniel Hughes and Carlos Brathwaite join hands and make massive strikes.
Daniel Hughes in the final over slams back to back sixes and boundaries and fails to long last and dismissed off 96 runs. The wonderful innings from Daniel Hughes comes to an end before reaching the century.
Steve OKeefe with a boundary off the fifth delivery drags Sydney Sixers to win the match. Sydney Sixers beat Melbourne Stars by 1 wicket.
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A lot was going through my mind. But I just swung hard. Things went according to our plan. If they can get 193, so can we. Didn’t bowl well though but it was a nice wicket. We wanted to take it deep. We enjoy each other’s success.
BBL 2020 Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: Thunder and Renegades lock their horns to play the 14th league match of BBL 2020. Melbourne Renegades is in need to win the match in order to move to the safe spot in the BBL 2020 points table.
Match: Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades
Venue: Manuka Oval, Canberra
Toss Details: Melbourne Renegades won the toss and opt to bowl
Playing XI
Melbourne Renegades
Shaun Marsh, Aaron Finch(c), Sam Harper(w), Rilee Rossouw, Beau Webster, Mohammad Nabi, Imad Wasim, Will Sutherland, Kane Richardson, Zak Evans, Peter Hatzoglou.
Alex Hales, Usman Khawaja, Callum Ferguson(c), Oliver Davies, Baxter Holt(w), Ben Cutting, Daniel Sams, Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Adam Milne, Tanveer Sangha.
BBL 2020 Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights
Sydney Thunder Batting
Khawaja and Hale get to the crease to lead Sydney Thunder. While Will Sutherland opens the attack on behalf of Melbourne Renegades.
Sydney Thunder starts the innings in a very aggressive manner as they scored massive 61 runs for no wicket loss at the end of the 5 overs. Melbourne Renegades struggles to take early wickets and let Sydney Thunder to place themself in a very comfortable position.
After a long struggle, Nabi in the 6th over dismissed Khawaja for 34 runs. Soon in the next over Peter Hatzoglou dismissed Hales for 35 runs. Sydney Thunder are expected to struggle after their openers dismissal. But Oliver Davies and Callum Ferguson lead the innings in an expected way as they added 50 runs partnership for the next wicket.
Davies after hitting back to back 5 sixes dismissed off Will Sutherland’s delivery while scoring 48 runs. Sydney Thunder seems unstoppable as they turn into a massive run-scoring machine.
Melbourne Renegades bowlers struggle to restrict the run flow. K Richardson in the 19th over as a relief picks triple wicket off the same over and restrict Thunder to score more in the death overs.
But in the final over McAndrew with triple six of the over leads Sydney Thunder to score a massive 209 runs for 8 wickets loss.
Melbourne Renegades Batting
Shaun Marsh and Finch get into the attack to chase down a mammoth target of 209 runs. Milne opens the attack on behalf of Sydney Thunder.
Melbourne Renegades needs to start a steady inning and backfire with the bat in the middle of the innings. Renegades openers need to set a massive opening partnership in order to chase down the massive target.
But McAndrew in the 3rd over of the innings dismissed Shaun Marsh for 3 runs and makes a massive blow for Melbourne Renegades. In the followed over Milne dismissed Sam Harper for 8 runs.
Melbourne Renegades struggles after losing a couple of wickets in a very early stage. In addition to this Sangha in the followed over dismissed the chasing team skipper for 20 runs.
Melbourne Renegades starts to lose wickets in every over bowled after the skipper’s dismissal. In the mid of the 13th over Melbourne Renegades loses all their 10 wickets and scored only 80 runs.
Sydney Thunder registers their third victory by beating Melbourne Renegades by 129 runs.
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Pant assist Ashwin verbally to dismiss Wadein 2nd Australia vs India test match
Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant with his behind-the-stump guidance helps Ashwin to dismiss Matthew Wade in the 2nd Test against Australia.
After the defeat in the 1st Test match against Australia India seeks its all possible way to make a victory in the second test match. Team India makes a number of changes in its squad for the second match.
One of the important factors that India misses is its skipper’s service as Virat has granted paternity leave by BCCI. In his absence, Rahane leads the side in the remaining Test matches against Australia.
Pant Guides Ashwin to dismiss Wade
Returning to the Indian Test team ahead of the 2nd Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Rishabh Pant replaced a struggling Wriddhiman Saha as the wicket-keeper and instantly had an impact on the match.
Pant, known for being extremely vocal from behind the wicket and trying to help his bowlers as much as possible, Pant gave some excellent advice to Ashwin to dismiss Australia opener Matthew Wade in the 13th over of the first innings of the 2nd Test.
Trying to make Ashwin feel a bit out of his skin early in his bowling spell, Wade smashed the spinner for a sweeping boundary on the fourth ball of his second over.
This is when Pant realised that the Australian batter was trying to do and gave his two cents on the scenario.
“Andar hi rakhna, ye maarega (keep it at the stumps, he will hit),” Pant’s voice was picked up on the stump mics and that’s exactly what happened on the delivery that followed.
Jadeja – Gill Collision
Trying to intimidate Ashwin with a back-to-back boundary, Wade walked down the pitch to swing for a big one but ended up not connecting properly and the ball flew towards the leg where Ravindra Jadeja managed to catch it despite the chances of miscommunication with Shubman Gill fielding nearby.
Inzamam-ul-Haq feels the sudden retirement of Mohammad Amir will have a negative impact on Pakistan cricket, adding that it was “unfortunate” that the left-arm pacer bid adieu to the sport as he was “unhappy with one person”.
Amir, who played 36 Tests, 61 ODIs, and 50 T20Is in which he scalped a total of 259 wickets, recently announced his retirement from international cricket after reservations with Pakistan team management.
Inzamam-ul-Haq unhappy for the retirement of Mohammad Amir
“Amir is a good player and his absence has affected the side. But we have other bowlers as well, who are doing well. Such incidents should not take place in Pakistan cricket and this is more important for me as compared to how it affects our bowling strength.
A player should not leave cricket in such a manner, after having served Pakistan cricket, as it doesn’t look good,” Inzamam was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Mohammad Amir
“If Amir had any issues with Waqar (Younis), he should have talked with Misbah (ul Haq) and if that didn’t work he should have approached the PCB. If the issue remained after this, then he had the right to take such a decision. It’s unfortunate to see a player retire just because he was unhappy with one person,” the former Pakistan captain and current PCB chief selector added.
Amir – Mentally tortured?
Amir, 28, alleged that he had been “mentally tortured” and didn’t want to continue playing under the current PCB management.
“I don’t think I can play cricket under this management. I am leaving cricket, for now, and I am being mentally tortured. Cannot handle it and I have seen it enough from 2010-2015. I have to repeatedly hear that PCB invested a lot in me.
However, it is not the case. I am thankful to Shahid Afridi as he gave me chances when I came back after the ban and will also thank Najam Sethi (former PCB chairman),” Amir had said in a video.
Amir was part of the Pakistan squad that won the T20 World Cup in 2009 and was also part of the squad that won the Champions Trophy in 2017.
However, his career faced a downward spiral when he was banned for five years for his involvement in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal during the tour of England.
After serving his five-year ban, he returned to international cricket in 2015 and made his Test return in 2016. Amir, in 2018, called time on his Test career to focus entirely on white-ball cricket.
BBL 2020 Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers Highlights: Both the team lock their horns to play the 14th league match of the BBL 2020. Brisbane Heat is in pressure to register their maiden victory of the tournament to gain some forward position in the BBL 2020 points table.
Match: Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers
Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane
Toss Details: Brisbane Heat won the toss and opt to bowl
Playing XI
Brisbane Heat
Max Bryant, Sam Heazlett, Daniel Lawrence, Tom Cooper, Jack Wildermuth, Simon Milenko, Jimmy Peirson(c/w), Mark Steketee, Xavier Bartlett, Ben Laughlin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Adelaide Strikers
Philip Salt, Jake Weatherald, Matt Renshaw, Jonathan Wells, Matthew Short, Harry Nielsen(w), Rashid Khan, Daniel Worrall, Danny Briggs, Wes Agar, Peter Siddle(c).
BBL 2020 Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers Highlights
Adelaide Strikers Batting
Weatherald and Philip Salt get into lead Adelaide Strikers. Xavier Bartlett opens the attack on behalf of Brisbane Heat. As expected in the very first over Xavier Bartlett dismissed Weatherald while scoring 1 run.
Though Adelaide Strikers loses a wicket in early the followed batsman builds the necessary partnership. The duo moves Adelaide Strikers’ score to 29 runs for 1 wicket loss at the end of the 5th over.
Philip Salt and Matt Renshaw’s partnership pose a threat over Brisbane Heat bowlers. Steketee in the 10th over makes back to back wickets by dismissing Renshaw and Philip Salt for 32 and 25 runs respectively.
At the end of 10th Adelaide Strikers scored 63 runs for 3 wickets loss. Xavier Bartlett again in the 13th over makes a much-needed wicket by dismissing Short for 12 runs. At the end of the 15th over Adelaide Strikers scored 98 runs for 4 wickets loss.
Adelaide Strikers is in need to make use of the dead overs to set a massive target for the heat. As expected Harry Nielsen and Jonathan Wells with their back-to-back massive shots and drags Adelaide Strikers to score 138 runs before Nielsen dismissed for 28 runs.
At the end of the 20th over Adelaide Strikers scored 150 runs for 6 wickets loss.
Brisbane Heat Batting
Heazlett and Bryant get into lead Brisbane Heat to chase down a target of 150 runs. Worrall opens the attack on behalf of Adelaide Strikers.
Worrall in the second delivery of the 2nd innings dismissed Heazlett for 0 runs and makes a massive blow for Brisbane Heat. In the followed over Briggs dismissed Milenko for 1 run and loads pressure over the chasing team.
Brisbane Heat stri=uggles after losing a couple of wickets in the first two over of the innings. While Max Bryant and Daniel Lawrence expected to make a steady partnership, Rashid Khan with his spell dismissed Bryant for 12 runs.
At the end of 5 overs, Brisbane Heat scored 26 runs for 3 wickets loss. Brisbane Heat loses wickets in a constant interval as Rashid Khan again with his magical spell dismissed Daniel Lawrence for 13 runs.
In the followed over Wes Agar dismissed Wildermuth for 1 run. At the end of the 10 over Brisbane Heat scored 50 runs for 5 wickets loss. Brisbane Heat shows their dominance in the first half of the 2nd innings.
Brisbane Heat is in need to do an aggressive performance in order to register their maiden victory of the BBL 2020 season.
But Heat continuous to lose wickets in a regular interval as they lose 8 wickets while scoring 71 runs in 14 overs.
Peirson and Mujeeb pose some belief by scoring 20 runs off the 15th over bowled by Rashid Khan. In the followed over again, Peirson scored 23 runs off a single over bowled by Siddle.
The back to back impressive overs brings 50 for the Peirson in the followed over bowled by Wes Agar. Siddle as a relief dismissed Mujeeb for 18 runs and breaks the partnership. The required run-rate gets in reach for Brisbane Heat.
The aggressive strike of Peirson leads Brisbane Heat to score a six of the last delivery to seal their maiden victory. But Worrall with a full-length delivery allows Peirson to score only a boundary of the last delivery.
Peirson is down on his knees as Adelaide Strikers win the match by 2 runs.
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Australia vs India 2nd Test match: Post the 1st Test loss India seeks to win the 2nd test to stay alive and confident in the absence of Virat Kohli. Indian skipper Virat Kohli left to India to be with his family for their first baby birth.
In his absence, Ajinkya Rahane leads the Indian side to face Australia in the remaining test matches.
Match: Australia vs India, 2nd Test
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss: Australia won the toss and opt to bat.
Playing XI
Australia
Matthew Wade, Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Tim Paine(w/c), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
Burns and Wade get into the crease to lead Australia. Bumrah opens the attack on behalf of India. India needs to pick early wickets in order to avoid the mistake that they did in the 1st test match.
The hosts show their patience by making slow progress in the 1st innings of the match. Bumrah who found his mojo in the 2nd test match loads pressure over the opponent batsmen. Soon in the 5th over of the 1st innings, Bumrah dismissed Burns for 0 runs and makes the much-expected start for the Indian team.
The aggressive batsman Marnus Labuschagne gets in to the crease and join hands with Matthew Wade. The duo poses a real threat for the Indian bowling unit but fell to shine in Ashwin’s spell.
Ashwin in the 13th over of the inning dismissed Wade for 30 runs. No.1 Test batsman Steve Smith gets into the crease. After failing to shine in the 1st test match Steve is expected to make massive progress in this match.
But again failed to the same bowler. Ashwin plays like the worst nightmare for Steve Smith in the long format as well as in the short format. Ashwin dismissed Steve Smith for a duck. A rare and repeated failure for Steve Smith.
Still, India seeks to dismiss the dangerous batsman Labuschagne. Travis Head and Labuschagne join hands and in pressure to build a massive partnership. Though the Aussies lose early wickets their middle-order batsman shows consistency and leads Australia as expected.
Lunch Break
Prior to the lunch, Australia scored 65 runs for 3 wickets loss while playing 27 overs. India needs to break this partnership to avoid a massive run chase. Labuschagne with a strong beating style defends the aggressive Indian bowling unit and loads pressure over India.
As expected this deadly duo moved Australia to score beyond 100 runs with their unbreakable partnership. Australia scored 104 runs for 3 wickets loss at the end of the 38th over. Head smashed a back to back boundary in Bumrah’s over and shows his confidence level in batting.
Drinks Break
52 runs scored off the 13 overs in the last hour. Post the drinks break Bumrah in the 42nd over dismissed Head for 38 runs. Bumrah successfully breaks the dangerous partnership.
Stil Labuschagne is in the strike which means Aussies batsman can make another deadly partnership. Siraj in the 50th over dismissed Labuschagne for 48 runs and registered his maiden Test wicket.
A massive blow for Australia as they lose their match changing batsman.
Tea Break
Ashwin resumes to bowl after the tea break. Australia struggles to score runs and focus on making a partnership.
But Siraj in the 62nd over dismissed Green for 12 runs. Ashwin continued to load pressure by dismissing skipper Paine for 13 runs in the very next over.
India continues to be the upper hand in the 1st innings as Bumrah in 68th over dismissed Starc for 7 runs and starts to collapse Australia’s lower order. At the end of the 68th over Australia scored 166 runs for 8 wickets loss.
Lyon loses his wicket to Bumrah after striking a back to back six and a boundary. In the followed over Jadeja dismissed Cummins for 9 runs and winds up Australia’s 1st innings while scoring 195 runs.
India Batting(1st innings)
Agarwal and Shubman Gill get in to lead India. Starc opens the attack on behalf of Australia. Starc loads pressure over India by dismissing Mayank Agarwal in the very first over.
India faces a much-unwanted start for them. Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara get in to join hands with Gill.
Stumps
Cheteshwar Pujara and Gill make a steady partnership to avoid the loss of extra wickets on day 1 of the 2nd test.
As expected Gill and Pujara lead India to score 36 runs for 1 wicket loss at the en do the Day 1.
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Day 2
India Batting
Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara continued the innings as expected on day 2 of the 2nd test match. The duo pumped the score to 50 runs stand for 1 wicket loss.
Cummins in the 22nd over dismissed Gill while scoring 45 runs. The young gun missed a well-deserved half-century. Acting Indian test skipper Ajinkya Rahane gets into the yard.
Cummins in his nest over dismissed Pujara while scoring 17 runs. Pujara turns his back down so far in the Australia test match.
Drinks Break
Post the drinks break Hanuma Vihari join hands with Ajinkya Rahane. The duo expected to make a huge impact in the scoreboard. The deadly combination makes Aussies bowlers to struggle and made steady innings.
Lunch Break
Post the lunch break the duo lead India to score beyond 100 runs in total for the same 23 Wickets loss. Vihari after a boundary of the Lyon’s over got dismissed for 21 runs. India gets in an uncomfortable position as they lose 4 wickets before even nearing Australia’s 1st innings score.
Rishabh Pant is expected to make a huge impact for India in the 2nd Test. While making a steady partnership Starc in the 60th over dismissed Pant and loads pressure over India as they scored only 173 runs.
Losing 5 wickets before making a lead is really a drastic situation for India. Ravindra Jadeja the game-changing all-rounder gets into the yard and joins hands with the Indian skipper.
The skipper Rahane is in pressure to lead the innings with a massive partnership by joining hands with Jadeja. As expected the deadly combination starts to work for India.
By the mid of the 66th over India starts to lead the innings with a 5 wickets loss. Rahane with his steady innings registered his 12th overall century and his 2nd against Australia.
Stumps
While the match gets to move with interesting shots and unbelievable catch drops rain interrupted the play and stopped the match. As the rain continued umpired called for the day 2 stumps.
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Day 3
India Batting
Ravindra Jadeja and skipper Ajinkya Rahane continued the innings. India needs to set a good lead to defend Australia. While Australian bowlers seek to make some quick wickets in the 3rd day of the innings.
After a long struggle Aussies bowler, Lyon breaks the partnership by dismissing Rahane for 112 runs in an unwanted run out format.
Drinks Break
Ravindra Jadeja who secured his half-century continued the innings with Ravichandran Ashwin. In the second over of the post drinks break Starc dismissed Jadeja for 57 runs. Team India managed to score 326 runs for 10 wickets loss as India’s lower order fails to add some quality runs to the scoreboard.
Australia Batting
Wade and Burns get into the yard to lead Australia in the 2nd innings. Bumrah opens the attack on behalf of India. Team India needs to pick early wickets in order to restrict a massive run chase in the second innings.
Umesh Yadav in the 4th over of the innings dismissed Burna and makes the first blow for Australia. India should not settle until they wipe the whole Australian squad as Aussies’ lower-order batsmen too have some stuff to exhibit.
Drinks Break
Marnus Labuschagne poses threat to Indian bowlers. Ashwin with a slower delivery dismissed Labuschagne for 28 runs and makes a much-needed wicket.
Steven Smith join hands with Wade and leads the Australian batting unit.
Bumrah with a leg-stump trap dismissed Steve Smith. A major wicket for Australia. Steve though remains in the 1st Test batsman position fails to show up in the test matches so far.
Indian bowlers with their impressive bowling spell load pressure over the Australian batting unit. Jadeja makes a crucial wicket for India by dismissing Wade for 40 runs.
In a short period, Siraj dismissed Head for 17 runs and Jadeja again makes an impact by dismissing Aussies skipper Tim Pains for 1 run. Where Australia loses their top 6 wickets before reaching 100 runs.
Stumps
At the end of the day 3 Australia scored 133 runs for 6 wickets loss where Cummins and Green stand in the crease.
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Day 4
Australia Batting
Pat Cummins and Cameron Green start the innings for Australia. Australian lower-order batsman as expected starts to make a steady inning. While Indian bowlers keen to makes the wickets which is a much-needed breakthrough for India to restrict a massive run chase.
Bumrah did the much-needed breakthrough by dismissing Cummins for 22 runs.
Drinks Break
Cameron Green join hands with Starc and starts to build a partnership. But soon Siraj dismissed Green while scoring 45 runs. The long stood batsman walks to Pavillion while Australia scored 177 runs.
Siraj soon in the 97th over dismissed Lyon for 3 runs. Ashwin took the last wicket of Australia by dismissing Hazlewood for 10 runs. Australia scored 200runs for 9 wickets loss in the second innings.
India Batting
India needs 70 runs to win the match. A low target for a team like India but never forget that India earlier windup for 36 runs in the 1st Test match against Australia.
Agarwal and Shubman Gill get into the crease to lead India. Starc opens the attack on behalf of Australia. Starc soon in the 5th over of the match makes the first blow for India by dismissing Mayank Agarwal for 5 runs.
The young player again failed to shoe up his worth and walks to Pavillion after scoring a single-digit run. In the followed over Cummins dismissed Pujara for 3 runs. And the pressure starts to build over India as they lose a couple of wickets in the very early stage of chasing.
Skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Gill join hands and took the responsibility of leading India towards a decent victory. As expected the duo gradually reached the 0 runs target and registered the maiden win of the four-match test series.
Seasoned speedster Jaydev Unadkat confirmed to lead the Saurashtra team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy National 2021. The Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 is scheduled to play from January 10, 2021. Saurashtra are the reigning Ranji Trophy champions.
Jaydev Unadkat leads Saurashtra at Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
The Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) on Friday announced the squad through a media release after its senior selection committee held an online meeting.
All the regulars — Prerak Mankad, Chirag Jani, left-handed batsman Arpit Vasavada, wicket-keeper-batsman Harvik Desai — have been named in the squad.
The bowling attack, to be led by Unadkat, also has left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya and slow-left arm orthodox bowler Dharmendrasinh Jadeja.
The tournament begins from January 10. Saurashtra is placed in Elite Group D along with Services, Vidarbha, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The league matches will be played at Indore.
The former India opener Murali Vijay pulls out of the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and will miss the entire domestic season.
“He informed us that he would be skipping the upcoming season for personal reasons. He did not mention anything further,” a TNCA official told.
Vijay last played for Tamil Nadu during their Ranji Trophy clash against Karnataka at Dindigul in 2019. Murali had featured in three matches for the Chennai Super Kings during the IPL-13.
Vijay was earlier named in the state probables for the domestic T20 competition. TNCA has included opener L Suryapprakash in place of Vijay.
“It is a very big blow for us ahead of the season because he is an experienced campaigner and brings solidity at the top.
But his absence gives other players an opportunity to make an impact for the stateside,” said the official.
Dhoni though will continue to play in the IPL which he announced himself before CSK’s final game of the season last month.
Dhoni continues to play for CSK in IPL 2021
Former New Zealand cricketer and commentator Danny Morrison had asked Dhoni whether he would be donning the yellow jersey again or not before their final match. The skipper nonchalantly responded to the question and said ‘definitely not’ when asked if this was his last game for the franchise.
MS Dhoni
CSK was knocked out in the league stage this year after enduring their worst season in the IPL, which saw them finish 7th with just 6 wins from 14 games.
Dhoni was in fact keen to play the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament earlier this year to prepare for IPL 2020. But the Indian domestic season 2020-21 was postponed indefinitely in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The much-delayed tournament will now kick start the Indian domestic season and will be played from January 10 to 31 in six different states where bio-secure hubs will be created.
Raina confirmed to play in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Former India cricketer Suresh Raina meanwhile, announced on social media last week that he will be representing Uttar Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. Raina had retired on the same day as Dhoni. But he missed playing in the IPL for CSK due to “personal reasons”.
Raina hasn’t played competitive cricket for the past one year. And he has been training hard in the gym and keeping himself fit for the upcoming domestic season in India.
