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India's first innings woes deepen at Gabba

The failure of India's top line batsmen in the first innings of recent Tests continued at the Gabba and they are counting on bad weather to escape with a draw.

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'Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir not on the same page'

India's woes in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy continued to deepen as the visitors once again find their backs to the wall in the Brisbane Test after Rohit Sharma's decision to bowl first at the Gabba backfired and Australia raced to a big first-innings total. Former Pakistan batter Basit Ali…

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CA boss Nick Hockley warns against four-day Test shift

Nick Hockley believes a move to four-day Tests would not be worth the risk, with the Cricket Australia boss fearing draws could easily become too predictable.

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The 140-year first clouding this Border-Gavaskar battle

Tests are finishing quicker than at any point since the 1880s, with the series between Australia and India reigniting the debate over four-day matches.

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IND vs AUS 3rd Test predicted playing XI: Key players to watch at Gabba

NEW DELHI: There is no obvious favorite in the third game of the five-Test Australia-India series, which starts on Saturday in Brisbane, due to the teams' crushing victories in the first two Tests and the weak performance of some of their top batters.

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IND vs AUS 3rd Test Live Streaming: How to watch India vs Australia match online in India, US and Australia

Big wins by both teams in the first two Tests and patchy performances by key batters have left the third Test of the Australia-India series, starting Saturday in Brisbane, wide open. The series, tied 1-1, promises another fiercely contested encounter at the Gabba.

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Harbhajan Singh feels big gap between Perth and Adelaide Tests hurt India's momentum

The 10-day gap between the first and second Test of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy cost India their winning momentum following the impressive 295-run victory in the opener at Perth, feels former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.

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'Improvement starts, when you first accept problem hai': Aakash Chopra's blunt take on Team India’s batting failures

NEW DELHI: The Indian batting order has dished out shoddy performances in the last few Tests.

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This year, Indian cricket team enjoyed the edge

India's Yashasvi Jaiswal is the only batter playing in this series to have managed a 50-plus average in Tests this calendar year.

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Explained: The different challenges of a pink cricket ball

NEW DELHI: As India and Australia are set to clash in the day-night Test in Adelaide from December 6, the pink cricket ball is back in the news. The pink ball is a variation of the traditional ball and is used for day-night Test matches only. It was introduced to…

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Team India's top Test performances at Adelaide Oval

The Adelaide Oval, one of cricket's most picturesque Test venues, has since 2000 been a happy hunting ground for India, the memorable Test win over Australia in the 2003-04 series standing out. While the ground is a true oval - straight boundaries are long and those on the square are…

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What is Australia’s record in Day-Night Test matches?

The Test format was seeing a decline in its following due to the increasing popularity of the T20s. The International Cricket Council (ICC) thought of bringing in some changes to the Tests to restore the fans’ interest in cricket’s "purest format" and came up with the innovation of the day-night…

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Pink-ball Tests: How India, Australia and other teams have fared so far

The Indian team's upcoming pink-ball Test against Australia in Adelaide will be the 23rd Test to be played under the flood lights, with the Aussies coming out as the most successful team.

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EXCLUSIVE | 'It was a pleasure': Nayan Mongia on marathon eight-hour knock that shaped Border-Gavaskar Trophy

NEW DELHI: The year was 1996. Even though Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi, now called the Arun Jaitley Stadium, still referred to as 'Kotla' by the locals, had hosted 23 Tests, it wasn't a venue cricket enthusiasts had on their wishlists. Kotla was in urgent need of care…

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Fiji surge to first victory in Cardiff as Wales’s losing run stretches to 10 Tests

Fiji were 24-19 winners in Cardiff to leave Wales contemplating their worst run of form in more than 20 years

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‘Fit, tough, cavalier’: Wallabies’ 1984 grand slam class still casts a long shadow

Australia rugby greats Mark Ella, Simon Poidevin and Andrew Slack recall how the side created history in four Tests across the UK and Ireland

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'For ageing Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, the true battle is against...'

India captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have had a torrid time in the five Tests at home, which concluded with an embarrassing 0-3 whitewash against New Zealand, leaving the team low on confidence ahead of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) beginning later this month.

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'India ka batting coach hai kaun?' - Basit Ali blasts India's white-ball thinking in Tests

India's batting failures, particularly against spin, in the Test series against New Zealand has ignited a debate on the nature of pitches and the over-aggressive approach of the Indian batsmen in red-ball cricket; and former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali has pointed finger at the batting coach for not doing his…

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'We can't play spin, period': Former India batsman reveals harsh truth

India's totals in four innings of two Tests played on turning tracks in Pune and Mumbai read 156, 245, 263 and 121. New Zealand, who emerged victorious in the first Test in Bengaluru, won the next two matches as well to become the first team to whitewash India at home…

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Have we seen the last of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja together in India home Tests?

NEW DELHI: India's dominance at home, built on the performances of Virat Kohli, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Rohit Sharma, came to an unexpected end as New Zealand secured a 3-0 victory in the Test series. New Zealand became the first team to inflict a 3-0 whitewash on India in…

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Ravindra Jadeja overtakes Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma to become India's fifth-highest wicket-taker in Tests

NEW DELHI: Seasoned left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja on Friday surged ahead of the iconic pace duo of Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma to become India’s fifth-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket.

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Galle to host two-Test series during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka

Australia will play both the Tests on their tour of Sri Lanka next year at the Galle International Stadium.

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Gregor Townsend must use 'L' word ahead of Scotland's Autumn Tests

Gregor Townsend must use 'L' word ahead of Scotland's Autumn Tests.

The Independent UK

Tommy Freeman: I want to make life a misery for Sevu Reece and New Zealand

All Blacks star Reece caused a stir when the rivals clashed over two Tests in July by stating that he knew little about England wing Freeman.

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Dupont returns to France XV as rape case duo are omitted from autumn Tests squad

Olympic gold medallist Antoine Dupont was named in France's 15-a-side rugby union squad on Wednesday just over three months after his sparkling performances for the sevens team during their surge to glory at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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