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AUS vs PAK Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Head To Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - 1st ODI

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Australia vs Pakistan - 1st ODI of the 3-Match ODI Series in the Pakistan Tour of Australia 2024, at Melbourne Cricket Ground

Weather Forecast
Mostly Sunny - 26°C

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - Melbourne Cricket Ground

(i) Total Matches - ODIs

Overall - 151

Avg 1st Innings - 222
Avg 2nd Innings - 196

Highest total - 344/8 (ICC World XI vs Asia XI - 10th January'2005)

Times won Batting First - 73
Times won Batting Second - 74
Times Tied - 1
Times No Result - 3

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

AUS - 126 - 76w/46l/1t/3nr
PAK - 23 - 9w/14l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - ODIs

AUS

Steven Smith - 26th highest run scorer (453), Avg (45.30) - 13M/12I
Glenn Maxwell - 62nd highest run scorer (246), Avg (35.14) - 9M/8I

Mitchell Starc - 14th highest wicket taker (21), SR (22.6) - 9M/9I
Pat Cummins - 57th highest wicket taker (8), SR (38.4) - 6M/6I


PAK

No Records Yet


(iv) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) West Indies vs Australia - 2nd February'2024
231/10 vs 232/2 (AUS won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 8w+1w=9w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

2) Australia vs England - 22nd November'2022
355/5 vs 142/10 (AUS won by 221 runs - DLS)

Pacers - 4w+6w=10w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w

3) Australia vs India - 18th January'2019
230/10 vs 234/3 (IND won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 6w+0w=6w

4) Australia vs England - 14th January'2018 
304/8 vs 308/5 (ENG won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+5w=10w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w

5) Australia vs Pakistan - 15th January'2017
220/10 vs 221/4 (PAK won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+4w=10w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w

6) Australia vs New Zealand - 9th December'2016
264/8 vs 147/10 (AUS won by 117 runs)

Pacers - 5w+8w=13w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

7) India vs Australia - 17th January'2016 
295/6 vs 296/7 (AUS won by 3 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+4w=10w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w

8) New Zealand vs Australia - 29th March'2015
183/10 vs 186/3 (AUS won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 8w+3w=11w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w


SUMMARY 

Pacers 
1st Innings - 46w
2nd Innings - 34w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 17w
2nd Innings - 9w

Overall
80w:26w (Pacers:Spinners)


(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Australia (AUS)

1. Matthew Short
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

2. Jake Fraser-McGurk
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Josh Inglis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 65(43)

4. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(6)&0w, 66(40)&0w, 23(26), 26(19)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(12)*&1w, 2(5)&1w, 20(23)&0w, 1w, 96(83)&0w

5. Steven Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 12(15)&0w, 5(9)&0w, 0(7), 60(101), 23(18), 21(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(4)&2w, 104(112)&0w, 47(52), 56(71)*, 41(45), 79(79)*

6. Marnus Labuschagne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(4)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Cooper Connolly
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Aaron Hardie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Marcus Stoinis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 60(40)&1w, 10(20)&1w, 12(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Pat Cummins (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 12(10)&2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w

11. Mitchell Starc
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 6w, 2w

12. Adam Zampa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(14)&0w, 0w, 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

13. Josh Hazlewood 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

14. Sean Abbott 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w


Pakistan (PAK)

1. Saim Ayub
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Kamran Ghulam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Mohammad Rizwan (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Abdullah Shafique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(49)

6. Haseebullah Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Irfan Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Faisal Akram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Agha Salman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Aamer Jamal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Arafat Minhas 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Mohammad Hasnain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


2. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
105 - 70w/34l/1t (In favour of AUS)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of AUS)

(iii) On This Venue
14 - 10w/4l (In favor of AUS)

(iv) Top Performers from current squads when both these teams have met each other - ODIs

AUS

Glenn Maxwell - 12th highest run scorer (735), Avg (52.50) - 18M/16I
Steven Smith - 30th highest run scorer (511), Avg (51.10) - 11M/11I

Mitchell Starc - 12th highest wicket taker (23), SR (23.7) - 10M/10I
Adam Zampa - 21st highest wicket taker (17), SR (34.1) - 10M/10I
Pat Cummins - 32nd highest run scorer (13), SR (29.8) - 7M/7I
Josh Hazlewood - 40th highest wicket taker (11), SR (26.6) - 5M/5I
Glenn Maxwell - 47th highest wicket taker (9), SR (54.4) - 18M/13I


PAK

Babar Azam - 26th highest run scorer (588), Avg (73.50) - 9M/9I
Mohammad Rizwan - 49th highest run scorer (315), Avg (35) - 13M/10I

Shaheen Afridi - 52nd highest wicket taker (8), SR (21) - 3M/3I


(v) Recent Head to Head Matches 

1) Australia vs Pakistan - 20th October'2023
367/9 vs 305/10 (AUS won by 62 runs)

Marcus Stoinis - 21(24) & 2w
Adam Zampa - 4w
Pat Cummins - 2w
Josh Hazlewood - 1w
Mitchell Starc - 1w
Abdullah Shafique - 64(61)
Mohammad Rizwan - 46(40)
Shaheen Afridi - 5w
Haris Rauf - 3w

2) Australia vs Pakistan - 2nd April'2022 
210/10 vs 214/1 (PAK won by 9 wkts)

Sean Abbott - 49(40) 
Marcus Stoinis - 19(19)
Babar Azam - 105(115)* 
Haris Rauf - 3w
Shaheen Afridi - 2w

3) Australia vs Pakistan - 31st March'2022
348/8 vs 352/4 (PAK won by 6 wkts)

Marnus Labuschagne - 59(49)
Marcus Stoinis - 49(33) & 1w
Adam Zampa - 2w
Babar Azam - 114(83)
Mohammad Rizwan - 23(26)
Shaheen Afridi - 4w

4) Australia vs Pakistan - 29th March'2022  
313/7 vs 225/10 (AUS won by 88 runs)

Marcus Stoinis - 26(42)
Marnus Labuschagne - 25(35)
Adam Zampa - 4w
Sean Abbott - 1w
Babar Azam - 57(72)
Haris Rauf - 2w

5) Australia vs Pakistan - 12th June'2019 
307/10 vs 266/10 (AUS won by 41 runs)

Glenn Maxwell - 20(10)
Pat Cummins - 3w
Mitchell Starc - 2w
Babar Azam - 30(28)
Shaheen Afridi - 2w


(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Australia (AUS)

1. Matthew Short
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Jake Fraser-McGurk 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Steven Smith 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(32), 101(118), 77(105), 0(1), 60(101), 49(48), 4(2), 10(13), 7(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(15), 65(69), 108(104)*

4. Marnus Labuschagne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(35), 59(49), 4(10)&0w, 8(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Cooper Connolly 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Josh Inglis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Marcus Stoinis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(16)&0w, 2(3)&2w, 4(7)&0w, 26(42)&0w, 49(33)&1w, 10(10), 21(24)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

8. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(27)&0w, 21(23)&2w, 20(22)&2w, 60(56), 23(26), 78(44), 13(7), 71(55)&1w, 98(82)&0w, 70(33)&1w, 20(10)&0w, 0(1)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 38(38)&0w, 56(38)*&0w, 76(81)&0w, 44(29)*&2w, 19(15), 1w, 0w

9. Aaron Hardie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Sean Abbott
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(7)&1w, 14(9)&1w, 28(16)&0w, 49(40)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Mitchell Starc 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(4)*&0w, 5(7)&1w, 10(8)&2w, 3(5)&2w, 4w, 6(5)&1w, 3(6)&2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5w, 4w, 2w

12. Josh Hazlewood 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 3w

13. Pat Cummins (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(32)&3w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 6(8)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

14. Adam Zampa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 4w, 2w, 0w, 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w


Pakistan (PAK)

1. Haseebullah Khan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Abdullah Shafique 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 64(61)

3. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 84(100)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(46), 34(49), 31(39), 100(109), 30(28), 57(72), 114(83), 105(115)*, 18(14)

4. Mohammad Rizwan (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(19)*, 115(126)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(44), 10(12), 6(6), 0(3), 104(102), 12(13), 10(18), 23(26), 46(40)

5. Kamran Ghulam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Agha Salman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Irfan Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Saim Ayub 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Aamer Jamal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Shaheen Afridi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 4w, 2w, 10(8)&5w

11. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(17)&2w, 0w, 3w, 3w

12. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Arafat Minhas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Faisal Akram 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Mohammad Hasnain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w


4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) AUSTRALIA (AUS) SQUAD: 
(They will rotate amongst their bowling options in each game)

Probable XI

1) Matthew Short - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 80, 58r 0w, 14r 0w, 29r 0w, 1w, 28r 5w, 41, 25r 0w, 1r 0w, 0

2) Steven Smith - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 56, 3, 0, 36*, 5, 60, 4, 32, 88, 1, 56

3) Jake Fraser-McGurk - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2, 50, 0, 16, 0, 3, 18, 11, 18, 11

4) Marnus Labuschagne - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 2w, 22r 0w, 10r 1w, 11r 1w, 77, 35r 22, 4r 0w, 0, 19, 77r 3w, 5w

5) Glenn Maxwell - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 21r 0w, 2w, 2r 1w, 30r 0w, 7r 2w, 40r 1w, 54r 0w, 34r 3w, 15r 2w, 3w

6) Josh Inglis - RHB, WK 
Last 10 - 1, 101, 26*, 21, 122, 48, 28*, 8, 42, 37, 103

7) Aaron Hardie - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 7, 12r 0w, 6r 1w, 2w, 44r 0w, 23r 2w, 0w, 20r 0w, 11r 2w, 1w, 19r 0w

8) Sean Abbott - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 5w, 33r 2w, 10r 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w

9) Pat Cummins - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 6r 1w, 13r 2w, 0w, 1r 1w, 0w, 13r 0w, 6r 1w, 11r 0w, 3r 3w, 3w

10) Adam Zampa - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w

11) Mitchell Starc - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 1w, 18r 6w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w


BENCH

12) Josh Hazlewood - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w

13) Cooper Connolly - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0, 55r 0w, 39r 0w, 79, 30r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 90, 18, 11r 1w, 31r 2w

14) Marcus Stoinis - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 10r 1w, 1w, 20r 4w, 8r 0w, 1r 1w, 39r 1w, 0w, 36r 1w

Safe C/VC Choices 
Pat Cummins, Glenn Maxwell 


B) PAKISTAN (PAK) SQUAD: 

Probable XI

1) Saim Ayub - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 19, 8, 77, 22, 4, 25r 2w, 22r 5w, 156r 0w, 10, 6, 20, 58, 20, 56, 1r 1w

2) Abdullah Shafique - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 14, 5*, 7, 4, 102, 0, 27, 52, 1, 9, 0, 3, 2, 37, 36

3) Babar Azam - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 30, 5, 5r 0w, 104*, 45, 76, 31, 11, 0, 22, 32*, 33, 13

4) Mohammad Rizwan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 25, 41, 23, 0, 10, 0, 20, 51, 33, 45, 29, 43, 171*, 51

5) Kamran Ghulam - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2, 118, 26, 36r 1w, 39, 11r 0w, 2, 1r 0w, 8r 0w, 113, 11

6) Agha Salman - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 1r 0w, 31, 63r 0w, 104*, 63r 1w, 52r 1w, 69r 0w, 49r 3w, 51r 3w, 1, 54r 2w, 47r 1w, 19r 0w, 0r 0w

7) Irfan Khan - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 4*, 56, 32, 56, 7, 13, 100*, 35

8) Shaheen Afridi - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 26, 10r 1w, 33r 2w, 2w, 3w, 22r 2w, 29r 2w, 0w, 13r 3w, 1w, 1w, 23r 0w

9) Naseem Shah - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 33r 2w, 14r 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 10r 3w, 1w

10) Haris Rauf - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 7r 1w, 2w, 5r 0w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 3w

11) Mohammad Hasnain - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 5w, 2w


BENCH

12) Arafat Minhas - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 1w, 31r 1w, 41r 1w, 6r 2w, 8r 2w, 59r 0w, 13r 0w, 3w, 0w

13) Faisal Akram - LHB, LWS
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 2w, 5w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w

14) Aamer Jamal - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 14, 37r 0w, 7, 55r 1w, 4r 3w, 2w, 0w, 26r 1w, 0w, 40r 0w, 17r 0w, 1r 1w

15) Haseebullah Khan - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 54, 4, 128, 27, 3, 73*, 49*, 11, 12, 18, 51

Safe C/VC Choices 
Mohammad Rizwan, Agha Salman


Differential GL C/VC choices 

AUS - Steven Smith, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc

PAK - Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain

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The franchise is set to retain Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy ahead of the mega auction
Mandhana 100, Harmanpreet 59* power India to series win
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 02:47:27 GMT
India put on a chasing masterclass in Ahmedabad after their bowlers - led by Deepti Sharma's 3 for 39 - restricted New Zealand to 232
Deepti Sharma rises to No. 2 in ODI bowling rankings
Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:24:46 GMT
For New Zealand, Sophie Devine, Lea Tahuhu and Amelia Kerr have moved up after the first two ODIs in India
LSG set to retain Pooran, Mayank and Bishnoi for IPL 2025
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 07:14:45 GMT
The uncapped pair of Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan are also set to be retained by the franchise
NZ's experienced trio of Devine, Bates and Tahuhu level series 1-1
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 03:13:12 GMT
Radha-Thakor pair post India's highest partnership for the ninth wicket in ODIs to reduce the margin of defeat
Dhoni: 'I just want to enjoy the game for the next few years'
Sun, 27 Oct 2024 14:01:41 GMT
His comments come at a time when there are still doubts over his availability for IPL 2025
'I don't want to do too much of a post-mortem' - Rohit after loss in Pune
Sun, 27 Oct 2024 06:44:49 GMT
"Perhaps we haven't batted as well in this series as we should have, but these things happen," India's captain said after series defeat
'There's too much expectation on those guys' - Rohit unfazed by Ashwin and Jadeja's returns
Sat, 26 Oct 2024 17:10:15 GMT
"They are allowed to have some bad games here and there," the India captain said of the two spinners
Santner takes 13 to hand India their first home Test series defeat since 2012
Sat, 26 Oct 2024 13:27:13 GMT
New Zealand now completed their first-ever Test series win in India after wins in Bengaluru and Pune
Abhimanyu, Harshit Rana, Reddy picked for India's tour of Australia
Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:25:27 GMT
Kuldeep Yadav was unavailable because of a groin injury, while Mohammed Shami had not yet regained full fitness
India call up Ramandeep, Vyshak and Dayal for T20I tour of South Africa
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:51:49 GMT
Riyan Parag, Mayank Yadav and Shivam Dube are out injured
Santner, Latham give NZ a shot at maiden series win in India
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:25:26 GMT
NZ captain scored 86 after Santner bagged 7 for 53, with visitors ending day two 301 runs ahead
No water, no roof - fans reel from the heat in Pune
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 06:46:26 GMT
The MCA has promised improved access to water for the fans from day two onwards
Thakor makes a mark on debut to give India 1-0 lead
Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:38:46 GMT
New Zealand's spinners had restricted India to 227, but the visitors couldn't get any momentum going in the chase
Washington Sundar's career-best 7 for 59 spins out New Zealand
Thu, 24 Oct 2024 14:05:02 GMT
Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra scored half-centuries before India's offspinners took complete charge
Gautam Gambhir backs KL Rahul, but will he play in Pune?
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:00:15 GMT
India coach says the team management backs Rahul and is unconcerned by the growing scrutiny of his form
India's invincibility under threat as NZ look to complete the impossible
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:58:57 GMT
India have made every effort possible to restore to this series the one major ingredient it had lacked up to this point: home advantage
Pant and Gill likely to be fit to play Pune Test
Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:08:29 GMT
Pant was sidelined for large parts of the first Test after taking a hit on the knee, while Gill was left out of the XI due to neck stiffness
Jay Shah could serve two three-year terms as ICC chair following Board recommendation
Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:55:20 GMT
The current norm is for the chair and independent director to serve three terms of two years each
MI, KKR and SRH among IPL franchises bidding for stake in Hundred teams
Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:20:29 GMT
ESPNcricinfo has learned that Avram Glazer, co-owner of Manchester United, also submitted a bid last week
Shami '100%' pain free, but wants to play domestic cricket before Australia tour
Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:56:36 GMT
"The day I feel comfortable about bowling 20-30 overs and I get the nod from the doctors, I'll run to play a match"
Pune set to roll out slow turner for second Test, with India looking to level series
Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:53:55 GMT
The pitch, predominantly packed with black soil, will have lower bounce compared to the first Test in Bengaluru
Rohit: 'Three hours of bad cricket not going to dictate what this team is'
Mon, 21 Oct 2024 05:25:31 GMT
Rohit said India are not going to change their aggressive attitude, irrespective of whether they are ahead in the game or behind
Washington Sundar added to India's squad for second and third Tests
Sun, 20 Oct 2024 13:12:19 GMT
The allrounder batted at No. 3 and scored a first-innings 152 for Tamil Nadu in their ongoing Ranji Trophy match against Delhi
Rachin Ravindra headlines NZ's first Test win in India since 1988
Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:57:28 GMT
Jasprit Bumrah threatened to take a wicket every second delivery, but NZ eased their way to the target of 107
Shami bowls at full tilt on the sidelines in Bengaluru
Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:15:40 GMT
The fast bowler had a session for more than an hour after the end of the India-NZ Test
Rohit praises Sarfaraz and Pant for showing maturity
Sun, 20 Oct 2024 08:43:20 GMT
The pair added 177 for the fourth wicket in India's second innings, helping them overturn a deficit of 356
Shreyas Iyer after Ranji ton: No matter what people think, I have to listen to my body
Sun, 20 Oct 2024 05:28:33 GMT
"The body has taken a lot of load at the same time. So we have to manage here and there and see to it that I strategise in terms of how I play"
Washington Sundar: 'I consider myself a top-order batter'
Sat, 19 Oct 2024 18:17:12 GMT
After scoring 152 from No. 3 against Delhi, the allrounder says he enjoys batting higher up the order
Bengaluru weatherwatch: spells of rain and thunderstorms forecast for last day
Sat, 19 Oct 2024 12:53:00 GMT
The Test has had three almost full days of play despite forecasts before the game suggesting rain would have a much bigger say in it
India flex batting muscle before collapsing to set New Zealand 107
Sat, 19 Oct 2024 12:36:17 GMT
India lose 7 for 54 after Sarfaraz and Pant's 177-run partnership to leave NZ in sight of first Test win in India in 36 years
Ruturaj Gaikwad to lead India A on tour of Australia
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:05:19 GMT
The series could provide match practice, or serve as an audition, for a couple of back-up players likely to be picked in the Test squad
Batting magic in Bengaluru as India threaten something special
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:27:34 GMT
They went behind by 356 runs but responded to it brilliantly to leave the Test fascinatingly poised
Richa Ghosh misses NZ ODIs to sit for class 12 exams
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:13:53 GMT
India play New Zealand in three women's ODIs in Ahmedabad later this month
Pant stays off the field after picking up knee injury while keeping
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:33:44 GMT
India captain Rohit Sharma said there was swelling on the knee after the blow on day two; he did not take the field on the third morning either
Rohit Sharma 'hurting' after misjudging Bengaluru pitch
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 01:37:59 GMT
India picked three spinners and chose to bat on a surface that offered plenty of assistance for New Zealand's fast bowlers
Hemang Badani to take over as Delhi Capitals head coach
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:25:40 GMT
Former India batter Venugopal Rao will be their new director of cricket
India 46 all out as Henry and Conway create New Zealand's dream day
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:21:23 GMT
A spectacular day's play in Bengaluru ended with the visitors 134 runs in the lead
Alastair Cook, Neetu David, AB de Villiers inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:23:28 GMT
David, a former left-arm spinner, is the second Indian woman in the Hall of Fame
IPL 2025: Paras Mhambrey appointed Mumbai Indians bowling coach
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:37:37 GMT
Mhambrey will work with Malinga, MI's current bowling coach, and Jayawardene, the new head coach
Champions Trophy without India not an option, say ECB chiefs
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:19:27 GMT
There are "lots of contingencies available" in the event that India do not travel to Pakistan for the tournament but, to "protect broadcast rights", replacing India in the line-up is not one of them
Rain washes out first day in Bengaluru
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:34:03 GMT
Now that this will start as a Test of four days or fewer, a team wanting to enforce a follow-on will need to lead by 150 and not 200
Mithali Raj: Time for 'saturated' India to move on from Harmanpreet as captain
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:24:23 GMT
Former India captain feels Rodrigues could be the right person to lead in T20Is
Rohit wants to expand India's fast-bowling bench strength
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:59:54 GMT
India's captain wants to create a pool of eight or nine fast bowlers capable of stepping into the Test XI at any given point
Rohit: We have found a great player in Jaiswal
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:59:53 GMT
"The guy has got real talent," India's captain said of his opening partner. "He has got the game to play in all sorts of conditions"
India start as favourites, but Bengaluru weather could level the playing field
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:16:30 GMT
There has been a lot of rain in Bengaluru and the pitch has been under covers, so the teams might wait till late to finalise their XIs
Rohit: Shami had a 'recent setback', don't want him 'undercooked' in Australia
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:15:08 GMT
India captain says the fast bowler "had a swelling in his knee", which put him back in his recovery and bid to return to action
India's training session on eve of Bengaluru Test washed out
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:14:48 GMT
There is a serious rain threat over the entire game, with bad weather forecast for the whole week
BCCI scraps Impact Player rule in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20s
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:19:30 GMT
However, the rule will be in effect for the next three season in the IPL
'If you play only one way, you don't grow' - for Gambhir, it's adaptability above all else
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:14:33 GMT
"We want to keep the game going forward and get the results in whatever situation we are in"
Muzumdar: Australia's experience saw them through
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:25:22 GMT
India lost another knockout game to Australia in the last over and their coach said the team can "learn from the experience and disappointment"
Tilak Varma to lead India A in Emerging Teams Asia Cup
Sat, 19 Oct 2024 17:35:53 GMT
India will begin their campaign against Pakistan A on October 19
Jayawardene back as Mumbai Indians head coach, replaces Boucher
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:00:41 GMT
Jayawardene had previously served as Mumbai's head coach from 2017 to 2022
Australia clinch thriller to book yet another semi-final; India on the brink
Sun, 13 Oct 2024 18:41:25 GMT
India suffered a collapse of 6 for 31 which left them nine runs short in the end
Radha Yadav replaces Asha Sobhana in India's XI after toss
Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:32:39 GMT
The swap - because Asha picked up an injury while warming up - needed Australia's nod since the playing XIs had already been announced
Suryakumar: 'I want to have selfless cricketers in my team'
Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:42:49 GMT
India's T20I captain is also enthused by the presence of flexible batters and bowlers in his team
Samson's epic, Suryakumar's innovation hand Bangladesh a shellacking in Hyderabad
Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:41:12 GMT
A firing lower middle order almost took India to 300 before Bishnoi and Co completed 133-run thumping
October 13 at the T20 World Cup: Injury concerns for Australia ahead of blockbuster game vs India
Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:27:01 GMT
England, meanwhile, will be looking to maintain their winning start to the tournament when they take on Scotland
Rohit Sharma in doubt for India's first Test against Australia in Perth
Sat, 12 Oct 2024 07:29:35 GMT
With Bumrah's appointment as vice-captain, it is likely he will step in to take temporary charge of the team
Shami not ready for New Zealand Tests; Bumrah named vice-captain
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:22:32 GMT
Yash Dayal, who was in the squad for Bangladesh series, misses out
Ryan ten Doeschate: 'We are trying to push the limits of what we can do'
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:49:05 GMT
India are looking to be well-prepared for the Champions Trophy, Asia Cup and T20 World Cup
Can Bangladesh bid Mahmudullah farewell with a win?
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:58:10 GMT
Having already won the series, India could give a chance to Ravi Bishnoi, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma and Harshit Rana
'Take it to them' - How Latham wants New Zealand to tackle India
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 01:38:14 GMT
The new Test captain has backed Tim Southee to rediscover his wicket-taking form
Nitish Kumar Reddy makes an all-round splash as India seal the series
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 07:08:45 GMT
India's spinners finish the job, with miserly and incisive spells
Harmanpreet, bowlers demolish Sri Lanka to hand India big NRR boost
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 03:07:27 GMT
India put on their best batting show and then were clinical with the ball and on the field to send the Asia Cup champions packing from the tournament
Arshdeep Singh rises to joint No. 8 among bowlers in latest T20I rankings
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:12:45 GMT
Hardik Pandya climbed four places up to No. 3 among T20I allrounders after contributing in India's win against Bangladesh
Mandhana: 'We are still better than what we have been playing'
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:23:12 GMT
Mandhana revealed that there's no fixed batter for the No. 3 spot, and the candidate would be chosen based on conditions and match situation
Bihar finalise Ranji Trophy squad, but only after late court intervention
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:03:16 GMT
Last week, there were two separate BCA training camps being run in Patna, one organised by former secretary Amit Kumar and another by president Rakesh Tiwary
Watson: I think Pant is going to have a big series in Australia
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:48:12 GMT
Former allrounder also believes India won't miss Pujara given the impact of people like Jaiswal with the bat and Bumrah with the ball
Brian Lara backs Yashasvi Jaiswal to 'do well' in Australia
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:47:15 GMT
The India opener, who is set to go on his first trip to Australia, has so far amassed 1217 Test runs at an average of 64.05
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