It was a very frustrating day at the Gabba in Brisbane with just 33.1 overs of play being possible on Monday, December 16 with umpteen stop-starts. Australia managed to snatch away the control fully but with three days already gone, the hosts will need weather to be lenient in the last two days.
Mitchell Starc claimed his career-best figures of 6/48 in the pink-ball Test at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide. The left-arm speedster broke the back of India's batting order with his scorching spell and brought Australia back into the series.
Mitchell Starc produced a brilliant delivery to get rid of Shubman Gill in the second innings of the Adelaide Oval Test. Starc got a banana swing to castle Gill for 28 to send India into more trouble in the Pink-ball Test match.
Mitchell Starc kicked off the 2nd Test matches between India and Australia by dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal on a golden duck and went on to produce his best figures in Border-Gavaskar Trophy history
Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney frustrated Indian bowlers in the third session on Day 1 of the second Test matches in Adelaide. The duo added an unbeaten 62 runs for the second wicket to lead Australia to 86 for 1, in their reply to India's 180.
IND vs AUS: Mitchell Starc produced his best Test figures against India to bowl out the visiting side to 180 and then Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney helped Australia put 86 for 1 on the scoreboard at the end of Day 1 at Adelaide Oval.
Australia's left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc has been the star for his team on the opening day of the Adelaide Test against India. After not being able to make a lasting impact in Perth, Starc roared back into form to pick up his first-ever five-fer against India in the format.
The pink-ball Test between India and Australia got underway today in Adelaide. After opting to bat first, India got off to a horrible start with Yashasvi Jaiswal getting out off the very first ball to Mitchell Starc. The left-arm pacer of Australia created a unique feat with the wicket.
Yashasvi Jaiswal came into the pink-ball Test on the back of a 161-run knock at the Optus Stadium in Perth. He also scored a duck in the first innings of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener.
A two-day IPL mega auction ahead of the 2025 season concluded in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday (November 25). Rishabh Pant was the most expensive player in the history with LSG spending 27 crore for him. But who were the top five most expensive foreign players?
Delhi Capitals made some intelligent purchases and a few quality buys with KL Rahul being their costliest pick at the IPL 2025 mega auction. With Faf du Plessis also in the squad, the Delhi Capitals have a few options for captaincy with Axar Patel being retained.
India registered a first-ever win in a Test match at the Optus Stadium in Perth for a visiting team as Australia's fortress, even though the sample size is really small, was breached on Monday, November 25. Australia were bowled out for 238 chasing 534 in the fourth innings after Jaiswal special.
Senior Australian pacer Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player in IPL auction history last time around when Kolkata Knight Riders splurged INR 24.75 crore. However, the amount reduced considerably at the mega auction with Delhi Capitals getting the speedster for INR 11.75 crore.
IPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: At the end of Day 1 of the event, Rishabh Pant finished as the most expensive player with Lucknow Super Giants splurging a staggering Rs 27 crore for him. Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer were next in this aspect. A total of 72 players were sold in the day.
Yashasvi Jaiswal came back well after a failure in the first innings to smash his ninth half-century in Test cricket in just his 11th match in the format. Jaiswal like his teammate Harshit Rana had a bit of a go at Mitchell Starc on the second day of the Perth Test.
Harshit Rana and Mitchell Starc shared the dressing room while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) during the previous edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). While Harshit has been retained by the defending champions, Starc has been released.
"When the ball started to get a little bit softer towards the back end of that Indian innings, it probably didn't do as much. There was still enough there, but it didn't do as much as the brand-new hardball. So I guess that's something for teams to take in the second innings," Starc said.
Australia lost the bilateral series at home against Pakistan for the first time since 2002. After winning the first ODI, they lost the last two matches with the visitors' pace attack shining. Moreover, Australia resting key players for the deciding ODI has come under the scanner.
The IPL mega auction is all set to happen later this month with several top players set to go under the hammer. Mitchell Starc is the most expensive player in the history of IPL with KKR splashing Rs 24.75 crore for him in the auction ahead of the 2024 season. Who can break this record this time?
Normal service resumed for Mitchell Starc as he picked up three wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series against Pakistan in Melbourne. Starc became only the fifth Australian bowler to complete 100 ODI wickets at home as he achieved the milestone with the dismissal of Saim Ayub.
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