India and Australia are set to lock horns at the Adelaide Oval in the pink-ball Test on December 6. For a change, the hosts are under pressure in a Test series being played at home. But their record in day-night Tests is superb. Can India end Australia's dominance with the pink ball?
KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal became the Indian opening pair to notch up a double hundred-run opening stand against Australia Down Under in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25. Rahul was asked about his batting spot in the second Test with captain Rohit Sharma returning.
India are 1-0 ahead in the five-match series against Australia. However, the winning combination is set to change with skipper Rohit Sharma coming back to take over the captaincy from Jasprit Bumrah. But where will he bat? Will he open the innings? Here's India's predicted playing XI
KL Rahul opened the innings in the first Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth in Rohit Sharma's absence. He fared well facing a total of 250 deliveries across two innings and scored 103 runs. But with India's skipper returning, will he be moved to down the order for pink-ball Test in Adelaide?
Rohit Sharma and his wife Ritika Sajdeh were blessed with a baby boy on November 15. The captain of Team India had to stay back in India for the occasion while the rest of the team had flown to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
IND vs PM XI Live Score: After play was suspended due to rain on day 1 at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, captains of both India and the Prime Minister's XI have mutually decided to play a 50-over-per-side warm-up match on day 2.
IND vs PM XI Highlights: India will be led by their designated captain Rohit Sharma in the pink-ball warm-up game against Prime Minister's XI at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Rohit joined Team India on day four of the first Test in Perth.
Captain Rohit Sharma missed the opening Test against Australia in Perth due to the birth of his second child but is available for the second match in Adelaide starting on December 5. KL Rahul opened with Yashavsi Jaiswal in Perth and played impressive knocks in both innings.
The first-ever T20 International was played way back in February 2005 and since then, a lot of players have graced the format. Over the last 19 years, a plethora of maximums have been hit by the batters with a few even breaking records for fun. Here are the top 5 players with most sixes in T20Is.
Rohit Sharma missed the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth due to the birth of his second child. In his absence, Jasprit Bumrah led India to a convincing 295-run win at the Optus Stadium.
The Indian senior men's cricket team met with the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ahead of their pink-ball warm-up game at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. The match will serve as an ideal prep for India for the day-night Test in Adelaide.
Rohit Sharma has joined Team India and will play in the two-day pink-ball warm-up game against Prime Minister's XI in Adelaide from November 30. The India captain was forced to miss the first Test due to the birth of his second child.
With India captain Rohit Sharma likely to return in the second Test in Adelaide, the team management and the head coach have a lot of thinking to do with the playing XI given KL Rahul, who opened in the skipper's absence in the first Test, looked one of the most stable batters in both innings.
Captain Rohit Sharma had stayed back in India for the birth of his second child. He will now join the rest of the India squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth, Australia.
KL Rahul has become the latest Indian to score 3000 runs in Test cricket. Rahul scaled the milestone in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth. Let's look at the active Indian players who have scored more than 3000 Test runs.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma is yet to travel to Australia for the opening Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting on Friday in Perth. The fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will lead the Indian team in Rohit's absence for the series opener.
Rohit Sharma will miss the first Test to spend some more time with his family after the birth of his second child recently. Rohit is expected to return for the second Test in Adelaide but till then Jasprit Bumrah, the 36th captain for India in the formats, will lead the side.
Team India need to win four and draw one Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to qualify for the finals of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle.
From MS Dhoni to Shahid Afridi, here is a list of five players with the most number of sixes in ODI cricket.
Team India finished their 2024 in T20Is on a high with a 3-1 series win over South Africa away from home. They won a total of 24 matches in the format out of 26 and also won the T20 World Cup under Rohit Sharma's captaincy in the West Indies.
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