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(c)Cricinfo en-gb The inclusion of members of the Under-19 World Cup winning side in the list of 23 Indian probables for the ICC Knock-out Trophy has been lauded by many as a step in the positive direction https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/94417.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/94417.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-94417 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The recall of Md Azharuddin and Nayan Mongia to the Test was always on the cards following the disaster `Down Under' https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87513.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87513.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87513 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The shoddy showing by the Indian bowlers, more specifically Kumble in the Tests and the one-day series in Australia seems to indicate that the spin department is quite bare https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87387.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87387.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87387 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Indian all-rounder Ajit Agarkar is trying very hard to regain his fitness, according to family sources https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87346.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87346.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87346 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was an unusually warm welcome that the Indian team received when they arrived at Chennai from Perth on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87141.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87141.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87141 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT At its commencement, suspicions were high that match ten of the Carlton and United Series would effectively go a long way toward marking the end of India's campaign in international cricket in Australia this season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88172.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88172.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88172 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It's time for some serious soul searching https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87993.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87993.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87993 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In many ways, this series has represented both the best of times and the worst of times https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87738.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87738.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87738 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT A century in a losing cause, compiled in the most dazzling manner and when it is most unexpected https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87747.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87747.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87747 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was the 1481st Test match in cricket history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87737.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87737.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87737 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India's master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been named Ansett Player of the Series, while Australia's premier fast bowler Glenn McGrath earned the Ansett Player of the Match honours following the SCG Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87731.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87731.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87731 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT When he was dismissed without scoring in India's first innings in Sydney Test, Ajit Agarkar achieved a dubious distinction https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87718.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87718.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87718 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Indian selectors named the squad for the Carlton United Series last week https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87881.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87881.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87881 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT So remarkable is the ability of Australian teams these days that the task of successfully standing in the path between them and victory borders on the verge of impossibility https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79250.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79250.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79250 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT It was the 1479th Test match in cricket history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79253.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79253.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79253 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Tasmanian seamer-cum-off-spinner Colin Miller has been included in a 13-man Australian squad for the third Ansett Australia Test against India in Sydney on January 2-6 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79242.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79242.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79242 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It has been tough going for the Indians ever since they landed in Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79273.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79273.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79273 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Capitalising upon the opportunities afforded them by a significant improvement in Melbourne's weather, it was two players at opposite ends of the Test cricketing spectrum who emerged as the stars on a magical day three of the Second Test between https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79208.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79208.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79208 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Indian seam bowler Venkatesh Prasad was on Monday fined 35 percent of his match fees for his pumped up celebration after he had dismissed Australian opening batsman Michael Slater on the second day of the second Test at Melbourne https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79190.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79190.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79190 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Over recent seasons, inclement weather seems to have become more synonymous with the Boxing Day Test than the sense of theatre and excitement for which it has always been renowned https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79179.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79179.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79179 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Going by the manner in which the touring Indian team is going about their practice sessions in Melbourne, one would not think that this is a side which lost the first Test at Adelaide eleven days ago by 285 runs and has had a rather rough tour of https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79167.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79167.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79167 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In a scenario of three wins against 16 losses - which is the Indian Test record in Australia - it may seem unthinkable to speak of a lucky venue for the visitors https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79166.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79166.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79166 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In a scenario of three wins against 16 losses - which is the Indian Test record in Australia - it may seem unthinkable to speak of a lucky venue for the visitors https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79155.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79155.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79155 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The days of the Indian batsmen running away from fast bowling are long over https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79154.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79154.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79154 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Recently-retired stars Ian Healy and Paul Reiffel will be honoured for their contribution to Australian cricket with a drive around the Melbourne Cricket Ground in open-top cars during the lunch interval on the first day of the Ansett Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79137.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79137.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79137 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Nayan Mongia affair has mercifully ended https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79136.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79136.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79136 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Traditionally, the Indian line of thinking has been generally conservative and this is true of cricket in this country as well https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79131.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79131.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79131 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In days long ago, when cricketing tours used to be leisurely sojourns of five months and six months duration, there used to be any number of three or four day games https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79099.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79099.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79099 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The squad arrives in Melbourne at various times on Thursday 23 December https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79092.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79092.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79092 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT From the moment that Tasmania rested Ricky Ponting and India left out five key players of its own, it was probably inevitable that the tour match between the sides would not develop into one of the more attractive games of this Australian summer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79080.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79080.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79080 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT The Tasmanian batsmen thrashed the depleted Indian attack on the third day of the tourists' game at Hobart on Sunday to give their team a lead of 156 runs with six first innings wickets intact https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79057.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79057.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79057 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT A make shift Indian bowling line up, bereft of two leading bowlers in Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble as well as the in form Ajit Agarkar made little impression as the Tasmanian openers put on 166 without loss off 58 overs at stumps on the second day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79045.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79045.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79045 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Rahul Dravid, hitherto struggling to come to terms on the pacy and bouncy Australian wickets, at last struck form on the opening day of their four day match between the Indian tourists and Tasmania at Hobart on Friday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79026.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79026.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79026 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT As I write, it is a little over 48 hours since Sachin Tendulkar was given out leg before wicket to Glenn McGrath in India's second innings in the first Test against Australia at Adelaide https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78982.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78982.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78982 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Since the 1993/94 season, Australia has not lost a Test series at home and India not won one away https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78962.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78962.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78962 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT It was the 1476th Test in cricket history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78972.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78972.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78972 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Other than for one session at its very outset, this first Test between Australia and India here at the Adelaide Oval has been characterised by the home team's indomitable capacity to wear down its opponent https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78944.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78944.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78944 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT A continuation of Shane Warne's fine individual form in the match, two controversial decisions by Umpire Daryl Harper, and some generally unremarkable batting from the tourists have all combined to consign India to a troubled state after the third https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78926.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78926.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78926 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Hurdles keep confronting them and yet Australia's cricketers continue their eminently successful negotiation of most obstacles in their contemporary Test cricketing path https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78911.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78911.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78911 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Spectacularly stern middle and late order batting resistance has been the defining feature of this summer of cricket for the home team and so it proved again today on the first day of the First Test between Australia and India here at the Adelaide https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78894.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78894.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78894 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Brett Lee's bowling action is clean and there is nothing to suggest any illegality https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78870.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78870.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78870 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It is difficult for even the most die hard Indian cricket supporter to be optimistic about India's chances on the eve of another Test series in Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78866.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78866.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78866 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A fun, festival-style match this is supposed to be, but it is doubtful that India's cricketers will be leaving Canberra in anything even vaguely resembling a jovial mood after suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of the Prime Minister's XI at the https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78824.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78824.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78824 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stephen Waugh (Captain - NSW) Shane Warne (Vice-captain - VIC) Greg Blewett (SA) Damien Fleming (VIC) Adam Gilchrist (Wicketkeeper - WA) Michael Kasprowicz (QLD) Justin Langer (WA) Glenn McGrath (NSW) Colin Miller (TAS) Michael Slater (NSW) https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78830.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78830.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78830 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Indian win against New South Wales has thrown up a few dilemmas for the team before the first Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78809.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78809.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78809 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India on Sunday completed their first victory of their 1999/2000 Australian tour, defeating New South Wales by 93 runs this afternoon https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78788.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78788.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78788 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Umpires Darrell Hair and Simon Taufel have lodged a report with match referee Dick French about dissent by the Indian team during Saturday's third day of the tour match against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78781.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78781.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78781 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An entertaining final day is in store at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, with New South Wales needing 222 to defeat the touring Indians with nine wickets in hand https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78774.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78774.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78774 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT India will go into the third day of their four-day tour match against New South Wales on Saturday with a lead of 64 runs and eight second innings wickets in hand https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78754.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78754.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78754 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Lacklustre batting, combined with an uneven pitch, left India with an unimpressive score on the opening day of their four-day tour match against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78741.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78741.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78741 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT When India landed in Australia the speculations began https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83465.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83465.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83465 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT As expected, Queensland applied the finishing touches to a comfortable ten wicket win over India in the tour match between the teams at the 'Gabba in Brisbane on Monday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83443.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83443.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83443 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Australian Cricket Board Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed, strongly backed the Australian players, after the team was linked to comments heard in an effects microphone during the Hobart Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83456.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83456.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83456 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Queensland will need to score just 81 runs on Monday morning to give India a first-up loss to start their Australian tour https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83433.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83433.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83433 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT India's bowling limitations were exposed at the first opportunity on the second day of their opening tour match against Queensland at Brisbane on Saturday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83427.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83427.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83427 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT India are on the ropes after the second day of their four-day match against Queensland after Andrew Symonds and Martin Love each plundered centuries in a 200-plus partnership smashed at more than five an over https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83422.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83422.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83422 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT The Queensland Bulls had the upper hand as India played their first day's cricket on their Australian tour at The Gabba today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83411.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83411.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83411 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT The Indian team left for Australia from Mumbai on Monday night determined to set right the woeful record of previous Indian teams `Down Under' https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83354.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83354.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83354 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australian Cricket Board Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed today announced the National Selectors had chosen the side to represent the Prime Minister's XI against India on December 7 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83350.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83350.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83350 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The suspense over whether Ajay Jadeja will or will not go to Australia is over https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83335.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83335.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83335 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Indian selectors have traditionally adopted a conservative approach https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83013.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83013.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83013 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In six tours of Australia, India have played 25 Tests and the overall record makes for pretty dismal reading https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/82999.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/82999.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-82999 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT