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'Sometimes we're too harsh on our bowlers' - Kohli

Virat Kohli began the task of captaining India full time by throwing his weight behind his bowlers, saying the batsmen need to share some of the blame for India's failures

05-Jan-2015•Sidharth Monga in Sydney

Give this team 12 months - Shastri

India's team director Ravi Shastri believes "the scoreline does not matter" so long as the team continue to show their attacking intent and push their opponents

31-Dec-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Lehmann pans Australia's 'shoddy' fielding

Australia coach Darren Lehmann has panned his side's fielding during the Boxing Day Test match as "shoddy at best"

31-Dec-2014•Daniel Brettig

Dhoni retires from Test cricket

MS Dhoni has retired from Test cricket with immediate effect following the drawn Test against Australia at the MCG

30-Dec-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Australia run out of time, but win series

A curiously muted final day of the Boxing Day Test petered out with four overs still to bowl; the draw was enough for Australia to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and also enough for India to avoid a series whitewash

30-Dec-2014•The Report by Daniel Brettig

'We need a few more runs' - Warner

David Warner has indicated that Australia will look to add to their 326-run lead on the fifth morning before declaring, with events from the Adelaide Test fresh in their mind

29-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale in Melbourne

Rogers, Marsh set up 326-run lead

Only four overs were lost despite an 86-minute rain interruption on the day, and a series of Australian starts kept India interested for the fact that none pushed on to three figures

29-Dec-2014•The Report by Daniel Brettig

No reason to respect Johnson - Kohli

Virat Kohli said he was left with no good reason to respect Mitchell Johnson and some of the other Australia players after verbals flew "throughout the day" at the MCG

28-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Australia surge after Kohli-Rahane special

The centrepiece of day three was a stand of 262 between Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli, which left Steven Smith wondering where his next wicket was coming from and also kept open the prospect of an outright result

28-Dec-2014•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Wanted to tire India's bowlers, says Smith

Australia captain Steven Smith said that his team had aimed to exploit India's heavy bowling workload as they built towards their first-innings total of 530 at the MCG

27-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

India firm on short-ball plan for Haddin

R Ashwin has said that India will continue to target Brad Haddin with shorter deliveries with the aim of exploiting his weakness

27-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Warner suffers bruising after being struck in MCG nets

Australia's injury worries continued on the second day in Melbourne, with David Warner unable to take the field during India's innings after being hit while batting in the nets

27-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Smith 192 helps Australia pull away

On a day of blue skies, a raucous crowd of 51,566, and some dreadful Indian fielding and bowling, Steven Smith's 192 was a masterpiece that guided his side to 530

27-Dec-2014•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Honours even after see-saw day

Steven Smith radiated certainty, adapting to the idiosyncrasies of the MCG's drop-in pitch and India's persevering bowlers to ensure his side ended the day on level terms with the visitors

25-Dec-2014•The Report by Daniel Brettig

Burns ready for the hot seat

Joe Burns, who will make his debut in Melbourne, has been trying to fly under the radar, trying not to stay on the right side of the established players

25-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale

No Kohli-Dhawan spat - Dhoni

MS Dhoni has sought to rubbish reports that there had been a spat between Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli on the fourth, and last, morning of the Gabba Test

25-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga in Melbourne

Burns to debut, India mull over combination

Australia have confirmed Joe Burns will debut in Melbourne and bat at No. 6, while KL Rahul has been receiving a lot of attention from the coaches at the India nets

25-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga in Melbourne

Flawed teams face festive Test

Australia will regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a win or draw at the MCG, where India have not won since 1981

25-Dec-2014•The Preview by Daniel Brettig

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