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Alagappan Muthu

Sub-editor, ESPNcricinfo

Rohit is used to leaving a mark, but not like this

India's captain did not have the best start to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and will be desperate to put his best foot forward in Brisbane

12-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Nitish Kumar Reddy, a stunning strokemaker in progress

He has come in to bat in tough situations and played some eye-catching shots. Now he needs to build on it.

10-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

India need a first-innings fix, and quickly

Australia has been one of the hardest places in the past five years for visiting batters to set up a game in the first innings, and India have been especially patchy in this area this season

09-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Rohit: 'We were not good enough with bat'

He also defends picking Harshit Rana for the Adelaide game: "Rana didn't do anything wrong in the first Test"

08-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Pink-ball blues put India on the brink

On day two, just as on day one, Australia bossed the twilight zone in Adelaide

07-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Siraj vs Head: The send-off that turned Adelaide Oval into the Colosseum

It was raw, it was visceral, and it may well become the defining image of this Border-Gavaskar series

07-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

After the Australia of their dreams, India meet the Australia of their expectations

After all the joy they experienced in Perth, day one in Adelaide served as a wake-up call for the visitors

06-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Rahul to open in Adelaide, Rohit will bat in the middle order

India captain was all praise for Washington Sundar but he also said he sees Ashwin and Jadeja "playing a huge role in the rest of the series"

05-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Pink-ball-ready Rahul will 'try and face up to whatever comes my way'

"Quicks will get a bit out of it, spinners will be able to get height and bounce, but also important for us to get some partnerships in," says the curator about the pitch

04-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Kohli vs Bumrah highlights India's jam-packed practice session

An overwhelmingly large crowd queued up at the Adelaide Oval to watch the visitors play some foot-volleyball, engage in friendly banter, and also work on their shot-making

03-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Rohit's turn to lead from the… middle

The team management has already taken tough decisions in this Test series, but this one might be the toughest

02-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Siraj finds joy in his bowling again as the wickets follow

"I think that with the pink ball, it's better to bowl back of length. Because pitching it up, there's not a lot of swing"

01-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal open, Shubman Gill fifty at No. 3 in warm-up

Rohit Sharma slotted in at No. 4, while, from the other side, Sam Konstas impressed with a century at the top for PM's XI

01-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Uncertainty in the corridors of power

Our man in Canberra finds out that cricket and politics are meant to mix at times

30-Nov-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Two-day tour game expected to be 50-over match on Sunday after rain

The first day was washed out in Canberra

30-Nov-2024•Alagappan Muthu

'I'm in a really good spot' - Boland prepares to take over Hazlewood's pink-ball duties

"There's definitely not panic stations in our change rooms," Boland says of the mood in the camp after the Perth reversal

30-Nov-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Gill 'looking comfortable' on return to nets in Canberra

"Whether it's a pink ball or a red ball, the difference is really in the mind," batting coach Nayar says

29-Nov-2024•Alagappan Muthu

On top down under: Siraj doesn't take baggage of home season to Australia

The 2024-25 home season was a largely unfruitful one for Mohammed Siraj. But back in Australia, one of the heroes of Brisbane 2021 is back on song

28-Nov-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Age no bar: young India show skill and the stomach for a scrap in Perth

Australian cricketers might be well-practised in the art of the verbal duel, but this youthful Indian side was not afraid to give it back at the first available opportunity

26-Nov-2024•Alagappan Muthu

'Be nice, be disciplined, have no fear' - How Bumrah masterminded India's Perth rout

India displayed a kind of dominance that even full-strength teams rarely do in Australia, and that was largely because their stand-in captain didn't put a foot wrong

25-Nov-2024•Alagappan Muthu

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