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Dean Jones See The Upcoming India VS Australia ODI Series As Rohit Sharma VS David Warner

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Former Australian batsman Dean Jones is quite excited about the upcoming India-Australia three-match series starting January 14. He said that he wanted to see the contest between the two finest openers – Rohit Sharma and David Warner – of the world.

Dean Jones on India-Australia ODI series

He said that both Rohit Sharma and David Warner had a hue appetite for runs and that both are good on both sides of the ground. He said that if you shut one side of the ground, they would find ways to score runs from the other side. And that the contest between India and Australia would become more interesting because of these two players.

Dean Jones wants to see bowlers that bowl 140 plus

The former Australian batsman also showed excitement about the pacers that can sing balls at 140 plus. He said that if one made a mistake with the ball at such a high speed, he would be bowled out of LBW. He said teams hire pacers because it was very difficult to play fast bowlers.

India Australia ODI series

The first match of the series would be played in Mumbai on January 14. The second ODI will be in Rajkot on January 17 and the third match of the series would be in Bangalore on January 19.

India has recently defeated Sri Lanka with 2-0 in a T20I series and Australia has defeated New Zealand with 3-0 in Tests at home. upcoming India vs Australia ODI will be a clash of titans.

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IPL 2020 Begins On March 29 And Final On May 24 With No-Double Headers

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The start date of IPL 2020 is fixed on March 29 and the final would be played on May 24. This time, IPL got an extended window for more entertainment. It would be 57 days of cricket with no double-headers this time.

IPL 2020 edition

Starting from March 24 to May 24, this season of the IPL is going to be lengthier by 12 days. Earlier IPL tournaments used to be up to 45 days but this time, the tournament is extended to 57 days.

IPL 2020 match timings

During previous seasons, it was noticed that matches started at 8 pm and went well past midnight. But this time, the games would start at 7:30 pm. The hosts felt that going back home a midnight was quite an issue for the audiences. But hosts have another issue with an early start. It is difficult for audiences living in metro cities to reach stadiums after leaving from office at 6 pm.

No-double headers in IPL 2020

Another important thing about IPL 2020 is that there would be no double-headers this time. The hosts received a lukewarm response today matches last season. This time, they want to make sure that the audiences enjoy cricket to the full and the TRP remains on top.

The extended window provided to IPL 2020 is to accommodate single matches. With 57 days of cricket, the hosts can easily plan the game. Last year, franchises had a problem with empty stands. Outdoing with double-headers would solve that problem.

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India VS Sri Lanka First T20I Live Telecast On 07:00 PM IST From Guwahati

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Team India will play the first T20 International (T20I) of the New Year with Sri Lanka on January 5 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. It would be the first match of the three-match series.

Stars of Team India

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan were out of the cricket due to their injuries. Bumrah suffered a stress fracture while Dhawan was continuously dogged by injuries throughout 2019. But now they are fit and fine and ready to take on Sri Lanka in the first T20I on Sunday.

Rohit Sharma is back after taking complete rest for the series. Also, KL Rahul is ready to surprise the Sri Lankans with his batting skills. He had been a star player in India’s last T20I series against West Indies.

The team India would want to start the first match of the series with a happy note. The team wants to continue its winning streak in 2020.

About India vs Sri Lanka T20I

January 5, Sunday at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

The T20I begins at 07:00 PM IST

The match will be telecast on the Star Sports Network

T20I would also be available on Hotstar

Cricket fans can catch live updates of T20I

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Hardik Pandya Engaged To A Serbian Actress

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Hardik Pandya took to Instagram to break the news of his engagement with Serbia actress Natasa Stankovic. He posted a picture of him and Natasa on his Instagram account and gave it the caption “Mai tera, Tu meri jaane, saara Hindustan. 01.01.2020 #engaged”.

Fans flooded the Instagram page of the 26-year old all-rounder as soon as the news of his engagement went public. His teammates were the first to send him best wishes for getting engaged with the beautiful model. Kuldeep Yadav was first to congratulate the cricketer for his engagement.

Cricket career of Hardik Pandya

Recuperating from a back injury, Hardik Pandya has to miss out on the T20I and ODI series against Bangladesh and West Indies. Also, he is kept out of the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka and Australia. But the Board of Control for Cricket is considering him for India A’s squad for the New Zealand tour.

Last international match Hardik Pandya played was a T20I against South Africa in September 2019. After the series, he went to London for a surgery to cure his lower back problem in October.

Hardik Pandya’s interview

He revealed why he decided to take the surgery after the T20I match. He thought that he must get fit before the World T20 and he needed at least a couple of months to fully recover from the surgery. He wanted to play IPL and World T20 and for this reason he went for the treatment to become fit to join the team.

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Shoaib Akhtar Tactfully Supports Kaneria While Quoting Forer Pak Captain Wasim Akram

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Shoaib Akhtar a.k.a. Rawalpindi Express in Pakistan cricket openly supported Danish Kaneria by quoting a leaked video of the former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram.

Content of the leaked video

The video has Wasim Akram saying that the Pakistanis keep using old ways; that they had crushed the cricketers. Pakistan needed to change its thought and try new things. The video is in Hindi and it is about the state of affairs of Pakistan cricket.

Shoaib Akhtar shared this video through his Twitter handle to. He also wrote an interesting caption “we need a change” for the video.

Akhtar supporting Kaneria

The former Pakistani pacer alleged that many players didn’t want Kaneria in the team because of his religion. Also, he was never given due credit for his performance because he was Hindu. On the contrary, the teammates constantly humiliated Kaneria. Some teammates even refused to partake of food with him.

Danish Kaneria on Pakistani cricket and Shoaib Akhtar

Kaneria urged Pakistan PM Imran Khan to get him out of this mess as his life was not in a good shape in Pakistan. Also, he thanked Shoaib Akhtar for telling the truth to the world. He said that he was grateful for the teammates who supported him as a cricketer.

Kaneria also thanked the media and genuine cricket administrators and the citizens of Pakistan who supported him regardless of his religious affiliation. It is well-known that Danish Kaneria recently revealed how he was humiliated by teammates and some even didn’t want him in the team.

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Jasprit Bumrah And Shikhar Dhawan Could Join Team India For T20 And ODI Series Against Sri Lanka And Australia

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Jasprit Bumrahcould make a comeback to the India squad after recovering from stress fracture. A decision on his inclusion is likely to be taken in Monday meeting of the national selectors. Team India is going to play limited-overs series against Sri-Lanka and Australia.

Upcoming matches of team India

Indian cricket team will play three T20 international matches against Sri Lanka and as many ODIs against Australia. The Sri Lankan series would start from January 5 and Australian series would commence on January 14. Teams for both the series would be decided on Monday.

Jasprit Bumrah’s selection

Depending on his fitness status, the selectors would make the best decision about his inclusion in the team. He would have to produce a fitness certificate from where he did his rehabilitation. It is to be noted that he didn’t do his rehabilitation at BCCI’s National Cricket Academy (NCA).

Indian team physio Nitin Pateland trainer Nick Webb have already checked Bumrah in Visakhapatnam where he bowled full tilt before them. Also, he has an opportunity to play a Ranji to add more overs under his belt before Australian series starts. Another factor in his inclusion is the opinion of the captain. The selectors would ask Virat Kohli for make an opinion on Jasprit Bumrah.

Virat Kohil will join the meeting via video conference. The selectors will also discuss Deepak Chahar’s fitness as he was ruled out of the third ODI against the West Indies. Shikhar Dhawan can also make a comeback depending on his performance in domestic cricket.

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India vs West Indies: India Loses 1st ODI By 8 Wickets And 13 Balls Remaining

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West Indies took a lead of 1-0 in the three-match ODI series with India. It beat India by 8-wickets and 13 balls to spare in the first One-Day International on Sunday.

West Indies won the toss and choose batting

Hetmyer with Shai Hope put an intimidating 218-run partnership for the record ODI stand by West Indies for any match against India. He hit 7-sixes and 11-fours and smashed 139-runs in 106 balls. Hope scored 102 and remained not out. West Indies reached 291/2 in 47.5 overs.

In fielding, West Indies conceded only 24 extras but managed to stop India at 287/8 in 50 overs.Sheldon Cottrell two wickets –LokeshRahul (6) and Virat Kohli (4) – by giving 46 runs.

India batting and fielding

Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer were the most successful batsmen from the Indian side. They both make half centuries and added 114-runs for India. Pant made 71-runs off 69 balls. It was his first ODI half-century. Iyer scored 70 off 88 balls and made his firth ODI half-century.

India was reduced to 25-2 after losing Rahul and Kohli. Rohit Sharma tried taking a stand but was out on 36. After Sharma’s ouster, Pant and Iyer batted well and took India to a defending position. Pant hit 7-fours and 1-six and took the score to 200 in 29 overs.

But both the batsmen fell in the seventies and with them fell the hope of winning the match.Indian bowlers looked sluggish on the batting pitch but the biggest drawback was dropping catches.

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Michael Vaughan Tweets That Indian Team Can Only Challenge Aussies On Their Soil

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that it is only India that can compete with Australian team on its home ground situation. His opinion came after the Aussies secured a 1-0 lead against New Zealand in the three-match Test series at home.

Aussies vs Kiwis Test match

Australia took lead of 417 runs on Day 3 of the first Test at Perth Stadium in Saturday. Aussies have already thrashed Pakistan by 2-0 in the recently concluded two Test series at home. They are in a dominant position in the first Test against Kiwis and the Aussies seem to be determined to win the second Test.

The Englishman started a series of tweets on India vs Australia

Michael Vaughan said that Indian team had the tools to compete Down Under against Tim Paine’s side. But for New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum lost no time in responding to his tweet. McCullum said that return of Trent Boult would bring the Kiwis back to the game. But McCullum admitted that the Kiwis were losing the first Test.

Former Australian opener Mark Waugh responded to McCullum by saying that lack of a quality spinner would blunt the Kiwi attack in the nest two Tests.

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India Beat West Indies By 67 Runs And Wins Series With 2-1

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India beat West Indies by 67 runs in the third match of T-20 series. With this win, India won the series by 2-1. Indian team won the first match but lost the second. The third match was played on Wednesday in Wankhede stadium Mumbai. With this series, India won three consecutive series against West Indies. India won the first series by 3-0 in 2018 and second series with 3-0 in August this year.

Highlights of the series

Rahul became Man-of-the-Match and Virat Kohli was Man-of-the-Series

Virat Kohli made 113 runs in the series

It is second time that three Indian batsmen made 50+ runs in T20

Kohli made his 24th half-century; Rohit made 19th half-century and Rahul made 8th half-century

Three Indian batsmen made half-centuries for the first time in T20 in England in 2007

Rohit made record of 400 sixes

Rohit became third cricketer to make 400 sixes in the international cricket. With 534 sixes, Chris Gayle of West Indies is the first batsman to hit maximum sixes. He’s followed by Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi with 476 sixes. Rohit comes third with 400 sixes. But Rohit is the first Indian batsman to hit 400 sixes in international cricket.

West Indies lost maximum T20 matches

World Champion West Indies lost its 61st T20 match on Wednesday and became the second team losing maximum T20 matches after Sri Lanka. Both the teams have lost equal number matches in T20. Bangladesh (60 losses) comes second, New Zealand (56 losses) is third, Pakistan (55 losses) is fourth and Zimbabwe (54 losses) is fifth team with maximum T20 losses.

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India Took 1-0 Lead In 3-Match T20l Series With West Indies

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Indian skipper played a key role in India’s victory the 1st T20l over West Indies in Hyderabad. Virat Kohli made 94 runs in 50 balls and remained not out. India won the match with six-wickets.

Virat Kohli was man of the match

The score 94 out of 50 balls and not-out is the career best of Virat Kohli. KL Rahul also made 62 off just 40 balls in an impressive inning to help India chase the target of 208 runs in just 20 overs. With this winning, India took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series starting 6th December Friday. The second match of the series would be played on Sunday 8th December in Thiruvananthapuram.

Highest run-chase by India

208 in 20 overs was the highest run-chase by India in T20l match. Earlier India chased the target of 207 against Sri Lanka at Mohali in 2009. It was also a successful chase.

West Indies skipper on the match

Kieron Pollard, captain of West Indies team, said that the battling line of the team did well by scoring 207. Buy he had regrets that his team gave 23 extras. He further said that there were many positives of the match. He said that there was a need to find a way to get over the line and achieve the objective.

Kohli laughed and said that the young batsmen shouldn’t watch the match as he was hitting very hard to chase the score. He said that for him his team comes first and audience second.

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