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ICC U-19 World Cup: India Beat Australia

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Australia was defeated by Indian cricket team in the Super League quarter-final 1 of the ICC U-19 World Cup. India batted first and set the target of 233/9 in 50 overs. But Australian team failed to chase the target in record time.

Indian batting

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Atharva Ankolekar helped India set a big score for Australia. Together they accumulated 117 runs. Jaiswal made 62 runs and Ankolekar made 55 runs and remained not out. India lost wickets at regular intervals but the batting side was strong enough to make a challenging score. There was a time when India was reduced to 144/6.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

He put a brave foot before Australian team that bowled well. He looked terrific while smashing Australian bowlers. He delivered six 4s and to 6s in 82 deliveries and made 62 runs. It was his third 50 in the tournament. He made 59, 29, 57 and 62 in the tournament. But his biggest strength was that he remained unmoved by the regular fall of wickets at the other end.

Atharva Ankolekar

After the dismissal of Jaiswao, Atharva took the bold stand of making runs while saving wickets. And his partnership with Ravi Bishnoi took Indian score to above 200 mark. He made 61-runs with Bisnoi. He scored 55* runs with five 4s and one 6.

Australian batting

Soon after the start of their inning, Australian team was reduced to 17/4 in no time. But opening batsman Sam Fanning and W/K batsman Patrick Rowe added 51 runs for fifth-wicket but they failed to chase the target.

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Virat Kohli Is A Better Batsman Than Steve Smith Said Dean Jones

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Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Australia’s former captain Steve Smith are undoubtedly the two finest batsmen of the world. Both the batsmen were involved in India-Australia series that India clinched with 2-1 score.

Kohli-Smith batting in India-Australia series

Virat Kohli won the home series with 2-1 but Kohli was the second highest run-maker in the series. He made a total of 183 runs with two half-centuries in the series. On the contrary, Smith became the highest ran-maker. His highest scores were 98 and 131.

Choosing the best batsman

Cricket lovers enjoy comparing star cricketers to find their best. In this series, England’s former skipper Michael Vaughanvoted for Virat Kohli and kept Smith at number two. But Australia’s former cricketer Dean Jones has a different opinion on the best batsman of the world.

In the total run score, Virat Kohli is 25 runs behind Steve Smith that has made 7227 runs in Test Cricket. Also, Kohli is far behind Smith in limited over format. But still Kohli is the best according to Dean Jones.

Upcoming India series

Team India is visiting New Zealand for a full-fledged tour starting 24 January. The tour includes five T20Is; three ODIs and two-match test series that will be a part of the ICC Test Championship.

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India VS Australia: India Lost The First Match In 3-Match ODI To Australia By 10-Wickets

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India lost the first ODI against Australia by 10-wickets at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. With this win, Australia now leads the three-match series by 1-0. It was the biggest defeat for India in the 50-over format in recent times.

India batted first

Aaron Finch won the toss and choose to field. On the Indian side, Virat Kohli pushed himself down to No. 4 in a bid to adjust Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, and KL Rahul.

Rohit Sharma was the first to bowl out. He was on 10 when David Warner took his catch on the over of Mitchell Starc. Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul accumulated 121 runs for the second wicket after the dismissal of Rohit Sharma. But KL Rahul was caught at 47 by Steve Smith off Ashton Agar in the 28th over. In the next over, Pat Cummins dismissed Shikhar Dhawan. Virat Kohli took a big stand at 4th wicket by hitting six at the first ball of 32nd over but he got bowled by the leg-spinner Adam Zampa on the next ball.

Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja put up some resistance to the Australian attack but Shreyas was bowled out and Pant got injured by a short-ball from Pat Cummins. KL Rahul took the gloves in his absence. Together the Indian team could make only 250 runs.

Australia batting

It was an easy chase for Australian batsmen. David Warner made 128 off 112 balls and Aaron Finch scored 110 of 114 balls. It was the fourth-consecutive ODI win against India in India.

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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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