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IND vs AUS: Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhemann strike 6 wickets in 1st session, India in deep trouble now
The decision to bat first after winning the toss in Indore did not prove to be right for Rohit Sharma. Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer, Cheteshwar Pujara, and captain Rohit Sharma were dismissed within an hour of the start of the match.
The decision to bat first after winning the toss in Indore did not prove to be right for Rohit Sharma. Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer, Cheteshwar Pujara, and captain Rohit Sharma were dismissed within an hour of the start of the match.
Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat first. He opened the innings with Shubman Gill, Rohit got 2 extra chances in the very first over. But he could not take advantage of it. India’s first wicket fell in the form of Rohit Sharma. Matthew Kuhemann got Rohit stumped on the last ball of the sixth over.
IND vs AUS 3rd Test: India’s top order collapsed like cards
India won the toss and elected to bat first, but Rohit Sharma’s bet backfired. The captain himself could not do anything amazing and lost his wicket on a total score of 27 runs. After this, Gill, who came in place of KL Rahul, could not stay at the crease for much, he too got out after scoring 21 runs. India’s entire top order looked helpless in front of the Australian spinners, while Australia’s spinners took full advantage of the turning pitch. Matthew Kuhemann and Nathan Lyon took 3-3 wickets while Todd Murphy got one wicket, the most important one of former skipper Virat Kohli.
Fall of Indian wickets
India’s first wicket – Rohit Sharma (12): Matthew has given India the first big blow to Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma got caught in the spin of Kuhemann on a personal score of 12 runs and returned to the pavilion after being stumped.
India’s second wicket – Shubman Gill (21): Matthew Kuhemann gave another big blow to India, Gill was dismissed after scoring 21 runs, Smith caught him in the slip.
India’s third wicket – Cheteshwar Pujara (1): Cheteshwar Pujara had no answer to a superb off-spin ball from Nathan Lyon, the ball turned inside out and uprooted Pujara’s middle stump. Pujara scored only 1 run.
India’s fourth wicket – Ravindra Jadeja (4): India lost its fourth wicket on the ball of Nathan Lyon, Jadeja was dismissed after scoring 4 runs. Lyon was saved from being LBW but he was dismissed on the next ball.
India’s fifth wicket – Shreyas Iyer (0): India’s star batsman Shreyas Iyer was dismissed without opening the account, half of India’s team was reduced to 68 balls.
India’s sixth wicket – Virat Kohli (22): Murphy gave the sixth blow to India by dismissing India’s star batsman Virat Kohli LBW. Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs.
India’s seventh wicket – Shrikar Bharat (17): India’s innings has faltered badly, Indian batsmen are unable to stand in front of Australian spinners. India got the seventh blow in the form of Shrikar Bharat, Bharat got out after scoring 17 runs.
IND vs AUS 3rd Test Playing XI
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Shrikar Bharat(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Australia Playing XI: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith(c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhemann.
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ICC annual team rankings: India maintains top in place both white-ball formats
India continues to be ranked at the top in men’s ODIs and T20Is following the yearly update that the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Friday. India is currently ranked second in the Test rankings, with Australia holding the top spot.
According to the ICC, all series finished since May 2021 are reflected in the annual update for the Test rankings, which excludes results from the 2020–21 season. With 124 rating points, Australia, the victors of the World Test Championship, are currently top of the table.
India, who lost the top spot to them, is only four points ahead of third-place England and fifteen points ahead of them. With 103 points, South Africa is the fourth team above the 100-point threshold. India’s decline was primarily caused by their 2020–21 2-1 series win in Australia being removed from the rankings.
The teams that placed third through ninth are still in the same order. There are currently just nine countries in the rankings because Afghanistan, Ireland, and Zimbabwe have not played enough Test matches. Zimbabwe has only played three Test matches in the last three years. To be listed on the rankings table, a team must participate in eight Test matches within a three-year period.
India leads the ODI and T20I standings in terms of white-ball matches; according to the annual update, matches played before May 2023 are worth 50% of the total points, and matches played after then are worth 100%.
Despite losing to Australia in the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup final, India now leads the standings with 122 points, up from three points to six. The top ten remains unchanged, however Ireland has moved up to the eleventh spot, surpassing Zimbabwe.
In other changes, Scotland moved up to 12th place, surpassing Zimbabwe, and Pakistan fell two spots to seventh. Outside the top 20, Spain (moving up from 33rd to 30th), the Isle of Man (moving up from 44th to 41st), and Switzerland (moving up from 50th to 45th) have had the largest rating increases.
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Rohit Sharma breaks silence on losing MI’s captaincy to Hardik Pandya, says it is part of life
India captain Rohit Sharma has finally broken the silence on losing MI’s captaincy to Hardik Pandya in the Indian Premier League.
India’s star cricketer and Mumbai Indians former captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday finally opened on why MI’s captainship was given to Hardik Pandya before the beginning of IPL 2024.
Rohit Sharma acknowledged this by saying that not everything goes your way. Being removed from Mumbai’s captaincy was a shock to many in the cricket world and a bitter pill to swallow for Rohit’s horde of fans, many of whom also booed Hardik during the team’s opening games this IPL season.
The roles of Hardik and Rohit Sharma will be switched during the T20 World Cup, which will begin on June 2. As part of MI’s significant leadership transition, which has not gone as expected, Rohit is currently playing under Hardik. He will return as Pandya’s captain for the crucial ICC match. For the majority of his career, Rohit has served as Hardik’s captain and senior, but the events of the last month and the upcoming 30 days threaten to alter the relationship.
Rohit emphasized, but not in a bad way, describing how playing under Hardik before returning to captain him would not throw off the rhythm. He also said, it is part of life. When questioned by the media about his experience playing in the ongoing Indian Premier League under Pandya, the Indian captain responded, it has been a great experience.
The 37-year-old received criticism for not scoring enough runs with the willow in the preceding three seasons, but in the competition’s 17th edition, he had an entirely different appearance. Whatever is there and you go by it and then try and do what is required from you as a player. He said he has only tried to do that in the last one month. In 10 IPL 2024 innings, India’s skipper Rohit has already scored 314 runs.
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Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan motivates Indian cricket team for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, video goes viral
Amitabh Bachchan wishes Men in Blue ahead of T20 World Cup tournament in his Kalki 2898 AD avatar.
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has a special message for the Indian cricket team who are getting ready to play the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. The legendary actor shared a video in which he assumed the role of Ashwatthama, his character from the upcoming film, Kalki 2898 AD, and motivated the players of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.
The video was shared by the official social media accounts of the Nag Ashwin film, Kalki 2898 AD and began with Amitabh Bachchan announcing, Ye mahayudh hai, ab hoja tu taiyaar (This is a war, get ready for it). Through his poetry, the megastar tried to pump up the players as he said, Ab ban ja veer, buland kar le apni taqdeer, dikha dum, laga dum (Now, become brave, elevate your destiny, show your strength, put in effort). The video has gone viral on social media with 87,505 likes till now which are only increasing.
As the Bollywood star narrated the poem with the background music of Kalki 2898 AD playing, visuals of the Indian cricket team played on the screen. Players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya, were seen along with former players like Harbhajan Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrating their victory on the cricket ground in the viral video.
In the end of the video the actor concluded with Maan mat tu jeet se kam, garv se uthe har matha, ye mahadwand hai, mahayudh, virodhi se tu nazrein mila, ab hoja tu taiyaar (Do not belittle yourself in front of victory, let every head rise with pride, this is a great struggle, a great battle, meet the opponent eye to eye, now get ready).
The video was shared with the caption, T20WorldCup2024 ka Shankhnaad ho chuka hai! @amitabhbachchan, #TeamIndia’s biggest cheerleader, has a special message. Star Sports lekar aaye hain yeh T20 World Cup ka Mahayudh! Are you Ready?
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