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Veteran Beauden Barrett was recalled to the New Zealand team named on Thursday to face Australia in the Rugby Championship as All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson made four changes.
Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir showered praise on skipper Rohit Sharma and said that he is a "great guy" and has a lot of respect in the dressing room. Rohit made his Test debut in 2013 against the West Indies, following that, he has appeared in 59 long-format matches and 101 innings, scoring 4138 runs at an average of 45.47. The two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh will kick off on September 19 at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium. The second Test between India and Bangladesh will take place in Kanpur from September 27. Currently, Team India lead the WTC standings with a point percentage of 68.52. Their upcoming WTC series includes Bangladesh (two Tests, home), New Zealand (three Tests, home), and Australia (five Tests, away).
Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali called experienced spinner Nathan Lyon's comment about Australia winning the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series against India by 5-0 "stupid". On Tuesday, Lyon on the Willow Talk podcast answered a question by former Australian cricketer Brad Haddin and said, "My prediction is 5-0 to Australia." Basit slammed Lyon and stated that such remarks should not come from a cricketer. He even urged Ravichandran Ashwin to reply back to Lyon's comment. "I will only say one thing about Nathan Lyon's stupid statement that Australia will defeat India by six Tests, but only by words. In the past two series, India have dominated Australia. Such comments don't suit cricketers. Ricky Ponting or former cricketers can make such statements. I request Ashwin to reply back and say that India will defeat Australia by 5-0," Basit said on YouTube.
Afghanistan battled their way to a six-wicket win over South Africa in the opening one-day international in Sharjah on Wednesday after skittling the Proteas for just 106. South Africa avoided their lowest ever score in an ODI but some fine bowling from opening bowlers Fazalhaq Farooqi, who took 4-35, and AM Ghazanfar, 3-20, ensured that the Afghan batters would have a comfortable chase. In the event, they lost Rahmanullah Gurbaz to the third ball of the innings, caught at third man off Lungi Ngidi, and when Rahmat Shah was leg before to Bjorn Fortuin the Afghans were wobbling at 15-2.
In a heart-to-heart conversation, Indian cricket stalwarts Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir gave fans the memory of a lifetime. Often making news because of the 'masala' in their relationship, Kohli opened his heart in front of Gambhir, the man who recently took up the role of Team India's head coach. As the two discussed their careers, personalities and vision through this journey of Indian cricket, some brilliant tales were narrated.
MELBOURNE : Former world number two Cameron Smith will tee off at a A$250,000 ($169,000) event in his home-town Brisbane in October to be sharp for his tilt at a fourth Australian PGA Championship title.
SYDNEY : Australia coach Joe Schmidt has made a raft of changes to his backline but just one tweak up front for Saturday's Rugby Championship test against the All Blacks, which doubles as the first of two Bledisloe Cup tests.
SYDNEY : The All Blacks have brought Beauden Barrett back into the starting line-up at fullback for the Rugby Championship test against the Wallabies on Saturday, which doubles as the first of two Bledisloe Cup tests.