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NEW DELHI : Australia captain Pat Cummins expects another trial by spin in the second test against India but finds himself grappling with selection dilemmas as he tries to lock in the playing XI for the match in New Delhi beginning on Friday.
wobbly top order will weigh on their mind even as the hosts look primed to give Australia a tough time once again as the two teams meet in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, beginning Friday. The prologue of the game revolves around Cheteshwar Pujara making his 100th Test appearance, which he would like to mark with a century that will also restore a sense of stability to the hosts' top order.India captain Rohit Sharma's century in Nagpur was an excpetion in the top order that couldn't kick on, on the Nagpur track that offered slow turn. Opener KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Pujara all failed to make the most of the opportunity.
Virat Kohli is a 'Delhi boy' but it isn't often that fans get to see him play in the national capital. Ahead of the second Test between India and Australia, the talismanic batter was spotted at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on the eve of the second match of the series against Australia. As Kohli left the stadium in his swanky car, fans gathered around just to get a glimpse of the local boy who went on to achieve unthinkable heights in the world of crcket.
Australia remain the world's top-ranked Test team, the International Cricket Council said as it apologised for briefly and "erroneously" listing India as number one.
Let-arm fast bowlers are rare commodities. Since Zaheer Khan's retirement, the Indian cricket team has given opportunities to a few left-arm pacers but no one has managed to cement his place so far. Arshdeep Singh is one left-arm seamer who is a fairly consistent player for the team but is yet to hit his true potential. Ahead of the start of the 2nd Test between India and Australia, head coach Rahul Dravid was asked about the lack of quality left-arm pacers in the team. As the journalist used the references of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mitchell Starc, Dravid gave an epic response.
Unheralded Akshdeep Singh clinched the men's 20km event gold with a stunning national record time to qualify for this year's World Championships as well as the 2024 Paris Olympics on the opening day of the National Open Race Walking Championships in Ranchi on Tuesday. Women's 20km event national record holder Priyanka Goswami also won a gold to qualify for both the World Championships and 2024 Olympics. The 23-year-old Akshdeep, who hails from Punjab's Barnala district, clocked 1 hour 19 minutes and 55 seconds to obliterate the earlier national record of 1:20:16 which was in the name of veteran Sandeep Kumar of Haryana, who finished a lowly seventh on Tuesday with a time of 1:23.28.
BCCI might give him a chance to defend himself before taking a final decision on his fate.The immediate question doing the rounds in the BCCI is whether he would be allowed to attend the next selection committee meeting before the squad of the third and fourth Test against Australia is announced.It is understood that Chetan being caught in a sting operation hasn't gone down too well with the top brass of the BCCI but the incident might have a far reaching impact on the relationship between media on one hand and the Indian team and selectors on the other."No player or selector will be comfortable in sharing a cordial relationship even with well meaning journalists after this sting as the trust factor has been compromised," a senior BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
Cheteshwar Pujara gears up for his 100th Test, his Saurashtra teammate Jaydev Unadkat feels that wining India's premier domestic competition -- the Ranji Trophy -- will be the perfect tribute to his state cricket icon.While Saurashtra captain Unadkat will feature in Ranji final against Bengal, starting Thursday in Kolkata, Pujara will be featuring in his 100th Test against Australia on Friday in Delhi. Veteran Pujara made his Test debut back in 2010 and Unadkat said that he hasn't seen much difference in his state teammate's attitude and ethics over the years. "I was there when he made his Test debut, I was a part of the team as well. I don't see a lot of difference in his attitude and ethics. There can't be a better way to give him a tribute (than winning Ranji title)," Unadkat said on the eve of their Ranji final.