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AHMEDABAD, India : It took Usman Khawaja three trips to India and a tweaked batting approach to register his first test hundred in the country, and the Australia opener was thrilled after finally ticking the milestone off his bucket list on Thursday.
Australia were 255 for four at stumps against India on the opening day of the series-deciding fourth Test in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Opener Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green were batting on 104 and 49 respectively at the close of play. After skipper Steve Smith opted to bat, Australia were off to a good start with the duo of Khawaja and Travis Head adding 61 runs for the first wicket.
AHMEDABAD, India : Australia's stand-in captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat as the tourists fielded an unchanged side in the fourth and final test against India in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Legendary cricketer Ricky Ponting has predicted some surprise inclusions in the Australian squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) final and the Ashes in England from the one that is currently touring India. Australia secured a place in the WTC final at The Oval in June after collecting the required percentage points following their nine-wicket win against India in the third Border-Gavaskar Test at Indore recently.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has slammed the Australian selectors for their decision making while picking the team for the first two Tests against India in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. While the Australian team has been targetted by former players and experts, following the defeats in the first two Tests, Gavaskar feels that the selectors should take the blame for picking up injured players in the squad. Australia trail India 1-2 in the four-match series, having won the third Test in Indore by 9 wickets.
Australia played a smart trick on the second day of the third Test against India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as wicketkeeper Alex Carey could often be seen removing the bails and Steve Smith appeal for stumping. According to former India player Parthiv Patel, this is loophole in the rulebooks which was duly exploited by the Steve Smith-led visitors in Indore. "Did you notice removing the bails and appealing to get catch reviewed too during stumping calls. Isn't this unfair? Thy are saving DRS reviews. What do you think?" a fan asked on Cricbuzz.
With Australia needing just 76 on the third day of the third Test against India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the hosts needed and early breakthrough. Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin provided just that on the second ball of the day as he got Usman Khawaja. Ashwin bowled a fuller delivery close to the off stump. Khawaja, who came forward to defend, got a faint outside edge. The Indians appealed in unison and the umpire gave out. Though Khawaja went for the review the decision was unchanged as there was a spike on UltraEdge.
Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar wasn't too pleased with India skipper Rohit Sharma's decision of of not giving the ball to Ravichandran Ashwin early on in the first session of Day 2, in the ongoing third Test against Australia in Indore. Notably, Ashwin was introduced into the attack minutes before drinks in the first session. With India needing early wickets on Day 2, Gavaskar slammed Rohit for under-utilising Ashwin, and putting more focus on the match-ups.