Australia 94-3 after Ashwin double strike in Delhi
NEW DELHI :India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in the same over to reduce Australia to 94-3 at lunch on day one of the second test on Friday.
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Kuhnemann debuts for spin-heavy Australia v India in Delhi
NEW DELHI : Australia brought back Travis Head and picked debutant Matt Kuhnemann as their third spinner in a bold selection gamble for the second test against India on Friday.
Team India's Hotel Changed, Virat Kohli Not Staying With Teammates Ahead Of Delhi Test: Report
Due to the G20 Summit and the wedding season, which resulted in a dearth of large blocks of five-star hotel rooms being reserved, Team India abruptly shifted their hotel in Delhi ahead of the second Test against Australia. The second Test of the series will be held in Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium from February 17 to 21. Delhi is hosting its first Test since December 2017. India have 1-0 lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.
Australia desperately seek Green boost to level series v India
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.
India vs Australia: Mitchell Starc poised to return, but Scott Boland hopes for another go
Australia were hammered by an innings and 132 runs inside three days in Nagpur, but Boland, despite going wicketless in his first Test outside Australia, impressed with his tidy bowling on a slow track where spinners ruled the roost.Starc, who missed the opener with a finger injury, is set to be Australia's second quick in Delhi, while the tourists might field three spinners should all-rounder Cameron Green, also recovering from a finger injury, be fit to play.Boland told reporters he hoped his bowling in Nagpur "made the selectors' job a little tougher" when measuring him against Starc, "who is a gun in these conditions and has bowled really well in Sri Lanka and Pakistan".
Spinners Ashwin and Jadeja shine as India crush Australia by an innings and 132 runs
Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja eviscerated Australia in just over two hours to hand India a crushing innings-and-132-run victory Saturday inside three days of the opening Test.
Rohit hundred puts India ahead despite Murphy's strikes
NAGPUR, India :Rohit Sharma produced a captain's knock of 118 not out to put India in the driver's seat in the opening test against Australia on Friday but Todd Murphy continued to impress on his debut for the visitors on a spin-friendly track.
Murphy strikes twice, Rohit leads India's reply
NAGPUR, India : Debutant Australia spinner Todd Murphy struck twice in the second day's morning session but India captain Rohit Sharma kept his team on course for a first-innings lead in the opening test in Nagpur on Friday.