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NEW DELHI : Captain Rohit Sharma believes Indian batsmen needed to learn the lesson from their loss in Indore and be braver when they take on the Australian spinners in the fourth and final test in Ahmedabad next week.
The third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Indore between India and Australia ended in a little over two days on Friday, with the visitors winning by nine wickets. After the match, the International Cricket Council (ICC) deemed the Holkar Stadium pitch used for the third Test, which was played under the ICC World Test Championship umbrella, as "poor" under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process.
The eagerly anticipated Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023 will finally begin from Saturday with a thrilling opening encounter between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai. However in a latest update, BCCI has stated that the start of the first match has been rescheduled due to an opening ceremony for the tournament. The match will now commence at 08.00 PM IST with the toss taking place at 07.30 PM IST.
MUMBAI : The inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) begins on Saturday with a match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants in a potentially watershed moment for women's cricket.
Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden slammed the Indian batters after the hosts were outplayed by the visitors in third Test in Indore. Chasing a modest target of 76, Australia crossed the finishing line with ease, despite losing a wicket on the second ball of play on Day 3. Travis Head scored a quickfire 49, while Marnus Labuschagne hit the winning boundary to remain unbeaten on 28. Hayden suggested that the Indian batters were playing to save their spots in the team.
Tennis legend Sania Mirza doesn't know much about cricket but as an elite athlete for the last two decades, she feels she can help Royal Challengers Bangalore women cricketers to deal with the mental aspect of things in the inaugural Women's Premier League. Sania has been roped in as the mentor by RCB for the WPL starting in Mumbai on Saturday with the opener between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians. RCB, led by India opener Smriti Mandhana, will open their campaign against Delhi Capitals on Sunday.
Ravichandran Ashwin was let down by the change of ball which proved to be softer and Australian batters found easier to score of, feels senior keeper Dinesh Karthik. The embattled Team India, which had set Australia a meagre 76 target, got a glimmer of hope when Ashwin dismissed Umsan Khawaja off the second ball in the third morning.
Jason Roy scored an inspiring ton as England thrashed Bangladesh by 132 runs in the second ODI to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. After being put into bat, Roy scored 132 off 125 balls as England put a strong total of 326/7 in fifty overs in Mirpur. However, a rather shocking incident took place during the fag end of England's innings. In the 48th over, the Bangladesh players appealed for an lbw after Adil Rashid had blocked Taskin Ahmed's yorker with his bat.