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MELBOURNE : Australia grabbed four early wickets to leave South Africa in trouble at 58 for four at lunch on day one of the second test on Monday after home captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to field at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Stand-in skipper KL Rahul on Sunday admitted that India missed the services of left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the second innings but said he has "no regret" about leaving him out of the final Test against Bangladesh. Fresh from his match-winning show in India's 188-run win in the Chattogram Test, Kuldeep was benched for an extra seamer in Jaydev Unadkat, a decision which was slammed by the likes of Sunil Gavaskar. "I don't regret the decision. It was the right decision. If you look at the wickets, our fast bowlers too have taken many wickets and they had a lot of assistance. There was a lot of inconsistent bounce," Rahul said defending his decision at the post-match media interaction.
Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin held firm as India beat Bangladesh in a thrilling second Test on Sunday, dashing hopes in Dhaka of a first-ever win over their giant neighbours.
DHAKA :Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer combined to help India prevail in a low-scoring thriller against Bangladesh and complete a 2-0 series sweep following a nervy three-wicket victory in the second test on Sunday.
The Proteas suggested they could shake up their batting line up for the second Test against Australia on Boxing Day.
Scott Boland will retain his spot in Australia's team for their Boxing Day test against South Africa in Melbourne after an "underdone" Josh Hazlewood failed to fully recover from a side strain, skipper Pat Cummins said on Sunday.
Fast bowler Anrich Nortje believes there is nothing surprising about the MCG wicket ahead of the Proteas' highly anticipated second Test against Australia in Melbourne.
The second test between Pakistan and New Zealand next month has been moved from Multan to Karachi due to "deteriorating" weather conditions, the Pakistan cricket board (PCB) said on Saturday.