(Reuters) – Australia heaved a major sigh of relief on Wednesday after skipper Pat Cummins declared run-machine Travis Head fit for the Boxing Day test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. India nemesis Head, the leading scorer of the five-test series for the Border-Gavaskar trophy, suffered a quad strain in Brisbane. “He ticked off …
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(Reuters) -The Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan and Dubai, after hosts Pakistan selected the UAE as a neutral venue for their rivals India, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday. Holders Pakistan will host an ICC event for the first time in 28 years. The eight-team competition kicks off on Feb. 19 …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma has backed Virat Kohli to overcome his problems with deliveries outside the off-stump in Australia, saying on Tuesday that players of his calibre always find a way to succeed. Kohli arrested a long run of poor form with an unbeaten century in the first test in Perth but …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Teenager Sam Konstas will make his test debut in the cauldron of the Boxing Day test at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday as Australia look to take the game to India’s bowlers, coach Andrew McDonald said on Tuesday. Konstas, 19, was brought into the squad at the expense of Nathan McSweeney after Australia’s …
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(Reuters) – India will play their Champions Trophy matches in the United Arab Emirates next year after hosts Pakistan selected the Gulf country as a neutral venue for their rivals, the Pakistan Cricket Board said. Due to soured political relations, India have not visited Pakistan since 2008 and the Indian cricket board (BCCI) has decided …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Sam Konstas does not yet know whether he will make his debut in the cauldron of the fourth test against India on Thursday but the Australian teenager says some advice from former opener Shane Watson will hold him in good stead if he does. The 19-year-old’s parents will be at the Melbourne …
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(Reuters) – Indian batter Smriti Mandhana set the record for the most international runs in a calendar year in women’s cricket across all formats on Sunday, scoring 91 runs against West Indies in a one-day international at Vadodra that took her tally for 2024 so far to 1,602 runs. Left-handed opener Mandhana overtook South Africa’s …
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(Reuters) -Joe Root returned to England’s one-day international squad for the first time since their ill-fated World Cup title defence in November 2023, as the country’s cricket board named players on Sunday for a white-ball tour of India and the Champions Trophy. The England and Wales Cricket Board added that Ben Stokes was not considered …
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(Reuters) – Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has called for a stronger batting display from the heavyweights atop the order to ease the pressure on the team when they take on Australia in the fourth test starting in Melbourne next week. The tourists eked out a draw in the rain-interrupted third game in Brisbane despite another …
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By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Rahul Gandhi is under police investigation over a scuffle between opposition members of parliament and those from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which injured two lawmakers, police said on Friday. Police were responding to a BJP complaint accusing Gandhi, the opposition leader, of pushing …
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