Opener Akhil Herwadkar made 41 while Sanju Samson and Sarfaraz Khann scored 68 and 74 respectively in India’s 262 for seven. Pakistan could only manage 222 in reply, with Deepak Hooda taking five wickets for 41 runs. 0 votes
Spinners Deepak Jagbir Hooda (5 for 56) and Saurabh Kumar (5 for 51) needed just 10.5 overs on the fourth day to bundle out India Red for 172 in the second innings. Overnight not-out batsmen Ishan Kishan and Writtick Chatterjee fell in the space of 10 runs to left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar and Hooda respectively. The talented, young Kishan could only add five runs to his score of 25, while Chatterjee moved from 13 to 15 before being caught by Ricky Bhui off Hooda....
“Guillermo Ochoa! Carlos Salcedo!” With a huge amount of visiting Costa Rican fans already in the stadium early for security measures, the home teams’ supporters were eager to make their voices heard as well, and shout down the Ticos. Each name was greeted with a huge shout. “Nestor Araujo! Hector Moreno! Miguel Layun!” Layun, a former Club America player who helped the team win two titles in the Azteca, received an enormous ovation....
Biden claimed victory days after the election, an achievement for the party that was four years in the making. Part of Biden’s victory is credited to progressive members of the party casting ballots for a candidate that wasn’t their first—or even second—choice, and now they’re expecting something in return. “Given the fact that younger progressives, in particular, Latinos and African Americans, will be responsible for a Biden election victory, he’ll have no choice but to follow for their agendas,” said Thomas Whalen, Boston University political historian and author....
Salah, 28, arrived at Anfield from Roma in 2017 for a reported initial fee of £37million, and he has since made that figure look like a real steal, such has been his impact. In 104 Premier League matches for Liverpool, Salah has scored 73 times, with 32 of those coming in 2017-18 as he set a new record for the most goals in a single 38-match campaign. While his haul of 19 this campaign may not be on the same level, he is the champions’ top-scorer and remains in the hunt for the Premier League’s Golden Boot, with only Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (20) and Jamie Vardy (22) netting more frequently than him....
The image was put together using data collected by the eROSITA X-ray telescope aboard the joint Russian-German space observatory Spektr-RG (SRG) over the course of 182 days, completing its first full sweep of the sky. The map contains more than one million objects—about double the number of X-ray sources identified in all previous telescope surveys combined. “This all-sky image completely changes the way we look at the energetic universe,” Peter Predehl, the Principal Investigator of eROSITA at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), said in a statement....
He made this disclosure during a post-match interview with the Sony Sports network after the final ODI of the India-Australia series. Ravindra Jadeja was asked about the special privilege given to him by Virat Kohli to bowl his overs in one stretch, while the other bowlers were made to bowl in three to four spells. He responded that the intention is to get through as many overs in the second powerplay, considering the restriction of having five fielders in the 30-yard circle....
He made this observation while responding to fan questions about India’s likely bowling combination in the Test series in a video shared on his YouTube channel. Aakash Chopra replied in the negative when asked if Ashwin and Jadeja can play together in all four Test matches against Australia. He reasoned that the grassy pitch for the pink-ball Test would not allow two spinners to be played. Aakash Chopra picked Ravichandran Ashwin as the likely Indian spinner for the first Test match, considering Jadeja’s injury and Kuldeep Yadav not being amongst the wickets in the warm-up encounter....
Pandya’s innings included three fours and two sixes. He wasn’t connecting early in the innings but held his composure while under the pump. The 27-year-old took the game deep and struck two maximums off three balls in the last over to seal the game for India. Now retired MS Dhoni, who was known for finishing games in that fashion, would have been proud witnessing Pandya’s effort. However, when it comes to finishing games, Hardik Pandya revealed that it wasn’t Dhoni who was his inspiration....
While all the Indian bowlers have been pulverised at the hands of Smith, India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels the former Aussie captain will succumb to a spin-heavy attack. In an interview with India Today, Harbhajan reasoned that Steve Smith likes the ball coming on to his bat, and asked for Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav to bowl at the former Aussie skipper in tandem. Steve Smith demolished India in the opening two ODIs, smashing 6 sixes and 25 boundaries and racking up 209 runs in the process....
The 32-year-old will be heading back to India after playing the first Test at Adelaide on paternity leave. Although Sachin Tendulkar understands that Kohli’s shoes are too big to fill, he is also of the opinion that the Men in Blue have enough depth in their batting to make up for his absence. The Little Master reckons that India have some highly-talented batsmen who are capable enough to collectively post huge totals against Australia....
The injuries to David Warner and Will Pucovski, combined with the terrible form of Joe Burns, have presented a headache for Australia regarding the opening slot. David Warner had torn his adductor muscle while fielding in the second ODI against India. He missed the rest of the limited-overs leg and has now been officially ruled out of the first Test. Meanwhile, the 22-year-old Will Pucovski suffered the ninth concussion of his career, getting hit by a vicious bouncer from Kartik Tyagi during Australia A’s three-day game against India A....
After a horrid IPL season with the bat, Glenn Maxwell turned things around in all the 3 ODI matches for the Australian team. He finished as the fifth-highest run-scorer in the series with 167 runs at an astonishing strike rate of 194.19, which included two half-centuries. Aaron Finch (249 runs) and Steve Smith (216 runs) finished as the top two run-getters in the ODI series. The managemet will hope that the trio continues their run-scoring form and leads the inexperienced batting unit towards success....
Making his ODI debut at Canberra, Natarajan picked up two wickets and helped India beat Australia to avoid a 3-0 one-day series whitewash. He continued his rich vein of form in the T20I series as well, picking up six wickets from three games and helping the Men in Blue win the series 2-1. Khaleel Ahmed was impressed with the way Natarajan restricted the run-scoring of the Australian batsmen, especially at the death....
In response to Australia’s first-innings total of 338, Rohit Sharma added 70 runs for the opening wicket with Shubman Gill before perishing for 26 off 77 balls when he chipping one straight back at Josh Hazlewood. Shubman Gill, on the other hand, went on to register his maiden Test fifty in only his third innings. However, he fell soon after for 50 off 101 when he nicked Pat Cummins straight to gully....
Steve Smith now has eight Test tons against India, the same as three other legends - Sir Gary Sobers, Sir Viv Richards and Ricky Ponting. Among the four in the list, Steve Smith has got to eight Test tons against India in the quickest time. The Aussie middle-order batsman has taken 25 innings to reach the landmark. Sobers got there in 30 innings, Richards needed 41 and Ponting 51....
The 33-year-old, who is often criticized for his low strike rate, proved why he is an asset to the Indian team in the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Besides scoring three half-centuries in the series, he also played out 928 balls, the most by any batsmen from the two teams. Pujara, who wore down the Australian quicks, was also the second-highest run-scorer for the visitors, amassing 271 runs. In a video on his YouTube channel, Brad Hogg explained that he expects nothing different from the resilient right-handed batsman against England....
Both teams have named strong playing XIs, and to make a combined XI from these two teams is a difficult task. With world-class batsmen and fast bowlers on either side, places in the combined XI are spoilt for choice. India’s playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah England’s playing XI: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Daniel Lawrence, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler(w), Dominic Bess, Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, James Anderson...
Justin Langer saw his team win the pink-ball Test in Adelaide in emphatic fashion, where Australia beat India by eight wickets inside three days. However, the visitors made a roaring comeback in the Boxing Day Test, beating Australia by eight wickets at the MCG to restore parity. Speaking to ANI in a virtual press conference on Tuesday, Justin Langer provided his views on the closely-fought nature of the India-Australia series, saying in this regard:...
