Month: January 2016

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli helped India post a 180-plus total against Australia on Tuesday. © AP Adelaide: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni extolled his bowlers for keeping the Australian batsmen under check as they outplayed the hosts to win the first Twenty20I comfortably, here on Tuesday. (After Virat Kohli’s Brilliant 90, Spinners Help India Clinch Adelaide Twenty20 vs Australia) India bundled out Australia for 151 while defending a…

Toss Australia chose to field v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:17 Australia’s batting bench-strength very healthy – Finch Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to chase, sending India in to bat in the first Twenty20 international at Adelaide Oval. Both teams named debutants, with batsman Travis Head included for his first match for Australia and India including allrounder Hardik Pandya and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah for their…

The Feroz Shah Kotla last hosted India-South Africa Test match in December. © BCCI New Delhi: The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has decided to move court to get requisite compliance certificates which are mandatory for hosting the Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka at the Feroz Shah Kotla on February 12. (India to Play Three-Match Twenty20 Series vs Sri Lanka at Home) Accordingly, DDCA has intimated the Boar of…

India beat Australia by 37 runs in the first Twenty20 to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. © AFP India romped home to a 37-run win over Australia in the first Twenty20 International thanks to some impressive bowling and a Virat Kohli blitzkrieg. Praising the performance of the visitors, former captain Sunil Gavaskar said that India look like favourites to win the World Twenty20 at home, starting March…

India B captain Unmukt Chand’s 63-run innings included eight fours. © BCCI Kanpur: India B captain Unmukt Chand scored a half-century to steer his team to a seven-run win over Gujarat and make the final of the Deodhar Trophy here on Tuesday. (Ambati Rayudu, Unmukt Chand to Lead India ‘A’ and ‘B’ in Deodhar Trophy) Put into bat, India B scored 280 for eight with Chand (63), Suryakumar Yadav (47)…

Virat Kohli notched up his 10th fifty and his first against Australia in Adelaide. © AP Adelaide: Australia skipper Aaron Finch praised India’s star batsman Virat Kohli for his superb unbeaten innings which guided the visitors to a comfortable 37-run victory in the first of the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket series at the Adelaide Oval here on Tuesday (Match Report | Scorecard | Highlights) Kohli remained unbeaten on 90…