The India women’s hockey team enjoyed a 1-0 victory over Australia in the fifth and final game of its Australia tour at the Perth Hockey Stadium on Sunday. Navneet Kaur (21’) scored the only goal of the match to ensure India ended the series on a strong note. In the first quarter, Australia dominated and … Read more
India 267 for 6 (Kohli 84, Iyer 45, Rahul 42*, Ellis 2-49, Zampa 2-60) beat Australia 264 (Smith 73, Carey 61, Shami 3-48, Jadeja 2-40, Varun 2-49) by five wickets Dubai will host the final of the Champions Trophy, and India will be in it, after proving their edge over a weakened Australia side in … Read more
Australia will take on India in the first semifinal of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The two-time champion made it to the last-four stage despite two of its three group-stage matches being abandoned due to rain, and the Steve Smith-led side will have its task cut … Read more
India is set to face Australia in the semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The Men in Blue will be bidding for their third title, after emerging victorious in the 2002 and 2013 editions of the tournament. This will be India’s sixth Champions Trophy semifinal appearance, … Read more
The ball found Kohli’s outside edge eight times during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia. | Photo Credit: SATISH ACHARYA The ball found Kohli’s outside edge eight times during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia. | Photo Credit: SATISH ACHARYA
The ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) season will be bolstered by the inclusion of some of the members of the Australian Test team, which recently beat India 3-1 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Sean Abbott (Sydney Sixers), Alex Carey (Adelaide Strikers), Sam Konstas (Sydney Thunder), Mitchell Marsh (Perth Scorchers), Jhye Richardson (Perth Scorchers) and Beau Websters … Read more
Late on Sunday night, Mitchell Starc and some of his teammates got into a sports utility vehicle and left the Sydney Cricket Ground. The celebrations in the Australian dressing room stretched long and spilled onto the turf. Some ambled near the ropes and a few went close to the pitch. Reclaiming the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after … Read more
India head coach Gautam Gambhir issued a strong response to his Australian counterpart’s claim that the visitors had intimidated 19-year-old Sam Konstas on the opening day of the fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. “It’s a tough sport played by tough men. You can’t be that soft. As simple as it can get. I … Read more
Sam Konstas has the shots and the words. The last attribute at times does land him in a soup. During Australia’s first innings in the fifth Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the opener exchanged words with Jasprit Bumrah, who was complaining about Usman Khawaja ‘wasting time’ before close of play. The Indian spearhead … Read more
Australia 181 (Webster 57, Smith 33, Prasidh 3-42, Siraj 3-51, Bumrah 2-33) and 162 for 4 (Khawaja 41, Webster 39*, Prasidh 3-65) beat India 185 (Pant 40, Boland 4-31, Starc 3-49) and 157 (Pant 61, Boland 6-45, Cummins 3-44) by six wickets Australia regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, a silverware that had previously eluded them for … Read more