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
Australian batter Steve Smith has described the elusive 10,000-run mark in Tests as a “different beast” after falling just one run short of touching it at his home ground of Sydney in the fifth and final game against India during which the milestone weighed heavily on his mind. Smith needed 38 runs to achieve the … 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 ball cannoned into the billboards, and with that, a southern summer of cricket found its concluding note under the skies Down Under. Beau Webster had just essayed a lofted drive off Washington Sundar to seize the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 5. Pat Cummins and his men … 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
A wide grin plastered on his face, Pat Cummins strode into the press-conference hall at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Sunday. Looking at the just concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, the Australian captain said: “It is a huge win. I felt it was kind of see-sawing throughout the whole series, so to finish it at … 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
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
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