Australian batter Travis Head on Monday backed Virat Kohli to "have his moments in the series" as the Indian superstar continued to dominate talks in the run-up to the five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting in Perth on Friday. Kohli's ordinary returns with the bat this year in Test cricket notwithstanding, the 36-year-old has been …
Australia's assistant coach Daniel Vettori will be leaving his duties mid-way through the opening Test against India here to attend the IPL mega auction over the weekend.The IPL auction will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24-25, clashing with the Perth Test scheduled from November 22.Besides being Australia's assistant coach, the 45-year-old is …
The anticipation is building up for the Border Gavaskar Trophy. At stake for India is pride, and a place in the World Test Championship final. After the setback at home in the Test series against New Zealand, the equation for India to qualify for the WTC final is simple - win four Tests …
File photo of Nathan McSweeney© AFP Nathan McSweeney has been tasked to open on his Australia debut despite not being a specialist in that position but he remains unfazed ahead of his big test in the series opener against India beginning on Friday. McSweeney was picked in the squad for the first Test …
Australia batter Travis Head has extended his support to Rohit Sharma's decision to skip the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be with his wife following the birth of their second child. With Rohit unavailable, pace spearhead and vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah will captain the side. Head backed Rohit's priorities and said he …
Baffled by India's decision to head into the high-profile Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia without a proper warm-up game, former England captain Michael Vaughan has raised concerns about how the tourists would get into a "competitive mindset" without match practice. India decided against playing a match against an Australian domestic side in the run …
Australia batter Travis Head has supported Rohit Sharma's decision to skip the opening Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Sharma is set to skip the opening Test to stay with his wife, who recently gave birth to their second child. Speaking to the press ahead of the first Test match, set to begin on November …
India should go with a specialist batter or a specialist bowler if want to bolster their line-up for the first Test of the much-anticipated Test series in Australia and should refrain from playing Nitish Kumar Reddy, former fast bowler Dodda Ganesh has said. Nitish was picked in the 18-man squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting …
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar feels star India batter Virat Kohli will be extra confident in Australia despite his poor form in recent times. Notably, India and Australia are all set to lock horns in a five-match series beginning from November 22 in Perth. Ahead of the series, there have been widespread concerns around star …
Star all-rounder Mitchell Marsh was seen gearing up for a bowling role as the Australian team hit the nets ahead of the first Test of the much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India. Australian media reported that Marsh bowled a full session at the WACA as the Australian Test team reconvened for the first time since their …
