Play resumed after a brief rain interruption on the opening day of the third cricket Test between India and Australia here on Saturday. Australia were 19/0 in 5.3 overs when rain stopped play. Invited to bat, Usman Khawaja (13 not out) and Nathan McSweeney (2 not out ) survived the first 25 minutes, during which neither Jasprit Bumrah (0/6 from 3 overs) nor Mohammed Siraj (0/9 from 2.3 overs) managed to bowl consistently good lines, despite hitting the right length. Also Read: Indians must 'run' hard The line was more drifting towards the pads which made it easier to survive the initial spell without fuss. India have made a couple of changes, bringing in Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja in place of rookie pacer Harshit Rana and veteran off-spinner R Ashwin. Brief Score: Australia 19 for no loss in 5.3 overs (Usman Khawaja 13 not out; Jasprit Bumrah 0/6). There is forecast of intermittent rain on day one at the Gabba. The five-match series is locked in at 1-1. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
14 December,2024 06:54 AM IST | Brisbane | PTIAjinkya Rahane continued his T20 re-invention with a brutal 98 that carried Mumbai to a six-wicket victory over Baroda and into the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Friday. Mumbai bowlers chipped away at regular intervals as Baroda were restricted to 158-7, and Rahane’s blistering knock off 56 balls (11x4, 5x6) took his team to 164-4 in 17.2 overs in the first semi-final. Mumbai will face the winner of the second semi-final between Delhi and Madhya Pradesh in the final on Sunday. It was quite remarkable to see Rahane, a batsman of classic mould, playing like a T20 thoroughbred and the right-hander brought up his fifty in 29 balls with a massive six over mid-wicket off pacer Hardik Pandya. After the early departure of Prithvi Shaw (8), who scooped Hardik to Atit Sheth in the circle, Rahane and skipper Shreyas Iyer (46, 30b, 4x4, 3x6) added 78 runs for the second wicket in just nine overs. Earlier, Mumbai bowlers were on the money right through the innings while exploiting some early movement on a damp day. Later in the day, Skipper Rajat Patidar led from the front with a scintillating unbeaten fifty as Madhya Pradesh trashed former champions Delhi by seven wickets to storm into their first final in 13 years. Opting to field, Madhya Pradesh’s bowlers put up a clinical performance, with all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer (2-12) leading the charge by taking two wickets to restrict Delhi, the 2018 winners, to a modest 146-5. In reply, MP overhauled the target in 15.4 overs with Patidar top-scoring with a 29-ball 66 not out, which included four fours and six sixes. Brief scoresBaroda 158-7 in 20 overs (S Sharma 36*, S Rawat 33, K Pandya 30; S Shedge 2-11) lost to Mumbai 164-4 in 17.2 overs (A Rahane 98, S Iyer 46) by six wickets This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
14 December,2024 06:35 AM IST | Bangalore | PTIFive-time champions Mumbai Indians have appointed Carl Hopkinson as their new fielding coach ahead of IPL 2025, said the franchise on Friday. Hopkinson replaces James Pamment, who was MI’s fielding coach for seven years. Pamment, a native of New Zealand, was a part of MI’s back-to-back title wins in 2019 and 2020. “We would like to thank him and wish him all the best for his future endeavours,” the franchise said in a statement. Hopkinson recently finished his stint as England’s long-standing fielding coach, a role which he took up in 2018. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
14 December,2024 06:34 AM IST | Mumbai | IANSThe West Indies wrapped up a clean sweep of their one-day international series with Bangladesh on Thursday as Amir Jangoo became just the second West Indian to score a hundred on ODI debut. The hosts slipped to 234-6 chasing 322 to win the third and final match in St Kitts, but Jangoo guided them to a four-wicket victory with a sublime 104 not out off only 83 balls. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
14 December,2024 06:33 AM IST | Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis) | AFPRookie cricketers Pratika Rawal and Tanuja Kanwer on Friday received maiden ODI call-ups, while all-rounder Raghvi Bist was also included in the India T20 squad for the six-match women’s white-ball series against West Indies. The series will begin with three T20Is at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on December 15, 17 and 19, and followed by ODIs in Vadodara on December 22, 24 and 27. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
14 December,2024 06:32 AM IST | Mumbai | PTIAustralian captain Pat Cummins has promised to inundate Indian batters with bouncers at “some point” of the third Test starting here on Saturday after employing the strategy with telling effect in the second game in Adelaide. The Australian quicks, particularly Cummins, tormented the India batters with grunt balls in both the innings during the pink ball Test that Australia eventually won by 10 wickets to level the five-match series 1-1. Pat Cummins “Yeah, potentially. It worked out in the Adelaide Test. It’s always in the back of your mind as a bit of a Plan B,” Cummins told the media in his pre-match press meet.“If it’s something really uncomfortable, you’re likely to take a look at it and come to a Plan A. It worked in Adelaide, so I’m sure we’ll give it a shot at some point [in the third Test],” he added. Cummins was also chuffed with the way the Australian batters embraced the unique challenge of facing Jasprit Bumrah after succumbing to the talismanic Indian pacer in the first Test at Perth. “Yeah, that’s right. The professional players that we are, obviously, we’ll be ready for it. The guys always relish who they come up against, whatever the conditions are,” he said. “Look, going to India and seeing a spinning wicket... for someone like Smithy [Steve Smith], he loves that challenge where it is really difficult to bat on. Those conversations, they’re always up for it and exciting for the next round,” he noted. Ace batter Smith is yet to fire in the series, but Cummins was confident that the former skipper would return to his run-making ways sooner than later. “He’s looking fantastic in the nets. Just looking really sharp, looking like he’s got plenty of time, doing all the right things like he always does. “So, I am sure he’ll get scores, just around the corner. Obviously, a big leader around the group, and he’s been awesome. So, really hoping he gets a good result,” he said. Also Read: Indians must 'run' hard Hazlewood replaces Boland in Australia XI Australian captain Pat Cummins on Friday announced that pacer Josh Hazlewood will replace Scott Boland in his playing XI for the third Test against India after having recovered from a side strain. The injury had forced Hazlewood to sit out of the pink ball Test in Adelaide last week. Cummins exuded confidence that Hazlewood would pull through the match without any hiccups. “He had a really good bowl yesterday, he had another bowl in Adelaide a couple of days previously. Him and the medical team are really confident,” Cummins said. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
14 December,2024 06:32 AM IST | Brisbane | PTIIndia’s young batting star Shubman Gill won’t forget Friday’s nets session at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in a hurry. His stumps were uprooted twice by a net bowler called Nathan Branwell, who hails from Surrey, England. Also Read: Indians must 'run' hard Branwell earned the appreciation of India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel. “I am currently here to practise with the Queensland team. It’s the off-season in England, so this is a good city for advanced training. We train at the Gabba. Team India needed net bowlers, so Morne Morkel contacted me. He too played for Surrey,” said Branwell, who has played one first-class match and eight List A games for the county. The resident of South London was part of the England U-19 team too. “It was enjoyable bowling to such a big batsman. I am learning many new things and I applied this in the nets against an international player. Shubman is a very smart batsman. He certainly looked a bit wobbly against my deliveries, but his confidence is remarkable. This was an excellent practice session for me, and I hope to play against him someday,” remarked Branwell.
14 December,2024 06:31 AM IST | Brisbane | Amit ShahIndia batter Shubman Gill says the need to put up a big first innings total has been the talking point among his team’s batters ahead of the third Test against Australia and each one of them has devised a plan to make it happen at the Gabba. Gill didn’t play the first Test due to a finger injury, but looked good in his brief innings of 31 and 28 during the pink ball Test in Adelaide which India lost by 10 wickets. “As a batting group, we are looking to post a big total first up. That’s been the key discussion and every batter has his own game plan,” Gill said in the pre-match press conference. Also Read: Indians must 'run' hard India have had at least six scores of 150 or less in recent times and Gill admitted that the piece of stat isn’t lost upon the batting group. He said it is now a three-match series for his side. “Adelaide Test, we didn’t do well, but the series is still 1-1. We will treat it as a three-match Test series and if we win this one, we will have an advantage going into Melbourne and Sydney,” Gill said. Skipper Rohit Sharma didn’t come for the optional training session. Recently, Sunil Gavaskar had criticised out-of-form players for not turning up in optional net sessions despite having enough breaks in between matches. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
14 December,2024 06:29 AM IST | Brisbane | PTIJasprit Bumrah embodies the qualities of pace legends such as Dennis Lillee, Andy Roberts and Richard Hadlee but at the same time is forging his own legacy, one that is set to inspire future generations of pacemen, feels former India coach Greg Chappell. Also Read: Indians must 'run' hard He also said that Bumrah is the only player standing between Australia and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. “What sets Bumrah apart is his combination of skills: [Malcolm] Marshall’s adaptability, Lillee’s aggression, Richard Hadlee’s control, Roberts’ strategy, Wasim [Akram] and Waqar’s [Younis] reverse swing, [Glenn] McGrath’s precision, [Dale] Steyn’s explosiveness, and [Kagiso] Rabada’s modern versatility. “As Nasser Hussain aptly observed, ‘He’s the complete bowler’. As he has had back surgery already, it is not certain he will have a long career, but if he does, his name will be mentioned in the same breath as the champions above,” Chappell wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
14 December,2024 06:27 AM IST | Sydney | PTIThe middle day of a Test match is considered the moving day, though in this series, by the time of Day Three, the outcome has been a foregone conclusion. By extension, the middle Test of a five-match series, especially one beautifully balanced at 1-1, is of vital significance for obvious reasons. That’s precisely why the third Test, beginning at the hallowed Gabba here on Saturday, assumes greater importance than normal. With everything to play for, Australia and India will leave no stone unturned in their bid to grab the advantage, the momentum with the hosts and the pressure on the visitors to respond in kind after their 10-wicket loss in Adelaide. Lack of runs All the problems seemed to be concentrated in India’s basket, like they had been in Australia’s after the unexpected 295-run reversal in Perth. Most of those problems revolve around their batting — the lack of runs all season of skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli’s vulnerability outside off and where Rohit should bat. Having slipped down to No. 6 for the first time since 2018, Rohit didn’t have a fruitful pink ball outing. That KL Rahul, to whom Rohit surrendered his opening role, didn’t fire either has renewed calls for the captain to revert to the top of the order because that’s where, in the last five years, he has enjoyed great success. From the outside, that would suggest uncertainty, but within the changing-room, there is clarity on what the way forward is. India will be hoping that clarity spills over to the field as well, and that the malaise of first-innings underachieving, which has manifested itself in four defeats in their last five Tests, is emphatically put to bed at the venue of one of India’s greatest Test victories, in January 2021. Should Washington Sundar nudge back ahead of R Ashwin in the spin-bowling all-rounder stakes, India will be served by four members who were part of that epochal three-wicket triumph. Shubman Gill with 91 and Rishabh Pant with an unbeaten 89 were the principal protagonists in the successful chase of 329 at a ground where the Aussies hadn’t been vanquished since 1988, and they will look to feed off those heroics with India desperately seeking top-order runs. Harshit Rana has been under the scrutiny after going for plenty, mainly to the explosive Travis Head, in Adelaide. Akash Deep, who made a strong start to his Test career earlier this year, is fancied to feature in the XI if India look beyond Rana. It might be unfair on the youngster if he is dropped after one poor game, but that’s how it goes in the world of competitive sport. Oz in much better space Australia are in a much better space, more so with Josh Hazlewood back fit and firing. His replacement, Scott Boland, had a very good Adelaide outing, but like many Indian spinners who could only look on helplessly during the era of the great quartet, Australia’s support pacers have little option, but to bide their time in the age of the Mitchell Starc-Pat Cummins-Hazlewood hegemony. Marnus Labuschagne’s feisty 64 has eased some of Australia’s batting crease lines. Their summer will take on an even more sunny hue if former captain Steve Smith too could find some runs. 7No. of Test matches India have played in Brisbane. They won one, lost five, while one ended in a draw
14 December,2024 06:27 AM IST | Brisbane | R KaushikIndia captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field against Australia in the third Test here on Saturday. India have made a couple of changes with Harshit Rana and R Ashwin making way for Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja respectively. Also read: At Gabba with hope! For Australia, Josh Hazlewood, who has recovered from his side injury, returns to the playing XI in place of Scott Boland. "Little bit overcast and little bit of grass, looks a bit soft as well, want to make best use of the conditions. It will get better to bat as it goes on," Rohit said at the toss. "Big game for us here, we'll do what is expected of us. We'll play good cricket, we understand we have to capture some moments, we didn't do that in the previous game which is why we lost," he added. The five-match series is locked in at 1-1. Teams:Australia: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
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