An India – Australia ODI series after the Test series marred by pitch doctoring controversy, was expected to be a high scoring one on flat pitches. But the pitches on all three venues offered some support for the bowlers and made the contest enjoyable. The absence of Cummins turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the Australians and they fielded a set of enthusiastic ODI specialists, and their body language was incredibly positive. On the other hand, India fielded the same Test team with very few changes, and they looked lethargic. Image Credit : Royal Challengers Though India started in ..read more

IND Vs AUS ODI series review: And the invincible run finally comes to a shuddering halt. After a frankly ludicrous run of 26 consecutive home series victories, India finally tasted defeat on home soil against a professional Aussie side who took care of business in a game they had no right to be winning. The win also marks the first time Australia won a series against India in India, way back in 2019. While not taking away any credit from the Aussies in the way they performed after that capitulation at the Wankhede, the Indian side will be pretty disappointed with the way they let the deciding ..read more

IND Vs AUS 2023: India in Tests have been a behemoth in the last half a decade. While their dominance at home has never been under question at any point, they have added a layer of further nous in their caps by going and being a force to reckon overseas as well, which was evident in their back to back series wins vs Australia in Australia. They almost got the better of England in England as well. While it has been plain sailing so far, the side under the leadership of Rohit Sharma has shown signs of fallibility. They are not the infallible force they used to be. And with the recent hammering t ..read more

He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword – This phrase summed up the Indian debacle in the third Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 at Indore. Yet another three-day Test match saddened the Test match enthusiasts. Photo: PTI /Ravi Choudhary Losing the toss, two umpiring errors in the first over which were not reviewed, Australians got all wrong at the start of this Test match under the stand in captain Smith. But the early introduction of spin turned the fortunes. Rohith Sharma failed to capitalize on the slice of luck he had in the first over and got stumped in his effort to dominate ..read more

Modified action replay of the first Test at Nagpur – This is how the second Test between India and Australia at Delhi can be summarised. Australia won the toss and batted, Ravindra Jadeja became the Man of the Match, Australia collapsed in one session in the second innings, Test ended in 3 days, those looking for similarities can find many. Pujara made his hundredth Test match, a memorable one by scoring the winning runs. Image Credit : PTI Usman Khawaja’s positive start gave hopes to those who were expecting Australians to bounce back in this Test match, but the unsung hero of the first Test ..read more

“We lost because we told ourselves we lost.” – Leo Tolstoy. For those wondering how the visiting Australians were vanquished by the Indians in two and a half days in the first Test in Nagpur, this quote said everything. Australians arrived in India with a negative mindset and their diffidence was written all over in their decision to avoid practise matches in India (https://kricketwicket.com/avoiding-practice-matches-in-india-a-psychological-move). Even after batting first after winning the toss, their confused mindset was obvious in the lack of foot work of their openers, Warner and Khawaja ..read more

IND vs AUS 1st Test match review: “You always have a plan until you are punched in the face”. Australia found this the hard way as they slumped to an embarrassing loss by an innings and 132 runs in the first test of the 4-match Border-Gavaskar series against a rampant India. After winning a seemingly crucial toss, Australia stumbled to 177, with Jadeja marking his return to the longest format with a fifer. In return, splendid knocks from skipper Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and a breezy cameo from Mohammed Shami took India to a commanding 400 with a seemingly impenetrable 223-run ..read more

Test cricket is the ultimate test of prowess for any cricketer and establishing superiority in a Test series is paramount to any Test playing nation and that made preparation for a Test series conspicuous and attracted media attention. Ashes series was always considered as the best Test series in the world but ever since the Australian juggernaut’s dream run was stopped by the Indians under Saurav Ganguly aided by the memorable performances of Harbhajan Singh, Laxman and Dravid in 2001, India vs Australia Test series started grabbing more media attention. Image Credits: Republic World Australi ..read more

Another series against New Zealand at home, and another win for Team India against a side who just do not seem to crack it in Indian conditions. While their win in the first game raised hopes of a long-awaited series win, by the third game it remained what it was- a pipe dream. India took care of business and emerged victorious in a dominant manner which sees them undertake their transition from an experienced and conservative unite to a side that is young and aggressive. With that being said let us look at the talking points of the recently concluded IND vs NZ T20I se ..read more

Team India dominated to win another bilateral series at home again after a thumping in over the Kiwis at Raipur. After white washing Sri Lanka in the ODI series last week, Rohit Sharma’s men continued their winning run against the second ranked ODI team in ICC table. It was totally one-sided against a team that didn’t feature the likes of Kane Williamson and Tim Southee. This made things rather easy for the home side that are on a roll. Plenty of positives to look at after this series win for Team India –  Another double ‘Centurian’ in the ranks Shubman Gill became the youngest ever playe ..read more