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“Lot Of Rubbish Being Spoken…”: Australia Great On Talks Regarding Indian Pitches For Border-Gavaskar Trophy | Cricket News
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“Lot Of Rubbish Being Spoken…”: Australia Great On Talks Regarding Indian Pitches For Border-Gavaskar Trophy | Cricket News

[ad_1] File image of the Indian Test team© AFPAhead of the four-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy, former Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy made a controversial comment. He had said that if India offer 'fair pitch' in which there is consistent spin, without the ball "jumping ridiculously and sliding down low from day one", then Australian will end up on the winning side. Commenting on the same Ashwin, on his YouTube channel said: "The support staff might have given their opinion, but Ian Healy's quote has set a spark with this take. It's Border-Gavaskar Trophy guys. So we need this spark, right? (The) banters will keep coming from the Australian camp for sure."On being asked the question about pitches in the India-Australia contest, former India coach ravi Shastri said that he wants rank turner...
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“No One Can Replace…”: Ex Australia Skipper’s Verdict On Rishabh Pant’s Absence In Test Series | Cricket News
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“No One Can Replace…”: Ex Australia Skipper’s Verdict On Rishabh Pant’s Absence In Test Series | Cricket News

[ad_1] Rishabh Pant will miss the Test series against Australia due to injury© AFPFormer Australian cricket team skipper Ian Chappell believes that India may find it difficult to score freely in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Test series due to the absence of Rishabh Pant. Pant was one of the top performers for India when they defeated Australia back in 2021 and it is mainly due to his aggressive gameplay against the pacers. However, the wicket-keeper batsman will not be available for the series starting on February 9 after he was injured in a road accident. In his absence, KS Bharat is expected to keep wickets for the hosts while Ishan Kishan was included in the squad as a back-up."India also have some points to prove, not the least to do with how Pant's replacement performs. The main thi...
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David Warner Exposed CA’s Tendencies For Back-Side Protecting: Ian Chappell | Cricket News
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David Warner Exposed CA’s Tendencies For Back-Side Protecting: Ian Chappell | Cricket News

[ad_1] New Delhi:Cricket Australia has never protected the interest of the players and David Warner's outburst on captaincy ban has exposed the authorities' "tendencies for back-side protecting", feels the legendary Ian Chappell. Warner on Wednesday withdrew the bid to overturn his lifetime captaincy ban, saying the review panel wanted him to go through "public lynching" and he is not prepared to let his family be the "washing machine for cricket's dirty laundry". Chappell became the latest to come out in support of Warner after former skipper Michael Clarke too lashed out at CA for their lopsided review of his leadership ban and making the lefthander a scapegoat in the 2018 sandpaper scandal."I couldn't be happier that David Warner told Cricket Australia the equivalent of "go and get st...
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What Ian Chappell Said About Ben Stokes’ Success In T20 World Cup | Cricket News
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What Ian Chappell Said About Ben Stokes’ Success In T20 World Cup | Cricket News

[ad_1] Former Australian captain Ian Chappell feels Ben Stokes the Test captain has plenty to learn from his match-winning performances in the T20 World Cup. Stokes showed his big match prowess once again with a fighting unbeaten half-century in the T20 World Cup final against Pakistan. His innings in the 2019 ODI World Cup final and the Ashes Test in the same year have become part of cricketing folklore.In his column for ESPNcricinfo, Chappell wrote what Stokes the captain as well as the batter can learn from his recent T20 success."Stokes has an enviable record of performing at his best when the stakes are highest. He has done it in crucial Tests and one-day matches and now he has achieved that remarkable feat in T20 cricket. It's no wonder England captain Jos Buttler demanded his pres...
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“Still Can’t Work Out How He Hit That”: Australia Great On Virat Kohli’s Six Off Haris Rauf | Cricket News
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“Still Can’t Work Out How He Hit That”: Australia Great On Virat Kohli’s Six Off Haris Rauf | Cricket News

[ad_1] Four T20 World Cup 2022 matches, three half-centuries, and two Player of the Match awards, it has been a stunning show of batting by former India captain Virat Kohli in Australia. The talismanic batter has done wonders whenever he has stepped on the pitch and it isn't just his Indian fans that are going gaga over his performances. Even Australia greats Mark Taylor and Ian Chappell have been full of praise for Kohli, both for the consistency he has shown and some of the shots he has hit in the tournament so far.Virat Kohli arrived in the T20 World Cup with a point to prove, having not done much with the bat over the last couple of years. In his first game, that too against arch-rivals Pakistan, he slammed an unbeaten 82 to help India win a thriller.In the 19th over of India's chase...
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“Picking Dinesh Karthik Ahead Of Rishabh Pant, Ridiculous!”: Australia Legend Criticises India’s Team Selection | Cricket News
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“Picking Dinesh Karthik Ahead Of Rishabh Pant, Ridiculous!”: Australia Legend Criticises India’s Team Selection | Cricket News

[ad_1] Rishabh Pant is yet to play a game in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia© AFPIndia have only one match left in the Super 12 stage of the 2022 T20 World Cup, and there are no signs of the dashing Rishabh Pant yet. The only time he featured in a match was when Dinesh Karthik was injured, during the loss to South Africa, and Pant came in as a substitute wicketkeeper. Karthik hasn't been able to fire as expected in his finisher's role. He hit single digit scores in the three matches where he batted. There has been a growing call by the experts to include Pant in the playing XI, especially with him being the only specialist left-handed batter in the squad.Former Australia captain Ian Chappell is of the same view. During a discussion on Sydney Morning Herald, where he was talking ab...
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“Needs To Rekindle The Magic”: Ex-Australia Captain On Virat Kohli | Cricket News
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“Needs To Rekindle The Magic”: Ex-Australia Captain On Virat Kohli | Cricket News

[ad_1] Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root, Marnus Labuschagne and Babar Azam. These modern-day greats make the experience of watching cricket wholesome and the fans keep on debating on who is the best batter among this lot. Kohli, who was a runaway favourite for being the best batter, suffered a blip in form after November 2019 and he failed to register a single century since then. He finally broke the dry spell in the Asia Cup which was held earlier this year, and that was also his first T20I century.Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has looked at all these players, and he says, "from among these players on their best days, it's hard to surpass the highly competitive Kohli.""Kohli is a fine player with a great stroke range, a highly competitive nature, and a thought...
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