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Boxing Day Test | ‘Every win is massive but this one feels little bit bigger’: Aussie skipper Pat Cummins thoughts on Melbourne win | Cricket News

Boxing Day Test | ‘Every win is massive but this one feels little bit bigger’: Aussie skipper Pat Cummins thoughts on Melbourne win | Cricket News

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With Australia winning the Boxing Day Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India on Tuesday at MCG, Pat Cummins led Australian team edged an inch closer to a spot in the World Test Championship final. While the hosts have not won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy since 2015, Cummins rates Tuesday’s win as ‘little bit bigger’. “Oh yeah, it’s big, and I think add in the extra layer. You know, we still need another win or so to get into that World Championship final. So you know, every win is massive but this one feels a little bit bigger. So yeah, pretty happy changing room at the moment” Cummins told ABC Sport Grandstand post the win. On the day, which started with Australia starting their second innings at an overnight total of 229 for 9, the hosts finished the innings at 234 setting India a target of 340 runs. At the end, Australia won the match by 184 runs. When asked about Australian team management thoughts last evening about Tuesday morning’s initial hours in play, Cummins shared …

Nitish Kumar Reddy scores maiden International century at MCG | Cricket News

Nitish Kumar Reddy scores maiden International century at MCG | Cricket News

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Nitish Kumar Reddy on Saturday scored his first-ever international century on Day three of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Reddy guided the ball to straight down the ground to complete the maiden Test century. Coming into bat in a pressure situation, Nitish Kumar Reddy played an innings of grit and determination as he reached the three-figure mark in 171  balls. Developing a partnership of over a hundred runs with Washington Sundar in the middle, India made a stand to avoid the follow-on as they were seven wickets down, and also drastically bringing down Australia’s lead. Nitish Kumar Reddy has been by far India’s most consistent batter in the series and the maiden Test century couldn’t have come at a more opportune time and that too at an iconic venue. Nitish Kumar has been in good form this entire series, piling up important runs for the teams when the top order failed to. In the first Test in Perth, Nitish Kumar scored 41 and 38* which was followed by 42 in both …

Nitish Kumar Reddy pulls out Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa’ move at MCG to celebrate his first Test fifty | Cricket News

Nitish Kumar Reddy pulls out Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa’ move at MCG to celebrate his first Test fifty | Cricket News

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Nitish Kumar Reddy reaching his maiden Test half-century with a cracking cover drive of left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc on Day three of Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. As the ball trickled down to the boundary rope, the all-rounder from Visakhapatnam pulled out Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa Raj’ move to celebrate the feat. “𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙟𝙝𝙪𝙠𝙚𝙜𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙝𝙞!” 🔥 The shot, the celebration – everything was perfect as #NitishKumarReddy completed his maiden Test fifty! 👏#AUSvINDOnStar 👉 4th Test, Day 3 | LIVE NOW! | #ToughestRivalry #BorderGavaskarTrophy pic.twitter.com/hupun4pq2N — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) December 28, 2024 Coming into bat in a pressure situation, Nitish Kumar Reddy played an innings of grit and determination as he reached his half-century mark in 81 balls. Developing a partnership with Washington Sundar in the middle, India made a stand to avoid the follow on with seven wickets down. Nitish Kumar has been in good form this entire series, piling up important runs for the teams when the top order failed to. In the first Test in Perth, Nitish Kumar scored 41 and …

‘Was having a heart attack up in the box’: Steve Smith all praises for young Sam Konstas as he showcases grit and confidence | Cricket News

‘Was having a heart attack up in the box’: Steve Smith all praises for young Sam Konstas as he showcases grit and confidence | Cricket News

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It did not take long for Sam Konstas to show what his plan was against Jasprit Bumrah. The teenager had spoken about a plan to deal with India’s pace spearhead at the pre-match press conference. He failed in execution when he tried to ramp Bumrah for the first time on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. But after a few attempts, he started to connect those ramp shots for boundaries which took Bumrah and Indian think-tank by surprise. “He was reverse ramping Bumrah and I was having a heart attack up in the box,” said Steven Smith at the end of second day’s play of the fourth Test. “And then for a kid to have the confidence to start lapping and reverse lapping arguably one of the best bowlers that have played the game, shows some serious confidence in the kid and real courage.” Smith added: “The unusual approach from Konstas negated Bumrah’s threat against the new ball for the Aussies as India had to alter their plans. So, yeah, it sort …

‘4, 6, 4’: Sam Konstas misses ramp shot twice, then gets it right thrice against Jasprit Bumrah in one over | Cricket News

‘4, 6, 4’: Sam Konstas misses ramp shot twice, then gets it right thrice against Jasprit Bumrah in one over | Cricket News

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Call it a exuberance of youth or the modern day batting, Australian debutant Sam Konstas has gone full T20 mode on his Test debut at the Boxing Day against Indian spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. After the 19-year-old missed out on the ramp shot twice early in his innings, he gets it right thrice in one over against Jasprit Bumrah. Konstas hit Bumrah for two boundaries and one six, with the ramp shots, which left commentators Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchirst and Ravi Shastri in disbelief. This is as entertaining as it gets! Debutant Sam Konstas with a wild introduction to Test Cricket.#AUSvINDhttps://t.co/1YTMEnPajw — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 26, 2024 “I cannot believe this,” Mark Waugh said on air. “He has gone all Bazball. “He had said that he has got a plan against Jasprit Bumrah, but didn’t revealed it. This might be his way of taking down Bumrah,” he said. Former India coach said: “He has done well to unsettle Bumrah and so far it has worked for Konstas.” Konstas, 19, will became the youngest player ever to …

Rohit Sharma clarifies his knee is fine, talks about Virat Kohli’s off-stump issues and explains who will bat where | Cricket News

Rohit Sharma clarifies his knee is fine, talks about Virat Kohli’s off-stump issues and explains who will bat where | Cricket News

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Amid the injury scare ahead of the fourth India vs Australia Test in Melbourne Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has declared that his “knee is fine.” Earlier, the 38-year-old got hit on his knee and there were speculations about the seriousness of the injury he has sustained. When the topic of who bats where has come Rohit responded by saying “Let’s not worry about who bats where. Something that we need to figure out and not something I would be discussing here. We will do what is best for the team,” to the press. The Indian captain has been going through a poor run of form in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy. When he missed the opening Test in Perth KL Rahul who was made to open with Yashasvi Jaiswal and in the second innings Rahul delivered a solid 77 which laid the foundation for India scoring a massive second innings total. The performance of KL Rahul meant that Rohit himself has pushed down the order to number six and runs have been hard to come …

Chatter around Sam Konstas debut: A plan for Bumrah which he won’t tell; funny chirps at short-leg which broadcasters will love & Greek Grandma’s cooking | Cricket News

Chatter around Sam Konstas debut: A plan for Bumrah which he won’t tell; funny chirps at short-leg which broadcasters will love & Greek Grandma’s cooking | Cricket News

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An ABC cricket podcast claims Sam Konstas might be set to become the youngest Australian batsman to debut since Ian Craig in 1953. Craig was 17 years 239 days old. Konstas’ exuberance was apparent after his first net session, and he was quoted as saying by Fox Cricket, “I think for me, what an amazing opportunity at my age. Pat Cummins and the group have welcomed me in, so it feels like a family. It’s been awesome, a dream come true, and hopefully I get to represent my country.” His teammate Sean Abbott told Fox that Konstas would be a broadcasters delight with his chirping at short leg, where traditionally the youngest team members get posted. Abbott said, “I really enjoyed my time with him in the Shield game here a couple of weeks ago. What I will say is if he gets the chance to play, turn up the stump mikes when he’s at short leg (because) he’s got some good bants. He’s a funny, funny young kid, and I’m looking forward to seeing …

‘Very tough call’: Mark Waugh and Michael Hussey share their thoughts on the axing Nathan McSweeney before Boxing Day | Cricket News

‘Very tough call’: Mark Waugh and Michael Hussey share their thoughts on the axing Nathan McSweeney before Boxing Day | Cricket News

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The inclusion of Sam Konstas in the Australian side, having replaced opener Nathan McSweeney, has been on the minds of every one. The inclusion of Konstas has had contrasting views amongst former cricketers, Mark Vaugh and Michael Hussey as the former believes that it was imperative to drop Nathan McSweeney and go for a more aggressive option, given that the top order has not produced desired results. Hussey, on the other hand, was of the belief that dropping McSweeney was a “very tough call,” ahead of the Boxing Day Test. Waugh is certain that Sam Konstas will be set to open for Australia, with the thought process that a positive strokeplay is required at the top. “He’ll open, I reckon he’s a certainty to open,” Waugh said on Fox Cricket. “I think they’ve selected him with the thought process that they need a bit more positive stroke play at the top of the order, particularly with Usman and Marnus struggling slightly. “Nathan McSweeney wasn’t scoring either. So I think the young, more aggressive player will …

Chatter around Sam Konstas debut: A plan for Bumrah which he won’t tell; funny chirps at short-leg which broadcasters will love & Greek Grandma’s cooking | Cricket News

Simon Katich’s advice for Sam Konstas on how to tackle Jasprit Bumrah at MCG: ‘Try and rotate the strike’ | Cricket News

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The top three of the Australian batting line-up have seemed to find it difficult to get going against Jasprit Bumrah this Border Gavaskar Trophy series. With Nathan McSweeney being dropped and teenager Sam Konstas being named as his replacement, former Australian batter Simon Katich spoke of what intent needs to be shown by the batsmen, especially by Sam Kosntas. “I know all the talk is around having more positive intent, and I think that’s all well and good and it is certainly something they have to be mindful of,” said Simon Katich on a podcast with Sen 1116, ahead of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. “But against someone like Bumrah intent is not about just blazing him for fours, because he doesn’t bowl many bad balls. So a lot of that intent has to be about rotating strike and being able to defend really well, because you’re not gonna be able to play with any intent if you aren’t there after the tenth over,” “That’s the challenge for all of these guys” Talking about …

Border Gavaskar Trophy: India single-handedly kept in series by Jasprit Bumrah, says Ravi Shastri | Cricket News

Border Gavaskar Trophy: India single-handedly kept in series by Jasprit Bumrah, says Ravi Shastri | Cricket News

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Ravi Shastri believes that Jasprit Bumrah has single-handedly managed to keep India alive in the Border Gavaskar Trophy and thinks that India’s big guns will finally start firing in Melbourne and Sydney and that Australia have a ‘problem on their hands’. Speaking to the ICC Review, Shastri said that the fight that India showed in Adelaide to avoid the follow on would be a big boost to the team as the series headed to Melbourne. Celebrations in the dressing room when Akash Deep cut the ball for four surprised many, but the psychological boost of avoiding a defeat at Adelaide would spur India, according to the former Indian head coach. “It’ll lift the Indian team. And for me, the series is on a level peg now and India might just be calling the shots. Massive. They would give anything for a 1-1 result. The first Test was in Perth, the second Test a day-nighter in Adelaide, and then the third Test was in Brisbane. Any overseas team will, you know, settle for a 1-1 score …