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Border-Gavaskar Trophy in numbers: 8,37,879 people attended the five-match Test series | Cricket News

Border-Gavaskar Trophy in numbers: 8,37,879 people attended the five-match Test series | Cricket News

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A total of 8,37,879 people attended the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the Cricket Australia said in a statement. The five-match Test series between Australia and India also had the fourth most highest crowd and it was also registered the most number of crowd for any non-Ashes series. “Congratulations to the Australian and Indian teams on producing one of the most fiercely contested and captivating Test series in Australian cricket history and to Pat Cummins and his team on winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in ten years,” said Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia Chief Executive. “We knew this would be an extraordinary series but the size of the crowds, viewing audiences and the digital engagement across all CA channels has exceeded our highest expectations. India’s Ravindra Jadeja, third right, celebrates with teammates after the wicket of Australia’s Sam Konstas during play on the first day of the fourth cricket test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia. (AP) “This series produced lifetime memories for the fans watching in packed stadiums or on …

How Ashwin remained a committed cricketer and a team man till his sudden and surprising exit

How Ashwin remained a committed cricketer and a team man till his sudden and surprising exit

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R Ashwin stood at the end of the corridor outside the press conference room after the rain-impacted third Test had ended in a draw. Captain Rohit Sharma was walking just ahead of him, gesturing to the waiting journalists. “Sab pata chalega abhi, milega! (Everything will be known now)”. The Indian captain would say that with a laugh, perhaps in reference to the buzz in the press box and social media about the possible retirement of a “big player”. Behind Rohit, Ashwin seemed to be calming himself before his big announcement. He took a deep breath, composed himself and entered the press conference room. Just a short while back, he had been enveloped with an emotional hug by Virat Kohli. Ashwin would remarkably try his best to shrug-off the emotions as he sat next to Rohit in front of cameras. He was also being witty. Then the penny dropped when he said “this is my last day … I had a lot of fun. I must say I’ve created a lot of memories alongside Rohit and …

India’s Rohit headache: Is it age or technique? Will there be a revival or terminal decline? | Cricket News

India’s Rohit headache: Is it age or technique? Will there be a revival or terminal decline? | Cricket News

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Of late, Rohit Sharma the batsman has had the demeanour of a mumbler in a loud bazaar. Tentative, hesitant, unsure. He seems to be prodding at something, something alive and dangerous that could explode on him. At his best, Rohit the cricketer came across as a guy who took what he was doing really seriously, but never took himself seriously. He had that wonderful nonchalance, yet intensity to set and dictate the tempo for his team. It can perhaps be seen as an overreach, even a cliche, but there does seem a wariness, if not weariness, in his visage these days. Definitely the former as a batsman, and the latter as a captain on field. It’s not the leadership but the batting that’s his main worry. In the 2011-12 tour of Australia, a parallel of sorts was seen in Rahul Dravid. He had started well in the first Test, but slowly he kept getting bowled. There were a few murmurs then from a few experts about how it could be something to do with the …

Watch: Steve Smith drops a shocker at second slip | Cricket News

Watch: Steve Smith drops a shocker at second slip | Cricket News

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First ball of the fourth day and Steve Smith dropped a dolly at the second slip, giving a reprieve to KL Rahul, who has been India’s best batter so far in this Test. Follow India vs Australia Day 4 Live It was a shocker from Steve Smith. Pat Cummins induced a thick edge and Smith couldn’t hold on to it. KL Rahul tapped his head in surprise as he also couldn’t believe his luck. First ball of the day and dropped!#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/lY8cdsN5Wo — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 16, 2024 Former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist said on air: “Steve Smith quite unbelievable.” Gilchrist fellow commentator and former India coach Ravi Shastri said: “What an opportunity this is. First ball, bounce, outside edge and he will take it nine out of 10 times. It was just hitting the hard part of the palm.” What happened on Day 3 Australia only got to bowl 17 overs at India on another rain affected day in the third cricket test but it was enough for its pace attack to dismantle India’s …

‘We hold a few more cards than they do’ : Mitchell Starc on chances of his team enforcing follow-on against India at Gabba | Cricket News

‘We hold a few more cards than they do’ : Mitchell Starc on chances of his team enforcing follow-on against India at Gabba | Cricket News

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With his team posting a first innings’ total of 445 and India struggling at 51 for 4 in their first innings at the end of the third day’s play in the third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Gabba, there is a possibility of Australia enforcing a follow-on with only two days remaining in the match. India were last asked to follow-on in a Test match at The Oval in 2011 and post that there have been three instances when opponent teams could have enforced a follow-on but chose not to do so. Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Starc shared that his team holds a few more cards than India do in the match when asked about the possibility of a follow-on. “Yeah, I mean at 4 for 50, we hold a few more cards than they do. So yeah, certainly that. You know, the two days of no bowling to start the Test match plays a part in that with back-to-back Tests. There is plenty in the wicket, tomorrow’s going to dictate what …

In gloomy Brisbane, it rains (Indian) wickets

In gloomy Brisbane, it rains (Indian) wickets

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Imagine being Jasprit Bumrah when the Indian top-order combusted spontaneously on arrival at the crease. Bumrah must have barely changed and sat in the dressing room when he must have seen his batsmen implode. He had bowled his heart out, racked his brains and tired out his body to get six hard-earned wickets. In eight balls, three Indians fell to soft dismissals. Two of them, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill, chasing well-outside off deliveries, and the other, Yashasvi Jaiswal, flicking a ball on the legs to waiting palms. The Australian bowlers didn’t have to tire their bodies or minds, just hurled outside off and ran on from their follow-through to celebrate with their mates. Chasing 445, India were 22 for 3 at one stage before rain and later bad light terminated play at 51 for 4. Someone should just replay the tape of Jasprit Bumrah’s talk at the media interaction to the batsmen. Not that he said anything about them, or even played the blame game about the other bowlers, but he listed out the …

Gabba Test: We are leaking runs with old ball, says bowling coach Morne Morkel | Cricket News

Gabba Test: We are leaking runs with old ball, says bowling coach Morne Morkel | Cricket News

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Team India’s bowling coach, Morne Morkel, admits that the Indian bowlers were unable to control the run flow as the ball aged, allowing Australia’s centurions, Travis Head and Steve Smith, to capitalise on the opportunity. At stumps, Australia was 405-7, with Head scoring a characteristically brilliant 152 and Smith completing a more circumspect 101 in a 241-run partnership that revived the hosts after a precarious start on Sunday. “Travis Head is in excellent form. You have to give him credit,” Morkel told reporters. “Our bowling between overs 50 to 80 has been leaking runs, which is an area we need to work on. “They put us under pressure as the ball aged. We need to execute our game plans better,” he said. India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after taking the wicket off Australia’s Usman Khawaja during play on day two of the third cricket test between India and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane. (AP) Jasprit Bumrah, currently the world’s top-ranked Test bowler, took 5 for 72 and tormented Australia’s top-order batters on a Gabba pitch …

Border Gavaskar Trophy: How Rohit Sharma’s mood kept changing through Day 2 at Brisbane | Cricket News

Border Gavaskar Trophy: How Rohit Sharma’s mood kept changing through Day 2 at Brisbane | Cricket News

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In the 54th over, Rohit Sharma wore a wry smile at first slip. In the middle of the pitch, Akash Deep held his head with his hands before hunching on his knees. It was probably one of the last moments when India were still in the contest, but they knew it was fast ebbing away. Australia were 140 for 3, after Jasprit Bumrah had taken out the openers in a skilful first spell. They, though, would end the day on 405/7. Akash, though, had bowled his heart out on a luckless day, repeatedly beating Steve Smith outside off and also testing his pads for potential lbws. In that above instance, there were still embers of hope, recognised by KL Rahul at short midwicket and Mohammad Siraj at short covers for they both ran to Akash, realising he was down, and Siraj put his arms over the shoulder and Rahul patted him on the back. One more effort, and they could perhaps comeback was the cliche floating in the air. But it never came as Travis …

How a father and son shaped the Gabbatoir | Cricket News

How a father and son shaped the Gabbatoir | Cricket News

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“Huh dad, that looks bad,” Kevin Mitchell Jr would tell his father, who was the chief curator of the Gabba in Brisbane. It was the late 80’s, and Kevin, in his early 20s, had just joined his father after working in mines for a while. His father would have one look into the horizon behind him, nod, go over to the stands where Kevin’s grandmother sat. She was told to get to a safe place as a fierce storm was about to blow over. The other side of the ground it was still quite sunny. Senior Kevin came over, told his groundstaff ‘right then, let’s run’ and they all charged across. Puzzled, the umpires would try waving them off, and Kevin Jr remembers David Boon at short-leg bewildered: ‘What are you guys doing here?’ The stumps were pulled out without the umpire’s permission and by the time, the cloud had burst and the stadium was absolutely drenched. “Courtesy my dad’s intervention, that game was saved, and we could resume later.” Not long after, Kevin Sr. …

Is Akash Deep set to play instead of Harshit Rana at the Gabba? | Cricket News

Is Akash Deep set to play instead of Harshit Rana at the Gabba? | Cricket News

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“Mate, the Indian team bus is going to pull up anytime, soon, all ready?” A man with a walkie talkie asks a security guard near an entrance to the Gabba. It’s around 8:45 am on Thursday. “Not many fans here as yet,” wonders the guard, and the walkie-talkie man smiles, “good for us, isn’t it!”. Across the road from them, a controversial train station is being constructed. An underground rail tunnel has already been built. There is no scaffolding to block it. None is needed either as no dust swirls up from the site, unlike in India. “Dust? Oh we sprinkle some chemical stuff into the water, and spray it on the site every morning. The dust doesn’t lift,” says a construction worker, out for a smoke. The station was intended for the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, and the Gabba was supposed to be pulled down and rebuilt according to the needs for that global event. But that $ 2.7billion dollar rebuilding plan is now on hold as Gabba has proved an architectural nightmare. It’s …