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Anderson said that the lack of preparation time and warm-up matches is ‘not ideal’, James Anderson thinks that Sri Lanka may have a “slight advantage” going into their Test series against England after this month. With Sri Lanka playing a two-Test series in South Africa and England’s red-ball experts having not played since August, Anderson assumes his side’s planning for this series is “not ideal”. Rather than the period of acclimatization which would usually introduce such a series, England has had to glad themselves with developments in a large marquee at the national performance center in At Loughborough. They will…

Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant with five Indian players that have been displaced for isolation as the BCCI and Cricket Australia probe a potential breach of protocol. Five Indian players including Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant are in isolation then a video comes out of the “eating at an outdoor venue” in Melbourne on New year’s party. Besides Rohit and Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, and Navdeep Saini have all been divided from both India and Australia team. The five Indian players, however, will be able to train “in accordance with the strict agreement that has been put in place…

After losing the second test against India Mannus Labuschagne feels that Australian batsmen need to find a way to put the Indian bowlers under pressure. He said that Australia has touched the 200 run marks just once in the India Tour Of Australia series and none of their batsmen were able to score a half-century. He said- “They’ve certainly come in with a plan… and made sure they’re really not leaving the stumps and having a really heavy leg-side field,” he said. “It obviously slows your scoring rate down because those shots you do get on your legs go for…

Umesh and Shami will face reconstruction at the NCA to try and be healthy for the England series in February-March From becoming a net bowler in the original tour party, T Natarajan could return home an international in all three formats, after being appointed in India’s squad for the remains of the Test series in Australia. Natarajan, 30 years, replacing Umesh Yadav, who returned to India after keeping a strain in his right-hand muscle during the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. Now India officially has only one net bowler left, rookie Kartik Tyagi after Shardul Thakur was added to the…

David Warner and Will Puovski will be added to the squad for the 3rd Test against India. Australia has added both of the players for the upcoming match in the place of Australia’s Opener Joe Burns. He was dropped from the team due to his bad performance. We know David Warner has been not played in any Test Match due to his groin injury which he picked during Australia vs India ODI matches. But recently he was seen training hard in the nets at MCG to set his return as the Opener for the upcoming match. Australia might include both…

India vs Australia: Rohit Sharma joined with the Indian team in Melbourne after completing his quarantine. Rohit Sharma back in the Indian team in Melbourne on Wednesday after finishing his 14-days quarantine in Sydney, support the visitors who are on a high after script an amazing return in the ongoing four-match Test series against Australia. https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1344237837248466944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1344237837248466944%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espncricinfo.com%2Fstory%2Faustralia-vs-india-2020-21-rohit-sharma-joins-india-squad-after-two-week-quarantine-1245926 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tweeted a video on his Twitter handle, of Rohit Sharma being given a warm welcome by members of the Indian party, who were already in an ecstatic mood having beaten Australia in the Boxing Day…

Yuzvendra Chahal’s wife Dhanashree Verma also post on Instagram to thank, MS Dhoni and Sakshi for a ”lovely dinner” and for making them felt at home. Former India team captain MS Dhoni invited the newlywed couples couple Yuzvendra Chahal’s wife Dhanashree Verma for a dinner. Chahal married last week, is also in Dubai and he shared photos from his party with Dhoni and his wife Sakshi. “Extremely happy & blessed,” Chahal captures the pictures on Instagram. The lag-skipper partner Dhanashree also posts on Instagram to thank you Dhoni and Sakshi for a “lovely dinner” and for making them felt at…

India captain Virat Kohli Got ICC top honors for the decade, winning the Sir Garfield Sobers award for the best male cricketer of the past 10 years. Kohli was also select for the ODI Cricketer of the Decade award. https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1343479252759416832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1343479252759416832%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fsports%2Fcricket%2Fnews%2Fvirat-kohli-named-icc-male-cricketer-of-the-decade-ms-dhoni-fetches-spirit-of-cricket-honour%2Farticleshow%2F79990221.cms MS DHONI wins the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade. The former India captain was chosen by fans unanimously for his gesture of calling back England batsman Ian Bell after a bizarre run out in the Nottingham Test in 2011. https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1343479003668217856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1343479003668217856%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fsports%2Fcricket%2Fnews%2Fvirat-kohli-named-icc-male-cricketer-of-the-decade-ms-dhoni-fetches-spirit-of-cricket-honour%2Farticleshow%2F79990221.cms The International Cricket Council (ICC) also announced via his Twitter handle awarding the top honors on Kohli…

Injured David Warner was seen in the nets at the MCG today. He is an Australian Opener who did not play the first 2 Test matches due to his injury. Today he was seen in the nets doing practice. According to the sources he was trying to get himself in shape for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. David Warner was seen warming up with some leg exercises and jogging. he also padded up and played a variety of strokes. Apart from batting, warner also practiced running between the wickets. Injured Aussie opener David Warner was back in the MCG nets today……

Ricky Ponting has praised Ajinkya Rahane’s massive effort leading the team against Australia in the second Test against Melbourne captaincy. No doubt Virat Kohli is the captain but Ajinkya Rahane’s Efforts were worth watching. Rahane also scoring the 12th century of his Test career and shepherding India’s powerful response to Australia’s 195 on Sunday. He also crossed Virat Kohli’s run record at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. However Mumbaikar also makes only the second Indian captain since Sachin Tendulkar to notch a ton at the MCG. In the Previous game, Rahane had marshaled his troops expertly and call applaud for his…

Shubman Gill performed incredibly on his Test Debut on the Boxing day Test. Former Indian fast bowler Ajit Agarkar is highly impressed by the performance of Shubmn Gill. He said Gill was already to play Test cricket even a couple of years ago and he should have got his chances back then. Ajit Agarkar recently appeared in a show on Sony Sports after the end of Test day 1. Where he praises the new youngster and the ways he responded that might create pressure on the Australian Bowlers. “He should have got an opportunity couple of years back. He just…

Fast bowler Aaron Summers is ready to become the first overseas player to highlight in Pakistan’s national Cup which starts in Karachi (Pakistan) from January 8 and signing up with Southern Punjab. As per Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) rules, every squad is permitted to have one foreign player who has NOC authorization from the Player’s own country. Summers is waiting to reach Pakistan on December 28 ahead of a few days training camp at the National High-Performance Centre (NHPC) with former shine star of the team star Azhar Mahmood, before joining up with his team in Karachi on 5 January…

Australia and India are going to Play his 2nd Test Match on Saturday. Australia won the previous match by 8 wickets that give them an upper hand over India and they were going to play the next match with the same playing XI expect Shane Watson. He was ruled out from the match due to his injuries. India will miss the support of his caption and great skipper Virat Kohli who is on paternal leave and Mohammed Shami who got Injure during the 1st Test. These players are the most important player for the team. So India Needs two-players for…

The South African Test team will make a racial hate sign when they take the field against Sri Lanka on Boxing Day. South African cricket coach conformed that the squad has decided to express their support for participation after the temporary board issued a statement of concern over the team not taking a knee when they returned the last cricket match from the last month. whether they are really taking a knee this will only be known on the eve of the match. https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1312312135624556544 Boucher said that “We’ve had a lot of discussions since we’ve come into the bubble about…

Australia’s Coach Justin Langer recently attended a virtual press conference where he said that the Aussies will go in with an unchanged side for the Second Test. As we know India and Australia are playing 4 Test match series in Melbourne Where Australia won the first Test match by 8 wickets. I think this is the reason why Australia is going with the same playing XI. This might be the best choice for them but India is not a bad team as they think. ”I WOULD BE A PRETTY COURAGEOUS MAN TO CHANGE THE XI FOR THIS TEST MATCH AFTER…

Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma were seen draped in yellow as the Chahal shared some pictures from the ‘Haldi’ ceremony. https://twitter.com/yuzi_chahal/status/1342053438801149952 Yuzvendra Chahal has shared pictures from his Haldi ceremony – a ritual that usually prefaced a marriage – In his sharing pic where he can be seen happy with his wife Dhanashree Verma and others. “It was all yellow with him,” Chahal also shared the caption of the post on Instagram. Chahal and Dhanashree tied the group on Tuesday, December 22. The cricketer had also shared a captioned pic from the marriage ceremony on Tuesday. 30 years Chahal got engaged to…

Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar claims that there were different rules for different players. He spoke about how veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has always had to fight for his place in the team. Ashwin was performed very well against Australia in the first Test match he picks up 4 wickets by giving 55 runs in the first innings. Gavaskar Believes if Ashwin Has scalped those 4 wickets then he would have been made the scapegoat and dropped for the team. He claims that Ashwin faces this kind of treatment because he dares to speak his mind out during team meetings.…