Category: Australia tour

India Look To Drive Home Advantage Against Shaky Australia

| February 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

Back to back losses against India and Sri Lanka have left Australia shaky in the ongoing CB ODI series. And India will be looking to drive the stake home when the teams meet at Brisbane, on Sunday, February 19, 2012. By contrast with the hosts, India have been on the upswing, in recent matches. Having [...]

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Sri Lanka Target Win At Sydney As Ponting Returns To Helm For Australia

| February 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Sri Lanka will be chasing an elusive win at Sydney where they are due to take on Australia in the sixth ODI of the CB Series, on Friday, February 18, 2012. Australia will be led by Ponting, in the absence of the injured Clarke. While Australia began with a bang, winning their first game against [...]

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Perth ODI Preview: India Look For First CB Series Win Against Sri Lanka

| February 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

India and Sri Lanka are set to clash for the first time since meeting in the world cup final, in April 2011. The match at the Waca on Wednesday promises to be a thriller between two well-matched sides, though Sri Lanka are arguably in a better frame of mind after their good showing in the [...]

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India Look For Revenge Against Australia In CB Triangular ODI Series

| February 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

The 4-0 whitewash of India in the recently concluded test series is history and the visitors’ win in the second T20 international was proof of that. The ODI tri-series featuring Australia, India and Sri Lanka, three of the four top ranked sides, is due to begin on Sunday, February 5, 2012, when Australia clash with [...]

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Nature Of Wicket Key To India’s Fortunes In Melbourne T20

| February 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

India’s cup of woe continued to overflow in the Sydney T20 international after the visitors lost by 31 runs, to a relatively inexperienced Australian squad led by debutant player, George Bailey. If Dhoni felt the fast wickets were to blame for India’s 4-0 whitewash in the preceding test series, the visiting captain would have felt [...]

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Sydney T20 Preview: India Favourites To Beat Australia

| January 30, 2012 | 0 Comments
Sydney T20 Preview: India Favourites To Beat Australia

The test matches are over and the visitors will be looking forward to the two-match T20 series set to begin at Sydney’s Olympic Park, on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. With a new-look Australian team likely to feature against a relatively accomplished Indian eleven, the visitors must be considered favourites to win regardless of their poor [...]

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Perfect Stage Set At Adelaide For Tendulkar’s Hundredth Ton

| January 26, 2012 | 0 Comments
Perfect Stage Set At Adelaide For Tendulkar’s Hundredth Ton

Sachin Tendulkar’s elusive hundredth international ton has been the subject of much discussion during the last few months. But the wait could finally be over, at Adelaide, where India are 61/2,  at the end of the second day, 543 behind Australia’s mammoth total of 604/7 declared. The wicket is perfect for batting and Tendulkar unbeaten [...]

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Adelaide Test Preview: Don’t Write Off India

| January 23, 2012 | 0 Comments
Adelaide Test Preview: Don’t Write Off India

At the risk of sounding bat-shit crazy, I would still assert that India are capable of beating Australia, in the last test at Adelaide, after going three down in as many test matches of the ongoing series. Here’s how I think they can do it: Step One: Win the toss and put Australia in to [...]

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Perth Test Preview: Can India Win At The Waca?

| January 13, 2012 | 0 Comments
Perth Test Preview: Can India Win At The Waca?

The tour of Australia has got to a poor start for India with the visitors down 2-0 after the first two tests. Can they get back into the series by winning the third test match? Looking back at the 2008 tour, India can gain some consolation. On that occasion, India were likewise trailing by 2-0 [...]

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Move Aside Dhoni, Clarke Is A Better Captain Than You

| January 6, 2012 | 0 Comments
Move Aside Dhoni, Clarke Is A Better Captain Than You

The second test at Sydney has ended in four days, leaving Dhoni’s India losing by an innings and 68 runs, to Clarke’s Australia. It wasn’t the margin of victory that rankled so much as the attitude of the teams in the fray. That attitude was best exemplified by the way the two captains went about [...]

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