Category: Australia tour

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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India In Australia 2011-12: 2nd Test Match Updates, Sydney

| January 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Down 1-0 in the series, after their 122 run loss at Melbourne, India went into the second test needing to win it to get back into contention. Their best hope would be to bat first, and bat Australia out of the match. To that end, Dhoni did the right thing, by winning the toss and [...]

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Australia Tour 2011-12: India Might Prefer To Lose The Toss At Sydney

| January 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

It could be a good toss to lose at Sydney, especially if you are the Indian captain. Sydney Cricket Ground has in recent times given assistance to bowlers on the first day and then slowed down in the later stages. From all accounts, the pitch for Tuesday’s second test match between India and Australia is [...]

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Can Sachin Tendulkar Get Landmark 100th Ton At Favourite Hunting Ground Sydney?

| January 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

India move on to Sydney to play the second test match of the ongoing series against Australia beginning on January 3, 2011. Down 1-0, having lost the first match at Melbourne, the visitors will be aiming to level things at the SCG. But as has been the main focus of Indian cricket fans, in Sydney [...]

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Sachin Tendulkar Falls 27 Short Of 100 Ton Landmark At Melbourne

| December 27, 2011 | 0 Comments

Sachin Tendulkar came tantalisingly close to the 100-ton landmark that has eluded him in recent times, with the master blaster getting to the nineties against England and the West Indies but failing to reach the magic three-figure mark. In the first test match against Australia, Tendulkar fell for 73, cleaned bowled by Siddle, in what [...]

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India In Australia 2011-12: 1st Test Match Updates, Melbourne

| December 27, 2011 | 0 Comments

Clarke won the toss and elected to bat on a greenish wicket. While there will be some who think it was an opportunity lost to test the Indian batsmen with short quick stuff, no team relishes the prospect of batting last, on any wicket. Summary of Day Four: BCCI would have rued their rejection of [...]

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