India skipper Rohit Sharma opened up on batter Shubman Gill failing to make it into the playing eleven at the Melbourne Test and said that they wanted to have that extra bit of cushion in the bowling for which the 25-year-old left behind.
The Australian lower-order continued to frustrate the Indian bowling as the latter aim for a massive victory to take an upper hand in the series at Melbourne during the final day of the Test. Once reduced to 91/6, Aussie lower order made a huge comeback into the match, ending day four on 228
After the day's play, Australian cricketer Marnus Labuschagne praised the Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday for his outstanding performance throughout the Test series.
After day three of the ongoing Boxing Day Test, pacer Scott Boland had revealed that Starc had suffered a niggle while bowling. Starc delivered 25 wicketless overs, conceeding 86 runs at an economy rate of 3.40.
Bumrah completed 200 wickets in Test cricket, the 31-year-old achieved the feat in his 44th long-format match. The top pacer also became the fastest Indian to pick up 200 Test wickets, he achieved it after bowling 8484 balls.
Nitish Kumar Reddy's under-16 Cricket Coach, Kumar Swamy, was proud after seeing the 21-year-old shine in his first outing at the iconic MCG agaisnt a distinguished Australian bowling attack.
India talisman pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Saturday reflected on bowling to Australia batter Sam Konstas and said he felt that he could have got the Aussie batter out six or seven times in the first two overs of the first innings on Day 01 of the Melbourne Test.
During the match, Bumrah, known for his pin-point yorkers and troubling line and lengths, was dominated like never seen before by Aussie batters. It all started with the debutant 19-year-old Sam Konstas played some audacious shots, including a reverse ramp against Bumrah. Perhaps it was the
If the first day of the Test match saw Australia make 300-plus runs, the Indian bowlers still showed a fight by taking six wickets, with four of them coming in the last session. The day two first session was extremely poor for the Indian team as Steve Smith and skipper Pat Cummins were all o