In a video posted by SACA News, the official X handle of the South Australia Cricket Association (SACA), the team with Adelaide Oval as their home ground, Virat is witnessed firing back-footed punches and cuts and capped off the video with an eye-catching pull shot.
The first ODI at Perth was an underwhelming return to international cricket for Rohit as he could just score eight runs in 14 balls with a boundary to his name. While fans and perhaps he himself expected to deliver fireworks during the power play and bash bowlers left and right for fours and
Former India fast bowler Varun Aaron has urged the Indian team not to hit the panic button after their seven-wicket defeat against Australia in the opening ODI of the three-match series at Perth on Sunday.
The return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (Ro-Ko) fell flat, and frequent rain-breaks dampened the excitement, reducing the amount of action as Aussie stand-in skipper Mitchell Marsh top-scored with 46* in Australia's successful run-chase of 131 runs well before 26 overs at Perth on Sunday.
Gill-led Team India lost by seven wickets in the rain-curtailed 26-overs-per-side first ODI at Perth on Sunday. The return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli fell flat as both batters departed in single digits, with the latter falling for an eight-ball duck. While India fought to score 136/9 in
Since the start of 2023, KL has had a fine record against Australia in ODIs, scoring 495 runs in 10 matches and innings at an average of 82.50 and a strike rate of over 86, with five fifties and a best score of 97*.
While an underwhelming show by top-order, Rohit Sharma (8), Shubman Gill (10), Virat Kohli (0) and Shreyas Iyer (11) put India in trouble at 45/4, it was KL (38 in 31 balls, with two fours and two sixes) and Axar's (31 in 38 balls, with three fours) 39-run stand that provided some stability.
The first ODI of the three-match series against Australia will start at Perth from Sunday, marking the return of Rohit and Virat in Indian colours for the first time since the ICC Champions Trophy win back in March this year.
The first ODI of the three-match series will start on Sunday at Perth's Optus Stadium, with Shubman leading two veterans, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, among other star players in the team. Rohit and Virat, who are making their return to the team following the ICC Champions Trophy title win
Rohit and Virat, whose last assignment was the ICC Champions Trophy win in March, will be making their return in Indian colours after seven months. The two legends, who announced their Test retirements ahead of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle, starting with their tour to
The first match of the India-Australia ODI series will be a special one, not only because stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will make their return to the international set-up after the March ICC Champions Trophy win, but it will also mark Rohit's 500th international game, a mark only 10
Ahead of the first ODI against India, Australia captain Mitchell Marsh hopes that India's legendary duo, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, don't go overboard with their performances in the three-match ODI series starting from October 19.