Australia's Steven Smith gave his verdict on the unexpected runout incident between Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal on Day 2 of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the MCG on Friday.
Steven Smith was all in praise of young Sam Konstas, especially after witnessing him perfectly executing ramp shots off India's "national treasure" Jasprit Bumrah on the opening day of the fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at the iconic MCG.
After the end of play on Day 2 of the Melbourne Test between Australia and India, all-rounder Washington Sundar expressed confidence in the team's ability to stage a comeback on the third day of the ongoing boxing-day Test match.
After poor outings in the series at number six, in which he scored just 19 runs in three innings, Rohit returned to his usual opening spot and this made KL Rahul, the in-form opener in this series, slide down to number three. However, Rohit's stay at the crease was short-lived as he fell to
Smith continued to find his way back into consistent runs as he slammed a record-breaking century against India during the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), continuing his love affair with the venue and the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023 runners-up.
At the end of the day's play, India stood at 164/5, with Ravindra Jadeja (6*) and Rishabh Pant (4*) unbeaten at the crease, facing a mounting task of trailing 310 runs.
The contributions he made not only in guiding the economy but for the overall integrated development of India will have a lasting impact, Nair said, adding that the continuation of projects he undertook as the Prime Minister in one form or another and under one name or the other was a testim
Cricket fans would describe Konstas' debut as 'pure cinema' and no doubt it was one. The 19-year-old came to the senior side with plenty of hype around him after winning the ICC U19 World Cup with Australia and delivering some fantastic hundreds in first-class cricket, including one against
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
Having entered the series under scrutiny for poor form and being century-less for over an year, Smith got some respite with a century at the third Test in Brisbane, which saw him grind and play some scratchy cricket on his way to the century.