India's tour of Australia News
BCCI has announced India's squad for their upcoming tour of Australia. The Virat-Kohli led Indian team is scheduled to play three T20I’s, three ODI’s and four Test matches.
The team will depart for their tour down under, after the conclusion of IPL 2020 on November 10.
Star opener Rohit Sharma misses out with an injury while all-rounder Hardik Pandya marks his much awaited return to International cricket.
Vihari made a gritty 56 on Test debut in England but did not make the eleven for the two home games against the West Indies despite being in the squad.
Defender Sunita Lakra will be the vice-captain of the 18-member squad.
India had lost the ODI series 1-4 but bounced back in style to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the T20 series with comprehensive wins in Adelaide and Melbourne.
Khawaja is most likely set to open the batting alongside Shaun Marsh on Sunday.
India won the 2nd Twenty20 in Melbourne by 27 runs and Australia despite being in a good position during their chase.
Dhoni lauded Jadeja for his remarkable catch.
Yuvraj's spell of 2-0-7-1 set the tone for the win against Australia.
MS Dhoni needs to be credited as the side came back strongly with their bowling after Australia got off to a big start.
Welcome to the live coverage of the 2nd Twenty20 match between India and Australia being held at the MCG.
Channel Nine's commentary team has faced criticism for on-field chat in the over when Smith got out.
Kohli has scored in a sequence of 91, 59, 117, 106, 8 and 90 not out in the limited overs series Down Under.
Watson also praised Aussies teammate Glenn Maxwell.
Watson feels that this format only deals with entertainment as there are no big things or rankings involved.
Kohli looked like a master in control at the Adelaide Oval in the first T20.
The second T20 Internationl of the three-match series will be played on Friday at Melbourne.
Raina has 1024 runs in T20s and is behind Kohli (1106) who is India's leading scorer in the format.
India posted a huge total of 188/3 in 20 overs and Finch felt that the Aussies gave away 18 runs more.
Gavaskar backs Russel Arnold's views on India being favourites.
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