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India vs South Africa 1st Test Match at Chennai - Sehwag's double ton has P
2008-03-28 14:30:00
Virender Sehwag smashed his way to a double century on Day 3 of the first Test against South Africa at the M A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Friday. The Delhi opener's fourth double hundred in Tests guided India to 309 for 1 in 70 overs at tea. Sehwag was unbeaten on an entertaining knock of 218 from just 200 deliveries that saw him pummel 34 boundaries and three sixes. Rahul Dravid was unbeaten on a rather slow 10 from 56 deliveries, having added 96 for the second wicket with Sehwag. India still need another 32 runs to avoid the follow-on after South Africa posted a mammoth 540 in their first innings. Morning session: (94 runs, 25 overs) Resuming on 82 for no loss, India showed their intent as early as the first over when Wasim Jaffer pulled Makhaya Ntini through the square leg region for a boundary. A couple of deliveries later he was fortunate though, as his edge flew past the slip and gully region when he tried to play a shot through the covers. S...
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Tendulkar ton helps India draw first blood in finals - CB Series Finals
2008-03-02 13:54:00
Sachin Tendulkar scored his first one-day century on Australian soil as an inspired India spanked the World champions by six wickets in the first match of the best-of-three finals in the Commonwealth Bank tri-series in Sydney on Sunday. After the Indian bowlers put up a disciplined performance to restrict Australia to 239 for eight, Tendulkar (117 not out) batted like a true champion. He not only notched his 42nd ODI century but also shouldered the responsibility of steering India home with 25 balls to spare. The 34-year-old champion batsman, who hasn't been in the best of form in the tri-series, couldn't have found a better stage to make a statement with his bat and break the jinx of not scoring an ODI century on Australian soil. Tendulkar, who defied a groin injury in the latter part of his innings, found an able ally in young Rohit Sharma (66) and the duo added 123 runs for the fourth wicket to pull India out of a spot of bother at 87 for three and put the team on cour...
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CB Series - India vs Australia 1st Final - India, Australia return to battl
2008-03-01 12:21:00
India will seek to exploit the batting slump of some of Australia 's middle-order batsmen when they clash with the world champions in the first of the best-of- three tri-series finals in Sydney on Sunday. Australia's batting has been their Achilles' heels with their middle order, notably captain Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds, coming a cropper against the subcontinental rivals in the league stage. Apart from the century he scored in the last game against India, Ponting has been out of form since the Test series while Symonds has notched up only one half century in eight matches. Matthew Hayden, who was recently reprimanded by his Board for calling Harbhajan Singh a "little obnoxious weed" has also not fired at the top, having scored just one half century in the seven outings. Never in the 30-year-old history of the triangular series have Indians managed even a solitary win in the finals against the hosts. India's three previous experiences -- in 198...
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CB Series - Australia vs Sri Lanka 12th ODI, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melb
2008-02-28 17:54:00
The last league match of the CB series, for all practical purposes, is a dead rubber. While the Indians are enjoying their little break before the finals, the Aussies will look to get some good momentum going from this match. Their batters finally found some much needed form in the Sydney encounter and hope that they can build on it before the all important finals. Sri Lanka on the other hand, will aim for a consolatory win. Australia 's Adam Gilchrist vowed his side will fight hard in Friday's tri-series match against Sri Lanka, despite already booking a place in the finals of the competition. Australians will be aiming for an eighth successive one-day win over the Sri Lankans and Gilchrist said here Thursday they were determined to build momentum for the upcoming best-of-three finals. "We've certainly taken the approach that our finals campaign starts now," Gilchrist said. "You could say it would be better not playing the game, to have a clear run into ...
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India looking to shut doors on Sri Lanka in CB Series at Hobart
2008-02-25 18:12:00
Batting form will be the prime concern for India and Sri Lanka as the two Asian rivals go into the penultimate tri-series league encounter at Hobart on Tuesday. The Indians, who have lacked consistency, will be looking to defeat the islanders in the game to qualify for the best of three finals tomorrow itself. In case they lose, they will have to rely on Australia winning the last match and shutting doors on Sri Lanka's chances for the finals berth. Australia have already qualified with 26 points from seven matches while India are at the second spot with 12 points from six outings. Sri Lanka are at the placed last with six points from as many matches. "In any case, we would like to seal the match against Sri Lanka and not leave it to the last game between Australia and Sri Lanka. This game is very important for us," said Mahendra Singh Dhoni on the eve of the crucial tie. Dhoni also hoped for an improvement in his luck with the coin. "May be I wil...
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Lee bowls Australia to victory against India in CB tri-series one-day inter
2008-02-24 14:06:00
Ricky Ponting scored a brilliant century and Adam Gilchrist claimed a record-equalling six dismissals as Australia beat India by 18 runs in an absorbing CB tri-series one-day international in Sydney on Sunday. Ponting ended a lean run with the bat to score 124 off 132 balls and guide the world champions to a daunting total of 317 for seven at the Sydney Cricket Ground. India's run chase began badly when they lost four early wickets but a defiant hundred from Gautam Gambhir and a half-century from Robin Uthappa took them to 299 all out in the final over. India's lower-order batsmen gave the tourists a glimmer of hope of pulling off a remarkable victory but fast bowler Brett Lee (5-58) polished off the tail by taking three wickets in his last four balls. Gilchrist held five catches and completed a stumping to equal the world record for the most dismissals in a match by a wicketkeeper which he shares with four other players and has achieved on five previous occasions. Andrew...
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CB Series - India hope to secure tri-series final berth in penultimate leag
2008-02-23 12:18:00
Needing to win just one more game to ensure a berth in the CB tri-series final, India will seek to get the job done on Sunday itself as they go into their penultimate league match against Australia with the form of some key batsmen being a concern. A victory will almost certainly take Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men to the title round and render their game against Sri Lanka on Tuesday of only academic interest. "We would like to seal it tomorrow and save ourselves pressure," Dhoni said as his side prepared to take on the world champions on a slow SCG track. Australia have already secured their place in the final, collecting 22 points from six games. India, on 12 points, has a handy six-point lead over their sub-continent rivals with one round of matches to go. Sri Lanka need to win both their remaining matches and at the same time hope that India lose both their games to go through to the final. India is no different than others when it comes to batting woes in ...
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Lee's absence boosts India's chance
2008-02-16 19:09:00
India will seek to take full advantage of speedster Brett Lee's absence as they go into the tri-series One-dayer against Australia on Sunday, hoping to beat the World Champions for the second successive time.  Lee, who has turned out to be the most lethal weapon for Australia this summer, will be rested to refresh him for the later stages of the tournament and the news could not have come at a better time for the Indians.   Lee's absence could have a telling effect in a day-night game which assumes a lot of importance for both the teams. A victory for India at the Adelaide Oval would open up the gap against Sri Lanka both in terms of points as well as net run-rate. -- Global Cricket Platform? Check now at www.CricketPulse.comSubscribe to CricketPulse Newsletter at http://groups.google.com/group/CricketPul se
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Commonwealth Bank Series - India , Srilanka, Australia - Fixtures & Squ
2008-02-01 16:32:00
Three of most prominent teams of cricketing world India , Sri Lanka and Australia will fight it with each other in Australia in the upcoming Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series 2008 starting from Feb 03. Fixture of the ODI Australia Tri-Series 2008 3rd Feb, 2008 (Sun) Brisbane Australia Vs India (Starting Time-08:45, IST) (D/N) 5th Feb, 2008 (Tue) Brisbane India Vs Sri Lanka (Starting Time-08:45, IST) (D/N) 8th Feb, 2008 (Fri) Sydney Australia Vs Sri Lanka (Starting Time-08:45, IST) (D/N) 10th Feb, 2008 (Sun) Melbourne Australia Vs India (Starting Time-08:45, IST) (D/N) 12th Feb, 2008 (Tue) Canberra India Vs Sri Lanka (Starting Time-04:30, IST) 15th Feb, 2008 (Fri) Perth Australia Vs Sri Lanka (Starting Time-08:00, IST) 17th Feb, 2008 (Sun) Adelaide Australia Vs India (Starting Time-08:45, IST) (D/N) 19th Feb, 2008 (Tue) Adelaide India Vs Sri Lanka (Starting Time-08:45, IST) (D/N) 22nd Feb, 2008 (Fri) Melbourne Australia Vs Sri Lanka (Starting Time-08:45, IST) (D/N) 24th Feb, 2008 (Sun) S...
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Close defeat in Sydney Test Match still rankles Kumble
2008-01-28 13:56:00
The Indians may have managed to keep their reputation intact despite losing the series against Australia but the defeat in the Sydney Test continues to rankle skipper Anil Kumble.  India needed to bat out the last day to salvage a draw in the acrimonious Test marred by ugly gamesmanship and a racism row. But for once, the famed Indian batting order collapsed like a house of cards and the team was shot out with just eight minutes to go.   Describing the Sydney defeat as the lowest point of the series, Kumble said, "Wish we could hang around for another eight minutes to save the match. We came so close to it."  With the win in Sydney, Australia took a 2-0 lead in the four-match series to ensure that they retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy.   India, however, did well to put the disappointment behind and upstage the hosts at Perth and Kumble said he was proud of leading the team at the WACA ground.  "The way we recovered fr...
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India rise to second in ICC Test Cricket Rankings
2008-01-28 13:53:00
A draw at the Adelaide was not enough for India to square the four-Test series against Australia, but the effort combined with win at Perth Test has lifted Anil Kumble and co. two places to second place in the latest ICC Test Championship table.   India replaces Sri Lanka at the second spot with 111 points, two more than the South Asian neighbours followed by South Africa.  India had entered the series in fourth place, just behind South Africa and Sri Lanka.   Australia, which started the series on 143 ratings points, is still out in front by a distance despite losing two ratings points over the course of the series.  With just four ratings points separating second-placed India from fifth-placed England and plenty of Test cricket to be played over the next few months, reshuffling of the positions is very much on cards.   England will be the team that will get the first opportunity to take a shot at Anil Kumble's side and can jump...
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Tendulkar's fifty steadies India on the opening day of the fourth and final
2008-01-24 08:07:00
Sachin Tendulkar completed an unbeaten half-century to help steady India 's nerves after Australia knocked over their top-order on the opening day of the fourth and final Test at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday. Tendulkar defied the Australian bowlers for two hours to reach tea on 55 with India 187 for four in their first innings after winning the toss and electing to bat first. VVS Laxman was not out on 16 at tea, knowing he and Tendulkar will need a big partnership on a typically flat Adelaide pitch full of runs. India were able to score at a brisk rate in the first two sessions but the loss of four wickets was a concern after they opted to go into the match with one less batsmen. Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson dismissed Irfan Pathan and Rahul Dravid before lunch, Brett Lee removed Virender Sehwag and Brad Hogg got rid of Sourav Ganguly before tea. Pathan was promoted to open the innings after Wasim Jaffer was dropped to make way for spinner Harbhajan Singh, but the stra...
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India Australia Test 3rd Test Match - India turn up the heat on dramatic da
2008-01-17 18:29:00
Australia's bid to break their own world record for consecutive Test wins was on shaky ground on Thursday after their batting collapsed on a dramatic second day of the third Test against India in Perth. India bowled the Australians out for 212 in 50 overs then added 52 runs for the loss of one wicket, reaching stumps with an overall lead of 170 at the WACA. Australia, who won the first two matches in the series to equal their own world record of 16 consecutive Test wins, looked to have gained the upper hand early in the day. The hosts polished off the Indian first innings for 330 before lunch, capturing the last four wickets for just two runs. However, their own batting crumbled on a scorching hot day where the temperature climbed past 41 degrees Celsius. Indian spinner Anil Kumble joined Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne as the only players to claim 600 Test wickets while wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni took five excellent catches, including four off impressive left-arm p...
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The legend of Kumble continues to grow
2008-01-17 18:26:00
The wait is finally over. India captain Anil Kumble joined the 600-wicket club on Thursday at Perth. Kumble got rid of the dangerous looking Andrew Symonds to reach the summit that no Indian bowler has ever reached before him. Captaining India can be a huge burden, especially when up against the best team in the world. Anil Kumble, though, as the cricket world has discovered over the last few decades is a cricketer who rises to the challenge in the face of adversity. Kumble is the highest wicket taker currently in the series, the only Indian bowler who has consistently threatened the Aussies. Kumble announced his intent of leading from the front on day one of the series on Boxing Day - 5-84. Over the years Kumble has been India's colossus; the man every Indian skipper turned to when a breakthrough was needed. He has been India's greatest match winner. In 41 Test wins he has been part of, Kumble has 279 wickets at an average of just 18. Pakistan bore witness to Kumble&#...
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India Australia Test 3rd Test Match - Australia, India share honours on day
2008-01-17 01:47:00
Rahul Dravid marked his return to form with a gritty 93, but India gifted a couple of wickets late in the day as Australia came back strongly in the third cricket Test in Perth on Wednesday. Electing to bat, the visitors handled the extra bounce of the WACA track with aplomb but the late dismissals of Dravid and VVS Laxman in quick succession tilted the scale slightly in favour of the home team. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Irfan Pathan negotiated four overs with the second new ball to remain unseparated as India reached 297 for six at stumps on the opening day, which saw no unsavoury incidents on the field. Sachin Tendulkar continued his good run with the bat, scoring a sparkling 71, but the Indians had themselves to blame for not finishing the day on a healthier position as both Dravid and Laxman got out to poor shots. The visitors were cruising along comfortably at 278 for four but the complexion of the game changed in the last 20 minutes with part-timer Andrew Symonds baggin...
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India Vs Australia, 3rd Test, Perth - India lose openers after good start
2008-01-16 09:13:00
Australia captured two quick wickets to put the brakes on India 's strong start to the third Test at the WACA in Perth on Wednesday. Mitchell Johnson dismissed Virender Sehwag for 29 and Brett Lee removed Wasim Jaffer for 16 as Australia fought back to restrict India to 74 for two at lunch on the opening day. The tourists had made their best start to the series when Sehwag and Jaffer put on 57 for the opening wicket in the first hour but the Australians struck back after the drinks break. Both batsmen fell to regulation catches behind the stumps to wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist. Sehwag, making his first Test appearance in over a year, was first to go. The dashing right-hander had played and missed several time but struck six boundaries before his luck ran out and he got a thick edge off left-arm paceman Johnson. Jaffer, who kept his place in the side despite failing to make a big score in the first two Tests, adopted a more cautious approach on the notoriously fast and bouncy WACA...
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India Vs Australia Test Series - Build-up to Perth has been fiery
2008-01-15 20:25:00
The 'peace talks' between rival captains Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble notwithstanding, Adam Gilchrist says the two teams will enter the Perth Test with fire in their bellies. The Australia ns are pushing for a record-breaking 17th straight win and the India ns, who are 0-2 down in the series, are desperate to make a comeback. "This game I'm sure will have a bit of build-up to it and there will be a bit of fire in everyone's bellies at the start," Gilchrist was quoted as saying in 'The Age' . However, the wicketkeeper-batsman felt the two sides are professional enough to keep their focus on cricket. "... I think both teams are professional enough that once the ball's bowled we'll just get underway and just get back into cricket mode," he said. The build-up to the Perth Test has been sullied by off-field controversies on umpiring blunders and a racism row, requiring intervention from the ICC, which sent chief referee Ranjan Mad...
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Preview: Australia Vs India, 3rd Test, Perth January 16 - 20
2008-01-14 18:21:00
Cricket has been through fire and brimstone in the aftermath of the second Test in Sydney, which was filled with controversy. Anil Kumble accused the Australia ns of not playing in the spirit of the game; the Australians said Harbhajan Singh racially abused Andrew Symonds; the India ns in turn charged Brag Hogg for using offensive language and somewhere in the midst of all that, the ICC removed Steve Bucknor from officiating in the third Test. But the score line reads 2-0 in Australia's favour ahead of the third Test in Perth, one that India must win in order to keep their hopes of drawing the series alive. The pitch at the WACA is expected to be fast and bouncy, and will suit the Australian pace attack which is likely to be strengthened by Shaun Tait. India have to ponder over two spots in their batting order; Wasim Jaffer hasn't been able to cope against the new ball, while Yuvraj Singh has been clueless against Brad Hogg. -- Global Cricket Platform? Check now at www.CricketPulse...
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Ishant stars with three wkts, ACT XI 187/5 at tea
2008-01-11 07:06:00
Ishant Sharma did well enough on the second day of the practice match against the ACT Invitational XI to seal his spot in the Indian team for the third Test against Australia starting in Perth on January 16. The lanky Delhi pacer captured the first three wickets to fall as ACT XI took tea at 187 for five. Ishant's spell of six overs should see his name pencilled in for the Perth Test, with the WACA pitch known to assist pace and bounce. Western Australian Chris Rogers, in line for a call-up to the Australian team if Matthew Hayden does not recover in time for the third Test, did his cause no harm with an innings of 60 off 92 balls which had five hits to the fence. His namesake John was unbeaten on 57 at the tea break with wicketkeeper James Crosthwaite on two. The opening combination of Chris Rogers and Ed Cowan resumed at 10 for no loss this morning and took the total to 41 before the latter played on to Ishant for 14. Ishant then proceeded to trap J Dean leg before for a duc...
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Indians ready to travel
2008-01-09 04:52:00
The crisis surrounding the Indian tour of Australia seems to have blown over, if temporarily, with the Indian board, whose top brass met in New Delhi on Tuesday night, saying the tour would continue "for the present". In Sydney, the Indian team prepared to travel to Canberra, 48 hours after their scheduled departure. With the issue of umpire Steve Bucknor resolved earlier in the day, the crucial decision before the board's working committee was to frame a response to the three-Test ban on Harbhajan Singh. It had come under severe pressure from the players to take a strong stand on the issue and there were fears it would make the tour conditional to a clean chit for Harbhajan but its eventual public statement allowed wriggle room for all sides. A statement issued after the meeting said the working committee "took note of all relevant circumstances and developments and decided that Indian team tour to Australia should continue for the present." The board, i...
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Australian Cricket has gone to its farcical limits
2008-01-08 02:56:00
I am not sure why Indians have still not packed their bags. What stops them? Is series and cricket more important than national pride? Revered Australian cricket writer Peter Roebuck has echoed the sentiments I am having right now aptly in his column in Sydney Morning Herald Here are some snippets from his column: RICKY PONTING must be sacked as captain of the Australian cricket team. If Cricket Australia cares a fig for the tattered reputation of our national team in our national sport, it will not for a moment longer tolerate the sort of arrogant and abrasive conduct seen from the captain and his senior players over the past few days. Beyond comparison it was the ugliest performance put up by an Australian side for 20 years. The only surprising part of it is that the Indians have not packed their bags and gone home. There is no justice for them in this country, nor any manners. How could that catch even be considered? The Indians were convinced Ponting grounded a catch he clai...
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Harbhajan banned for three Tests; India to appeal
2008-01-07 07:02:00
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was on Sunday night banned for three Test matches after the ICC Match Referee Mike Procter upheld the Australian charge that he had racially abused their all-rounder Andrew Symonds, a decision against which the India n team will appeal within 24 hours. Procter gave a marathon six-and-a-half hour hearing to Harbhajan, who denied the charge and was supported by skipper Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar, manager Chetan Chauhan and media manager M V Sridhar during the deliberations. Procter also heard Symonds, who was backed by Australian captain Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke along with team manager Steve Bernard, who attended the hearing to testify against the Indian spinner. After the hearing, which went beyond 2 am (Sydney time), there was no official word about the verdict but informed sources said that the three-Test ban was being slapped on Harbhajan, who is fully backed by the BCCI and the team.  The appeal...
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Australia beat India in Sydney thriller
2008-01-06 11:34:00
Australia beat India by 122 runs in an amazing finish to the second Test in Sydney on Sunday to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and equal their own world record of 16 successive victories. Part-time spinner Michael Clarke captured three wickets in five deliveries to wrap up an incredible victory with just seven balls remaining after India looked to have done enough to salvage a draw. "Michael Clarke's got the golden touch, hasn't he?," said Australia's jubilant captain Ricky Ponting. "That's an unbelievable win, almost as good as any I've been in." The tourists were faced with the daunting challenge of batting through 72 overs to salvage a draw on a turning Sydney Cricket Ground pitch and keep the series alive but came up agonisingly short. They made no attempt at chasing down the 333 they had been set to win win after Australia had declared on 401-7 but held out realistic hopes of hanging on for draw when they started the second last over ...
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Hayden helps Australia build lead in India vs Australia, 2nd Test at Sydney
2008-01-05 16:17:00
Matthew Hayden scored his second century of the series on Saturday to equal Don Bradman's career tally of 29 Test hundreds and provide Australia with a glimmer of hope of pressing ahead for victory over India in the second Test. The left-handed opener followed up his hundred from last week's first Test win in Melbourne with a stylish 123 to guide Australia to 282 for four at stumps in their second innings. They accepted an offer to go off early for bad light on the fourth day at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Mike Hussey was also closing in on a century after ending the day unbeaten on 87 with all-rounder Andrew Symonds on 14 and Australia 213 runs ahead after trailing by 69 on the first innings. Australia started the day on 13-0 and looking to score quick runs in the hope of pushing for a victory to equal their own world record of 16 consecutive Test wins. But their chances suffered a setback when they lost two wickets before lunch and two after tea while play was delayed thre...

India Vs Australia 2nd Test Match, Sydney - Tendulkar's century puts India
2008-01-04 09:16:00
Sachin Tendulkar provided a masterful demonstration of batting to give India an unexpected but fully deserved lead in the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Tendulkar defied Australia 's feted bowling attack for almost seven hours, striking 14 boundaries and a six to chalk up his 38th Test hundred and guide the tourists to a massive total of 532, 69 more than Australia's effort of 463. Tendulkar was still unbeaten on 154 when he eventually ran out of partners, departing the ground to a standing ovation as he put India in a strong position to ruin Australia's bid for a world record-equalling 16th straight Test win. The Australian openers Phil Jaques (eight not out) and Matthew Hayden (five not out) wiped 13 off the deficit by the close of play but the hosts face an uphill battle winning the match with rain forecast over the weekend. Australia were extremely confident of steamrolling the Indians after crushing them by 337 runs in Melbourne last week but ...
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