Cummins, Hazlewood continue to recover as Australia name unchanged team for D/N Ashes Test
Veteran opener Usman Khawaja has been included in the squad after back spasms kept him from batting in the second innings of the series opener in Perth.
Veteran opener Usman Khawaja has been included in the squad after back spasms kept him from batting in the second innings of the series opener in Perth.
In response to South Africa’s imposing first-innings total of 489, India needed to bat long and score with purpose.
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Gill did not return to bat in India’s second innings, and his absence proved decisive as the hosts crumbled to a third-day defeat in the series opener.
“This was right up there for us. Coming to India, playing at Eden Gardens, doing something we haven’t done for 15 years, this is right up there,” he said, reflecting on the breakthrough result.
While the bowlers made amends in Cape Town, the batting department that lasted a combined of little over 100 overs in Centurion, once again disappointed as only three Indian batters managed to cross the double digits, taking India to 153.
A day after he joined the 100-Test club, India batter Cheteshwar Pujara set an unwanted record, becoming only the second Indian batter and seventh overall to score a zero in his 100th Test match.
Senior pacer Mohammed Shami picked four wickets while the spin duo of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each as India bowled out Australia for 263 on Day One of the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday.
Pakistan's last wicket partnership between Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed survived 21 balls in fading light while Sarfaraz Ahmed slammed a fighting hundred to deny New Zealand a victory in the second Test here on Friday.
Kyle Verreynne played a spectacular innings of 52 runs while Macro Jansen showed a great temperament as he smashed 59 runs to lead the Proteas forward on the Day 1.
