Cricket News: Team India has put mind over matter to defy injuries & setbacks, keeping the series alive till the Brisbane decider. If India can defy the odds in
Langer insisted the IPL is great for youngsters but the timing of it this time around wasn’t ideal, considering India’s high-stakes tour that was to follow.
Australia captain Tim Paine | AFP / Brenton Edwards
It was unmissable with each passing delivery and not something you associate with Australian cricket. As the final hour of the Sydney Test wound down, one could see the shoulders of the Aussies drop. There was a sense of resignation as Hanuma Vihari and Ashwin Ravichandran defended everything. Here was a team, with one of its most potent attacks in history, on a day five pitch, having just five wickets to show after more than 120 overs bowled.
Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne, two of Australia’s greatest cricketers, had no hope of India surviving the last day at the SCG. While Ponting reckoned India would fold inside 200, Warne was a little more generous and reserved his opinion till after Cheteshwar Pujara perished when he said the hosts would wrap things up quickly. Glenn McGrath, in the studios in India, also thought there was a chance the match might get over in a session on day five.
Mayank Agarwal, who was expected to play this Test in the absence of Hanuma Vihari, who has been ruled out, also suffered a knock in the nets on Monday and is being observed. Should Agarwal also be ruled out, the young Prithvi Shaw will find himself back in the scheme of things – only this time to play in the middle-order.
Given Sundar’s batting abilities, he and Ashwin can be expected to play the role of all-rounders, thus boosting India’s batting order as against a depleted bowling attack that will now rest on the shoulders of Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur.
India vs Australia, 4th Test - India don t Want to Travel to Brisbane , BCCI Writes to Cricket Australia: Report
India continue to stand firm on their decision to not traveling to Brisbane, Queensland and be forced into stricter hotel quarantine as a media report states that the BCCI has officially written to Cricket Australia to advise them they do not want to travel to Brisbane Updated: January 7, 2021, 8:30 AM IST
India reportedly continue to stand firm on their decision to not traveling to Brisbane, Queensland, and be forced into stricter hotel quarantine as a media report states that the BCCI has officially written to Cricket Australia to advise them they do not want to travel to Brisbane , putting the Brisbane Test in further doubt.