In a match filled with controversy and media slamming, Dhoni took his men home convincingly by thrashing the Aussies to a 172 run win and winning the series 2-0. India regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and truly emerged on top as they won their first test series against the Aussies after 2001. Scorecard – India vs [...]
Australia in India, 2008 India vs Australia, 4th Test Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur, November 6-10, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) & Aleem Dar (Pak) Third Umpire: Suresh Shastri (Ind) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 172 runs Man of the Match: Jason Krejza Man [...]
Australia in India, 2008 India vs Australia, 3rd Test Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, October 29-2, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) & Aleem Dar (Pak) Third Umpire: Suresh Shastri (Ind) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: Match drawn Batting: India 1st Innings Batsmen India (613/7 in 161 ovs) [...]
Australia in India, 2008 India vs Australia, 2nd Test Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, October 17-21, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) & Asad Rauf (Pak) Third Umpire: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 320 runs Man of the Match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni [...]
Sourav Ganguly found support from Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar, who sympathised with the former Indian captain for his outburst against the treatment meted out to him, but added that his words had harmed the team’s harmony and could have waited for the series to get over. In an interview to Bengali daily Aaj Kaal, [...]
Australia in India, 2008 India vs Australia, 1st Test M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, October 9-13, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) & Asad Rauf (Pak) Third Umpire: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: Australia (Elected to bat) Match Status: Match drawn Batting: Australia 1st Innings Batsmen Australia (430/10 in 149.5 ovs) Runs [...]
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday confirmed about calls made to him threatening to kidnap his only daughter Sana but refused to divulge any more information to the media. “Yes, it is true that we have received calls threatening to kidnap my daughter. I appreciate if this topic is not discussed at this point [...]
India’s cricket captain Anil Kumble on Thursday lashed out at the media for their speculation about an ‘honourable exit’ being worked out for the seniors and said such “rubbish” reports are bound to hurt the players. Kumble bluntly told the media to be a bit more respectful to the senior cricketers and made it clear [...]
The 14-member Indian team for the first two Tests against Australia will be selected on October 1 by the newly-instituted senior selection panel. “The team for the first two Tests is to be picked on October 1. It is likely to be in Mumbai but there is also a possibility that it will be done [...]
Despite the second incident of a bomb blast in the Capital inside two weeks, the venues assigned for the India-Australia Test series will remain unchanged. Unfazed by Saturday’s explosion here, the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Cricket Australia have agreed to go ahead with the tour as scheduled. “The Australians have not [...]
Australia have enlisted the help of the former India coach Greg Chappell as they prepare to defend the Border-Gavaskar Trophy away from home. Chappell is travelling with the Australia squad as an assistant coach and he will pass on plenty of advice to the players and support staff about cricket and life in India. “It’s [...]
Gilchrist said if the Ashes has the long history of a famous rivalry, the competition between Australia and India has evolved into its own special status. “It has been a fantastic series in the past 10 to 12 years whenever the two teams have locked horns. It has lived up to the tag of an [...]
India’s cricket chiefs were on Sunday hoping that Australia’s Test tour would begin as scheduled next week despite security concerns following a series of deadly bomb attacks in New Delhi. “The blasts are a concern, but I don’t think it will have an impact on the Australian tour,” Indian cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah said. [...]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will not be accommodating another extra warm-up match during the Aussies tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting next month as requested by the Cricket Australia (CA) so that their players get acclimatised better to Indian conditions. “I have not received any communication from them [...]
Australia coach Tim Nielsen is working on a plan to deal with the feisty all-rounder’s absence in the forthcoming India tour. After Symonds was sent home for missing a compulsory team meeting, when he went fishing instead, Nielsen said he could not assume that the all-rounder would be part of the squad in India. “I [...]