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First Test: India Beat Australia By 31 Runs In Adelaide

First Test: India Beat Australia By 31 Runs In Adelaide

The hosts got the target of 323 runs to win, they scored 291 runs.
The Australian team was all out for 235 runs in the first innings.
The Indian team scored 250 in the first innings and 307 in the second.

Ishant has given India its first success on the last day: On the fifth day, Ishant Sharma gave the Indian team the first breakthrough. He got Travis Head caught by Ajinkya Rahane in the 57th over. Head scored 14 runs off 62 balls. After that Jaspreet Bumrah sent Shaun Marsh to the pavilion on the first ball of the 73rd over. Marsh scored 60 runs in 166 balls. For the first time in Test #cricket, he scored a half-century in the fourth innings. Bumrah hit #Tim Paine at Rishabh Pant’s hands.

Ashwin dropped Australia’s first wicket in the second innings:

First wicket: Ashwin threw the 12th over of the innings. Finch was on the last ball. He tried to play the ball, but Rishabh caught his catch. The umpire gave out, but Finch felt that he might not be out. He talked with Harris a few moments about this and then moved towards the pavilion. At that time Australia’s score was 28 runs.
Second wicket: Australia’s score was 16 runs and in that attempt to cut Mohammed Shami’s ball, Marcus Harris was caught by Rishabh. He scored 26 runs.
Third wicket: Usman Khawaja was on eight runs in the field when Finch was out. He tried to send a delivery from Ravichandran Ashwin across the boundary, but Rohit Sharma caught the catch in his sweeper cover. At that time the team score was 60 runs.
Fourth wicket: Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb added 24 runs for the fourth wicket after the opening three batsmen were dismissed. Then Indian captain #Virat Kohli bowled Shami for Ishant Sharma. Shami hit Peter Handscomb on the fifth ball, caught by Cheteshwar Pujara at mid-wicket.
Fifth wicket: Ishant Sharma gave India the first breakthrough on the fifth day. He hit Travis Head in the 57th over and caught by Ajinkya Rahane. Head scored 14 runs off 62 balls.
Sixth wicket: Jaspreet Bumrah sent Shaun Marsh to the pavilion on the first ball of the 73rd over. Marsh scored 60 runs in 166 balls. For the first time in Test cricket, he scored a half-century in the fourth innings.
Seventh wicket: Bumrah dismissed skipper Tim Paine in the 85th over after lunch. Paine scored 41 runs. He made a 31-run partnership with Pat Cummins for the seventh wicket.
Eighth wicket: Mohammad Shami hit Mitchell Starc in the 101st over by Rishabh Pant. Starc scored 28 runs. They shared a 41-run partnership with Cummins.
Ninth wicket: Bumrah hit Pat Cummins out in the hands of Kohli. Cummins scored 28 runs.
Tenth wicket: Ashwin dismissed Josh Hazlewood as the last wicket. Hazlewood scored 13 runs. Lokesh Rahul caught his catch.

Adelaide Test: The Second Day Australia Scored 191, Losing 7 Wickets

Adelaide Test: The Second Day Australia Scored 191, Losing 7 Wickets

Ishant Sharma took Aaron Finch wicket on the third ball of his first over.
Marcus Harris, playing his first Test, scored 26 runs and out on Ravichandran Ashwin’s ball.
India’s first innings total of 250 runs, Shami returned to Pavilion on the first ball of the second day.

Bad start of Australia:

First wicket: Aaron Finch and Marc Harris started the innings for Australia. This is Harris’s first test. Ishant Sharma took over as the bowling coach of India. He made Finch clean Bold on his third ball. Ishant did not get any runs in this over.
Second wicket: Marcus Harris and Usman Khawaja took the team’s score to 45 after the first wicket fell on zero. Harris had 26 runs in this. On this score, Ravichandran Ashwin caught Harris at the silly mid-off Murali Vijay.
Third wicket: Shaun Marsh replaced Harris. However, Marsh, running out of form, could not stay on the wicket for much longer and scored two runs and returned to the pavilion. Ashwin made him bold Marsh has not been able to make any half-century in the previous 13 innings. He played 156 runs in January this year. Since then, he has been able to score more than 30 only twice.
Fourth wicket: Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara said after the end of the first day of the game that off-spinner Ashwin would be quite successful on this pitch. His point was proved right when Ashwin caught Australia’s in-form batsman Usman Khawaja in the 28th over on the personal score of 28.
Fifth wicket: Travis Head took over the crease after Usman was out. Head, together with Peter Handscomb, added 37 runs for the fifth wicket. However, when Jaspreet Bumrah was in an attempt to cut off the ball, Handscomb was caught by Rishabh.
Sixth wicket: Ishant Sharma, who gave the first blow to the Australian team, the opposition team captain #Tim Paine was sent to the pavilion in the first over of his fourth spell. He’s been over maiden. In order to hit a full-length ball, Paine got caught by Rishabh. Paine could only make five runs.
Seventh wicket: After losing six wickets on 127 runs, the Australians were struggling in trouble, but Travis Head and Pat Cummins added 50 runs for the seventh wicket. There were 34 runs of Head in this. On this score Jaspreet Bumrah has given Cummins LBW. The umpire gave out. Cummins took the DRS, but the third umpire justified the decision of the field umpire.

Hazlewood’s victim Shami: Earlier, India’s last wicket as Mohammed Shami dropped. Team India scored 250 runs on nine wickets in 87.5 overs on the first day. Cheteshwar Pujara was run out as the last wicket. With his dismissal, the umpires declared the stumps. On the second day, Hazlewood came to bowl the last ball of his over and Shami was caught by captain and wicketkeeper Tim Paine.

Pujara scored 89 runs with a strike rate of 188.88: On the first day, Cheteshwar Pujara scored 123 runs. He played 246 balls for this. Pujara played 228 balls to score 89 runs. During this, he scored five boundaries. At the same time, he just played 18 balls and scored two boundaries and two sixes to make the last 34 runs. He was run out on the last ball of the day.

The teams are:
India: #Virat Kohli (Captain), KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jaspreet Bumrah.

Australia: Tim Paine (Captain and Wicketkeeper), Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.

Adelaide Test: Pujara’s 16th Century, Scored Halfway The First Day, India Score Of 250/9

Adelaide Test: Pujara’s 16th Century, Scored Halfway The First Day, India Score Of 250/9

India’s early 6 wickets fell on 127 runs, Rahul-Kohli did not reach the tenth digit.
Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, and Nathan Lyon took two wickets each from Australia.
Pujara’s completed 5000 runs in Test, with Ashwin 62 and Shami 40 runs partnership.

Adelaide: Thanks to #Cheteshwar Pujara‘s century, India scored 250 runs on nine wickets in 87.5 overs on the first day of the first Test of the four-match series against Australia. Pujara scored 123 runs in 246 balls with the help of seven boundaries and two sixes. He was run out on the last ball of the day. Pujara also completed his 5000 runs in the Test. He is the 10th Indian to score 16 or more Test centuries. He became the 12th Indian to score 5000 runs in Tests. He achieved this achievement in his 65th Test.

Pujara completes 5000 runs by hitting six: Cheteshwar Pujara completed his 5000 Test runs by hitting six. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Dilip Vengsarkar, #Virat Kohli, Mohammad Azharuddin, Gundappa Viswanath, Kapil Dev have scored more than 5000 Test runs before him. He also scored his 16th Test century. Before him, nine Indians have scored 16 or more Test centuries. Sachin Tendulkar (51), Rahul Dravid (36), Sunil Gavaskar (34), Virat Kohli (24), Virender Sehwag (23), Mohammad Azharuddin (22), Dilip Vengsarkar (22) and VVS Laxman (17-17) and Sourav Ganguly (16) scored 16 Test centuries.

Pujara handles Indian innings: Pujara also took over the Indian innings in this match. When Pujara came for batting, India only played nine balls of the match and the score was only three runs. When he was dismissed as a ninth wicket, Team India had scored 250 runs. He completed his century with 6 boundaries and a six in 231 balls. Pujara has partnered with eight batsmen of the team. He made the only half-century partnership of 62 runs for the 7th wicket with Ravichandran Ashwin.

Team India’s poor start:

Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat. However, his decision proved wrong. Until tea, more than half of his team had returned to the pavilion.

First wicket: Lokesh Rahul was dismissed for two runs on his personal score when the team scored three runs. His wicket was taken by Josh Hazlewood.
Second wicket: In the team’s score, only 12 runs were added and the second opener Murali Vijay also caught the path of the pavilion. He became the prey to Mitchell Starc. On 11th over, Australian captain #Tim Paine put him behind the wicket.
Third wicket: Kohli took over the crease when Vijay was out However, he could not stay longer. After playing 16 balls, he was caught by Usman Khawaja at Pat Cummins ball. At this time, only 19 runs were added to the team’s score.
Fourth wicket: After Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, along with Cheteshwar Pujara, added 22 runs. However, when Rahane was trapped in the second slip for a wrong shot then he was on 13. On the Hazlewood’s ball, Peter Handscomb caught him.
Fifth wicket: Rohit Sharma came on the crease after falling four wickets. After playing eleven months, Rohit, along with Pujara, added 45 runs. He scored 37 runs. He scored two boundaries and three sixes. When he thought that he would score the team score 100, then he was caught by Marc Harris a simple catch attempting to hit six on Nathan Lyon’s ball.
Sixth wicket: Rishabh Pant and Pujara had heavy responsibility after returning to the pavilion of the half team. However, Rishabh failed to do his job well. Rishabh, playing with 25 runs in 38 balls, was caught by Paine on Lyon’s ball. At that time the team’s score was 127 runs.
Seventh wicket: It was a time that Team India could not make 150 runs, but Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin shared 62-run partnership for the seventh wicket. When Ashwin was on 25, the Cummins then caught him by Handscomb.
Eighth wicket: Ishant replaced Ashwin. However, he has not been able to stay in the field for much longer. He was bowled by Mitchell Starc on the personal score of four. However, by then India’s score had crossed 200.
Ninth wicket: Mohammed Shami came to bat at number ten He added 40 runs with Pujara. Pujara was playing 123 runs, when he was run out on the fifth ball of the 88th over on the first day. Along with this, the umpires declared the end of the game of the day.

Virat Kohli caught by Usman Khawaja: Indian captain Virat Kohli was dismissed by just three runs. He was caught by Usman Khwaja on the ball of Pat Cummins in the street. When Virat cut the third ball of the 10th over, it took a moment to cross the ball to the boundary, but Khawaja jumped on the left and grabbed a great catch.

Virat failed to leave Dravid behind: Kohli missed out on leaving Rahul Dravid in this match. He has scored 397 runs in Adelaide so far. He is the second highest among Indian batsmen to score highest runs on this field. Rahul Dravid is First. He has scored 401 runs in a four-Test one century. If Virat got eight runs in this match, then he would have left Dravid behind. However, he still has to bat in the second innings. Vijay Hazare, the Indian batsman who scored the highest average in Adelaide. He played a Test here, in which he scored 261 runs at an average of 130.50.

Virat, five runs away from 1000 runs in Australia: Virat Kohli is five runs away from completing 1,000 in Test #cricket in Australia. Indian batters Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, and Sachin Tendulkar have scored so far 1,000 or more runs in Australia. Sachin is at the forefront with 1809 runs in this list. Laxman has 1236 runs and Dravid has 1143 runs. Virat has 995 runs in eight Tests in Australia.

Lokesh Rahul’s poor performance continues: Lokesh Rahul on the ball of Josh Hazlewood, in the third slip, was caught by Aaron Finch. He scored two runs in eight balls. He has not been able to score more than 35 once in the last three Tests. He scored 37 runs in the last two Tests.

Hanuma Vihari out of last 11: Virat Kohli said after winning the toss, “Hanuma Vihari is a good batsman, but he will have to sit out. Rohit Sharma will be part of the last XI.” The Australian captain Tim Paine said that his team will be on the field with three fast bowlers.

Adelaide Test: Australia Drops Mitchell Marsh, Marc Harris To Test Debut

Marsh scored 104 runs in the last five innings and took five wickets.
Harris to become Australia’s 456th Test player.

Adelaide: Australia has announced the last XI for the first Test of the three-match series against India. Australia has dropped #Mitchell Marsh. Peter Handscomb has been included in his place. At the same time, Marc Harris will also start his international career with this match. To exclude Mitchell means that Australian captain #Tim Paine will come against India with less bowling options.

Travis Head as part-timer bowler: However, off-break bowler Travis Head can play the part-timer bowler. Marsh’s performance in the Test series played against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in October this year was disappointing. He scored 30 runs in two Tests and took two wickets.

Earlier, in South Africa tour in March, he was unable to perform anything specially. He had scored 96 runs in the first Test of the series in Durban, but after that, he could not even score 50 in the remaining three matches.

Australia team is as follows: Tim Paine (captain and wicketkeeper), Marc Harris, Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.

First Test: Match Against Australia Tomorrow, India Has Not Won In Adelaide For 15 Years

india vs australia virat kohli and tim paine

First Test: Match Against Australia Tomorrow, India Has Not Won In Adelaide For 15 Years

Since 1948, India played 11 Tests in Adelaide, winning only one of them.
Direct broadcast of the match from the 5:30 am on Sony Sports Network.

Adelaide: The first Test of the four-match series between India and Australia is to be played in Adelaide from December 6. India played Test for the first time on this ground in 1948. Since then, India has played 11 Tests here, in which it has lost in seven. The only Indian win here was in December 2003. India defeated Australia by four wickets. From then on, India played three Tests here, in which it faced defeat in two while having one test draw.

India lost in both of their previous Tests here: Talking about the last five Tests between the two teams here, Australia won three and India won one match. Having one test draw. In December 1999 Australia scored 285 runs and in 2003 India won by four wickets. In January 2008, there was a Test drawn between the two teams. After this, Australia defeated India by 298 in January 2012 and 48 in December 2014.

India lose by one innings at one time: Australia’s biggest win against India in the Test on this ground was achieved in January 1948. Then Australia defeated Team India by an innings and 16 runs. Since then India never lost in Adelaide by the difference of innings Don Bradman, Australia’s leader in the Test of 1948, while India’s leader was Lala Amarnath.

70 years ago, Vijay Hazare had scored centuries in both innings: In that match, Australia won the toss and bat first, Sydney Barnes and Lindsay Hassett scored a century and Bradman scored a double century to score 674 runs. India scored 381 runs in the first innings thanks to the victory of Vijay Hazare and Dattu Phadkar, but they did not survive the follow-on. In the second innings, Vijay Hazare again scored 145 runs, but he could not avoid the defeat of his victory.

Australia’s 70% success rate in Adelaide: The Australian team has played 76 Tests so far in Adelaide. In this, it won 40, while losing 17. 19 matches were drawn. Australia has been invincible for the last eight years. It was last here defeated by England in 2010. In that Test, England won by an innings and 71 runs. This was Australia’s second biggest defeat on the field. Earlier, in 1892, England defeated Australia by an innings and 230 runs. Australia has played seven Tests here since 2010. Out of this, Australia won six, while a match was drawn.

Australia won the last five Tests in Adelaide: Talking about the last five Tests on the field, the Aussie team has won all. It scored 218 runs in England in December 2013, 48 runs in December 2014, three wickets for New Zealand in November 2015, seven wickets in South Africa in November 2016, and defeated England by 120 runs in December 2017.

Kohli is just eight runs away from becoming the top Indian scorer in Adelaide: Team India captain #Virat Kohli has scored 394 runs in two Tests with the help of three centuries. Here’s an average of 98.50. Virat is the second highest run scorer among Indian batsmen in Adelaide. At first is Rahul Dravid, he has scored 401 runs in a four-Test one century. Vijay Hazare, the Indian batsman who scored the highest average in Adelaide. He played a Test here, which scored 261 runs at an average of 130.50.

Virat Kohli is 8 runs away from 1000 runs in Australia: Virat Kohli is eight runs away from completing 1,000 in Test #cricket in Australia. Indian batters Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, and Sachin Tendulkar have so far made 1,000 or more runs in Australia. Sachin is at the forefront with 1809 runs in this list. Laxman has 1236 runs and Dravid has 1143 runs. Virat has 992 runs in eight Tests in Australia.

The possible teams are:
India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, and Jaspreet Bumrah.
Australia: #Tim Paine (captain), Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, and Josh Hazlewood.

Australia Tour: Australian Vice Captain Hazlewood Said: “If Kohli Is In Control Then India Is Not Invincible”

Australia Tour: Australian Vice Captain Hazlewood Said: “If Kohli Is In Control Then India Is Not Invincible”

The first Test between India and Australia will be played in Adelaide from December 6.
Australia last played Test in January this year on the home ground.

Adelaide: Indian batting order is the best in the world, but if #Virat Kohli is controlled, then he is not invincible. Vice-captain #Josh Hazlewood of the Australian #cricket team feels the same. In his last Australia tour, Kohli scored 692 runs, including four centuries. Hazlewood said that the ‘Run Machine’ will again be in the center point in the first Test starting on December 6.

Indian batting order best in the world: Australian vice-captain: Hazlewood said, “In the leadership of Virat, I consider Indian batting order as the best in the world. Since playing in our home ground, the Indian team has played a lot of cricket on home ground. India toured England and South Africa. And there is only Virat, who can play on the overseas tour.” Australia played their last Test on home ground from 4 to 8 January this year.

We will use many options against Kohli: Hazelwood: The right-handed fast bowler said that his team is planning some plans for Kohli and some options will be tried. Hazlewood told reporters here, “I think before the match starts we will definitely talk about Kohli. We will land on the field with many options. You must definitely have some options for their caliber player.”

Australia Tour: The Ability To Trouble Kohli In Our Fast Bowlers: Tim Paine

Australia Tour: The Ability To Trouble Kohli In Our Fast Bowlers: Tim Paine

Australian captain Paine said to bowlers – not to be much emotional in the series.
The first Test between India and Australia will be played in Adelaide on December 6.

Sydney: Australia’s Test captain #Tim Paine believes his fast bowler can trouble Indian captain #Virat Kohli. Paine has told his bowlers that they should not be too emotional in the series. He said, “If our fast bowler does bowling according to their ability, then they can put Kohli in trouble.”

Paine said, “If we are passionate about the series, we can go astray with the goal, we need to keep ourselves calm so that we can make good use of our ability.” The first match of the four-Test series between the two teams will be played in Adelaide on December 6.

Addition to changing Australian #cricket methods after the Tampering controversy: Following the ball-tampering controversy in Cape Town Test against South Africa in March this year, it is being added to the changing of Australian cricket’s methods. Tampering controversy: Former captain Steve Smith, vice-captain David Warner, and opener Cameron Bancroft were found guilty. Smith-Warner was banned for a year and a nine-month ban on Bancroft.

Australia Tour: Prithvi Shaw Injured, Six Days Before The First Test, Left Leg Foot Got Cracked In Practice Match

Australia Tour: Prithvi Shaw Injured, Six Days Before The First Test, Left Leg Foot Got Cracked In Practice Match

Injured Prithvi in an attempt to take a catch against #Cricket Australia 11.
The first Test between India and Australia will be played on December 6 in Adelaide.

Sports Desk: While fielding against Cricket Australia in Sydney, Indian Shaw was injured. On the third day of the practice match against Cricket Australia in Sydney, the left foot of the Prithvi got cracked in an attempt to catch. They were brought out of the ground with the help of support staff. Team India has to play against Australia in the first Test in Adelaide on December 6. In such a situation, getting hurt of the earth six days before the fight can increase the problems of India.

The 19-year-old Prithvi caught the opener Max Bryant of CA-11, but lost his balance and fell on the boundary line. The umpire declared it six runs. After this, the players from both the teams on the field reached to Prithvi.

Prithvi’s foot scan: The medical team and physiotherapist of Team India, Patrick Farhat, first asked Prithvi to leave the ground after the first aid. After his injury, captain Virat Kohli ran to the field and talked to him. According to the BCCI, Prithvi was taken to a local hospital for treatment, where his foot was scanned. Team management is awaiting the report.

Teams for Test:
India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, #Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Bhuvneswar Kumar.

Australia: Tim Paine (Captain, wicketkeeper), Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Marsh (vice-captain), Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, Peter Handscomb, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Chris Tremain.

Australia Tour: India’s Practice Match Did Not Start Due To Rain, Canceled Play Of First Day

Australia Tour: India’s Practice Match Did Not Start Due To Rain, Canceled Play Of First Day

The first practice match between India and #Cricket Australia-11.
Umpires canceled the first day’s play without tossing.

Sydney: The first day of the four-day practice match between India and Cricket Australia-11 was canceled on Wednesday due to rain. No balls were thrown on the first day of the practice match. Due to the constant rain, the players stay away from the field. The rain was coming in Sydney late on Tuesday night. The ground was completely wet.

The rain stopped for some time at one o’clock in the local time and the field workers tried to prepare the pitch and outfield. After that there was no rain, the time of toss was kept at 3:30 and the match was about to start at four o’clock, but at 3 o’clock the first day of the game was canceled without throwing a single ball.

The next three days will be a half-hour extra game now. After the cancellation of the first day’s play, #Virat Kohli has sweated in the gym with Ishant Sharma and Murali Vijay.

Australia Tour: India’s Match Against CA-11 Is Not First Class

Australia Tour: India’s Match Against CA-11 Is Not First Class

The only practice match since the series from today.
Fear of rain in both days in the practice match.

Sydney: The #Indian cricket team will depart from Wednesday against #Cricket Australia (CA) -11 in Australia’s first practice match before the first Test against Australia starting on December 6. The day before, the Indian team has announced that this four-day match will not be a first-class match. That means any 11 players of the Indian team can bowl and any 11 players can batt.

Earlier, it was expected that for the better preparation of the Test series, the Indian team would play the first match as a practice match but it could not happen. Another bad news for India is that there is a possibility of heavy rains on the first day of the practice match. The second day’s game can also be affected by the rain.

Practice match was not a first-class match on England tour: The practice match that India played before the Test series on the England tour was not a First Class match. Then India had a four-day practice match for three days. Team India captain #Virat Kohli is not considered the fan of practice matches. He believes that it is better to practice the net.