Pune Test: Historical win by 333-runs team Australia's

Steve O'Keefe Spins takes Australia win by 333-runs which was a historic triumph over india.

 

Australia set the target of 441-runs, riding on skipper Steve Smith's batting masterclass on a rank turner, and then skittled out the hapless hosts for a paltry 107 in 33.5 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.

eft-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe today grabbed a sensational match-haul of 12 wickets as a sloppy India slumped to a humiliating 333-run defeat inside three days in the first cricket Test against Australia here.

Australia set a daunting target of 441, riding on skipper Steve Smith's batting masterclass on a rank turner, and then skittled out the hapless hosts for a paltry 107 in 33.5 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.

The embarrassing defeat also ended India's unbeaten streak of 19 Tests with the last defeat coming against England at Kolkata in late 2012.

The 32-year-old O'Keefe did the star turn once again with identical figures of 6/35 in both innings as India failed to even cross 110 in both innings.

It was a total disaster for the World No.1 Test team, who were simply outclassed in all departments of the game and they further compounded their miseries with atrocious shot selection, shoddy fielding and poor referrals.

Skipper Virat Kohli had a rare bad Test match where he had scores 0 and 13 in both innings of the game. India collectively posted their lowest aggregate for a home Test match and ended up suffering their second biggest defeat at home in terms of runs.

Kohli was out in the second innings shouldering arms to an angled delivery from O'Keefe which dashed India's minuscule hopes of a miraculous comeback.

As many as six Indian batsmen failed to reach double figures with only Cheteshwar Pujara showing some stomach for fight with a score of 31.

After Smith's superb 109 -- his 18th Test ton on a spiteful pitch --, there was no comeback for India as both openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijay made a mess of DRS when it was the umpire's call.

The Indian batsmen, similar to the first innings, had no clue on how to tackle 32-year-old O'Keefe, who had his finest hour in international cricket.

Neither could they properly negotiate wily Nathan Lyon (4/53) as both made life miserable for the Indian batsmen.

In fact, the Aussie spinners showed how to bowl on a turner something that was lacking in Ravichandran Ashwin (match figures of 7/182), Ravindra Jadeja (match haul of 5/139) and Jayant Yadav (2/101).

After the 7/11 debacle in the first innings, the second innings saw India lose 6 for 8.

Virat Kohli Gives Great Respect to Sachin Tendulkar on Twitter

Your wishes mean the world: Virat Kohli to Sachin Tendulkar

 

Mumbai: Accolades have been flying in Virat Kohli’s direction from all quarters this season, as the India captain led his side to a 19-match unbeaten run.
What is even more remarkable is that Kohli has led from the front, scoring 1,457 runs from nine Tests so far, in the ongoing home Test season.
He recently broke records by two legends of the game. Kohli became the first player to score four double tons in as many consecutive Test series, surging past Sir Don Bradman and Rahul Dravid, both of whom previously held the joint record at three each.
Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar had congratulated Kohli on this great feat, in a very unique manner, saying that the marks on the sweet spot of his bat are a great indication of the kind of form he is in, right now.

India Vs Bangladesh : Virat Kohli becomes first Indian cricketer to win six consecutive Test series as skipper

Prior to this series, India had thrashed England 4-0 with which Kohli also equaled former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar's record of 18-man unbeaten streak in the five-day format.

 

Virat kohli win six consecutive test series as skipper

 

Hyderabad: Indian cricketer Virat Kohli on Monday became the first Indian skipper to win six consecutive Test series in a row. The Delhi batsman achieved the feat after India defeated Bangladesh by 208 runs in the one-off Test played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

 Prior to this, from October 2008 to January 2009, India had won five series in a row under the captaincy of Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

 India last lost a Test in August 2015, against Sri Lanka in Galle by 63 runs. But after losing the first match in that series, India bounced back to beat Sri Lanka 2-1, South Africa 3-0 at home, West Indies 2-0 away, New Zealand 3-0 at home, England 4-0 and now Bangladesh 1-0.

 India have won nine out of the last ten Tests under Kohli's captaincy.

After 1-0 win against Bangladesh, Kohli side looks set to break another Indian record, that of the most unbeaten Test Matches on Home ground -20, achieved between 1977-1980

T20 Blind World Cup : India beat Pakistan by 9 wickets

India chased down the target of 198 in only 17.4 overs and lift the T20 world cup.

Prakasha Jayaramaiah's scored 99 runs unbeaten helped India beat Pakistan by a staggering nine-wicket margin to defend their T20 Blind Cricket World Cup title, in Bangalore on Sunday (February 11). 

India made it to the final with eight victories in nine games, losing only to Pakistan in the group stages at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Pakistan, on the other hand, were unbeaten throughout.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Pakistan scored 197 for 9 where Badar Munir's scored half-century.
Munir laid the platform with a 58-run partnership with his fellow opener Muhammad Jamil (24) and Amir Ishfaq (20) for the third wicket stand, worth 60 runs, that took their side to 118 for 1 in the 11th over.

ndia faced little difficulty in overcoming the target, courtesy an aggressive 99 from opener Jayaramaiah. Ajay Kumar Reddy, at the other end, chipped in with a 31-ball 43 before being run out in the 11th over when they were still 88 shy of the target.

Jayaramaiah carried on and put on a 51-run partnership with Ketan that all but sealed the fate of the game. By the time the No. 3 batsman retired hurt on 26, India needed another 37 off 32. The wicketkeeper-batsman, who found the fence 15 times in his 60-ball effort, was left stranded one short of a what would have been a memorable ton as the hosts overhauled the target with 14 balls to spare.

  

Outstanding: Kohli Breaks Virender Sehwag's record for most test runs in Home season

The New India Cricket Team Captain Virat Kohli went past Virender Sehwag's record on Day 2 of the ongoing test against Bangladesh in Hyderabad.

Virat Kohli Break Virender Sehwag's Record for most test runs in home season

New indian captain Virat kohli on Friday broke Virender Sehwag's record of most test runs scored by a batsman in a single home season.Kohli pass sehwag's record on day 2 of ongoing test match against Bangladesh in Hyderabad.

Virat Kohli passes former india captain Sunil Gavaskar and former England batsman Graham Gooch on  
Day 1 with 1075 runs as he remained unbeaten on 111 runs with India reaching 356/3 at Stumps. Kohli was 31 runs short of Sehwag's mark, who had slammed 1105 runs in nine Test in 2004-2005 home season.

While Sehwag took 17 innings to score the aforementioned runs, Kohli has played two innings fewer than the former India opener. Kohli is averaging close to 90 in this season while Sehwag managed to score his runs at 69.06.

Both batsmen  Virat Kohli and Virender Sehwag's have four hundreds to their credit but Kohli still has four more Test matches to go against Australia before they conclude the home season, which includes a total of 13 matches. Kohli will get plenty of time to improve on his already outstanding record in the longest format.


Most Test runs in a home season:

	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	Season
Virat Kohli (Ind)	9	1116*	235	93.00	2016-17
Virender Sehwag (Ind)	9	1105	201	69.06	2004-05
Graham Gooch (Eng)	6	1058	333	96.18	1990
Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)	13	1027	166	51.35	1979-80
Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind)	10	966	166	107.33	1986-87
Ricky Ponting (Aus)	6	965	257	107.22	2003-04
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)	9	959	231	106.55	1982-82

Virat Kohli hits fourth double centuries

Hyderabad: 

                   Captain Virat Kohli Continues his form and hits the double centuries against Bangladesh in Hyderabad. With that Kohli added his fourth double tons in his test career.

Virat Kohli becames the fisrt batsman to score four consecutive double centuries

With that double ton, Kohli becames the first batsman to score double hundreds in four consecutive series surpassing Don Bradman and Rahul Dravid. Kohli, however, was sent back on 204 after getting trapped by Taijul while trying to cut it late.

On the second day after loosing Ajinkya Rahane on 82 India were 477/4 at lunch.Kohli had eased his way to an unbeaten 191 while Ajinkya Rahane justified the faith shown in his abilities by the team management with a crisp 82 off 133 balls. The due added 222 in little under 50 overs.

 

In the opening session of the second day in 31 overs losing a single wicket india smashed 121 runs in 31 overs losing a single wicket.

Virat Kohli smashed 22 boundaries to his credit in 230 balls.Rahane missed out on a century with young Mehedi Hasan Miraz taking a spectacular one-handed diving catch off left-arm spinner Taijul Islam. He hit 11 boundaries in his innings.

Virat Kohli started the day from where he had left yesterday striking two thumping boundaries off Taskin Ahmed. The first was an uppish slash while the second rocketed down the ground.

A couple of more boundaries off Taskin and a lofted boundary off Shakib Al Hasan brought about Kohli's 150.

Rahane, who had gained confidence from Day 1, was more assertive today. His 50 came when he dispatched a full toss from Shakib to the cow corner. It was his 10th Test half century.
The Mumbaikar then celebrated the mini-landmark with some audacious cut shots playing close to his body.
He could have been caught on 62 had Shabbir Rahaman held onto a tough chance at deep third man region.

India vs Bangladesh: Murali Vijay And Virat Kohli Slams Centuries

Murali Vijay And Virat Kohli Slams Centuries

India opener Murali Vijay Continues his good form and slams century against Bangladesh in Hyderabad, India.

Murali Vijay kept his reputation of scoring big in the first innings intact and got to his ninth century after steering one to deep point for three runs on the first day of the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Murali Vijay along with Cheteshwar Pujara, Continues the innings after India Lost his early wicket in the form of KL Rahul early. The Two added 178 runs partnership before Pujara was dismissed for 83 Runs.

 Vijay gained in confidence after surviving a testing spell from Bangladeshi pacers, especially Taskin Ahmed, in the initial phase and began playing shots as the wicket started to ease after the first hour. While Pujara looked edgy, with one of his shots flying to the fence past gully and another fallinh short of slip, Vijay provided stability. His first boundary could come only at the end of the eighth over with an attempted pull going down to fine leg fence. He didn’t look in control of that shot. 

After the dismissal of Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli Kohli Comes to the crease and joined Murali Vijay.

Virat Kohli continued his magnificent form as he blasted his 16th Test century and his first against Bangladesh to stay unbeaten on 111. Murali Vijay chipped in with a glorious 108, his ninth Test ton as India ended day 1 on 356/3. Relive all highlights of India vs Bangladesh, Day 1, at Hyderabad here.

India Flexible:Bangladesh yet to win a Test against India

So far India and Bangladesh has played eight Test which was played all in Bangladesh - with India winning six encounters. And the remaining two matches were ended in tie.

India takes on Bangladesh in a test in Hyderabad starting on thursday nineth of February.The two teams have played only eight Tests before since Bangladesh's debut in 2000. India have won six of them while two have ended in draws.

Incidentally, Bangladesh first oppenents was India in their inaugural test .After that the two countires over the next 15 years faced off only seven more times in Test Cricket.
This is the first time Bangladesh touring india to play a Test match.


They are a much-improved Test side and they would want their performances to be talked about rather than any sense of history

As the two teams gear up for the Test, here are some stats you need to know:

India-Bangladesh Tests: Summary of results

	Tests	India	Bangladesh	Drawn
Overall	8	6	0	2
in India	0
in Bangladesh	8	6	0	2

 Summary of series results:

	Series	India	Bangladesh	Drawn
in Bangladesh	5	4	0	1
in India	0

But Virat Kohli has said his team would be on top of their game and reiterated that they would not take the visitors lightly.

India-Bangladesh Test series:

Season	Tests	Winner	Captain
2000-01	1	India 1-0	Sourav Ganguly - Naimur Rahman
2004-05	2	India 2-0	Sourav Ganguly - Habibul Bashar
2007	2	India 1-0	Rahul Dravid - Habibul Bashar
2009-10	2	India 2-0	MS Dhoni - Shakib Al Hasan
2015	1	Drawn	Virat Kohli - Mushfiqur Rahim

Trivia
- Ravichandran Ashwin has played two Tests at Hyderabad. Out of the four innings in which he has bowled, Ashwin has taken a five-wicket haul in three of them.
- Cheteshwar Pujara has made the scores of 159 and 204 in his two Test outings in Hyderabad.
- Virat Kohli is yet to lose a Test at home as captain.
- Ashwin needs two more wickets to complete 250 Test wickets. He will be the fastest in Test cricket to reach this milestone, surpassing Dennis Lillee's record of 48 Tests.
 

Mohit Ahlawat Delhi batsman slams triple hundred in a T20 match

Mohit Ahlawat a 21- year-old wicketkeeper-batsman has played first-class for Delhi

A former Delhi Ranji cricketer smashed his way into record books by smashing a 300 in a local T20 match in the Capital.

Mohit Ahlawat was 21-year-old wicket-keeper batsman who played very well in the last competitive in 2015 when he represented delhi as a specialist wicket-keeper

He was playing for Maavi XI against Friend's XI in Delhi's Lalita Park, made 300 from just 72 balls in a team total of 416/2 in 20 overs.

He was a student of Delhi university SGTB khalsa college, Mohit smashed an unbelievable 39 sixes and 14 fours. He hit the last five balls for five consecutive sixes in the final over of the game.

When he was playing as a Ranji Cricketer in 2015, Ahlawat flopped as a batsman scoring only 5 runs in 3 games for Delhi, getting out for duck thrice. And since then he couldn't play a First-Class game.

18 Years Ago on this day, Anil kumble made history 10 for 74 against Pakistan

On 7 February 1999, Anil Kumble Indian Cricketer made a historical record by bowled magically to take all 10 Pakistan wicket in an innings and india won that match over Pakistan at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Anil-Kumble-10-wicket-Pakistan

Eighteen years ago on this day Indian spin legend Anil Kumble make a historical record as he emulated English off-spinner Jim Laker by picking all 10 wickets in an innings of a Test match.

The Current team India coach took 10/74 in 26.3 overs to hand india a remarkable 212 runs victory against Pakistan At Kotla on February 7 , 1999.

For achieving a perfect ten wickets its very hard but impossible as Anil kumble did it. And this is what we called destiny
Chasing 420 with almost two days left, Pakistan got a good start with Shahid Afridi and Saeed Anwar before Kumble broke the dangerous opening partnership by getting Afridi.
At that moment Kumble felt that breaking the partnership was the key to his record

There was something that told us that it was a matter of taking one wicket. When a new batsman would find it very difficult to get going on that strip, and we sensed that one would put the cat among the pigeons,"He recalled in his interview to bcci.tv".

 Pakistan had got a good start by Shahid Afridi and Saeed Anwar but the rest of the nine wicket of pakistan batting line collapsed like nine pins and that history was written.

IPL 2017: Eoin Morgan, Ishant Sharma in Top the Price chart For Auction

New Delhi: Ishant Sharma india pacer , Eoin Morgan England limited over skipper , Mitchell Johnson are amongst and many other are among seven players who have listed themselves at the highest base price of 2 crore INR  (Approx. USD 298,000 ) for IPL 10 player auction

This year the IPL auction is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on February 20.

Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes England allrounders, Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews and Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins are the rest of the players in this bracket.

England's Johnny Bairstow auction 1.5 crore INR, New Zealander Trent Boult, Australia's Nathan Lyon and Brad Haddin, South African Kyle Abott and Jason Holder of the West Indies.

Total of 799 players are part of the initial roster which would be reduced once the franchises submit their preferences before the deadline this weekend. There are 160 capped players from eight countries - leaving out Bangladesh and Pakistan - and 639 from India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies.

This will be the final year of IPL before the teams overhaul their squads for the 2018 season. 

Exclusive: Rohit Sharma Ready to play Test series against Australia

Rohit Sharma missed the Test, ODI and T20I series against England after undergoing thigh surgery in London following his injury in the final ODI against New Zealand last year.

 Rohit, who got injured during the final ODI against New Zealand in October, went under the knife in London a month later.

Rohit Sharma Keen to play in Test Series against Australia

 Rohit sharma recently missed the entire series against England which was held in india and was also not included in the Indian cricket team for the one-off Test against Bangladesh starting in Hyderabad from 9th of February

 Rohit sharma told that "I am really trying my best to get back in as soon as possible. I can't give an exact date but i will try to play the series against Australia."

The first Test match against Australia starts in Pune from February 23rd. 

South Africa Cricket launches 'global' T20 league

After india and Australia now South Africa announces plan for T20 league.

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa Cricket on Saturday announced plans for a Twenty20 league which it hopes will attract major international investment and big-name players.  

The T20 Global League appears to be based on the successful Indian Premier League and Australia's Big Bash League, although there were limited details about the structure of the tournament

Already eight franchises will be sold and the teams are expected to be city-based, with the tournament being played in late 2017, when all South Africa's leading players and many world stars are likely to be available. 

The Plans for the league were revealed to International Cricket Council member countries during ICC meetings in Dubai which was ended on Friday.

"We have received a very favourable response to our plans from the ICC and member boards and look to their support." said Africa 

Sachin Tendulkar- The Master Blaster lends support to women's cricket

Dubai: Sachin Tendulkar the legend of Indian Cricket Team said the he was excited about the ICC Women's world cup which was schedule later this year which the event play a big role in globalising the game

 

Since, the ICC Women's world cup which will played in United Kingdom in June-July will see top notch cricket being played by some of the best exemplary women cricketers from across the world said Sachin Tendulkar

He also said that expansion of women's cricket is also a catalyst for gender equality and rights. 

The women cricketers which will give best performance and increase the audience.

Tendulkar hoped that Indian stars such as pacer Jhulan Goswami and Batter Mithali Raj will do the best to light up the tournament

"I wish all the teams the very best for the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifiers and would urge all of you to wholeheartedly support women's cricket, for the sake of cricket." 

India Beat England by 75 runs, win series by 2-1

Great Performence by team india against england and win the series by 2-1

India scored 202/6 , India could have have asked for a better finish to this long tour against England. A series winning win against England in the final T20I that helped the hosts win the series 2-1. But it was possible only after a record bowling effort from Yuzvender Chahal who took six wickets, the first Indian bowler to take five or more wickets in a T20I match. England lost their last 8 wickets for 8 runs. This was after a good stand between Joe Root and Eoin Morgan and England looked like on course to win the match. Earlier, MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina blasted half-centuries and Yuvraj Singh hit 27 off 10 balls to help India post a total off 202 for 6 in Bangalore.  England lose last 8 wickets for 10 runs to fold up for 127 and hand India the win. Bumrah takes the last two wickets

 Yuzvendra Chahal emerged as the spinning sensation for India as he wove a web around the Englishmen in a match and series-winning spell of six for 25 off four overs in the third and final T20 International as the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.