India's dream to whitewash Aussies fails; lose fourth ODI

India had a forgettable outing with both bat and ball as Australia bounced back in the T20 series with a crushing eight-wicket win in the second game here on Tuesday. Rookier pacer Jason Behrendorff (4/21) ripped through the high-profile Indian batting to ...

It was a dream start for India in the T20I series as Bhuvi, after being hit for two fours by Warner, swung it perfectly to outfox the Aussie stand-in skipper David Warner in the very first over of the match.

0-3 down, an embarrassing whitewash looms over the Aussies Kedar Jadhav or Manish Pandey could make the way for Bengaluru boy Rahul IMAGE: K L Rahul could replace either Kedar Jadhav or Manish Pandey in Thursday’s fourth ODI against Australia in Bengaluru. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters There will be no let-up in intensity as a ruthless India look to inch closer to yet another series whitewash when they take on a beleaguered Australia in the fourth One-day International in ...

Kolkata: If Australia skipper Steve Smith has to pick two India cricketers in his dream team, India counterpart Virat Kohli would not be part of it. "I would have Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh in my team," Smith on Wednesday said when asked to name two ...

‘...Virat has got a phenomenal record’ IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com. Former pacer Michael Kasprowicz, who played 38 Tests and 43 ODIs for Australia, switched to academics post retirement and acquired an MBA degree.   He was part of two Test tours to India including the one in 2004 when Australia beat the hosts 2-1. The Aussies have not won Test series in India since then. "It is always a challenge playing in India. You got to make the ...

On September 28, 2017 David Warner showcased why he is one of the best batsmen in the world. Playing his 100th ODI, he plundered 124, becoming the first Aussie to score a century. Yesterday was a memorable occasion forhim as he became the 28th Australian and ...

Former world number one Maria Sharapova battled back to reach the third round of the US Open while next-generation rising stars Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios crashed out. Sharapova, who downed second-ranked Simona Halep in her first Grand Slam match after ...

Parita Patel, a born and bred Mumbaikar, has found herself returning, again and again, to an unknown -- probably forgotten -- part of Jharkhand to teach girls. This is what compells her do it. There's nothing like kicking back in the monsoon sunlight with Ruskin Bond. Parita Patel, second from right, introduces the girls of Yuwa to that little joy.All photographs: Courtesy Parita Patel   It's 8.30 am on Monday and I'm at Yuwa's lab, checking my emails before the day begins. I'm hurrying ...