Batting superstar Virat Kohli admitted that the aggressive Australian cricketing environment tested his resilience, but felt that standing up to it while playing a bold brand of cricket toughened his mind and shaped his career path, besides influencing his growth as an individual. Kohli first toured Down Under in 2011 and faced a hostile reception…
Senior stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were among the first batch of Indian cricketers who flew off on Wednesday for a three-match ODI series against Australia beginning October 19. Kohli and Rohit were joined by Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, and pacers Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh…
On a day when the Indian top order finally found form, its old nemesis Alyssa Healy found a way to be the thorn in the side yet again. Her impeccably paced 142 helped Australia chase down a 331-run target, the highest in W-ODI history, to hand India its second consecutive defeat at the ACA-VDCA Stadium…
After a blitz from Nadine de Klerk stole a win from under India’s feet against South Africa at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam a few days ago, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur sat quietly, processing the downward spiral. It was a game India’s famed batting lineup should have put to bed before the fielding effort began. But…
India and Australia play each other in a Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 league stage fixture at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. The last time the sides met in a women’s ODI match was on September 20 — it was the third of a three-match series being played in India. It was a…
India will look to bounce back from a damning defeat when it takes on unbeaten Australia in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 match in Visakhapatnam. India failed to capitalise on early breakthroughs against the Proteas, conceding the match by three wickets in the same venue. The Women in Blue have had a scratchy start…
The Indian women’s team is in action against its Australian counterpart in the second of three ODIs on Wednesday at the New PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh. Australia won the toss and asked India to bat, after which the Women in Blue have been batting well, riding on Smriti Mandhana’s 12th ODI century. India’s highest…
Leg-spinner Prema Rawat’s three-wicket haul went in vain as Australia A, riding on a half-century from middle-order batter Anika Learoyd, defeated India A by 13 runs in the first women’s T20 match in Mackay on Thursday. The India A team is in Australia for a multi-format series, which includes three T20s, an equal number of…