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- India squad for ODI tri-series announced, Sachin, Zaheer returns
- Statistical Highlights Day 3 of India vs Australia 3rd Test Perth 2012
- MS Dhoni banned from Adelaide test for slow over rate in Perth test
- Aussies thrash India by an innings & 37 runs to seal series
- India Vs Australia 3rd ODI Post Match Presentation 2012 Perth
| India squad for ODI tri-series announced, Sachin, Zaheer returns Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:45 AM PST
Tendulkar, the world’s leading one-day batsman who is chasing his 100th international century, was included in a 17-man squad for the tri-series against Australia and Sri Lanka, to be played from February 5 to March 8. The same squad, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will also feature in two Twenty20 internationals against hosts Australia in Sydney on February 1 and in Melbourne on February 3.
His inclusion means Tendulkar will have further opportunities to record a 100th ton if he is unable to achieve the landmark in the final Test against Australia in Adelaide later this month. The Indian cricket board announced the squad on the day Dhoni’s men were thrashed by an innings and 37 runs in the Perth Test to give Australia a decisive 3-0 lead in the four-match series. It was India’s seventh successive Test defeat abroad, following their 4-0 rout in England last year, in a dismal run that has taken the sheen off their limited-overs World Cup victory last April. Tendulkar, who turns 39 in April, has played in just four of India’s 47 one-day internationals outside the World Cup in the last two years, preferring to rest and concentrate on Test matches. His record 18,111 runs in 453 one-day matches with 48 centuries includes the first-ever double-century in one-day cricket, an unbeaten 200 against South Africa in Gwalior in February 2010. He was the star performer in India’s World Cup victory, with 482 runs in nine matches, second only to Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan’s 500 runs in as many games. There was no place in the squad for the World Cup’s man of the tournament Yuvraj Singh, who has yet to regain full fitness after being treated for a non-malignant lung tumour. Fast bowler Ishant Sharma, currently playing in the Test series, has been rested as seamers Praveen Kumar and Irfan Pathan join the new-ball attack for the one-dayers. Veteran batsmen Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, who do not play one-day cricket any more, will return home after the final Test.(AFP) ODI and T20 squad: M S Dhoni (c), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Unesh Yadav, Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan. © PTI  |
| Statistical Highlights Day 3 of India vs Australia 3rd Test Perth 2012 Posted: 15 Jan 2012 05:49 AM PST
# With seven successive defeats overseas, India’s winning percentage fell below 25 overall – 112 wins, 146 defeats, 202 drawn games and one tied game out of 461 played – winning % 24.29. # On the other hand, Australia’s success % is quite impressive – 347 wins, 194 defeats, 197 drawn games and two tied matches out of 740 played. Australia remain the only team to have recorded winning % of 40 or more in Tests. # As captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni enjoys success % of 45.94 – his record being seventeen triumphs, 10 defeats and 10 drawn games out of 37 contested.
# Australia have won three consecutive Tests for the first time under Michael Clarke’s leadership. # Clarke’s captaincy record has improved a lot – six wins, three defeats and two drawn games out of eleven contested – success % 54.54. # Having lost the previous two series to India – 2-0 in 2008-09 and 2-0 in 2010-11 – Australia have regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with convincing margin. # India have lost 11 Tests each by an innings margin to England and Australia, 9 to West Indies, 4 to South Africa, three to Pakistan, two to Sri Lanka and one to New Zealand. Overall, India have lost forty one Tests by an innings margin. # For Australia, the 2010-11 series is their seventh series triumph over India in Australia. The remaining three series against India in Australia were drawn. # Australia have won 23 out of 39 played at Perth – lost 9 and drawn seven. Against India, they won three out of four played at this venue – by 2 wickets in 1977-78; by 300 runs in 1991-92 and by an innings and 37 runs in 2011-12. India’s only Test triumph at this venue by 72 runs was recorded in 2007-08. # The Perth Test defeat is the 10th under Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy. He has joined four Indian captains, who have lost 10 or more – Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi (19), Mohammad Azharuddin (14), Sourav Ganguly (13) and Bishan Singh Bedi (11). # The last time India lost two Test series in a row on foreign soil was between 2007-08 and 2008 – 2-1 to Australia in 2007-08 followed by 2-1 to Sri Lanka in 2008. # Dhoni has set an unwanted Indian record by losing six Tests by an innings margin. Lala Amarnath had lost five games by such a margin. # David Warner has got the Man of the Match award for the second time – his first was against New Zealand at Hobart in December last year. Despite a hundred from Warner, Australia had lost the Test. # Virat Kohli (75) has recorded his career-best innings, surpassing the 63 against West Indies in Mumbai in November 2011. # Kohli posted his first half-century on foreign soil – his first against Australia. # Kohli has posted three fifties in Tests – 52 & 63 against the West Indies in Mumbai in November last year and 75 against Australia in the just concluded Test at Perth. # Kohli and Rahul Dravid have shared an 84-run stand for the fifth wicket – an Indian record at WACA Ground, surpassing the 68 between Kohli and Laxman in the first innings of the 2011-12 Test. © PTI  |
| MS Dhoni banned from Adelaide test for slow over rate in Perth test Posted: 15 Jan 2012 02:00 AM PST
The one-match ban completed a miserable day for Dhoni, who was dismissed for two runs as India crumbled to an innings and 37-run defeat at the WACA to go 3-0 down in the four-match series. “The India team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third Test against Australia in Perth … and as this is the second offence within 12 months Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been suspended for the next Test match in line with the ICC Code of Conduct,” said an ICC news release.
India were two overs shy of the minimum rate required, the release said. The first offence was committed in the second Test against the West Indies in Barbados in July. Vice-captain Virender Sehwag is likely to step up to replace Dhoni as skipper in Adelaide, where the fourth Test takes place next week, with Wriddhiman Saha likely to stand in as wicketkeeper. © PTI  |
| Aussies thrash India by an innings & 37 runs to seal series Posted: 15 Jan 2012 01:55 AM PST
At Perth’s WACA Ground, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni were out before lunch and Australia cleaned up the tail for 171 soon after the break to complete their third simple win. It was the second Test in a row the tourists had been beaten without Australia needing to bat twice, having been smashed by an innings and 68 runs in the second Test in Sydney.
Despite a gritty batting performance by their most inexperienced batsman, Virat Kohli, the last man to fall for 75, it was another shoddy batting display by the tourists, whose abject display has caused consternation at home. The Indians resumed at 88-4, needing another 120 runs to make Australia bat again, and Kohli and veteran Dravid briefly revived their hopes with a dogged 84-run stand for the fifth wicket. However, the loss of Dravid (47) and skipper Dhoni in quick succession before lunch had Australia closing in on victory. The end came quickly after the resumption, with yet another insipid performance by the Indian tail. Swing bowler Ben Hilfenhaus’ incredible resurgence continued when he claimed three wickets in four balls after lunch, before Peter Siddle had Kohli caught behind to seal the win. Hilfenhaus (4-54) claimed eight wickets for the match to have 23 wickets in the series at 16 apiece. Kohli, who also top-scored in India’s calamitous first innings with 44 as the tourists were dismissed for 161, before Australia made 369 on the back of David Warner’s explosive 180, had been fighting his way towards his maiden Test century in his seventh Test, but received no support aside from Dravid. Dravid’s once-famed ‘wall’ defence was again breached by Ryan Harris, who knocked the 39-year-old’s leg stump out of the ground. The delivery didn’t do anything significant off the pitch, but found the gap between bat and pad, ending the veteran’s vigilant innings after 177 minutes and 114 balls. It was the fifth time in six innings in the series that Dravid had been bowled, and his average for the series of 28 is well down on his career average against Australia of 52.62. Dravid has now been bowled more times in Test cricket than any other batsman – 54 times. Dhoni again failed, caught in the slips by a diving Ricky Ponting for two from the bowling of Peter Siddle, and the skipper has made just 102 runs in the series at 20.40, with 57 of those runs coming in the first innings in Sydney. Dhoni has not made a century in 13 Tests against Australia. © PTI  |
| India Vs Australia 3rd ODI Post Match Presentation 2012 Perth Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:45 PM PST
Clarke: Great performance from Warner and Cowan in pretty tough conditions. Bowlers continue to exhibit their skills. The only difference between the side from the New Zealand Tests is the hard work. Hobart was a difficult track for our batters. As a a batting group we have been able to reach 300. There has been enough for the bowlers in all the wickets. Warner: I was playing my natural game. I see myself as a batsman and look to score runs whenever I can. At the end of the day, in Test cricket most of the fielders are behind the wicket. So there will be a lot of scoring opportunities in front of the wicket. Cowan has been a fantastic opening partner. I enjoy opening with him. If the ball is in the area, I will go for the shot. I can leap quite high, hope that I can find an alternative career after cricket. The bowlers are bowling some fantastic lengths which give us a lot of chances. Hope we can continue that in Adelaide. Warner is the Man of the match for his blistering knock of 180
Dhoni: It is pretty hard to stomach. We have not performed well in this series till now. If we had made in the second innings, we could have put up a fight. Class is permanent. Players do have some bad series. The performances of Virat and Umesh have been heartening. It’s good to see Virat perform as Rohit Sharma, a talented youngster is on the bench. Umesh Yadav has been rewarded for some bowling some consistent lengths. We have not adapted to the conditions. The only motivation for us is to prevent a 4-0 loss and we will look to prevent that in Adelaide. More India vs Australia 2011-12 Cricket Highlights, News, Live Scores…  |
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