Australia's tour of India (2013)

[agamdilawari]

Australia’s tour of India 2013

4 Tests (22nd February – 26th March)

Indian Squad: MS Dhoni (capt.), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Ashok Dinda


Australia Squad: Michael Clarke (capt), David Warner, Ed Cowan, Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Johnson, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Jackson Bird, Xavier Doherty, Nathan Lyon.

 

[agamdilawari]

Board President's XI v Australians, Chennai, 1st day

Australians stumble against spin on opening day

The Australians lost nine wickets to spin on the first day of their opening tour game in Chennai, but though they were dismissed for 241 their opener and top-scorer Ed Cowan said the team was satisfied with the workout. Jammu & Kashmir offspinner Parvez Rassol, who turns 24 tomorrow, took 7 for 45 for the Board President's XI on a pitch that offered the slow bowlers assistance.

Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade, the Australians' acting captain, had spoken about the importance of batting long in order to adapt to the local conditions, and everyone got the chance to have time in the middle after he won the toss.

Only 11 of the 17-member squad had arrived in India and so Usman Khawaja opened with Cowan, adding 77 for the first wicket before he was caught behind off legspinner Sarabjit Ladda. Cowan was the next to fall, caught behind to become the first of Rassol's seven wickets. Wade and Steven Smith added 58 for the third wicket but Wade's dismissal triggered a slide during which the Australians lost eight wickets for 74 runs.

Aus 241 (88.3 ov, NM Lyon 12*, Parvez Rassol 7/45) - Stumps | Live Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Pervez Rassol, a young all rounder from Kashmir playing in Board President's XI claimed most Aussie wickets to return with figures of 7/45.

 

[Ayush]

Board President's XI v Australians, Chennai, 1st day

Australians stumble against spin on opening day

The Australians lost nine wickets to spin on the first day of their opening tour game in Chennai, but though they were dismissed for 241 their opener and top-scorer Ed Cowan said the team was satisfied with the workout. Jammu & Kashmir offspinner Parvez Rassol, who turns 24 tomorrow, took 7 for 45 for the Board President's XI on a pitch that offered the slow bowlers assistance.

Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade, the Australians' acting captain, had spoken about the importance of batting long in order to adapt to the local conditions, and everyone got the chance to have time in the middle after he won the toss.

Only 11 of the 17-member squad had arrived in India and so Usman Khawaja opened with Cowan, adding 77 for the first wicket before he was caught behind off legspinner Sarabjit Ladda. Cowan was the next to fall, caught behind to become the first of Rassol's seven wickets. Wade and Steven Smith added 58 for the third wicket but Wade's dismissal triggered a slide during which the Australians lost eight wickets for 74 runs.

Aus 241 (88.3 ov, NM Lyon 12*, Parvez Rassol 7/45) - Stumps | Live Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Pervez Rassol, a young all rounder from Kashmir playing in Board President's XI claimed most Aussie wickets to return with figures of 7/45.

a kashmiri all rounder.cool.

 

[Rahil khan]

Its very nice to see Harbhajan back into the team. Hope he is gonna cause serious problems to Aussies. Good luck to Indian team.

 

[agamdilawari]

Aussies made to toil hard against India A. Good show by Tiwari & Rohit...still not playing Rahane in XI despite being in squad is a no-brainer.

 

[for truth]

and all off the cities mentioned above as venues are hot as hell in this part of year, perhaps this was done deliberately to roast the Australians.

 

[agamdilawari]

Australia 380
India 182/3 (52.0 ov)
India trail by 198 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Sachin 71 (not out)
Kohli 50*

 

[scorpionx]

Yesterday I didn't want to move out of my house in the afternoon as Sachin seemed to be playing with God's armour

 

[isro2222]

India tea time 371/6.... When india does well than the positive energy is too high.... Totaly heavenly for us....

 

[hembo]

Dhoni is playing a blinder of an innings.. Pulled India right back to winning possibilities from a hopeless situation due to some careless batting by his other team mates.

 

[rockstarIN]

Dhoni hits 200................................!!

 

[SpArK]

Dhoni 200......

 

[Frank Martin]

Skipper Dhoni completes his double century..score 506/8

 

[hembo]

Its not just the 200, its the manner how he has made those runs.. Majestic..

Respect!!

 

[JanjaWeed]

Double delight for MSD today. His first double ton in test cricket & his superbike team wins a race in Superbike World Championship...