But in the tournament’s context, the result did not matter as India had already entered the final.
In a rare achievement, batters from Australia occupy the top three places in the rankings as Steve Smith and Travis Head joined top-ranked Marnus Labuschagne following their centuries in the WTC final win against India.
Ajinkya Rahane, who made a memorable 89 in his comeback Test after 18 months, hoped that the finger injury he sustained on Thursday would not affect his batting in the second innings.
1983 World Cup winner and former selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth was not pleased with the selection of Shardul Thakur in the 15-man squad for the World Cup.
The decision to exclude Ashwin was defended by coach Rahul Dravid, who said that overcast conditions forced them to pick a fourth specialist seamer.
At stumps, Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green were batting on 41 and 7, respectively.
Pacer Shardul Thakur took 4/37 as he helped dismantle Shai Hope’s West Indies for only 151 and helping India to series win.
Team India have been bowled out for 296 handing Australia a lead of 173 runs on day 3 of the WTC Final at the Oval.
With top-order teethering, it was upto Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur, who have stitched a 100-run partnership to take Team India to 260 for the loss of six...
India batted for 10 overs before the tea break and were dealt a twin blow as skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill fell to Pat Cummins and Scott Boland,...
Starting the day at 327 for 3, Australia added 147 more runs while losing the remaining seven wickets as Travis Head (163) and Steve Smith (121) were the two...
Mohammed Shami (2/102 in 27 overs), Mohammed Siraj (2/106 in 27 overs) and Shardul Thakur (2/83 in 22 overs) took two wickets apiece, while substitute fielder...
After remaining unbeaten on 95 overnight, Smith faced Mohammed Siraj and struck consecutive fours to bring up the milestone.
Travis Head and Steve Smith were batting on 146 and 95, respectively, as Australia added 157 runs in the final session.
Head's century is the first milestone of this nature in a WTC final.
Travis Head and Steve Smith were batting on 60 and 33, respectively, at the break as Australia added 97 runs in the second session in 28 overs for the loss of...
India pacer Mohammed Siraj gave India a perfect start when he dismissed the in-form Usman Khawaja for a duck in the fourth over.
Akram hoped that the Indian fast bowling attack, with Mohammad Shami as the spearhead and the wily Mohammed Siraj as a certain starter, would be wise with...
Pandya, who last played Tests for India in September 2018, has limited himself to only playing white-ball cricket and ruled himself out of the upcoming World...
India utilised three spinners during the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy series with both Ashwin (25 wickets) and Jadeja (22) shining bright to help their side...
Bowling coach Paras Mhambrey said that while the bowlers will get some rest in the days leading up to the WTC final, the group is determined to extract the...
Mohammed Siraj, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, and all-rounder Shardul Thakur will also be on the flight along with the team's support staff led by Rahul Dravid.
Two-time IPL champions KKR are on the brink of elimination after losing four of their seven matches at Eden Gardens.
Dube struck a 34-ball 48, hitting 3 sixes and a four in his impactful batting for CSK. Sunil Narine looked like his old self, picking 2 wickets for 15 runs in...
Chakravarthy was handed the last over with SRH needing nine runs, and he conceded just three, keeping KKR's slim playoff hopes alive.
