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NUMBERS GAME: Mitchell Starc’s long-wait over and other key stats from Day 1 of Adelaide TestSubscriber Only

December 6, 2024 22:06 IST

Here are five key stats from the opening day's play in Adelaide:

Mitchell Starc dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal first ball before recording his best Test figures. (AP)

‘Get one on target and away we go’: Starc on Jaiswal’s first-ball wicket in Pink-Ball TestSubscriber Only

December 6, 2024 20:27 IST

Mitchell Starc finished with six wickets on the opening day of the Pink Ball Test at Adelaide Oval after dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal off the first ball of the day.

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Border-Gavaskar Trophy | ‘That’s one of the best reviews I’ve seen’: Michael Vaughan takes a dig at Ravichandran Ashwin’s reviewSubscriber Only

December 6, 2024 21:44 IST

Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin opted for a review after a Mitchell Starc yorker hit him and found him plumb.

Mitchell Starc India vs Australia 6 wickets

How a relaxed Mitchell Starc scythed through India’s batting line-up with swing and stingSubscriber Only

December 7, 2024 06:11 IST

The Australian left-armer displays his mastery and conjures career-best figures to rattle India.

Indian players wait after the floodlights went off during the day one of the second cricket test match between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval on Friday. (AP)

‘Oh hello. They’ve run out of electricity in Adelaide’: Mark Waugh on floodlight failure in Pink-Ball TestSubscriber Only

December 6, 2024 19:51 IST

Adelaide Test: With the floodlights going off twice during the 18th over being bowled by Indian pacer Harshit Rana, former Australian cricketer Mark Waugh took a dig at the issue.

Border-Gavaskar Trophy | ‘Perfect start for Australia’ and ‘the fightback is on’: Aussies hail Mitchell Starc’s opening ball dismissal of Yashasvi JaiswalSubscriber Only

December 6, 2024 18:44 IST

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Australian pacer Mitchell Starc picked up a wicket off the first ball of a Test for the third time in his career.

Phil Hughes passed away days before his 26th birthday. (Reuters)

Border-Gavaskar Trophy | ‘I was waiting for his cheeky grin but … yeah’: Phillip Hughes’s team-mate and room-mate Tom Cooper remembers the tragic incidentSubscriber Only

December 6, 2024 18:15 IST

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Cooper, a long-time team-mate of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, remembered Hughes’ final moments speaking with ABC Sports on the opening day of the Second Pink Ball Test at Adelaide

Mohammed Siraj chucks ball at Marnus Labuschagne

IND vs AUS | WATCH: Mohammed Siraj chucks the ball in frustration as Marnus Labuschagne pulls out from stance

December 6, 2024 20:38 IST

IND vs AUS: This wasn't the first time that the two players had clashed in this series with both Siraj and Labuschagne having a war of words during the Test match at Perth as well.

Scott Boland appeared to have dismissed KL Rahul off a no-ball in Adelaide on Friday. (AP)

Border Gavaskar Trophy | ‘Nothing more demoralising as a bowler’: Commentators on Scott Boland’s no-ball dismissal of KL RahulSubscriber Only

December 6, 2024 18:53 IST

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Australian pacer Scott Boland’s no-ball that appeared to dismiss KL Rahul in Adelaide on Friday was the eighth no-ball in his 11 Test matches.

Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill yielded their wickets to mini brain-fades and India began to wobble on the slippery peel at Adelaide. (AP)

Adelaide Test: How Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill loosened India’s control on Day 1 with two indecisive shotsSubscriber Only

December 7, 2024 06:11 IST

IND vs AUS: On a day of quite a few missteps from India in Adelaide, it was Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill's dismissals before lunch that hurt them the most. India never had any control over the match from there.

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Virat Kohli’s ‘adamance’ of not finding any other way to tackle weakness outside off has led to his batting average slipping to 40s, feels Sanjay Manjrekar

December 6, 2024 17:11 IST

Kohli's century against Australia last month came after a tough lean patch for the batter which led to him entering the average of 40s for the first time in 5 years back in 2022.

India vs Australia: Nitish Kumar Reddy helps India with a knock of 42 off 54 (AP)

IND vs AUS: How Nitish Kumar Reddy helped India climb from 87/5 to 180 in Adelaide on Day 1

December 6, 2024 17:09 IST

India vs Australia: Nitish Kumar Reddy took on the bowlers and played a few unexpected shots that helped India put up a respectable total on the board in Adelaide on Friday.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi's fifty powered India to the U19 Asia Cup final on Friday. (ACC)

WATCH: Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s 24-ball fifty powers India to U19 Asia Cup 2024 final over Sri Lanka

December 6, 2024 17:15 IST

WATCH Video: Vaibhav Suryavanshi's 24-ball fifty powered India to a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka to qualify for the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup final on Friday.

IND vs AUS: The Adelaide floodlights went off twice in an over, forcing stoppage in play during the Pink-Ball Test on Friday. (AP/Screengrab)

IND vs AUS: Adelaide floodlight failure forces stoppage in play twice in one over on Day 1

December 6, 2024 16:29 IST

IND vs AUS, Pink Ball Test: The floodlights went off twice during the 18th over bowled by India's Harshit Rana in Adelaide on Friday, forcing stoppages in play as the entire ground drifted to darkness.

IND vs AUS: Jasprit Bumrah picked up his 50th Test wicket of the year on Friday in Adelaide on his birthday. (AP)

IND vs AUS: Jasprit Bumrah becomes first bowler to pick 50 Test wickets in 2024; joins Kapil Dev, Zaheer Khan in elite list

December 6, 2024 15:39 IST

IND vs AUS: Birthday boy Jasprit Bumrah is only the third Indian pacer after Kapil Dev and Zaheer Khan to bag 50 Test wickets in a calendar year.

Jasprit Bumrah's white keds - laced and velcroed both - had the initials JB93 inscribed on their sides in black in Adelaide on Friday. (AP/Instagram)

What are Jasprit Bumrah’s JB93-inscribed cool kicks and what was his original choice for a jersey number?Subscriber Only

December 6, 2024 15:19 IST

Jasprit Bumrah turns 31 and is in the middle of a magical comeback from injury 16 months ago, a time in which he made the ODI World Cup finals, won the T20 World title, and is now pushing India to seal the World Test Championship spot.

Adelaide Test: Australia players honour Philip Hughes and Ian Redpath by wearing black armbandsSubscriber Only

December 6, 2024 14:26 IST

Philip Hughes tragically passed away in 2014 after being struck on the neck by a short ball during a Sheffield Shield match.

Since his return from injury in mid-2023, Jasprit Bumrah is the only bowler to have picked up at least 100 wickets across formats. (AP)

Birthday boy Bumrah’s boombox stats: In 16 months since his 2023 comeback, India spearhead has 100 wickets and an average of 15.47Subscriber Only

December 7, 2024 06:14 IST

The bowling load in the tricky thirties will begin for Jasprit Bumrah in Adelaide and the path from 200 to 300 internationals will reveal more shades of this ‘special one.'

IND vs AUS: Mitchell Starc emulated former WI pacer Pedro Collins with his third first-ball wicket in a Test match on Friday. (AP/Reuters)

Pedro Collins: A Sachin Tendulkar ‘destroyer’ who recorded three first-ball wickets in Tests before Mitchell Starc

December 6, 2024 13:56 IST

Pedro Collins, who made Sachin Tendulkar his 'bunny' in 2002, returned to the spotlight on Friday when Mitchell Starc emulated his feat of recording three instances of picking wickets of the first ball of a Test match.

Australia's Mitchell Starc celebrates the dismissal of India's Yashasvi Jaiswal during the day one of the second cricket test match between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, Australia. (AP | PTI)

Jaiswal-Starc Round 3 of “Bowled too slow” (BTS) jousting goes to the Aussie, as India are 123/6 at AdelaideSubscriber Only

December 6, 2024 13:23 IST

After receiving the chart-buster sledge at Perth, Mitchell Starc packs off the chirpy Yashasvi Jaiswal too quickly, for a golden duck

IND vs AUS: Ashwin, in his decorated career, has played only 10 Test matches Down Under. (AP)

Why R Ashwin is in the playing XI in Adelaide TestSubscriber Only

December 6, 2024 09:19 IST

R Ashwin has taken 16 wickets in three matches at an economy of 2.64 at this venue.

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