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Brisbane Test, Day 4: India 157 for 7 at lunch

December 20, 2014

Brisbane TestBrisbane, Dec 20: India reached 157 for seven at lunch on the fourth day of the second Test against Australia, in Brisbane on Saturday with their overall lead being only 60 runs with three wickets in hand.

Starting at 71 for one, India lost six wickets in the session with injured Shikhar Dhawan battling it out on 41 in company of Umesh Yadav (9).

Cheteshwar Pujara (43), Virat Kohli (1), Ajinkya Rahane (10), Rohit Sharma (0) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (0) were all back in the hut.

Dhawan hurt in practice

Shikhar Dhawan retired hurt ahead of the resumption of play on Saturday in the second Test against Australia after being hit on the forearm during a net session, prompting complaints from the India team about the state of the practice wickets.

Dhawan batted for 23 overs late Friday and was not out on 26 overnight with the India second-innings total at 71 for 1.

The India team management said Dhawan was hit on the right wrist, but didn’t have time to go for medical scans. He went out to bat later Saturday with India reeling at 117 for 6.

Virat Kohli was also hit during practice, but went to the crease to bat in Dhawan’s place to start play on day four. He was bowled by Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson for one after facing 11 balls.

India team management said it had been asking for several days for fresh pitches to be prepared in the nets but it had not happened.

“Instead of that, they have asked (us) to practice on worn out wickets which (have) uneven bounce,” the team said in a statement. “Because of that two of our batsmen got injured.”

Scoreboard at lunch:

Shikhar Dhawan not out 41

Murali Vijay b Starc 27

Cheteshwar Pujara c Lyon b Hazlwood 43

Virat Kohli b Johnson 1

Ajinkya Rahane c Lyon b Johnson 10

Rohit Sharma c Haddin b Johnson 0

M.S. Dhoni lbw b Hazlewood 0

Ravi Ashwin c Haddin b Starc 19

Umesh Yadav not out 7

Extras: (2lb,2nb,5w) 9

Total: (for seven wickets) 157

Overs: 47. Batting time- 229 minutes.

Fall of wickets: 1—41, 2—76, 3—86, 4—86, 5—87, 6—117, 7—143.

Still to bat: Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma.

Bowling: Mitchell Johnson 14—4—54—3 (1nb,5w),

Josh Hazlewood 11—0—51—2 (1nb), Mitchell Starc 8—1—27—2, Shane Watson 10—6—12—0, Nathan Lyon 4—0—11—0.

Toss- India.

Series- Australia leads 4—test series 1—0.

Umpires- Ian Gould, England, and Marais Erasmus, South Africa.

Third umpire- Simon Fry, Australia. Match referee- Jeff Crowe, New Zealand.

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August 2,2020

New Delhi, Aug 2: Batting great Rahul Dravid has attributed Chennai Super Kings' consistent run in the IPL to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's instincts, game-smarts and the incredible amount of work that goes behind the scenes.

N Srinivasan, the former BCCI president and head of India Cements, which owns the CSK franchise, agreed that Dhoni is a man of instinct who doesn't believe in attending team meetings and going over data.

Both were speaking at a webinar organised by the Great Lakes Institute of Management.

"If you look at the success CSK has had, they've got really good access to data and they've got really good access to people behind the scenes and they've run cricket teams at the junior level," Dravid said at the webinar according to ESPNcricinfo.

The former India captain added, "They understand talent and they've obviously got a good scouting process in place. But, what they also have is a captain who really understands instincts.

"So, I mean, look, I know Dhoni quite well and I hope he hasn't changed, but I know Dhoni is probably not one to look at reams of data and statistics."

The Super Kings have won the lucrative tournament three times -- one less than Mumbai Indians -- and reached the knockouts in each of the 10 seasons they have been a part of.

Srinivasan also spoke about how Dhoni's instinct and judgement contributed to his team's success at a time when a lot of emphases is placed on data.

"We're awash with data just now. To give you an example, there are bowling coaches and in a T20 game, they play videos of every batsman whom they're going to come against and they see how he got out, what's his strength, what's his weakness etc.

"So, MS Dhoni doesn't attend this, he's a pure instinct man. The bowling coach, (head coach Stephen) Fleming will be there and everybody will be there, everyone is giving opinions, (but) he'll get up and go.

"In the context of instinct, he feels that okay he can assess a batsman or player on the field, that's his judgement. On the other hand, there is so much of data that is available to help a person also analyse. It's a very difficult line to draw (between data and instinct)."

Srinivasan also recalled how Dhoni once refused to take "one outstanding player" suggested by the franchise boss as that could have broken the team's cohesion.

"There was one outstanding player that we suggested to MS, he said: 'no sir, he will spoil the team'. The cohesion within the team is important and see in America, franchise-based sport has been there for such a long time," he said.

"In India, we're just starting and we're new to it. But we at India Cements have had a lot of experience running teams at junior levels."

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January 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Opening batsman Rohit Sharma on Sunday became the third-fastest batsman to register 9,000 runs in the 50-over format.

He achieved the feat in the ongoing third ODI against Australia here at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Only Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have achieved the feat faster than Rohit.

Sharma brought up the milestone in the first over of the Indian innings as he clipped Mitchell Starc away for a single.

With this, the right-handed batsman has become just the sixth Indian to achieve the milestone.

Apart from Sharma, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, and Sachin Tendulkar have more than 9,000 runs in the 50-over format.

Overall, 20 batsmen have more than 9,000 ODI runs to their name.

In the match between India and Australia, the former won the toss and elected to bat first.

Steve Smith played a knock of 131 runs to propel Australia to 286/9 in the allotted fifty overs.

 

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January 24,2020

Auckland, Jan 24: K L Rahul and Shreyas Iyer smashed quick-fire half-centuries, while skipper Virat Kohli made 45 as India defeated New Zealand by six wickets in the first T20 International to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series here on Friday.

Chasing a challenging 204-run target, Rahul smashed 56 off 27 balls and together with Kohli shared 99 runs for the second wicket to lay the foundation for the chase.

Later, Iyer (58 not out off 29 balls) and Manish Pandey (14 not out) remained unbeaten as India chased down the target with an over to spare.

Earlier, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor smashed scintillating half-centuries to power New Zealand to a challenging 203 for five.

Opener Munro blasted six fours and two sixes in his 42-ball 59, while skipper Williamson treated the Indian bowlers with equal disdain, hitting them out of the park four times in his 26-ball 51.

Taylor then clobbered an unbeaten 54 off 27 balls. His innings was laced with three sixes and as many fours.

Opener Martin Guptill also chipped in with a 19-ball 30.

Earlier, India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to field.

For India, Jasprit Bumrah (1/), Shardul Thakur (1/44), Yuzvendra Chahal (1/32), Shivam Dube (1/24) and Ravindra Jadeja (1/18) snapped one wicket each.

Brief Score:

New Zealand: 203 for 5 in 20 overs (Colin Munro 59, Kane Williamson 51, Ross Taylor 54; Jasprit Bumrah 1/31).

India: 204 for 4 in 19 overs (Shreyas Iyer 58 not out, K L Rahul 56, Virat Kohli 45; Ish Sodhi 2/36).

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