Highlights: Australia vs India (1st Test, Day 2)
India’s openers took charge of the first Test in Perth on Saturday.
India’s openers took charge of the first Test in Perth on Saturday.
Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a composed 90* and KL Rahul a stylish 62* on Saturday as India built an ominous 218-run lead over Australia to take a stranglehold on the opening Test in Perth.
Mitchell Starc hit a defiant 26 to keep Australia in touch on day two of the opening Test in Perth.
Seventeen wickets fell on a crazy opening day of the first Test in Perth.
India roared back into the first Test against Australia in Perth on Friday after being skittled for 150.
Should KL Rahul have been given out caught behind by the third umpire upon review or was it bat hitting pad?
Australia captain Pat Cummins has urged new opener Nathan McSweeney not to try and emulate swashbuckling David Warner.
Australia and India have been facing each other in Test cricket since 1947 and renew their rivalry in Perth on Friday, playing a five-match series for the first time since 1991-92.
India head into a hotly anticipated five-Test showdown against Australia starting in Perth on Friday wounded by their first home series loss in 12 years and with a point to prove.
Marcus Stoinis slammed five huge sixes in an unbeaten 61 as Australia crushed Pakistan by seven wickets in Hobart on Monday to secure a 3-0 T20I series whitewash.
Speedster Spencer Johnson took 5-26 to propel Australia to a tense 13-run victory over Pakistan in Sydney on Saturday and seal their three-match T20I series with a game to go.
Australia downed Pakistan by 29 runs in a truncated T20I series opener in Brisbane on Thursday.
Saim Ayub hit 42 and Abdullah Shafique 37 as Pakistan raced to a commanding eight-wicket victory and their first ODI series win in Australia for 22 years on Sunday.
Nathan McSweeney has won the race to open for Australia in the first of five Tests against India this month, while Josh Inglis was a surprise inclusion in their 13-man squad.
Saim Ayub slammed a swashbuckling 82 and Abdullah Shafique an unbeaten 64 as Pakistan demolished Australia by nine wickets on Friday to level their ODI series.