Ind Vs Aus News

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli met women's team members Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur after the fourth ODI against Australia in Bengaluru on Thursday. The official Twitter handle of the BCCI shared pictures of the meeting. Both Smriti and Harmanpreet were part of the Indian women's team that made it to the final of the World Cup in July.

Following Virat Kohli's decision to call Dhoni to bat at number seven in fourth ODI, a user tweeted, "Dhoni should come in to bat at number 11, we need to groom youngsters like Umesh Yadav for 2039 world cup." "U can't expect #dhoni all his life do that job for u, u shd send him up the order," wrote another.

Reacting to Indian opener Rohit Sharma's run-out after another mix-up with Virat Kohli against Australia, a user tweeted, "Bowlers se darr nahi lagta sahab Kohli se lagta hai: Rohit Sharma." Another user wrote, "Isn't Kohli getting Rohit Sharma run out anti national?" In 2013, Kohli was run-out while batting with Rohit, who scored ODIs' highest individual score in the match.

Indian opener Rohit Sharma was hit on the head by Australian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade's throw during the fourth ODI on Thursday. The incident happened in the 16th over when Wade received the ball from long-on and attempted to return it to the bowler. The ball fell short of the bowler and landed on non-striker Sharma's helmet.

Indian opener Rohit Sharma scored a 94-ball ton in the fifth ODI against Australia in Nagpur on Sunday after scoring his first run off his 15th ball. The century was Sharma's fourth ODI ton this year and 14th of his career. During the knock, Sharma also reached 6,000 ODI runs, becoming the third fastest Indian to reach the landmark.

India defeated Australia by seven wickets in the fifth ODI in Nagpur on Sunday to clinch the series 4-1 and reclaim the number one ODI ranking. India were helped by openers Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane, who registered their third consecutive century stand in ODIs. Centurion Rohit also became the fastest to complete 2,000 ODI runs in India.

Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag on Tuesday said Australian players did not sledge Team India in the recently-concluded ODI series as they were scared of losing out on IPL contracts. Sehwag said if the Australians had sledged, IPL franchise owners "might think twice" before bidding high for them. Sehwag added that the "brain fade" incident also kept the Australians "quiet".

Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has dismissed Australia's Glenn Maxwell four times in all the four matches they have played against each other, during Australia's ongoing tour of India. Out of the four dismissals in three ODIs and one T20I, two were stumpings, while the other two were caught. Maxwell was out caught in the first T20I at Ranchi on Saturday.

Indian bowlers equalled the record for getting the most number of batsmen out bowled in a T20I, registering six such dismissals during the rain-curtailed first T20I against Australia at Ranchi on Saturday. Out of the six bowled dismissals, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah effected two each. Four other bowling sides have managed to achieve the feat in T20Is.

India defeated Australia by 9 wickets in the rain-curtailed first T20I at Ranchi on Saturday, to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. Bowling first, India restricted Australia to 118/8 before their innings was cut short by rain, claiming record six bowled out dismissals. This was India's seventh consecutive win in T20Is against Australia.

Virat Kohli was dismissed for a duck for the first time in his T20I career, in his 52nd T20I match, against Australia on Tuesday. Kohli was caught and bowled by Australian pacer Jason Behrendorff, who is playing only his second T20I. Incidentally, Behrendorff had dismissed former Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid for their last professional career ducks.

Former captain MS Dhoni was stumped for the first time in T20Is and fifth time in international cricket, in the second India-Australia T20I on Tuesday. Dhoni, playing his 80th T20I, was stumped by Tim Paine off spinner Adam Zampa's bowling in the 10th over. The last time Dhoni was stumped in an international match was in the 2011 World Cup.

Australia defeated India by eight wickets in the second T20I on Tuesday, registering their first T20I win over India after five years and levelling the three-match series 1-1. The last time Australia defeated India in a T20I was in the 2012 World T20. The match saw Indian captain Virat Kohli get out on zero for the first time in T20Is.

A rock was thrown at the Australian team bus while they were returning from the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati after winning their first T20I against India in five years. Australian opener Aaron Finch tweeted an image of bus' broken window and wrote, "Pretty scary having a rock thrown through the team bus window on the way back to the hotel!!"

Following his four-wicket haul in the second T20I against India on Tuesday, Australian pacer Jason Behrendorff was asked by a journalist if he has heard about fans finding a likeness between him and WWE wrestler John Cena. In reply, Behrendorff said, "[F]rom what I understand he's a fair bit bigger than I am. But yeah, I'll take it. Sure."

Two people have been arrested in connection with the rock throwing incident involving the Australian cricket team bus in Guwahati. A rock was hurled at the bus on its way back to the team hotel following their T20I win over India, shattering a window. No injuries were caused to any of the Australian players or the support staff.

Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, while running a double against Australia in the second T20I, clocked his personal highest speed of 31 km/h while running between the wickets. In August, Dhoni had run 20 metres in 2.91 seconds at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, and had completed the run-a-three race in 8.3 seconds.

Indian fans queued outside the Australian cricket team's hotel in Guwahati to apologise for the rock-throwing incident on the Australian team bus, following India's loss in the 2nd T20I on Tuesday. The bus' glass panel was broken after which spinner Adam Zampa said, "It was a pretty scary incident. You never want those things to happen. It was disappointing."

Three pedestal fans were used to dry a wet patch on the outfield of the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad ahead of the third T20I between India and Australia. The fans were supported by three plastic chairs in an attempt to make the ground match-ready, following a week of heavy rain in Hyderabad.

The three-match T20I series between India and Australia ended at 1-1 after the final T20I in Hyderabad was abandoned without a ball being bowled. The match could not take place as the outfield was wet due to rain in Hyderabad over the past few days. India will next host New Zealand for a three-match ODI series, starting October 22.