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Australia beat India by 21 runs in the third ODI of the three-match series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday, March 22. With the triumph, Australia claimed the series 2-1 and also became the top-ranked side in men’s ODIs. For India, it was their first one-day series loss at home since 2019.

Team India captain Rohit Sharma has blamed the team’s batters for the hosts’ defeat in the second ODI against Australia in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, March 19. The Men in Blue were bowled out for 117 in 26 overs as India succumbed to their biggest defeat in terms of balls remaining - 234 balls.

A clinical Team India beat Australia by five wickets in the first one-dayer of the three-match series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday, March 17. Bowling first after winning the toss, India came up with an excellent performance to clean up Australia for 188 in merely 35.4 overs. India lost five wickets for 83 runs in the chase, but got home in 39.5 overs.

Reflecting on India’s nine-wicket loss to Australia in the Indore Test, captain Rohit Sharma opined that his batters did not do enough to challenge the opposition bowlers, allowing them to get on top. He, however, credited veteran Aussie off-spinner Nathan Lyon, who ran through the Indian batting line-up with figures of 8/64 in the second innings.

Team India captain Rohit Sharma has stated that stripping KL Rahul of the vice-captaincy does not mean anything. Rahul was named vice-captain for the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. However, Rohit will be without a deputy for the remaining two Tests. The decision to strip Rahul as vice-captain has coincided with his struggles with the bat.

Team India pacer Mohammed Shami was the pick of the bowlers for his figures of 4/60 on Day 1 of the second Test against Australia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Friday, February 17. India were asked to bowl first after Pat Cummins won the toss again. For the second Test in a row, the hosts cleaned up the visitors on the opening day.

The second Test between India and Australia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi would be special for Cheteshwar Pujara as it would be his 100th Test match. The 35-year-old began his red-ball journey for India against Australia in Bangalore in 2010. Life has come a full circle for the defiant man of Indian cricket.

BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma was heard making some shocking claims in a recent sting operation by Zee News. He claimed that Sourav Ganguly did not like Virat Kohli even though it was not the case of him favoring Rohit Sharma. Sharma alleged that Kohli had a big ego and felt he lost the captaincy because of Ganguly. He added it was because of this ego clash that he spoke against the then BCCI chief at a controversial press conference ahead of India’s 2021-22 tour of South Africa.

Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar reckons that Australia were spooked by their own media, who vehemently made shocking claims about the Nagpur pitch in the build-up to the Test. Gavaskar added that if Australia are smart, they would tell the media to let them play the game