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Steve Smith of Australia (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Australia’s star batter Steve Smith is rethinking his training approach to combat a recent dip in form. He’s adopted a “less is more” strategy, inspired by advice from former teammate Mike Hussey.Smith’s performance has been under scrutiny, with only 19 runs across three innings in the…

IN SEARCH OF OLD SELF: Watching Virat Kohli during practice at The Gabba on Thursday showed his eagerness to rediscover the poise and decisiveness of youth. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) The star batter, who has played just one Test in Brisbane without reward back in 2014, is fussing over his technique, putting in the…

West Indies cricketers after the series sweep against Bangladesh. (Pic credit: Windies Cricket) The West Indies completed a dominant 3-0 clean sweep over Bangladesh in their ODI series after a thrilling four-wicket victory in the final match in St. Kitts on Thursday. Debutant Amir Jangoo delivered a sensational performance, becoming only the second West Indian…

Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli For the first time since sparking concern at the Ramakant Achrekar memorial event a few weeks ago, former India cricketer Vinod Kambli has spoken about his recent health scare and reflected on his long-standing friendship with Sachin Tendulkar. Kambli, 52, revealed that he has been battling a severe urine infection…

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mitchell Starc. (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting thinks Mitchell Starc may have been more motivated to put on his best performance of his career in the second Test in Adelaide after India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal made a lighthearted comment during the first Test…

Jasprit Bumrah (Getty Images) All fears around Jasprit Bumrah‘s fitness were answered by the bowler himself on Thursday when he returned to the nets in Gabba for a full-tilt training session ahead of the third Test against Australia in Brisbane, beginning December 14.According to an Australian Associated Press (AAP) report, “…Bumrah completed a full warm…

Australia’s Mitchell Marsh plays a shot during the second Test against India at Adelaide Oval. (AP) Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh said he is looking forward to once again taking on the ‘best in the world’ Jasprit Bumrah in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at The Gabba in Brisbane, starting from December 14. Bumrah…

NEW DELHI: Defeated in Perth, Australia fought back with a 10-wicket victory in the pink-ball Test in Adelaide against India to level the five-match series 1-1 in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Now with the third Test set to get underway at Gabba on Saturday, former Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar believes the momentum is with Australia,…

Virat Kohli‘s return-to-form hundred in Perth followed another low-scoring effort (7 and 11) in Adelaide, bringing his inconsistency of late back in the frame. Still, though, records keep following the batting legend, with another one coming up for him in the third Test against Australia, beginning at the Gabba on December 14. When Virat Kohli…

Sunil Gavaskar (Getty Images) Forty-three years ago on this day, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar began a Test innings that went into the history books for the 708 minutes, which comes to energy-sapping 11.8 hours, he spent on the crease to score 172 runs in Bangalore.The knock against England in the second Test of the 1981…