The Indian cricket team will kick off the new season in a brand new limited-overs kit, which was unveiled on Wednesday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) official apparel partner Nike ahead of the series against Australia starting at Rajkot on Thursday.
Australia are set to take on India in a series of seven One-Day Internationals (ODI) and a one-off T20 International (T20I). Former players and cricket pundits have voiced their verdict, calling it a cakewalk for the Indians, especially since Australia would be missing their best player of spin, Michael Clarke. Aayush Puthran, however feels it won’t be surprising if the Australians do put up a good fight, but the challenge lies in reigniting the lost aggression in the India-Australia cricket battles more than anything else.
The timing of it may be far from perfect but former pacer Brett Lee on Tuesday said the upcoming India-Australia One-Day International (ODI) series would do a world of good to the team in transition from Down Under as nothing beats the experience of playing in the heat and dust of India.
Coming down heavily on Cricket Australia (CA) for agreeing to the upcoming One-Day International (ODI) series against India, former captain Ian Chappell said the "badly timed" matches will dent the team's morale by exposing its "glaring" batting frailties on spin-friendly tracks in India.
The dew factor has prompted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to revise the match-timings of the upcoming One-Day International (ODI) cricket series between India and Australia starting October 13 in Pune.
Australian professional model and surf life saver Candice Falzon shared a picture of her’s with swashbuckling opener David Warner.
India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that the toss will be crucial in the upcoming seven-match one-day home series against Australia in October-November, all the matches being day-nighters.