Rishabh Pant

Skipper Tim Paine warned Thursday that Steve Smith 'feeds off' criticism and was fired up for the high-stakes fourth Test against India.

India were battling to avoid defeat against Australia after losing two wickets before the close of play Sunday in a third Test marred by allegations of racist abuse from the Sydney crowd.

India were 98 for two in their desperate rearguard action at the close of play on the fourth day of the third test on Sunday, still 308 runs behind Australia and a full day's batting away from saving the match.

A rejuvenated India shorn of Virat Kohli turned the tables on Australia to claim the second test within four days in Melbourne on Tuesday, a rousing eight-wicket victory that breathed life into the series.

India made four changes in their bid to bounce back from their shellacking in Adelaide but they face an uphill battle as Australia captain Tim Paine wants the hosts to continue their ruthless streak in the second test in Melbourne from Saturday.

Mumbai Indians (MI) broke the odd-even jinx when they defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by five wickets in the final of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 on Tuesday (November 10). Earlier, MI have always won IPL titles in odd years and never got success in defending the prestigious crown in

Spinner Varun Chakravarthy claimed this Indian Premier League season's first five-wicket haul as Kolkata Knight Riders gave their play-off hopes a boost with a 59-run win over Delhi Capitals.

Australia's Steve Smith has denied trying to erase Rishabh Pant's guard in the batting crease during the third test against India on Monday, saying he had been marking centre as he always does.

India were battling to avoid defeat against Australia after losing two wickets before the close of play Sunday in the third Test.

Debutant Will Pucovski and Marnus Labuschagne smacked half-centuries as Australia recovered from an early setback to build a promising first innings in the rain-hit third Test against India.

Shubman Gill, who has played three ODIs for India, looked solid during his 78-ball knock at number three in their warm-up match against Australia A in Adelaide.

The Mumbai Indians are the 2020 IPL Champions after they easily beat the Delhi Capitals in the final on Tuesday.

Australia coach Justin Langer gave under-fire skipper Tim Paine his "100 percent" support and blasted criticism of Steve Smith as "absolute rubbish".

Paine acknowledged his actions undermined the goal he set himself when appointed Test captain in 2018 to revamp the team's toxic culture after the 'Sandpaper-gate' ball-tampering scandal.

Steve Smith has come under fire for seemingly attempting to remove the guard marks of India batsman Rishabh Pant after the tea break.

Former Australian captain Steve Smith has been blasted on social media after he appeared to purposefully remove the batting guard of India's Rishabh Pant.

India captain Ajinkya Rahane said his team's draw in the third test against Australia felt like a victory after the touring side pulled off a great escape at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Monday.

A battered and bruised India team batted resiliently through the final day to snatch a remarkable draw in the third test against Australia on Monday, leaving an engrossing series tied at 1-1 heading into the final match in Brisbane.

A courageous and injury-wrecked India pulled off a remarkable draw in a tense third Test against Australia.

Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Navdeep Saini have been placed into quarantine after dining inside a Melbourne restaurant put them in potential breach of strict Covid-19 health measures.