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The Indian bowlers had a perfect day on the field on the first day of the second warm-up match at the Gliderol Oval in Adelaide, against Cricket Australia XI. After the bowlers dismissed the hosts for 243 in 68.3 overs, the batsmen played off 29 overs on a day that comprised 100 instead of 90 overs. At stumps, Murali Vijay (39*)and Virat Kohli (30*) held fort for the Indians. Shikhar Dhawan departed for a golden duck, in the second over of the innings, lobbing a leg-side half volley to the man at forward square leg, off Josh Lalor. Cheteshwar Pujara looked compact in the middle for a while but soon he nicked one to slip where Ashton Turner clinched a stunner. Next ball, Virat Kohli did the same but this time Turner put down a straight forward catch. The Australian bowlers maintained a short length for most part of the innings and also peppered the Indian batsmen with bouncers. Virat Kohli and Vijay – after getting a life each early in their innings – negotiated the bowlers well to ...

The Indians finished Day one of the first warm-up match against Cricket Australia XI on 55 for 1, trailing by 164 runs. After the bowlers, led by Varun Aaron (17-1-72-3), dismissed the hosts for 219 runs, the Indians lost Shikhar Dhawan (10 off 20 balls) early. Murali Vijay smashed four fours in his unbeaten 32 off 50 balls. Cheteshwar Pujara accompanied him at the other end with 13 to his name inclusive of three fours. On the sunny but windy morning at the Gliderol Stadium in Adelaide, CA XI captain, Ashton Turner, won the toss and elected to bat first. Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck an early blow by scalping Matthew Short caught behind for a duck. After a brief partnership for the third wicket, Aaron struck twice in the 21st over. He got Turner to nick one to Wriddhiman Saha behind the wicket. The next ball, a close lbw appeal was turned down but Aaron got his man, Nick Stevens, off the following delivery. Stevens was bowled through the gate. Indian spinners, R Ashwin and Karn Sharma, ...

England reached 113 for three at stumps on the first day of the fourth cricket Test after Stuart Broad's six-wicket haul had India shot out for 152 here today. (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: England vs India, 4th Investec Test - Day 1 ) For India Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 71 while Broad took six for 25. Among England batsmen, Ian Bell remained unbeaten on 45 while Gary Ballance scored 37. Varun Aaron took two for 26 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the other wicket. Alastair Cook and Sam Robson came out to bat and had put together 21 runs when the latter was dismissed. Bhuvneshwar Kumar knocked back Robson’s off-stump with an in-swinger to send him back for six. And 15 runs later, Varun Aaron accounted for Cook with the short ball to leave England on 36/2.  Ian Bell then joined Gary Balance, who has been in good nick, in the middle and the pair collected runs of the Indian attack at a steady pace. Both batsmen timed the ball well and found the boundary at will as they ...

3  Number of times Ashok Dinda has conceded 50 or more runs in an IPL match. He now shares the dubious distinction of doing this most number of times, along with RP Singh and Munaf Patel. ( Also Read:  DD vs RCB - IPL 2014, Match 2: Report ) 13  Varun Aaron’s wicket-maiden was the 13th for Royal Challengers Bangalore – most for any side in IPL. 20  Number of innings after which Yuvraj Singh scored a 50 in IPL 46.00  Virat Kohli’s batting average as captain in IPL – highest for any player leading his side. 70.66  Virat Kohli’s batting average against Delhi Daredevils. He averages 28.76 against all other teams in the IPL 110  Runs added by JP Duminy and Ross Taylor for the fifth wicket. This is Delhi Daredevils’ highest fifth-wicket partnership in the IPL. source: iplt20.com

This match was the 25th one-day international between India and Bangladesh. The record now reads: India 22, Bangladesh 3. (Also Read:  Report: Bangladesh vs India – Asia Cup 2014 ) This match was the 10th between these two sides in Asia Cup. India lead this series 9-1. The partnership of 133 runs between Anamul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim for the third wicket was Bangladesh’s highest partnership for any wicket against India. The previous best was 113 between Tamim Iqbal and Jahurul Islam for the second wicket at Mirpur in 2012. Mushfiqur Rahim’s 117 is the highest score for Bangladesh against India, obliterating Alok Kapali’s 115 at Karachi in 2008. Mushfiqur’s innings is also his personal best in ODIs, surpassing the 101 he made against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2001. Mushfiqur’s innings is also the highest by a Bangladesh captain in this format, bettering Mohammad Ashraful’s 109 against UAE at Lahore in 2008. Varun Aaron conceded 74 runs in 7.5 overs before being taken off the att...