Indian Cricket Team Updates

What The first of the two T20 Internationals between Australia and India When February 01, 2012. The game begins at 14:05 IST. Where Stadium Australia, Sydney. Although the venue has hosted T20 games for the Big Bash this season, it has never hosted a T20 international before. Built originally for the Sydney Olympics in 2000, the venue will book its place in cricket history when Australia face off against India on February 1. The Teams A new format could possibly bring about a change in India’s fortunes Down Under. However, the Australians, led by international debutant George Bailey, will undoubtedly come hard at the Indians. Travis Birt and Mitchell Marsh have finished the recently concluded Big Bash tournament as the leading run-getters, while Aaron Finch and David Hussey were among the Top 10 run-scorers as well. Similarly, Brad Hogg, James Faulkner and Clint McKay finished among the Top 10 wicket-takers in the premier T20 event. Throw in David Warner, Australia’s leadi

Duleep Trophy squads & Teams announced: Cheteshwar Pujara (West), Natraj Behera (East), Subramaniam Badrinath (South), Amit Mishra (North) and Piyush Chawla (Central) will lead their respective zones in the 2011-12 Duleep Trophy. Squads: West Zone Cheteshwar Pujara (c), Ishwar Chaudhary, Samad Fallah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Rohit Motwani (wk), Kaustubh Pawar, Ambati Rayudu, Suryakumar Yadav, Ankit Bawne, Akshay Darekar, Harshad Khadiwale, Kamlesh Makvana, Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane, Balwinder Sandhu. East Zone Natraj Behera (c), Basant Mohanty, Ashok Dinda, Dheeraj Jadhav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shami Ahmed, Manish Vardhan, Rana Dutta, Ishank Jaggi, Abu Nechim, Shreevats Goswami, (wk), Anustup Majumdar, Bilap Samantray, Gokul Sharma, Subhrajit Roy, Abhilash Mallick. South Zone Subramaniam Badrinath (c), Amit Verma, Stuart Binny, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Abhimanyu Mithun, Pragyan Ojha, Syed Quadri, Robin Uthappa, Jagannathan Kaushik, KP Apanna, Sony Cheruvathur, Yo Mahesh, Ab

Having won their first Ranji title in the 2010-11 season, Rajasthan were unwilling to give it up, making it two wins in two editions. Runners-up Tamil Nadu put up a good fight right through the competition under Lakshmipathy Balaji, but Rajasthan, powered by a Vineet Saxena double-ton in the final, proved to be too good to beat. The 78th season also belonged to some fine individual players who brought glory to their sides in the Elite and Plate groups. J&K’s ID Singh won most Man-of-the-Match awards, while Maharashtra’s AA Darekar took eight wickets in an innings against Hyderabad. Rajasthan’s Robin Bist ended the competition with a staggering 1034 runs while MP’s TP Sudhindra bagged 40 wickets. We bring you a round-up of the statistical highs and lows from the season gone by. Winners: Rajasthan Runners-up: Tamil Nadu Total Matches - 88 (Decisive-35, Drawn-53) Elite - 56 (Decisive-22, Drawn-34) Plate- 32 (Decisive-13, Drawn-19) HIGHEST