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PTI | New Delhi | Updated: 07-01-2019 17:22 IST | Created: 07-01-2019 17:21 IST
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*Report of PBL match between Awadhe Warriros and Chennai Smashers.

*Preview of I League match between Indian Arrows and East Bengal.

 

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SPO-2ND LD IND

Standing tall Down Under: India win their maiden Test series in Australia

By Chetan Narula

Sydney, Jan 7 (PTI) Indian cricket got its new seminal moment after the talismanic Virat Kohli led the country to a maiden Test series victory on Australian soil, ending a 71-year wait to script a golden chapter in the game's history.

 

SPO-KOHLI-COMMENTS

This is my biggest achievement: Virat Kohli

Sydney, Jan 7 (PTI) India captain Virat Kohli termed his team's historic 2-1 series win on Australia soil as his "biggest achievement" which will give the current team a "different identity".

 

SPO-IND-PUJARA

This Indian team the best I have been part of: Pujara

Sydney, Jan 7 (PTI) India's top run accumulator Cheteshwar Pujara Monday described the current team which clinched the country's maiden Test series win in Australia as the best he has been a part of with lethal bowling attack complementing the batting.

 

SPO-IND-SHASTRI

This win is as big as '83 World Cup win if not bigger: Ravi Shastri

By Chetan Narula

Sydney, Jan 7 (PTI) India coach Ravi Shastri equated India's maiden Test series win on Australia soil with the historic 1983 World Cup triumph terming it "as big if not bigger".

 

SPO-SHASTRI-CRITICS

This team doesn't fire blanks, Shastri hits back at critics

Sydney, Jan 7 (PTI) India coach Ravi Shastri Monday used his tried and trusted ammunition to attack the critics, saying negative comments coming from miles away were blown away by the wind like, what else, but a "tracer bullet".

 

SPO-IND-DANCE

Pujara: Can bat but can't dance

Sydney, Jan 7 (PTI) Cheteshwar Pujara has done everything right in the Test series against Australia but dance, and India skipper Virat Kohli said Monday the unassuming batsman's utter failure in shaking a leg reflected his simplicity.

 

SPO-AUS-COULTER NILE

Coulter-Nile slams selectors for poor communication over omission from ODI team against India

Sydney, Jan 7 (PTI) Fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile has criticised poor communication from Australia selectors following his omission from the ODI squad to face India this month, saying they have not checked his fitness status properly.

 

SPO-IND-LD KOHLI

This win is more emotional for me compared to 2011 World Cup triumph: Kohli

By Chetan Narula

Sydney, Jan 7 (PTI) He was a part of India's victorious World Cup campaign in 2011 but Virat Kohli felt "more emotional" than ever before after his team's maiden Test series win in Australia, something the captain termed as the "biggest achievement" of his career.

 

SPO-KOHLI-PACERS-WORKLOAD

Kohli looks ahead, says three more pacers needed to manage workload

Sydney, Jan 7 (PTI) India captain Virat Kohli Monday said he is on the lookout for three more pacers as relentless as the current crop to manage the workload of the attack that played a crucial role in the team's maiden Test series triumph in Australia.

 

SPO-IND-PAINE

This Indian bowling attack is best in the world: Paine

Sydney, Jan 7 (PTI) Australian captain Tim Paine Monday conceded that the current Indian bowling attack was the best in the world and their relentless pressure on his side's batsmen was a key factor in the visiting team's maiden Test series win on Australian soil.

 

SPO-FOOT-CHHETRI-INTERVIEW

Win against Thailand best match of my career: Chhetri

By Philem Dipak Singh

New Delhi, Jan 7 (PTI) Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri Monday said his team's first win in the Asian Cup after more than five decades was the best match of his illustrious international career in which he has out-scored superstar Lionel Messi.

 

SPO-IND-LD REACTIONS

Not India's fault that Smith and Warner were not picked: Gavaskar

New Delhi, Jan 7 (PTI) Fittest, unstoppable and consistency personified -- India's history-making cricket team was showered with gushing praise by former players with batting great Sunil Gavaskar slamming criticism that the triumph came against a weakened Australian team.

 

 

SPO-FOOT-THAILAND-COACH

Sacked after defeat to India, Thailand head coach praises Chhetri and Co.

Abu Dhabi, Jan 7 (PTI) The humiliating loss to India in the Asian Cup has resulted in Thailand head coach Milovan Rajevac's sacking but the Serb was effusive in his praise for the Stephen Constantine-coached side.

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