‘In the face,that’s Kohli’:Why no player has done more to stoke the Australia-India rivalry

‘In the face,that’s Kohli’:Why no player has done more to stoke the Australia-India rivalry

Will tensions boil over again this summer?

  • byAndrew Wu andJon Pierik

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As a teen,he lived in a groundsman’s tent. Now he’s India’s Test batting superstar

As a teen,he lived in a groundsman’s tent. Now he’s India’s Test batting superstar

Yashasvi Jaiswal was homeless and broke when coach Jwala Singh discovered him batting in the streets of Mumbai aged 12.

  • byJonathan Drennan
McSweeney ducks bouncers on and off the field in Test debut week

McSweeney ducks bouncers on and off the field in Test debut week

Nathan McSweeney has absorbed the first hostile spells of his Test career on and off the pitch,and hopes to continue the trend on what shapes as a very lively Perth surface for the first Test against India.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Inside Smith’s blueprint to take down Ashwin and India

Inside Smith’s blueprint to take down Ashwin and India

Restored to his preferred position of No.4,the veteran batter explains how he intends to get the better of India’s most experienced bowler this summer.

  • byTom Decent andDaniel Brettig
India suffer fresh injury blow to star batsman ahead of Australian series

India suffer fresh injury blow to star batsman ahead of Australian series

Indian No.3 Shubman Gill is reportedly out of the Perth Test as a veteran fast bowler gains momentum.

  • byTom Decent
He was the so-called ‘Bradman of India’. When he arrived in Australia,he had another worry

He was the so-called ‘Bradman of India’. When he arrived in Australia,he had another worry

Twin hundreds in a Test match is rare. Donald Bradman was the 13th cricketer to achieve it. The 14th provided a glimmer of the future.

  • byGideon Haigh
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‘Within two minutes,the car blew up’:The crash that could have killed this cricket star,and the surgeon who saved his career

‘Within two minutes,the car blew up’:The crash that could have killed this cricket star,and the surgeon who saved his career

Here is the full story of the Indian star Rishabh Pant’s brush with death,and the repair of a knee shattered in the high-speed crash.

  • byDaniel Brettig
How Pant's comeback unfolded
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How Pant's comeback unfolded

Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala explains Rishabh Pant's recovery from a horrific car crash.

Virat Kohli was once the king. He’s now in the company of journeymen
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Virat Kohli was once the king. He’s now in the company of journeymen

The great Virat Kohli has become mediocre. It’s not an overreaction to one bad series but a perfectly reasonable conclusion to draw after five years of middling performances.

  • byAndrew Wu
Australia v Pakistan T20 as it happened:Seventh heaven as Aussies win shortened Gabba clash

Australia v Pakistan T20 as it happened:Seventh heaven as Aussies win shortened Gabba clash

Glenn Maxwell went berserk with the bat,then Xavier Bartlett ripped apart Pakistan’s top order as Australia dominated a seven-over Gabba Twenty20 slog.

  • byScott Spits
‘Let’s psych ’em out’:Inside the secret training session India didn’t want everyone to see

‘Let’s psych ’em out’:Inside the secret training session India didn’t want everyone to see

Drones,ladders and long-lenses. Welcome to the first proper training session of India’s rock star cricketers on Australian soil.

  • byTom Decent