_Stuart MacGill, the former Australian legspinner said the Indians are well within their right to reject Decision Review System (DRS) for its limitations but, the players of his era would not have hesitated to use the technology.  MacGill suggested that the use of Decision Review System (DRS) should remain with the on-field umpires and not the players. MacGill said that the Decision Review System (DRS) will remain controversial whether it is used or not and says the Indian cricket board (BCCI) and it can not be blamed for refusing the use of technology in the ongoing series.

"The Decision Review System (DRS) or its absence is going to prove controversial and I would encourage you all to take sides, because you'll have more fun if you can argue about it. And there are two sides to my own opinion. First, you can't blame the BCCI for not using the DRS. The ICC decided to allow its members to make a choice and they did. They know decisions will go for and against them. Second, despite the fact that Aleem Dar, one of the best umpires in the world, has called for the DRS to be uniformly adopted in all international series, I have a major problem with it" - said Stuart MacGill.

The leg spinner also said "I have always been told that the umpire's decision is final. If we're going to use the DRS it has to be the umpire's decision to refer it upstairs or we shouldn't use it at all. The players must respect the umpires' decision. It's often said that sportsmen can be incredibly selfish, and maybe a player's response to an unwanted umpiring decision is further evidence of this."

Also see :

India's possibility of winning the series against Australia is over : Gavaskar

Sachin secures 4th position, Dravid slips to 11th in ICC Test Rankings.

Dhoni lauds Aussie pacers, defends Indian batsmen

Clarke has showed a lot of faith and respect on his seniors : Ganguly

Ganguly supports BCCI's decision on DRS

We don't need to be worried on fitness: MS Dhoni

I will not speak to the Australian team: Chappell

Schedule / Fixtures of India's Tour of Australia 2011 (India vs Australia)

_Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar has said that team India should forget that it was the best chance of winning a series against Australia. Gavaskar's statement came after India's humiliating loss against Australia in the first Test in Melbourne. Team India lost the first Test by Huge 122 Runs with a day of play remaining.

Gavaskar said he feels that team India's chance of winning the series against Australia is less and he would be happy to be proven wrong but doesn't see that happening.

"In both the innings here we failed to cross the 300-run mark, especially in the second innings here the pitch was good for batting. In England we managed to reach 300 only once despite our bastmen having 30,000-40,000 runs behind them. The alarm bells are ringing very loudly" - said Gavaskar.

Gavaskar however did not critisize the captain MSD.  "Captains need help because they are under pressure everytime. They need help from the vice-captain and I don't think Dhoni is getting that help." - said Gavaskar.

_
Also see :

Sachin secures 4th position, Dravid slips to 11th in ICC Test Rankings.
Dhoni lauds Aussie pacers, defends Indian batsmen

Clarke has showed a lot of faith and respect on his seniors : Ganguly

Ganguly supports BCCI's decision on DRS

We don't need to be worried on fitness: MS Dhoni

I will not speak to the Australian team: Chappell

Schedule / Fixtures of India's Tour of Australia 2011 (India vs Australia)

_Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has jumped to the fourth place in the latest ICC Test cricket rankings which was released on Friday. Sachin now shares the fourth place with the South African all-rouunder Jacques Kallis.

However, "The Wall" of Indian cricket Rahul Dravid has slipped down to the 11th position.

Indian spearhead Zaheer Khan remained in the unchanged sixth position and was the only Indian in the top 10 bowlers of the ICC Test rankings. Young Indian pacer Umesh Yadav has moved up five places to the 42nd position after picking up seven wickets in the first Test match against Australia.

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara remains in the first position among the batsman who became the eight Sri Lanka batsman to score a zero and century in the same Test. Virender Sehwag has jumped into the 18th position.

South Africa's Dale Steyn remains in the first position among the bowlers. Australia's pacer Peter Siddle who picked up six wickets in the first Test match at melbourne jumped five places to the seventh position along with the Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath who picked up nine wickets against South Africa. Ben Hilfenhaus and James Pattinson are the other changes in the rankings who switched to the 22nd and 31st position.

Also see :

Dhoni lauds Aussie pacers, defends Indian batsmen

Clarke has showed a lot of faith and respect on his seniors : Ganguly

Ganguly supports BCCI's decision on DRS

We don't need to be worried on fitness: MS Dhoni

I will not speak to the Australian team: Chappell

Schedule / Fixtures of India's Tour of Australia 2011 (India vs Australia)

Shane Warne Wishes Tendulkar to score Hundredth Hudred at Melbourne

Dhoni not sure of playing the World Cup 2015

_"It is important to show more consistency to get back into the series" said the Indian skipper MS Dhoni .

India lost the first Test match by 122runs. In the post match conference, Dhoni said he is not worried about the batsmen as Team India had a very experienced Batting Lineup. Dhoni also didn't forge to laud Australian bowlers and the lower order batsmen's for their significant contribution in both the innings.

Speaking about the loss, Dhoni said "We need to score more runs. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for us to win. We need to apply ourselves a lot more and if we do that, I have no doubt that we would come back strongly. The Australian team didn't deflate us but it is something we need to keep an eye on. Even in the first innings, their lower order put on some decent runs and in close matches if tailenders end up making a contribution like this, it has a significant impact on the result of the match. We need to come up with ways to get the tailenders out quickly, especially if they are batting in the 65th or the 70th over."

Dhoni also hailed the Australian bowlers and the contribution of the lower order batsmen.

Dhoni did not forget to praise Indian pacers. Dhoni said "The bowlers did their job in this particular Test. We didn't start really well, but then we got quick wickets and put pressure on the opposition. Bowlers did their job, it is just that we need to post runs on the board. The big positive that we could take from here is that we took 20 wickets."

Also see :

Clarke has showed a lot of faith and respect on his seniors : Ganguly

Ganguly supports BCCI's decision on DRS

We don't need to be worried on fitness: MS Dhoni

I will not speak to the Australian team: Chappell

Schedule / Fixtures of India's Tour of Australia 2011 (India vs Australia)

Shane Warne Wishes Tendulkar to score Hundredth Hudred at Melbourne

Dhoni not sure of playing the World Cup 2015

Present Aussie team without Gilchrist, Hayden? We too don't have Anil Kumble in our side!

_Former Indian skipper, "Prince of Kolkata" Sourav Ganguly has praised the Australian skipper Michael Clarke for having faith in his seniors Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey. Ganguly said the role of captain is so important and Clarke has showed a lot of faith and respect for senior pro's Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey. One can see a good camaraderie between Ponting and Clarke, and that's a big thumbs-up to the skipper.

Speaking about the Australian captain Ganguly said "A lot of teams have leaders who look to keep the past captain away as they want their own boys and own group, but Clarke has showed enormous maturity in that department. That will really stand him in good stead with his tenure as captain. You can see that in the way Ponting and Hussey bailed him out of trouble at the crucial juncture. A lot of the credit should be given to captain Michael Clarke. That the young players have come through so well says a lot about his confidence in them. He took a brave decision at the start of the Test by deciding to bat first after winning the toss. It was a clear statement to the opposition that Australia were ready to take the pressure straight away, rather than leaving the team to chase a target in the fourth innings."

Giving credits to the Australian players for their good performance Ganguly said the Australian team were under a lot of pressure after the Hobart match against New Zealand and showed a lot of character in this game to come out and win. People were expecting India to roll them, but they have always been a tough side to beat in their own backyard.

Speaking about the second Test which starts from January 3rd Ganguly said "We hear there will be a fair bit of grass on the Sydney pitch, which is normally a good batting wicket. A lot of Indian batsman have scored a lot of runs on that ground and the Aussies will have to make sure they maintain their pressure, as I fancy India will be hard to beat. The Indians have some thinking to do, but I can guarantee a better show in Sydney. History suggests with India touring abroad that they play better from the second Test onwards. There is a lot of cricket left to be played in this series."

Sourav Ganguly the former captain of team India said that there are flaws in the Decision Review System and there is nothing wrong from the BCCI part in refusing the use of the technology.

Decision Review System was first used on trial basis in the India-Srilanka series in 2008. Ganguly who had played in the series said that the problems of the technology were extremely obvious as India could manage to get only one of their 20 referrals right.

Ganguly said We had a terrible experience with that, in that first series in Sri Lanka. From that point of view, we had our issues.

Board of Control of Cricket in India has always been against the Decision Review System as there are flaws in the technology.

Also see : 

We don't need to be worried on fitness: MS Dhoni

I will not speak to the Australian team: Chappell

Schedule / Fixtures of India's Tour of Australia 2011 (India vs Australia)

Shane Warne Wishes Tendulkar to score Hundredth Hudred at Melbourne

Dhoni not sure of playing the World Cup 2015

Present Aussie team without Gilchrist, Hayden? We too don't have Anil Kumble in our side!

Melbourne : Australia won the first Test match against India on the fourth day of the match at Melbourne. Good performance from the Australian bowlers won the match with one day left. Pattinson who picked up four wickets of team India in the second innings was declared the player of the match. 

Good batting performance from Ponting(60 runs) and Hussey(89 runs) helped the Australian team to set up an target of 291 runs for team India to win the match. But team India were all-out for 169 runs.

Team India lost the match by 122runs. None of the players from team India scored well in the second innings. Sachin Tendulkar scored 32 runs and Ashwin scored 30 runs. 

Toss : Australia won the toss and opted to bat first.

Scores : Australia 333 & 240  India 282 & 169.

Player of the Match : James Pattinson.

Also see : 

Sachin boosted my confidence : Umesh Yadav

We don't need to be worried on fitness: MS Dhoni

I will not speak to the Australian team: Chappell

Schedule / Fixtures of India's Tour of Australia 2011 (India vs Australia)

Shane Warne Wishes Tendulkar to score Hundredth Hudred at Melbourne

Dhoni not sure of playing the World Cup 2015

Present Aussie team without Gilchrist, Hayden? We too don't have Anil Kumble in our side!

Rahul Dravid becomes the FIRST Indian to deliver Sir Donald Bradman Oration

IPL Familiarity won't lessen the rivalry with Indian Players - David Warner   

Indian seamer Umesh Yadav who picked up three wickets on the first day of the first Test match said the advice from Sachin hugely boosted my confidence.  Sachin asked me to bowl full lenght deliveries to get wickets.

 Even against West Indies, at mid off or mid on, Sachin just boosts my confidence. He does not tell me anything particular, just asks me to bowl in my areas. Sachin told me that in India you can get away by bowling back-of-length stuff. Here in Australia, it's important to bowl a fuller lengthYadav stated that he was pretty nervous while bowling to the former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting. Ponting was dismissed by Yadav who was caught in the slips off an outswinger.

The Indian pacer who is touring Australia for the first time said that he was happy to have taken the most wickets for the visitors, but was disappointed that he gave away far too many runs. It's not that I wanted to bowl short or the team has planned so. The two fielders in the deep, at fine leg and square leg, were intended to keep the scoring down more than to catch the batsmen off a pull shot.

Yadav also said I would not say any one wicket in particular was special. All wickets were special. I am touring Australia for the first time, so whatever success comes my way will make me happy. In whatever way I can contribute for the team, I am happy I could do it.


Watch Live Streaming of India vs Australia Boxing Day Test Match (1st Test)  

Also see :

We don't need to be worried on fitness: MS Dhoni

I will not speak to the Australian team: Chappell

Schedule / Fixtures of India's Tour of Australia 2011 (India vs Australia)

Shane Warne Wishes Tendulkar to score Hundredth Hudred at Melbourne

Dhoni not sure of playing the World Cup 2015

Present Aussie team without Gilchrist, Hayden? We too don't have Anil Kumble in our side!

Rahul Dravid becomes the FIRST Indian to deliver Sir Donald Bradman Oration

IPL Familiarity won't lessen the rivalry with Indian Players - David Warner   

_First Innings

Australia : 333/10 in 110.0 overs


India :

214/3 in 65.0 overs

Lunch : India : 6/0 in 3.0 overs (Gambhir 2, Sehwag 4)

Drinks: India : 57/1 in 17.0 overs (Sehwag 41, Dravid 12)

Tea: India : 99/2 in 30.0 overs (Dravid 25, Tendulkar 2)

Drinks: India : 167/2 in 48.0 overs (Dravid 48, Tendulkar 47)



End Of Day: India : 214/3 in 65.0 overs (Dravid 68, Sharma 0)

This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.

Watch Live Streaming of India vs Australia Boxing Day Test Match (1st Test)  


Day 1 : India vs Australia Ist Test Match at the MCG

Toss : Australia won the toss and opted to bat first.

Test Debut : ED Cowan

First Innings

Score : Australia 277/6 (Haddin 21*, Siddle 34*, 89 ov)

Rain  : Australia : 46/0 in 13 Overs (Cowan 7, Warner 37)

Lunch : Australia : 68/2 in 23.5 overs (Cowan 14, Ponting 15)

Drinks: Australia : 138/2 in 38.0 overs (Cowan 44, Ponting 52)

Tea   : Australia : 170/3 in 53.0 overs (Cowan 58, Clarke 7)

Drinks: Australia : 217/6 in 70.0 overs (Haddin 6, Siddle 3)

End Of Day: Australia : 277/6 in 89.0 overs (Haddin 21, Siddle 34)


Watch Live Streaming of India vs Australia Boxing Day Test Match (1st Test)  

Also see :

We don't need to be worried on fitness: MS Dhoni

I will not speak to the Australian team: Chappell

Schedule / Fixtures of India's Tour of Australia 2011 (India vs Australia)

Shane Warne Wishes Tendulkar to score Hundredth Hudred at Melbourne

Dhoni not sure of playing the World Cup 2015

Present Aussie team without Gilchrist, Hayden? We too don't have Anil Kumble in our side!

Rahul Dravid becomes the FIRST Indian to deliver Sir Donald Bradman Oration

IPL Familiarity won't lessen the rivalry with Indian Players - David Warner