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India vs Australia: Warne, the second-highest wicket-taker in Tests, reckons pink balls will add more value and excitement to Test matches, and should replace the traditional red balls, which he thinks have become ‘pathetic’.

The 33-year-old Uruguayan had apologised for the post, which he sent after Manchester United beat Southampton 3-2 on Nov. 29, saying it was an affectionate greeting to a friend.

IND vs AUS Live Cricket Score, 1st Test, Day 1 Latest Updates: Virat Kohli’s India scored 233 for 6 at close of play on the opening day of the first day-night Test against Tim Paine-led Australia in Adelaide.

Day-night Test: The dismissal reaffirmed Pujara’s status as a Test match bunny of Lyon as this was the 10th time he had been dismissed by Lyon in the longest format.

Although in the video, Amir can be seen as saying that he is leaving cricket and he will make an official statement after reaching Pakistan and speaking to his family, Pakistani media house reported that Amir has indeed announced his retirement from international cricket.

On his way to patient 43 off 160 balls, Pujara also became registered a record to his name. He became the batsman to face most deliveries against Australian in the last 10 years.

As per the letter shared by BCCI secretary Jay Shah to all the secretaries of the state associations, the teams have been divided into six Groups – five Elite Groups and one Plate Group with Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Indore, Chennai and Vadodara being the venues for league games.

Warner was ruled out of the pink-ball Test in Adelaide after suffering a groin injury during Australia’s 2nd ODI against India. As he is out of the action, the left-hand batsman has called his absence from the opening game as ‘devastating’.

“This is awesome,” tweeted Nadia Comaneci, the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 in the Olympics, and the video aquired a life of it’s own, and one its effects was that Khan and Azajuddin were inducted into the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Kolkata on the recommendation of Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju.

India vs Australia: Former Aussie paceman Glenn McGrath too was of the opinion that Indians need to get going in the second session. McGrath explained that while the first session was tough, the last session of the day under lights would be the toughest as the pink ball tends to do a lot more.

India vs Australia: Starc thrives with the pink ball in hand and swung a good length delivery into the out-of-form Indian opener Prithvi Shaw, who edged it onto the stumps with the inside of his bat.

Sri Lanka have named an expanded 22-man squad for their Test series in South Africa and at home to England, although they will be without the experienced Angelo Mathews for the first of those through injury.

India vs Australia: Advantage Australia after skipper Kohli, Rahane and Vihari in space of 18 runs.

India vs Australia: It was seam bowling at its very best as Agarwal had got his eye in by the time and was still beaten due to the movement off the pitch. Cummins, known for his ability to extract movement from the surface, provided the Aussies with a much needed wicket

Silva (79th minute) scored the match-winner for Bengaluru after Steven Taylor (71st) had cancelled out Sunil Chhetri’s (38th) first-half lead for the Blues, who remained unbeaten in their six matches so far this season.

Ricky Ponting who was in the commentary box when play began with Starc taking the ball for Australia and Shaw taking guard for India, explained how the young India opener has a tendency to leave a gap between his bat and pad while playing in-coming deliveries.

India vs Australia: Against a rising delivery from Mitchell Starc, Prithvi Shaw got on the top of ball and met it with the full face of the bat. It took only one more ball to expose what Ricky Ponting called Shaw’s “chink in the armour.”

Sachin Tendulkar said that Virat Kohli & Co. need to keep a close eye on the clock and continue to change their strategy depending on the time.

Twitter was flooded with memes after Prithvi Shaw was dismissed in the first over off Mitchell Starc with people pointing out the faults in his technique and his lack of runs in the warm-up game.

Former IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla is set to return to BCCI administration as vice president, being the only applicant for the post.

India vs Australia: India looked pretty settled at 188 for three after electing to bat in the series-opener when a terrible mix-up between Ajinkya Rahane and Kohli resulted in run out of the Indian captain, who made 74. When the day’s proceedings ended, India were 233 for six.

Day-night Test: Pujara, who scored a sedate 43 off 160 balls in India’s 233 for 6 at stumps on day one, feels that a first innings total of 350 would be very handy for the visitors. Asked if he felt that he could have paced his innings better, the Saurashtra man had an emphatic no for an answer.

India vs Australia: Sunil Gavaskar was not impressed with the performances of India openers Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal in the first innings of the first Test against Australia in Adelaide on Thursday.

India vs Australia: There had been a lot of discussion among cricket pundits on whether the Indian team can win the series in Kohli’s absence. But Australia captain Tim Paine said that he recognises the talent that the Indian team has apart from Kohli.

The pink ball is known to move under lights making life difficult for batsmen. But, days are long in Australia so part of the second session before sunset could be a time of toil for bowlers.