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Steve Smith to lead Australia in ODIs

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  Steve Smith also led the team in the last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 © Getty Steve Smith is set to lead Australia in the upcoming three-match ODI series against India as Pat Cummins continues to stay back in Australia. Cummins had  gone back to Australia  after the second Test of the series to be with his ailing mother, who subsequently passed away. "Pat won't be coming back, he's still taking care of what's happened back home, Our thoughts are with Pat and his family as they go through that grieving process," said head coach Andrew McDonald. Smith, who led in the Test matches in Cummins's absence, will take over the side. There has been no replacement named for Cummins. The side is already missing the services of Josh Hazlewood and Jhye Richardson who were out injured. While Nathan Ellis had been called up as a replacement for the latter, Sean Abbott had already been named in the squad. Australia will also see the return of David Warner, G

IND vs AUS Live Cricket Score 4th Test Day 3 Updates: Virat Kohli Nearing Half-century After Shubman Gill Departs on 128

Day with well with a flurry of boundaries off Mitchell Starc before Matthew Kuhnemann struck with the scalp of Rohit Sharma on 35. Gill continued to bat beautifully as he brought up his fifth Test fifty with a boundary to lead India’s progress.  After the Australian batters dominated India for two days the onus is now on the batters to pull the hosts back into the game. The Indian openers made a solid adding 74 runs before being separated. The pitch didn’t provide much assistance to the bowlers on the first two days and if the things remain same it is going to cause worries for the Australian team. Rohit (17 batting) and Shubman (18 batting) finished the day 2 with India 444 runs behind. This was after Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green helped Australia post 480 on the scoreboard in the first innings. Khawaja scored 180 runs, while Green hit his maiden Test century – 114 to put India on the back foot. “You can go to bed feeling a lot better instead of having just three wickets in your kit

Grace Harris leaves it till late before pulling off thrilling win for UP Warriorz

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Gujarat Giants suffer second loss in two days after final-over drama, heightened by DRS and wides UP Warriorz  175 for 7 (Harris 59*, Navgire 53, Garth 5-36) beat  Gujarat Giants  169 for 6 (Deol 46) by three wickets In the first two games of the  Women's Premier League  (WPL), the team batting first scored more than 200 and the chasing side failed to challenge the total. On Sunday night,  Grace Harris  bucked the trend to help deliver the tournament its first proper thriller. Harris starred for UP Warriorz with the kind of devastating knock that has brought her back to the top level and made her a mainstay in the Australian team. A day after going down by 143 runs  to Mumbai Indians  and losing their captain Beth Mooney to injury, Gujarat Giants recovered from 76 for 4 in ten overs to put up 169 for 6. Then they had Warriorz down at 105 for 7, but not out. With 65 needed off 26 balls, Harris stole Warriorz a win out of nowhere. RELATED Gujarat couldn't obtain medical clearance