CRICKET
Australia end first innings at 480, India 36/0 on Day 2
Usman Khawaja and Cameroon Green produce a double-century partnership making India bowlers work hard. R Ashwin takes six for 91
Khawaja carries Australia to 255/4 on Day One of fourth Test
Left-handed opener scores Australia’s first century on this tour and builds key half-century partnerships with Travis Head, Steve Smith and Cameron Green
Curators are under pressure, can’t make pitch independently: ex-curator Pradhan
Former Nagpur pitch curator Kishore Pradhan says he didn’t need to listen to team management’s wishes in the 2004-05 series vs Australia because he wasn’t getting paid, however, these days curators can’t do that
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Hardik Sharma, Mayank Sidhana, Gaurav Gautam, Mohammad Taif, Ayush Doseja and Virat Rana scored centuries while Neeraj Yadav, Parteek and Manan Bhardwaj took five-wicket hauls
Smith fires salvo at India cricket team after win in 3rd Test
India’s reliance on a spin-friendly pitch backfires for once leaving the series open as Australia captain Steve Smith seems to ask for more of these cricket chess-boards
Australia win, through to WTC final
Australia’s nine-wicket win in the third Test against India guarantees them a place in the World Test Championship final, India still have to wait
India batsmen fail again, Australia on the verge in 3rd Test
Nathan Lyon picks 8/64 to skittle India out for 163. Australia need just 76 runs to win the Test and keep alive their chances of drawing the series
Waste management a priority at Holkar Stadium
Waste management at Holkar Stadium is applaudable. There are graded drums for different types of waste, sanitation workers clean the stadium at the end of play, and seats are reserved for replacement
