"steve-smith"

Former England captain Michael Vaughan too believes that Smith should lead in case their regular skippers suffer any injury. Smith was leading Australia in all three formats before the ball-tampering incident in 2018 and Vaughan wants it to end there.

The two sides meet in a day-night Test in Adelaide from December 17, the first of four clashes over a blockbuster summer

The Indian pace attack is likely to present a stiff challenge to the Aussies as only two of the nine batsmen in the current Test Australian squad Tim Paine and Travis Head have had the experience of playing both

"There are shorter boundaries here and we had a good game last time. For the bowling line-up as well we wanted to be more professional and test ourselves," skipper Virat Kohli said.

Wade took over the captaincy reins for the second T20 against India here on Sunday after Aaron Finch picked up an injury in the opening game in Canberra.

Batting first, Australia rode on five fifty-plus scores including Smith's blazing knock, to post an imposing 389 for four against a sluggish India

They dropped catches and conceded runs through misfielding to allow Aussies to get to biggest total against India in ODIs

Australia's total of 374 for six wickets in 50 overs, their highest against India in one-dayers, proved too daunting

Smith, who captained Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, managed only 311 runs in 14 games and mostly looked out of touch but a couple of days back, he said he finally found his "touch" and is now ready to put his best foot forward

Rohit, who is nursing a hamstring injury, is out of white ball series and is still doubtful starter for Test matches while skipper Kohli will be on paternity leave after the first Day/Night Test in Adelaide

Pujara's 500 plus runs with three top-notch hundreds formed the cornerstone of a 2-1 series win in 2018-19, India's first in Australia in 71 years

In a world scarred by Covid-19 pandemic, cricket is currently being organised in bio-bubbles and the situation is unlikely to change anytime soon

After a good bowling performance saw Rajasthan Royals restrict Chennai Super Kings to a modest 125/5.

Delhi Capitals' bowlers fired with the ball to defeat Rajasthan Royals here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Smith-led team, who are on a three-match losing streak, yet to sort playing XI dilemma

Given that this was his team's first offence of the season, Smith was fined Rs 12 lakh under the IPL's Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences

The Rohit Sharma-led team scored 193 runs after opting to bat first. Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets while James Pattinson and Trent Boult picked two wickets each in the match as Rajasthan Royals were all out on 136 runs.