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KL Rahul it is all in the mind. Someone who has scored hundreds in South Africa, England and Australia obviously has the potential. If he could come back from injury and keep wickets as well as he did in the 2023 World Cup, there is little doubt he has the ability. His problem is he is periodically low on confidence. Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli (as coach and captain) were able to get the best out of him from time to time. Then, Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid did the same. Now, it is on Rohit and Gautam Gambhir to give him the confidence to step up in Australia,” that was how former India wicketkeeper and later chief selector MSK Prasad summed up KL Rahul. This was just moments after Rahul was dismissed in the most bizarre manner in the second innings of the India A game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. There were no real alarms in the 43 balls he played and it seemed he was getting set for a long innings. That’s when a delivery from off spinner Corey Rocchiccioli, which would have missed leg stump, was actually padded by Rahul towards the off stump after he offered no shot. It was a freakish dismissal but with Rahul such things seem to happen far too often. “He is more invested in being perfect than in scoring runs. It is a kind of obsession with him. The number of times he shadow bats, perfects his stance, practices getting behind the line of the ball, you know that he is trying to be as perfect as is humanly possible,” said one of the Duleep Trophy commentators.

Nathan McSweeney is all set to be veteran Usman Khawaja's opening partner for the highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India, solving the World Test Championship (WTC) title holder's highly-debated opening conundrum. Australia included uncapped batter Nathan McSweeney as the national side announced a 13-member squad for the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against India for the opening Test of the five-match series in Perth. McSweeney won a bat-off for the opening slot among him, Sam Konstas and Australian veterans Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft during the recently concluded two-match unofficial Test series between Australia A and India A at home. He top-scored in the series with 166 runs in four innings at an average of 55.33, with best score of 88 in the first match at Mackay.

Ponting though added that captaincy will be the «hardest thing» for the premier fast bowler. Doubts remain over Rohit's availability in the first Test, which will be held from November 22 at the Optus Stadium, with the skipper himself recently admitting that he was «not sure» of his participation.

Australian Defence Force (ADF) arrived on Sunday with their warship docking at Banyuwangi in East Java, Indonesia for a joint military exercise, which will involve 2,000 personnel from both countries. The Keris Woomera Exercise is the largest combined joint activities by the two countries' military under the Australia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation Agreement. «What we aim to do is simply increase cooperation with our neighbours, to increase our prosperity and security to share cooperation with our neighbours.» Commander of the Australian Amphibious Task Force Captain Chris Doherty told reporters.

Salt reached this accomplishment during the first T20I against West Indies at Barbados. During the match, England was assigned a task to chase down 183 runs. Salt almost single-handedly did it by himself, scoring 103* in just 54 balls. His innings was laced with nine fours and six sixes. His strike rate was 190.74. This is Salt's third T20I hundred, tying him with Pakistan star Babar, who also has three T20I tons. Only Indian stars Suryakumar Yadav (4 centuries) and Rohit Sharma (5 centuries) and Australian hitter Glenn Maxwell (5 centuries) are above Salt.

Queen Camilla will miss Britain's annual remembrance weekend events to honor fallen service personnel while she recovers from a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said Saturday.

Australia by nine wickets in the second one-day international on Friday. Australia was 163 all out in 35 overs against Rauf's relentless pace and left-hander Ayub smashed six sixes and five fours as Pakistan cruised to 169-1 in 26.3 overs to level the three-match series.

Australia’s states and territories have unanimously backed a world-first national plan to ban children younger than 16 from most forms of social media

Asian shares have advanced after most U.S. stocks rose as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates again to ease pressure on the economy

Venue : Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Australia squad - Jake Fraser-McGurk, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Aaron Hardie, Cooper Connolly, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Will Sutherland, Josh Inglis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Lance Morris, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett Pakistan squad - Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Aamer Jamal, Arafat Minhas, Kamran Ghulam, Salman Agha, Haseebullah Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi Australia vs Pakistan Match Details 2nd ODI of Pakistan tour of Australia, 2024 between Australia and Pakistan to be held at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide at 09:00 AM.

bonds and commodities all rallied in the US as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates. Australian and Japanese shares advanced along with Hong Kong futures, while the Golden Dragon index of US-listed Chinese companies jumped 3.5%. The S&P 500 gained 0.7% and the Nasdaq 100 climbed 1.5%, both setting fresh peaks for a second day. An index of global equities also advanced to a record.

Design software company Canva's India business has more than doubled in growth over the last one year and contributed “significantly” to its $2.5-billion annualised revenue run rate, cofounder Cliff Obrecht told ET.

It’s been quite the week — Donald Trump’s victory in the United States election sent stocks soaring and gold plunging yesterday, and today the Federal Reserve announces its rate decision.

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a top official at a government think tank said on Thursday, years after the country decided to walk out of the China-backed Asian trade bloc.

Shares have fallen in Asia after U.S. stocks stormed to records as investors made bets on what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for the economy and the world

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Donald Trump’s electoral comeback has prompted some crystal-gazing into what his second term as American president could mean for Indian employees and students aspiring to move to the US. After all, his electoral promises of more jobs for American citizens and tighter immigration controls were bound to cause some consternation.

quarter, on account of lower revenue. It had posted a net profit of Rs 1,390 crore for the period ended September 2023, the company said in a statement. Gross income fell to Rs 13,025 crore from Rs 14,128 crore in the July-September period of 2023-24.

Australia will clinch the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1 against India as the visitors will find taking 20 wickets in a Test as their «biggest challenge» in absence of Mohammed Shami. Australia are keen on ending their barren run in the Border-Gavaskar with India winning each of the four series since 2014-15, including the historic triumphs Down Under in 2018-19 and 2020-21.