India ne 223 defend karke 2-1 ki badhat banayi, Durban mein Australia ka pressure, NZ ka Finn Allen shift plan — cricket digest 12 Oct 2026

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Indore mein India ne nerves sambhale, West Indies ke khilaaf 2-1 ki lead le li

India ne Indore mein teesre T20I mein 223 defend karke 14 runs se jeet haasil ki aur five-match series mein 2-1 se aage ho gaya, jahan low bounce ki wajah se clean hitting aam taur par jitni aasaan hoti hai utni nahi rahi. Abhishek Sharma ke 69 runs off 30 balls ne farq paida kiya, aur Arshdeep Singh ne defence ko lead kiya 3 for 44 ke saath, jab West Indies 209 for 7 par finish hua.

Shai Hope ne toss jeetkar pehle bowling chuni, dew ki umeed mein jo waise aayi hi nahi. India ke XI mein Shivam Dube aur Kuldeep Yadav ki jagah Nitish Kumar Reddy aur Prince Yadav shamil the, jabki West Indies ne injured Romario Shepherd ki jagah Quentin Sampson ko aur Akeal Hosein ki jagah Keemo Paul ko laya.

Kingsmead par Australia ka control, lekin bad light se clock tik-tik karti rahi

Australia ne Durban mein pehle Test ke day three ka end 139 runs ki lead ke saath kiya, aur match mein ab tak lagbhag 45 overs fading light ki wajah se already lose ho chuke hain. South Africa ko 284 par all out karne ke baad, visitors ne apni second innings mein 33 without loss banaye, jahan Nic Maddinson aur Travis Head ne brisk opening stand lagaya.

Pat Cummins ke attack ne damage kiya aur Steven Smith ki catching standout rahi—innings mein chaar catches lete hue woh Joe Root se aage nikal gaye, non-wicketkeeper ke roop mein sabse zyada Test catches ke record mein. Shaam baar-baar curtailed hone ki wajah se, dono teams yeh weigh kar rahi hain ki Australia ko lead kitni jaldi push karni chahiye taaki result in play rahe.

New Zealand India ODIs ke liye Finn Allen ko middle order mein shift karne par vichaar kar raha hai

New Zealand upcoming home ODI series against India mein Finn Allen ko middle order mein use karne par consider kar raha hai, jahan coach Rob Walter ne kaha ki yeh move middle overs mein ek “competitive advantage” de sakta hai. Allen ne September 2023 ke baad koi ODI nahi khela hai aur 2020 ke baad List A cricket mein top order ke bahar batting nahi ki hai, lekin Walter ne spin ko take on karne aur fifth ya sixth bowler par attack karne ki uski ability ko back kiya.

Agar Allen ko top se door use kiya jaata hai, to Devon Conway pehle teen ODIs ke liye Tim Seifert ke saath open karne ke liye set hain, uske baad Conway Tests ki taiyari ke liye squad chhod denge. Rachin Ravindra bhi top-order mix mein hain, jabki newly contracted Nick Kelly final do matches ke liye opening options mein se ek hain.

Australia A ke McSweeney ne India A series win ke baad Kohli clips aur hard yards ka credit diya

Nathan McSweeney ne kaha ki detailed preparation—jisme Virat Kohli aur Steven Smith ke videos dekhna bhi shamil tha—ne use Puducherry mein India A ke khilaaf Australia A ki 2-1 one-day series win mein top-score karne mein madad ki. McSweeney ne teen innings mein 194 runs banaye 64.66 ki average se, footwork, sweeps aur soft hands ka use karke tricky surfaces par India ke spinners ko disrupt kiya.

Captain Todd Murphy ne Australia A ke fast bowlers ke impact ki tareef ki, aur Mahli Beardman, Spencer Johnson, Ben Dwarshuis aur Riley Meredith ki pace aur threat ko highlight kiya, saath hi Mitch Owen ne bhi deck ka effective use kiya. McSweeney ne preceding four-day games mein missed chances par bhi baat ki aur kaha ki India ke longer format mein first-innings score agle mauke ke liye ek key focus bana rahega.

Short mein

  • Pakistan ne Rawalpindi mein Sri Lanka ke khilaaf apni series 82-run jeet ke saath seal ki, jab Maaz Sadaqat ke 96 runs off 51 balls aur Sahibzada Farhan ke 73 runs off 44 balls ne 215 for 3 set up kiya, phir Sri Lanka ko 133 for 7 par restrict kar diya gaya.
  • Bangladesh ne Abu Dhabi mein one-off Test mein Afghanistan par apni badhat aur badha di, day three ka end 329 runs ki lead ke saath kiya, jab Najmul Hossain Shanto (82) aur Mushfiqur Rahim (81) ne Hasan Mahmud (5-51) aur Ebadot Hossain (4-56) ke earlier strikes par build kiya.
  • Georgia Voll ke unbeaten 131, aur Phoebe Litchfield ke 70 ke saath 162-run opening stand ne Australia Women ko Brisbane mein Bangladesh Women ke khilaaf nine-wicket win dilayi aur series seal kar di, Sobhana Mostary ke Bangladesh ke 220 for 6 mein 118 ke bawajood.
  • Sobhana Mostary ne kaha ki woh apne maiden international hundred se bahut khush hain, jab Brisbane mein Australia ke khilaaf unke 118 off 134 Bangladesh batter ka women’s ODIs mein highest individual score ban gaya.
  • India A ne Australia A ke khilaaf 49-run consolation win ke saath sign off kiya, jab Suryansh Shedge ke 66 ne 275 set karne mein madad ki, aur Gurjapneet Singh ke three-for ne Australia A ko 226 tak roke rakha.
  • Hasan Mahmud ke latest five-for ne unki badhti reputation ko underline kiya, jahan Bangladesh seamer ke paas ab chaar alag-alag countries mein five-wicket hauls hain.
  • Pakistan ke President’s Trophy Grade 1 matches jo Peshawar aur Abbottabad ke liye scheduled the, unhe Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mein state of emergency aur governor’s rule ke baad Sheikhupura aur Lahore shift kar diya gaya.
  • Abhishek Sharma ne Indore mein phir se West Indies ke plans ko disrupt karne ka tareeqa dhoondh liya—shuruat mein cautiously khela, phir rapid fifty ke liye accelerate kiya jab India ne West Indies ke khilaaf 223 post kiye.

Sources: ESPNcricinfo