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How a frustrated Australian team resorted to on-field shenanigans during the 3rd Test match at Sydney

OpIndia Staff - 11 January, 2021

With a target of 407 runs in front of India in the 2nd innings, Australia was hoping for a comfortable victory at the end of the 4th day. But the tide turned in India's favour on the 5th day.

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Ind vs Aus: Navdeep Saini and Ravindra Jadeja’s video on ‘teamwork’ goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 11 January, 2021

Viral video shows Navdeep Saini peel banana and offer it to Ravindra Jadeja as he was padded up and ready to go bat on the crease.

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After ball tampering, Steve Smith shadow-bats at the crease to remove Rishabh Pant’s guard marks. Watch

OpIndia Staff - 11 January, 2021

Australian cricketer Steve Smith has been accused of shadow-batting at the crease and scuffle out the guard marks made by Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant, forcing him to retake the same.

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Australian fans resort to racial abuse yet again against Mohammad Siraj, security kicks them out after complain

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2021

When Mohammed Siraj pointed in the direction of the stands, the officials quickly investigated the matter and kicked out a group of 4 men, followed by two others, from the stadium.

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Flashback: When Pakistani cricket fans invaded the pitch and beat up a steward because they thought Pakistan won

Dibakar Dutta - 3 January, 2021

Hinting at their poor comprehension skills, the commentator remarked, "It's 2 to win. That's all. Surely these people (Pakistanis) can read scoreboards."

Shoaib Akhtar’s deranged rant on Pakistani cricketers not making it to ICC list of players for decade will partly redeem your 2020

OpIndia Staff - 29 December, 2020

Shoaib Akhtar accused the ICC of discouraging unsportsmanlike behaviour. "Now, you cannot push anyone or even say mean things," he lamented.

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Pakistanis suffer a meltdown after Indian cricket team bags ICC awards

OpIndia Staff - 28 December, 2020

Interestingly, not a single Pakistani player featured in any of the ICC teams of the decade or won any awards, be it for tests, T20s or ODIs.

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‘Different rules for Virat Kohli and T Natarajan, Ashwin suffered because he spoke up’: Sunil Gavaskar

Shashank Bharadwaj - 24 December, 2020

Citing the examples of T Natarajan and senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, the Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar said that there are double standards in the Indian team.

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