India In Australia Cricket Series 2011-12

4 TESTS AND 2 T20IS

India will take Australia on, in a Border Gavaskar Trophy four Test match cricket series [1 2 3 4] and India vs Australia T20I Series in Australia from Dec 26 2011 - Feb 3 2012. India has not lost to Australia since the Sydney test in 2008, winning 5 and drawing 3 matches afterwards including two 2-0 series wins in India.
The India vs Australia series will be followed by a Tri-nation Commonwealth Bank Series, which includes Sri Lanka.
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India Team Selection - ODI and T20I squad

Irfan Pathan stages a comeback, Tendulkar retained

Sachin Tendulkar will get another chance to complete his 100th 100, as he was recalled to the team, while paceman Praveen Kumar and spinner Rahul Sharma were also included in India's 17-member squad for the next month's tri-series in Australia.

India ODI and T20I squad: M S Dhoni (C), Virender Sehwag (VC), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Unesh Yadav, Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan.

Heads to roll after Perth debacle

Collective batting failure in Australia

	Melbourne		Sydney		Perth		Adelaide
Player	1st inngs	2nd inngs	1st inngs	2nd inngs	1st inngs	2nd inngs	1st inngs	2nd inngs
Gambhir	3	13	0	83	31	14	34	3
Sehwag	67	7	30	4	0	10	18	62
Dravid	68	10	5	29	9	47	1	25
Tendulkar	73	32	41	80	15	8	25	13
Laxman	2	1	2	66	31	0	18	35
Kohli	11	0	23	9	44	75	116	22
Dhoni (3 tests)	6	23	57*	2	12	2	DNP	DNP
Saha (1 test)	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	35	TBP
Ashwin (3 tests)	31	30	20	62	DNP	DNP	5	TBP
V Kumar (1 test)	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	5	6	DNP	DNP
Z Khan	4	6*	0	35	2	0	0	TBP
Ishant Sharma	11	6	0	11	3	0	16	TBP
U Yadav	2*	21	0	0*	4*	0*	0*	TBP
Extras	4	13	13	19	5	9	4	TBP
Total	282	169	191	400	161	171	272	TBP

Sachin Tendulkar has been India's leading scorer in the series with 249 runs in three Tests at 41.50, but his performance can be rated well short of his high standards. Rahul Dravid has scored 168 runs at an average of 28 while VVS Laxman has struggled the most of the big three, with an average of only 17 in six innings. There are reports that Laxman will be the first to make way for a youngster in a side that has lost seven overseas Tests in a row.

BCCI's autonomous body status

Larger bench of CIC likely to decide if BCCI is public authority or not

Decision of putting BCCI under Right to Information (RTI) ambit has been deferred till November 4. The Central Information Commission (CIC) is mulling the option of referring the case to a larger bench. While the sports minister is trying to bring the BCCI under the RTI Act umbrella, the BCCI is vehemently opposed to the idea and unlike other sports organizations in India, it has the money and the clout to back its stand.

BCCI - which is one of the richest sports bodies in the world - enjoys tax-exemptions running into hundreds of crores on the cricket matches organised in the country arguing that they are promoting the sport as a charitable activity. The case relates to RTI applications filed by activist S C Agrawal and one Alok Varshney seeking details of working of the BCCI.

Former Players - Kumble

Kumble’s mentor role programme dropped

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has dropped the plan to rope in former India skipper Anil Kumble to teach life skills to players, a proposal that was first considered last year after the former cricketer made a presentation to top officials.

The programme that included finance management, stress management, anti-doping code, media management and how to handle instant success would have cost Rs 2.9 lakh per player.

India vs England Series in India

BCCI agrees for HotSpot sans DRS

The five-match ODI series between India and England will not have the Decision Review System, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Friday. The series starts on October 14, 2011.

ICC president

Sharad Pawar is new ICC president

Indian Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar took over the reins of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday, becoming the second Indian after Jagmohan Dalmiya to head the world cricket body. Pawar, a political heavyweight, will be the seventh ICC President, succeeding Englishman David Morgan who concluded his two-year term. Pawar and Morgan openly backed former Australian Prime Minister John Howard's nomination as ICC vice president which was rejected by the ICC board on Wednesday as the strong Asian block opposed the move.

Earlier, Lord Colin Cowdrey (1989-93) and Clyde Walcott (1993-97), headed the ICC as chairman. Dalmiya (1997-2000) was the first ICC president followed by Malcolm Gray (2000-2003), Ehsan Mani (2003-2006), Percy Sonn (2006-2007) Ray Mali (2007-08) and Morgan (2008-10).

Yuvraj Singh recalled to India squad for Sri Lanka tour

Sachin, Dravid and VVS join Yuvraj

Yuvraj Singh has been named in India's squad for next month's Test series in Sri Lanka after missing the Asia Cup. He has scored 1,582 runs in 33 Tests at an average of 35.95.

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman join Yuvraj in the 16-man party to complete a formidable middle-order. Spin trio Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra support pacemen Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Sri Sreesanth.

The last time India visited Sri Lanka, in 2008, they were beaten 2-1, but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team avenged that defeat last year with a 2-0 win on home soil to move to the top of the Test rankings.

India squad: MS Dhoni (capt), V Sehwag, G Gambhir, M Vijay, S Tendulkar, R Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, S Raina, Harbhajan Singh, A Mishra, P Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha.

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