Suryakumar Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been nominated for the ICC Awards 2023. Suryakumar is among the four nominees for the ICC Men's T20 Cricketer of the Year 2023, and Jaiswal has been nominated for the ICC Emerging Men's Cricketer of the Year 2023.

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Suryakumar Yadav dominated 2023 with 733 runs in 17 innings at an average of 48.86 and a strike rate of 155.95. He also scored the second-fastest hundred for India in men's T20s against Sri Lanka. The other three nominees are Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe, Alpesh Ramjani of Uganda and Mark Chapman of New Zealand.

Apart from Jaiswal, New Zealand's opener Rachin Ravindra, South Africa's pacer Gerald Coetzee, and Sri Lanka pacer Dilshan Madushanka are the contenders to win the award. Gerald Coetzee will aim to emulate last year's winner, fellow Protea Marco Jansen to claim the 2023 award. Coetzee had a wonderful World Cup 2023 campaign. Dilshan Madushanka picked up 21 wickets in the ICC CWC 2023 while Rachin Ravindra scored 578 runs which is enough to be a clear winner of this accolade.

In the women's section, Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu is joined by England spin maestro Sophie Ecclestone, West Indies' all-round icon Hayley Matthews, and Ellyse Perry, a former two-time winner of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year (2019 and 2017).

The Emerging Women's Cricketer of the Year nominees includes Bangladesh's Marufa Akter, England's Lauren Bell, Scotland's Darcey Carter and Australia's Phoebe Litchfield.

ICC Awards 2023 – the shortlists

• ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year; Mark Chapman (New Zealand), Alpesh Ramjani (Uganda), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Suryakumar Yadav (India)

• ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year; Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Sophie Ecclestone (England), Hayley Matthews (West Indies), Ellyse Perry (Australia)

• ICC Emerging Men's Cricketer of the Year; Gerald Coetzee (South Africa), Yashasvi Jaiswal (India), Dilshan Madushanka (Sri Lanka), Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)

• ICC Emerging Women's Cricketer of the Year; Marufa Akter (Bangladesh), Lauren Bell (England), Darcey Carter (Scotland), Phoebe Litchfield (Australia)

India beat Prime Minister XI in the IND vs AUS PM XI 2-day practice match at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. The first day's play could not be played on Saturday (30 November) due to rain and on Day 2, the game was reduced to 46 overs per side.

A five-Test series is being played between IND vs AUS. Team India won the first match of this series by 295 runs. The Indian team is currently leading 1-0 in this series. The next match is to be played in Adelaide. This match will be played with pink ball in day-night format. Team India is preparing for this match.

To strengthen its hold in the Pink Ball Test, the Indian team played a two-day practice match against Australia's Prime Minister's XI. Where the India defeated PM XI in a one-sided manner. Team India won this match by 6 wickets.

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The first day of the practice match played between IND vs AUS PM XI was washed out due to rain. Due to this, the match was played with some new rules on the second day. Where both the teams got a chance to bat 46-46 overs. Whichever team scores the most runs wins.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first. After which the team of Prime Minister XI came on the field to bat first. His team was all out on the score of 240 runs in 43.2 overs.

For that, 19-year-old batsman Sam Konstas scored 107 runs. Harshit Rana took a maximum 4 wickets for India.

In reply, the Indian team played a full 46 overs and scored 257 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. India's score was higher than Australia's. Due to which Team India was declared the winner of this match. 

Gill scored a brilliant half-century 

Returning from injury, Shubman Gill scored a brilliant half-century in this match. He retired after playing an innings of 50 runs in 62 balls. Before this, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was out after scoring 45 runs. His partner KL Rahul added 27 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma's bat did not work. He could score only 3 runs.

Young Nitish Reddy once again impressed with his batting and scored an inning of 42 runs in 32 balls. Washington Sundar remained unbeaten after scoring 42 runs. Devdutt Padikkal returned unbeaten on 4 runs. Sarfaraz Khan was out on 1 run while Ravindra Jadeja scored 27 runs.

Yashasvi Jaiswal has inscribed himself in India's cricketing history as he has surpassed the great Vijay Hazare to reach an excellent milestone. Jaiswal breaks Vijay Hazare's record of being the Indian batter with the most test runs after the first 15 test appearances. 

With his commendable innings of 161 off 297 in the second innings of the Perth Test against Australia, the young Indian batsman has accumulated 1568 runs so far in his first 15 test matches which is by far the most by any Indian batsman. 

The 22-year-old batter had to return to the pavilion very early in the first innings against Australia, with a duck by his name. However, Jaiswal has redeemed himself and registered a mammoth innings of 161 off just 297 balls in the second innings. The innings was studded with 14 fours and 3 sixes.

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Storming into the club of greats

Vijay Hazare, one of the greatest-ever to play test cricket for India, held the record of scoring most runs for an Indian batter after 15 test appearances, as he bagged 1420 runs in total. Now Yashasvi Jaiswal has stormed into the list and clinched the first spot. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal also entered the list of the fastest batsmen to reach 1000 test runs. He is now 10th on the list having reached the 1000-run benchmark in just 16 test innings. Jaiswal achieved this feat against England in March this year. 

The left-handed opening batter also becomes the only third Indian batsman to register a ton on the maiden appearance on Australian soil.

Jaiswal is now positioned 4th in the global list of players with the most test runs after 15 tests, and he has entered a club of global legends of cricket.

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Most runs after the first 15 tests

2115 - Don Bradman

1618 - Mark Taylor

1576 - Everton Weekes

1568 - Yashasvi Jaiswal

1560 - Michael Hussey

A record-breaking list of cricketing giants! 🤩

Here's a look at the players who've scored the most runs after their first 15 Tests,

Don Bradman- 2115 runs
Mark Taylor- 1618 runs
Everton Weekes- 1576 runs
Yashasvi Jaiswal- 1568 runs
Michael Hussey- 1560 runs pic.twitter.com/VdhJeiVF9W

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) November 24, 2024

The second day of the Perth Test match of Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia has ended. India now has a lead of 218 runs due to the record partnership of 172 runs by the Indian team's openers KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Australia all out on 104

Team India's first innings was limited to a score of only 150 in this match, after which, due to the excellent performance of the bowlers, Australia managed to score only 104 runs in its first innings, giving the Indian team a lead of 46 runs. At the start of the day's play on Saturday, Australia had 7 wickets for 67 runs. The team had lost the last 3 wickets in scoring 37 runs. Wicketkeeper Alex Carey could only add 2 runs to his score on the first day and made a total of 21 runs, while Nathan Lyon contributed 5 runs. Mitchell Starc scored the highest score of 26 runs.

By the end of the second day's play, Team India had scored 172 runs without any loss in their second innings, in which they had also achieved a lead of 218 runs. 

Strong performance by Indian bowlers

Indian bowlers have performed brilliantly and brought the team into the competition. Jasprit Bumrah has taken 5 wickets while playing captaincy innings. Harshit Rana has got 3 wickets and Mohammad Siraj has got 2 wickets.

Jaiswal and Rahul put India in driver's seat

After a frenetic first day that saw 17 wickets tumble, Day 2 showcased a different rhythm as Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul produced a gritty, old-school batting display to grind down Australia. Jaiswal showcased his class with an unbeaten 90 and KL Rahul displayed great composure with his 62* as India built a solid 218-run lead over Australia to take control of the game at stumps on Day 2.  Jaiswal faced 193 balls while Rahul fended off 153. Australia tried hard to break the stand but failed miserably.

 Border-Gavaskar Trophy | Day 2 Report

• Australia: 104 all out in 51.2 overs (Mitchell Starc 26, Alex Carey 21; Jasprit Bumrah 5/30)
• India: 172/0 in 57 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 90 not out, KL Rahul 62 not out)

Australia 104; India 172/0 at stumps

A stand at the iconic Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata will soon be named after India's legendary fast bowler Jhulan Goswami. 

According to ICC, the Block B Gallery of Eden Gardens will be renamed in her honor. This stand will be inaugurated during the Indian women's team's first T20I match against England on January 22 next year.

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Stands have also been built at Eden Gardens in the names of former Indian captain and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, former Indian cricketer Pankaj Roy, and former BCCI presidents Jagmohan Dalmiya and Biswanath Dutt.

Highest wicket-taker in women's ODI

Jhulan Goswami retired two years ago after an illustrious 20-year career with the Indian women's team. She was considered one of the best fast bowlers in women's cricket. Her career is still reflected in the impressive record that she maintains even after her retirement. Goswami holds the record for taking the highest number of wickets (255) in women's ODI.

Jhulan Goswami ended her career after appearing in 12 Tests, 204 ODIs and 68 T20Is and taking 355 wickets across all formats. In the women's Test format, Goswami has taken 44 wickets in 12 matches at an average of 17.36 and an economy of 2.02.

Goswami has 56 wickets to her name in the women's T20I format, with an average of 21.94 and an economy of 5.45. In the ODI format, she has taken 255 wickets in 204 matches at an average of 22.04.

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Working as bowling coach of MI

The 41-year-old Goswami is currently working as the bowling coach and mentor of the Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League (WPL), which won the inaugural season of the league. Earlier this year, Goswami was the team mentor at the Women's Caribbean Premier League franchise Trinbago Knight Riders. 

After retirement, Goswami has worked as a mentor for the senior Bengal women's team and has also been involved in the Women's Premier League.

The first match of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series between India and Australia is to be played in Perth from November 22. However, there are many questions regarding what will be the combination of the Indian team's batting lineup. 

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After Rohit Sharma is out of this test match, the captaincy will be in the hands of Jasprit Bumrah. In such a situation, Bumrah will have to brainstorm with head coach Gautam Gambhir as to how the playing 11 will be. Notably, the Indian team's 5-match Test series against Australia is important for reaching the final of the World Test Championship (WTC).

Here's how India's batting lineup is shaping up for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Rahul will open with Jaiswal

KL Rahul got injured during the India-A practice match by a rising delivery from Prasidh Krishna. But now there is news about Rahul that he has completely recovered. So Rahul can open with Yashasvi Jaiswal. At the same time, the chances of Shubman Gill playing in the Perth Test are negligible.  Because he has a fracture in his left thumb. Gill will now be able to play in the second Test starting on December 6 in Adelaide. Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, and Sarfaraz Khan will be in the middle order.

Who will take charge at number 3?

In the absence of Rohit, the responsibility of opening the innings may be on the shoulders of Jaiswal and KL Rahul.  In this challenging series, Virat Kohli would like to finish at number four. In this sequence, Virat has scored 25 out of 29 centuries in his Test career. So, Devdutt Padikkal or Sarfaraz Khan will have to come at number three. After this, Dhruv Jurel and Rishabh Pant at numbers 6 and 7 can strengthen Team India.

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Jurel can play as specialist batsman 

Wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel impressed everyone in the match against Australia A. He scored 80 and 68 runs in two innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). After this, He can play as a specialist batsman in the team. Former head coach of Team India Ravi Shastri has also advocated this. Pant will be seen wicketkeeping in the match. 

India's probable playing XI for the Perth Test:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah (c), Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep.

Indian squad for Australia tour: 

Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.