Australia has strengthened its hold on the second Ashes Test. In this match being played at Gabba, Australia has scored 378 runs at the loss of 6 wickets by the end of the second day’s play. Australia is currently ahead by 44 runs in the first innings, because England’s first innings was reduced to 334 runs. On the second day, captain Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Jack Weatherald scored half-centuries for the Kangaroo team.

England increased their score to 325/9 on the second day. The English team had added only 9 runs to the scoreboard, then Archer was out after scoring 38 runs. England’s first innings was limited to 334 runs. Joe Root returned unbeaten after scoring 138 runs.

Second test in the hands of Australia

In the absence of Usman Khawaja, Travis Head started the Australian innings along with Jack Weatherald. There was an opening partnership of 77 runs between the two. Head was out after scoring 33 runs, but Weatherald scored 72 runs playing at a strike rate of 92. Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith took the lead, but when Labuschagne was out after scoring 65 runs, Australia lost the third wicket at the score of 196.

The England team seemed to be in a comeback mood, but then Smith and Green made a partnership of 95 runs. At one time, Australia had scored 291 runs at the loss of 3 wickets, but meanwhile, Brydon Carse brought England back into the match by taking the wickets of Cameron Green and Steve Smith in the same over. Ben Stokes gave the sixth blow to Australia by clean bowling Josh English.

Now Alex Carey and Michael Neser are becoming a problem for England. Their partnership of 49 runs for the seventh wicket seems to be very heavy for England.

Stokes and Kars got beaten up a lot.

On the second day, England’s bowlers were also beaten badly. Later Stokes bowled well, but at one time his economy rate was touching around 7. Stokes has taken 2 wickets so far, but has given away 93 runs in 17 overs. On the other hand, Brayden Kars has given away 113 runs in 17 overs and has also taken 3 wickets.

Australia has suffered a big blow, just 2 days before the start of the ODI series against India, all-rounder Cameron Green has been ruled out of the entire series due to injury. In his place, Marnus Labuschagne has been included in the squad for the ODI series.

Cameron Green out due to injury

Cameron Green has been ruled out of the ODI series against India due to muscle stiffness. The main reason for this is that the Australian selectors do not want to take any risk before the famous Ashes series starting next month. Cricket Australia said in a statement, “Cameron Green will complete some rehabilitation. After this he will try to play in the third round of Sheffield Shield in preparation for the Ashes series.”

Marnus Labuschagne got the place

Marnus Labuschagne has been included in the ODI squad in place of Cameron Green, who scored 159 runs in the Sheffield Shield match for Queensland on Thursday. This was Labuschagne’s fourth century in the domestic season.

31-year-old Labuschagne has played 66 international ODI matches, in which he has scored 1871 runs at an average of 34.64 and strike rate of 83.56. He has played 15 ODI matches against India, in which he has scored 474 runs in 13 innings. This includes 4 half-century innings. Labuschagne played an important inning of 58 runs in the final of the 2023 World Cup against India.

India vs Australia ODI series squad

India: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitchell Owen, Matt Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc. Matthew Kuneman and Josh Philip.

India vs Australia ODI series schedule

• 1st ODI- 19 October (Perth)
• Second ODI- 23 October (Adelaide)
• Third ODI- 25 October (Sydney)

All three matches of India vs Australia ODI series will start at 9 am Indian time. The toss will take place at 8:30.

Autralia Defeat South Africa in 3rd Odie: The three -match ODI series between Australia and South Africa is over. South Africa defeated Australia 2–1 and defeated in his house. But in the third and last ODI, the Kangaroos team took revenge for the defeat in the last two matches from South Africa. In the third ODI, Australia won a big win by 276 runs. This is the biggest win in an ODI match played in 2025.

Many big victories have been achieved in the history of ODI cricket. India’s biggest win in ODI is recorded in the name of India. At the same time, Team India defeated Sri Lanka badly in 2023. Let’s know about the five biggest defeats from the history of ODI cricket.

1- India dust in Sri Lanka

A match was played between India and Sri Lanka on 15 January 2023, in which Sri Lanka suffered the biggest defeat in ODI history. In this match, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India batted first and scored 390 runs at the loss of five wickets. In this match, Shubman Gill scored an innings of 116 runs. At the same time, Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 166 runs.

In the match against India, when the Sri Lankan team chased this huge target, not a single player could score more than 20 runs and India won the match by a big margin of 317 runs. This defeat of Sri Lanka is the biggest defeat in the history of ODI cricket.

2- Australia defeated Netherlands

The match was played between Australia and the Netherlands in Delhi on 25 October 2023. In this match, Australia had given a target of 400 runs, which the Netherlands could not achieve and Australia won the match by 309 runs.

3- Zimbabwe vs usa

The name of the United States of America is the third biggest defeat of runs in ODI cricket. On 26 January 2023, the USA lost by 304 runs in the match against Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe had given a target of 409 runs, which the USA team could not achieve.

4- India’s name is another big win

India’s name is another major victory in ODI cricket. Sri Lanka had to face a crushing defeat in this match too. In the match played in Wankhede on 2 November 2023, India had set a target of 358 runs in front of Sri Lanka, which Sri Lanka’s team collapsed for 55 runs before acquiring. This is the fourth biggest win in India’s name in ODI cricket.

5- New Zealand defeated Ireland

Ireland has received the biggest defeat at number five in ODI cricket. In the match played on 1 July 2008, New Zealand had set a target of 403 runs in front of Ireland. In this match, Ireland lost by 290 runs.

South Africa’s biggest defeat in ODI

The match between Australia and South Africa today on 24 August 2025 has also made it to this list. This defeat by 276 runs to South Africa has become the sixth biggest defeat in the history of ODI cricket. Australia set a target of 432 runs in this match. At the same time, South Africa team collapsed for 155 runs in 24.5 overs. In this match, Australia’s batsman Travis Head scored 142 and Mitchell Marsh scored 100 runs. Cameron Green played an unbeaten innings of 118 runs. Alex Carrie also returned unbeaten on the score of 50 runs with them. This is the biggest defeat ever received by South Africa in ODI cricket.

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Australia created history in the third match of the three -match ODI series against South Africa on Sunday. Australia scored 431 runs losing just two wickets in 50 overs. This is the biggest score in ODI history in Australia. Talk about the biggest score of ODI cricket, he made England against the Netherlands in the year 2022.

Marsh-Had and Cameron Green scored centuries, Australia scored history

For Australia, captain Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head and Cameron Green scored history. Marsh scored 100 runs in 106 balls with the help of 6 fours and 5 sixes. At the same time, the head hit 142 runs in 103 balls with the help of 17 fours and 5 sixes. Green scored 118 runs in just 55 balls. Green hit 6 fours and 8 sixes. Apart from these, Alex Carrie also played a half -century innings. Carrie hit 50 runs in 37 balls.

Due to the strong innings of these four players, Australia lost 431 runs after losing just two wickets. This is the biggest score of ODI cricket in Australia. At the same time, this is Australia’s second biggest score in ODIs.

5 biggest total of ODI cricket

1- England, 498/4

England’s name is the record for making the largest total in ODI cricket. England scored 498 runs in 50 overs against the Netherlands in 2022.

2- England, 481/6

England is also named on the second number. England hit 481 runs in 50 overs against Australia in the year 2018.

3- England, 444/3

England is also named at number three in this list. England scored 444 runs against Pakistan in 2016.

4- Sri Lanka, 443/9

Sri Lanka hit 443 runs in 50 overs against the Netherlands in 2006.

5- South Africa, 439/2

South Africa scored 439 runs in 50 overs against the West Indies in 2015.

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Ashwin Prediction on IPL 2026: The 19th season of the Indian Premier League is still far away, but after many exciting turns in IPL 2025, the discussion about IPL 2026 has already intensified. Former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has predicted that the next season of IPL may be the most bid for foreign players. At the same time, a craze can be seen among the IPL teams regarding Mayank Yadav among Indian players.

Who will sell the most expensive in IPL 2026?

Indian veteran player Ravichandran Ashwin said in his YouTube channel ‘Ash Ki Baat’ that it is going to be very difficult for the teams to find Indian players in IPL 2026 and new Indian players can be included the next season. Along with this, Ashwin said that there is a lot of bid for foreign players.

Ashwin said in his YouTube show that it can be very expensive to release India’s big players for any franchise. Ashwin further said that this time many Australian players can be seen in the auction. Ashwin may have the biggest bid in the 19th season of IPL for two all -rounder players Cameron Green and Mitchell Owen.

Will the biggest bid be held in IPL 2026?

Ashwin has predicted that the biggest bid in the mini auction of IPL 2026 may cost from 25 to 30 crores. If a player is bought for Rs 30 crore, then he can become the biggest bid in IPL history. The biggest bid in IPL 2025 was for Rishabh Pant. Sanjeev Goenka, the owner of Lucknow Super Giants, bought this star player of India for Rs 27 crore. It has to be seen that in IPL 2026, which player is the biggest bid for which player. Ashwin’s prediction will be true or once an Indian player will become the most expensive player of IPL.

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West Indies batsman Rowman Powell scored 28 runs in 22 balls in the fourth T20 match played against Australia on Sunday, in this short innings he overtook Chris Gayle on the big record list. Now Powell T20 has come second in the list of West Indies batsmen, who scored the most runs in International cricket, only Nicolas Puran is ahead of them.

Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to bowl first. West Indies scored 205 runs while batting first. Rowman Powell and Romario Shepherd scored 28–28 runs, Sherfen Rutherford scored 31 runs in 15 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours. Jason Holder scored 26 runs in 16 balls.

The top 5 players of West Indies who scored the most runs in T20 International

• Nicholas Puran- 2275 runs
• Rowman Powell- 1925 runs
• Chris Gayle- 1899 runs
• Evin Lewis- 1782 runs
• Brandon King- 1648 runs

Rowman Powell can break Nicholas Puran’s record

Before this match, Powell was 26 runs behind Gayle, with an innings of 28 runs, he became the second West Indies player to score the most runs in T20 international cricket. Now only Nicholas Puran is ahead of him, who has retired from international cricket. Powell is 350 runs behind Puran.

A testament to his hard work and longvity in the format for the #Meninmaroon,#WIVSAUS , #Fullahenergy , #Meninmaroon pic.twitter.com/rac8lbp40a

– Windies Cricket (@Windiiescrick) July 27, 2025

Australia won the fourth T20

Australia won the target of 206 in 19.2 overs and won by 3 wickets. The Australia team, which has already taken an unbeatable lead in the series, has taken a 4-0 lead in the 5-match series. In the fourth match, Glenn Maxwell played a rage of 47 runs in 18 balls. In this, he hit 6 sixes and 1 four. He was voted the best player of the match for this innings.

Cameron Green scored an unbeaten 55 in 35 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours. Aaron Hardy played an important innings in the final over, scoring 23 runs in 16 balls. The fifth and last T20 of the series will be played on Tuesday 29 July.

Australia defeated West Indies by 3 wickets in the first T20. Batting first, the host West Indies scored 189 runs, in response, Australia did not start well. The team’s fourth wicket as Glenn Maxwell fell on a score of 78, but after that Cameron Green (51) and Mitchell Owen (50 )’s 80 -run partnership made the visiting team a comeback.

Jake Fraser McGark (2), after captain Mitchell Marsh also returned to the pavilion after scoring 24 runs. Josh English 18 and then Glenn Maxwell were dismissed for 11 runs. Australia was under pressure after falling four wickets for 78 runs, but then Mitchell Owen, who was playing his debut international match with Cameron Green, shared an 80 -run partnership.

Mitchell Owen included in the special list

Mitchell Owen scored 50 runs in 27 balls at a strike rate of 185.19, in this innings he hit 6 sixes. There was no fours from his bat in this innings. He has become the third player to score a half -century in Australia’s debut T20 match.

• Ricky Ponting – 98 (2005) – vs New Zealand
• David Warner – 89 (2009) – vs South Africa
• Mitchell Owen – 50 (2025) – vs West Indies

Cameron Green scored 51 runs in 26 balls at a strike rate of 196.15. Australia won the target of 190 runs in 18.5 overs and won by 3 wickets. Mitchell Owen, who scored a half -century in the debut, received the player of the match title.

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Thrown into the fire on debut, MITKELL OWEN delivered a composed 50 (27) to Steer Australia Through a Tricky Chase #Wivaus pic.twitter.com/fmwafmx07u

– Fancode (@Fancode) July 21, 2025

Roston Chase and Shai Hope also played a rage

Earlier, the West Indies scored 189 runs while batting first after losing the toss. Captain Shaai Hope scored 55 runs in 39 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 4 fours. Roston Chase scored 60 runs in 32 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 9 fours. Shimron Hetmyer scored 38 runs in 19 balls, in which he hit 3 sixes and 2 fours. Australian bowlers returned in the final 2 overs, and stopped the Windies at 189.

Australia Test Team Changes after Defeat Wtc Final: Australia suffered a crushing defeat in the final of the 2025 World Test Championship. The team could not become the champion of Test cricket for the second consecutive time. In the final match, South Africa defeated Kangaroos by 5 wickets. After this defeat, Captain Pat Cummins also admitted that the team needs to be formed again. He also indicated some changes. In such a situation, we know what changes can be made in Australia’s Test team.

After the defeat in the WTC final, captain Pat Cummins said that some changes can be made in the Test series against the West Indies. Please tell that Steve Smith was injured during the WTC final. In such a situation, it is also considered difficult for Smith to play against the West Indies.

1- Opening will change

In the final of the World Test Championship, Marnas Labushen was sent to the opening with Usman Khwaja, but the bets did not work. In such a situation, now Osman Khwaja can be opened with Sam Konsatas. Konsatas made his border-Gavaskar trophy debut against India and looted the Mahfil with his strong performance.

2- Cameron will be out of Green Test team

All-rounder Cameron Green Wtc played at number-3 as a batsman in the final, but he was out for four in the first innings and zero in the second innings. Questions were also raised on the technique of Green. In such a situation, they can now be excluded from the Test team.

3- This player also expected to get a chance

Josh English, who performed a bang in ODI cricket, can get a chance in the Test team. English is the finest batsman of the middle order, and plays spin very well. However, English is expected to get a chance only when Steve Smith will be out of the team due to not being fit.

WTC Final, South Africa vs Australia, Australia Playing 11: The final match of the World Test Championship will be played between South Africa and Australia tomorrow i.e. on Thursday 11 June. This title match will be played at Lord’s, England. Australia has announced its playing XI for this final match.

The opener’s selection for Australia has been a headache since David Warner’s retirement. Since the retirement of Warner, four players have been tried as an opener. Now the fifth player will be seen opening in the final of the World Test Championship. Yes, Marnas Labushen is a new opener after Sam Constas, Steve Smith, Travis Head and Nathan McCasian.

Josh Hazlewood has also returned to the team. Hazlewood played only two matches of the Test series against India. Hazelwood returned to the cricket field from IPL 2025. Cameron Green has also been given a new role. He will be seen playing at number three.

Talking about Australia’s playing XI, the team looks quite strong. The pair of Usman Khwaja and Marnas Labushen will start the innings. After this, all -rounder Cameron will be seen playing Green at number three. Steve Smith will come at number four. The top order looks quite solid.

After this, Travis Head will be seen at number five. Head can cause trouble for South Africa on Lord’s ground. Then the all -rounder Bu Webster will come at number six. Wicketkeeper Alex Carry will be seen playing at number seven. Captain Pat Cummins has three dreaded fast bowlers as Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. Two medium -speed bowlers in the form of green and webster to support them. Nathan Lyon as a spinner.

Australia’s playing XI for the WTC final 1. Usman Khwaja, 2. Marnas Labushen, 3. Cameron Green, 4. Steve Smith, 5. Travis Head, 6. Bu Webster, 7. Alex Carrie (Wicket Keep), 8. Pat Cummins (Captain), 9. Michel Starc, 10. Nathan Lyon, 11. Josh Hazlewood