Virat Kohli was booed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after bumping into the 19-year-old as he walked down the pitch for a chat with opening partner Usman Khawaja.
England’s opponents in the final, Pakistan, hadn't scored enough runs on a tricky MCG pitch but did well to keep England in check in their chase of 138.
In the final match of the tournament, Pakistan take on England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This is the first ICC tournament men's final since 1992 to feature these two nations.
When Rahane started planning for the Boxing Day Test, the odds were stacked as heavily as possible. But he produced an eight-wicket win to level the four-Test series 1-1.
The outbreaks are a blow to Australia, which had largely suppressed community transmission through rigorous testing and contact tracing, and by closing borders.
Melbourne is an example of how the coronavirus can be brought under control even in the peak of winter by following stay-at-home and compulsory mask-wearing orders.
The city of 5 million people Wednesday emerged from one of the world’s strictest lockdowns that shuttered businesses and confined residents to their homes for over 3 months.
Concerns that the stay-at-home order in Melbourne, that begun three weeks ago, will need to be extended are also mounting. This will inflict further damage on the economy.
Improper use of PPE, families mixing up in each other’s rooms, guards having sex with quarantined guests — these missteps plunged the city into lockdown.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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