India vs Australia 2nd Test: Ahead of second Test, India sharpen their fielding skills, watch video

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14 Jun

Luzhniki Stadium

Match Details

Russia

5

• 12’ Iury Gazinsky
• 43’ Denis Cheryshev
• 71’ Artem Dzyuba
• 90’ Denis Cheryshev
• 90’ Aleksandr Golovin

0

Saudi Arabia

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The Indian cricket team seem to be leaving no stone unturned as they prepare for the second Test against Australia in Bengaluru. Having been swept away by the visitors at Pune, Virat Kohli’s men enter the Test facing a situation they have seldom faced this home season.

While Virat Kohli’s cheap dismissals in both innings at Pune were vital for Australia to win the match, Cheteshwar Pujara was just as important for India. In fact, in a similar situation against England in 2012, Pujara managed a double century in the first Test and a century in the second. But, as was the case with almost every Indian batsman against Australia in Pune, Pujara hardly had an impact on the score card.

While the Pune pitch had played a big role in the collapse of the otherwise destructive Indian batting line up, questions were also raised on the hosts’ fielding efforts. India dropped Australian captain Steve Smith on multiple ocassions on his way to his 18th Test century last time out. It seems that is what they are working to improve according to a video that has been put out on the Indian Cricket Team Facebook page.

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Group A | 14 Jun

Luzhniki Stadium

Russia

5

• 12’ Iury Gazinsky
• 43’ Denis Cheryshev
• 71’ Artem Dzyuba
• 90’ Denis Cheryshev
• 90’ Aleksandr Golovin

0

Saudi Arabia

• STATS
• UPDATE
• LINEUPS

• Russia
• Key Stats
• Saudi Arabia

• 5
• Goals
• 0

• 13
• TOTAL SHOTS
• 6

• 40
• BALL POSSESSION
• 60

• 7
• SHOTS ON TARGET
• 0

• 6
• CORNERS
• 2

• 18
• CROSSES
• 9

• 1061
• TOUCHES
• 1619

• 389
• PASSES
• 591

• 90'

  Game Over

  Russia 5 - 0 Saudi Arabia

• 90'

  Goal

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 90'

  Shot on Goal

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 90'

  Free Kick

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 90'

  Yellow Card

  Taiseer Aljassam (Saudi Arabia)

• 90'

  Foul

  Taiseer Aljassam fouled by Aleksandr Golovin (Saudi Arabia)

• 90'

  Free Kick

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 90'

  Foul

  Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Yasir Alshahrani (Russia)

• 90'

  Goal

  Denis Cheryshev. Assist by Artem Dzyuba (Russia)

• 90'

  Shot on Goal

  Denis Cheryshev (Russia)

• 90'

  Free Kick

  Sergey Ignashevich (Russia)

• 90'

  Foul

  Fahad Almuwallad fouled by Sergey Ignashevich (Saudi Arabia)

• 90'

  Injury Time

  Injury Time

• 90'

  Free Kick

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 90'

  Foul

  Denis Cheryshev fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)

• 90'

  Cross

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 90'

  Corner Kick

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 89'

  Cross

  Roman Zobnin (Russia)

• 89'

  Cross

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 88'

  Free Kick

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 88'

  Yellow Card

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 88'

  Foul

  Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Omar Othman (Russia)

• 88'

  Cross

  Hatan Bahbir (Saudi Arabia)

• 87'

  Free Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 87'

  Foul

  Daler Kuziaev fouled by Salem Aldawsari (Russia)

• 87'

  Cross

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 87'

  Corner Kick

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 86'

  Cross

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 86'

  Free Kick

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 85'

  Foul

  Hatan Bahbir fouled by Yury Zhirkov (Saudi Arabia)

• 85'

  Goal Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 84'

  Substitution

  Muhannad Asiri (on). Mohammad Alsahlawi (off). (Saudi Arabia)

• 84'

  Shot

  Daler Kuziaev (Russia)

• 83'

  Throw-In

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 82'

  Throw-In

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 82'

  Cross

  Fahad Almuwallad (Saudi Arabia)

• 82'

  Shot

  Hatan Bahbir (Saudi Arabia)

• 82'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 81'

  Throw-In

  Hatan Bahbir (Saudi Arabia)

• 81'

  Free Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 81'

  Foul

  Yury Zhirkov fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)

• 80'

  Free Kick

  Ilya Kutepov (Russia)

• 80'

  Foul

  Taiseer Aljassam fouled by Daler Kuziaev (Saudi Arabia)

• 78'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 77'

  Goal Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 77'

  Shot

  Roman Zobnin (Russia)

• 77'

  Cross

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 77'

  Free Kick

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 76'

  Foul

  Yasir Alshahrani fouled by Roman Zobnin (Saudi Arabia)

• 76'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 75'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 75'

  Free Kick

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 75'

  Foul

  Iury Gazinsky fouled by Taiseer Aljassam (Russia)

• 74'

  Free Kick

  Taiseer Aljassam (Saudi Arabia)

• 74'

  Foul

  Artem Dzyuba fouled by Omar Othman (Russia)

• 74'

  Goal Kick

  Igor Akinfeev (Russia)

• 73'

  Substitution

  Hatan Bahbir (on). Yahia Alshehri (off). (Saudi Arabia)

• 73'

  Shot

  Salem Aldawsari (Saudi Arabia)

• 71'

  Goal

  Artem Dzyuba. Assist by Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 71'

  Shot on Goal

  Artem Dzyuba (Russia)

• 71'

  Cross

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 71'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 71'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 70'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 70'

  Substitution

  Artem Dzyuba (on). Fedor Smolov (off). (Russia)

• 68'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 68'

  Throw-In

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 68'

  Shot on Goal

  Roman Zobnin (Russia)

• 67'

  Free Kick

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 67'

  Foul

  Denis Cheryshev fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)

• 67'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 66'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 66'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 65'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 65'

  Shot on Goal

  Denis Cheryshev (Russia)

• 65'

  Cross

  Fedor Smolov (Russia)

• 64'

  Free Kick

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 64'

  Substitution

  Daler Kuziaev (on). Alexander Samedov (off). (Russia)

• 64'

  Substitution

  Fahad Almuwallad (on). Abdullah Otayf (off). (Saudi Arabia)

• 64'

  Foul

  Denis Cheryshev fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)

• 62'

  Shot

  Denis Cheryshev (Russia)

• 62'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 61'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 61'

  Free Kick

  Abdullah Otayf (Saudi Arabia)

• 61'

  Foul

  Denis Cheryshev fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)

• 60'

  Free Kick

  Abdullah Otayf (Saudi Arabia)

• 60'

  Foul

  Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Salman Alfaraj (Russia)

• 59'

  Cross

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 59'

  Free Kick

  Igor Akinfeev (Russia)

• 58'

  Offside

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 58'

  Cross

  Taiseer Aljassam (Saudi Arabia)

• 58'

  Free Kick

  Taiseer Aljassam (Saudi Arabia)

• 58'

  Foul

  Alexander Samedov fouled by Salem Aldawsari (Russia)

• 57'

  Free Kick

  Abdullah Otayf (Saudi Arabia)

• 57'

  Foul

  Roman Zobnin fouled by Abdullah Otayf (Russia)

• 57'

  Goal Kick

  Igor Akinfeev (Russia)

• 56'

  Cross

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 55'

  Free Kick

  Iury Gazinsky (Russia)

• 55'

  Foul

  Taiseer Aljassam fouled by Iury Gazinsky (Saudi Arabia)

• 54'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 54'

  Cross

  Denis Cheryshev (Russia)

• 54'

  Throw-In

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 53'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 53'

  Throw-In

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 52'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 52'

  Goal Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 52'

  Shot

  Alexander Samedov (Russia)

• 50'

  Cross

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 50'

  Corner Kick

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 49'

  Free Kick

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 49'

  Foul

  Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Abdullah Otayf (Russia)

• 49'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 48'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 47'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 46'

  Free Kick

  Abdullah Otayf (Saudi Arabia)

• 46'

  Foul

  Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Osama Hawsawi (Russia)

• 46'

  Start Half

  Start Half

• 45'

  Half Over

  Russia 2 - 0 Saudi Arabia

• 45'

  Free Kick

  Omar Othman (Saudi Arabia)

• 45'

  Foul

  Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Abdullah Otayf (Russia)

• 45'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 45'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 45'

  Injury Time

  Injury Time

• 43'

  Goal

  Denis Cheryshev. Assist by Roman Zobnin (Russia)

• 43'

  Shot on Goal

  Denis Cheryshev (Russia)

• 42'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 42'

  Goal Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 42'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 41'

  Free Kick

  Sergey Ignashevich (Russia)

• 41'

  Foul

  Salman Alfaraj fouled by Roman Zobnin (Saudi Arabia)

• 40'

  Free Kick

  Osama Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia)

• 40'

  Foul

  Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Abdullah Otayf (Russia)

• 40'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 38'

  Goal Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 38'

  Cross

  Denis Cheryshev (Russia)

• 37'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 37'

  Throw-In

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 34'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 34'

  Free Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 34'

  Foul

  Fedor Smolov fouled by Osama Hawsawi (Russia)

• 34'

  Throw-In

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 33'

  Free Kick

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 33'

  Foul

  Iury Gazinsky fouled by Salman Alfaraj (Russia)

• 32'

  Goal Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 31'

  Goal Kick

  Igor Akinfeev (Russia)

• 31'

  Shot

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 31'

  Cross

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 31'

  Free Kick

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 30'

  Foul

  Yury Zhirkov fouled by Taiseer Aljassam (Russia)

• 30'

  Free Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 29'

  Offside

  Fedor Smolov (Russia)

• 29'

  Throw-In

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 28'

  Goal Kick

  Igor Akinfeev (Russia)

• 28'

  Shot

  Salem Aldawsari (Saudi Arabia)

• 27'

  Free Kick

  Salem Aldawsari (Saudi Arabia)

• 27'

  Foul

  Ilya Kutepov fouled by Salem Aldawsari (Russia)

• 27'

  Cross

  Denis Cheryshev (Russia)

• 26'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 26'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 24'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 24'

  Substitution

  Denis Cheryshev (on). Alan Dzagoev (off). (Russia)

• 22'

  Cross

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 22'

  Corner Kick

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 22'

  Shot

  Mohammad Alsahlawi (Saudi Arabia)

• 21'

  Cross

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 21'

  Corner Kick

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 21'

  Cross

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 20'

  Cross

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 20'

  Free Kick

  Sergey Ignashevich (Russia)

• 20'

  Foul

  Mohammad Alsahlawi fouled by Roman Zobnin (Saudi Arabia)

• 19'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 18'

  Throw-In

  Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)

• 18'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 17'

  Free Kick

  Sergey Ignashevich (Russia)

• 17'

  Foul

  Mohammad Alsahlawi fouled by Sergey Ignashevich (Saudi Arabia)

• 17'

  Free Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 15'

  Offside

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 15'

  Throw-In

  Fedor Smolov (Russia)

• 14'

  Free Kick

  Osama Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia)

• 14'

  Offside

  Fedor Smolov (Russia)

• 14'

  Throw-In

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 13'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 12'

  Goal

  Iury Gazinsky. Assist by Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 12'

  Shot on Goal

  Iury Gazinsky (Russia)

• 12'

  Cross

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 12'

  Cross

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 12'

  Corner Kick

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 11'

  Shot

  Alan Dzagoev (Russia)

• 11'

  Throw-In

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 10'

  Throw-In

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 10'

  Cross

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 10'

  Corner Kick

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 9'

  Shot

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 9'

  Cross

  Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)

• 8'

  Throw-In

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 8'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 8'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 7'

  Shot

  Alexander Samedov (Russia)

• 7'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 7'

  Throw-In

  Taiseer Aljassam (Saudi Arabia)

• 6'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 6'

  Shot

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 5'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 5'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 4'

  Throw-In

  Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)

• 4'

  Free Kick

  Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)

• 4'

  Foul

  Fedor Smolov fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)

• 3'

  Cross

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 3'

  Corner Kick

  Yury Zhirkov (Russia)

• 2'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 2'

  Throw-In

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 2'

  Free Kick

  Mario Fernandes (Russia)

• 1'

  Foul

  Omar Othman fouled by Alexander Samedov (Saudi Arabia)

• 1'

  Throw-In

  Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)

• 1'

  Start Half

  Start Half

Russia

• 1 Igor Akinfeev
• 2 Mario Fernandes
• 3 Ilya Kutepov
• 4 Sergey Ignashevich
• 18 Yuri Zhirkov
• 8 Lury Gazinskiy
• 11 Roman Zobnin
• 19 Aleksandr Samedov
  64'
• 9 Alan Dzagoev
  24'
• 17 Aleksandr Golovin
• 10 Fedor Smolov
  70'

Substitutes

• 6 Denis Cheryshev
  24
• 7 Daler Kuzyayev
  64
• 22 Artem Dzyuba
  70
• 12 Andrei Lunev
• 5 Andrey Semenov
• 16 Anton Miranchuk
• 13 Fedor Kudryashov
• 20 Vladimir Gabulov
• 21 Aleksandr Yerokhin
• 15 Aleksei Miranchuk
• 23 Igor Smolnikov
• 14 Vladimir Granat

Head Coach

• Stanislav Cherchesov

Saudi Arabia

• 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf
• 6 Mohammed Al-Burayk
• 3 Osama Hawsawi
• 5 Omar Othman
• 13 Yasir Al-Shahrani
• 18 Salem Al-Dawsari
• 14 Abdullah Otayf
  64'
• 7 Salman Al-Faraj
• 17 Taiseer Al Jassam
• 8 Yahia Al-Shehri
  73'
• 10 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
  84'

Substitutes

• 9 Hattan Bahbir
  73
• 19 Fahad Al-Muwallad
  64
• 20 Muhannad Assiri
  84
• 21 Yasser Al-Mosailem
• 4 Ali Al Bulayhi
• 22 Mohammed Al-Owais
• 12 Mohamed Kanno
• 2 Mansour Al-Harbi
• 23 Motaz Hawsawi
• 16 Hussain Al Moqahwi
• 11 AbdulMalek Al Khaibri
• 15 Abdullah Al-Khaibari

Head Coach

• Juan Antonio Pizzi

India’s unbeaten run in Test matches was finally broken when they suffered a crushing 333 run defeat to Australia at Pune. India only managed 105 and 107 in their two innings, both which are lesser than what Smith scored alone. Indian skipper Virat Kohli was dismissed for a rare duck in the first innings and scored only 13 in the second. If there was any positive take away for India in the first Test, it was Umesh Yadav’s spell. The pacer took four wickets in 12 overs in Australia’s first innings.