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Sydney: Australia skipper Steven Smith on Saturday said that the pitches did not "break up quite as much as expected" during the four-match cricket Test series against India and it hampered the home side's chances of winning by a bigger margin.
After winning the first two Tests in Adelaide and Brisbane, Australia could have had better results in the remaining matches, but they failed to grab 20 wickets each time, thus settling for a 2-0 series victory....

He "hates" defeats but Indian captain Virat Kohli today said he was not too disappointed by the Test series loss to Australia as his team put up a tough fight, displaying "intent and character" all through.
The Indians lost 0-2 after drawing the last two matches and Kohli, who was personally in sublime form - scoring 692 runs, said the visiting side considers it a satisfying result....

Chairman of the Pakistan's national selection committee Moin Khan has said that Pakistan would have to play a fearless but sensible cricket in order to thrive in the upcoming World Cup.
The former wicketkeeper batsman said that limited-overs cricket had undergone a lot of changes in the last decade and hence Pakistan would have to play sensible but fearless cricket to do well in the World Cup, the Dawn reported....

India survived a scare in the final session of day five to draw the fourth and final Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here Saturday.
Ajinkya Rahane (not out 38) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (not out 20) held the fort as the visitors lost five wickets, having added just 90 runs in the final session....