5 big cricket events for Indian fans to look forward to in 2016
This year has been a bitter-sweet year for the Indian team, with success and failure in equal measure.After a disappointing tri-series in Australia, India managed to reach the World Cup semi-finals. A shock series defeat to a young Bangladeshi team was followed by memorable Test series wins against Sri Lanka and South Africa.IPL 2015 and the Cricket All-Stars series were the other exciting tournaments of the year.The year 2016 offers a lot more, especially in the shortest format of the game. Here’s a look at five events that the Indian fans will be looking forward to.
#1 India\'s tour of Australia
With India’s series against Pakistan shelved, the Men in Blue’s next assignment is Down Under, with MS Dhoni leading the charge of both the ODI and T20 outfits. The squads have had surprising inclusions, highlighted by the recall of Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra to the T20 side.
Yuvraj will make a comeback to the side for the first time after 2014 World T20 final. Nehra last played for India in 2011. Suresh Raina has been omitted from the ODI team, and new faces such as Barinder Sran and Hardik Pandya have been given a chance.
The tour consists of three T20s and five ODIs. India, along with England, played a tri-series in Australia last year and remained winless. They had a better run at the World Cup in the same country, reaching the semi-finals on the back of six consecutive victories.