Voges becomes the 4th fastest Aussie batsmen to reach 1000 Test runs

Adam Voges reached the 1000 Test runs milestone against the West Indies during the 2nd Test at Melbourne on Sunday.

The veteran claimed his name up among the ‘Greats Australians’ when he became the equal fourth fastest batsmen to score 1000 Test runs. He achieved his latest milestone in just his 12th Test and 18th Test innings.

Congrats, @acvoges! 1000 runs in just his 12th Test #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/1pP5Z7Yeqz

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) December 27, 2015

The Legendary batsman Sir Donald Bradman reached the 1000-run throne in just 13 Test innings, while Neil Harvey in 14 innings and Sid Barnes in 17 innings.

Voges, 36, is the 98th Australian to reach 1000 runs in Test Cricket.

India T20 and ODI squad for Australia series

Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh and fast bowler Ashish Nehra have been made into team’s T20I squad for the forthcoming series against Australia.

Meanwhile, Suresh Raina and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have both dropped from India's ODI squad following a disappointing home series against South Africa.

T20I squad: MS Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Harbhajan Singh, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra

ODI squad: MS Dhoni (capt), R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Brainder Sran

Jayawardene joins Big Bash League with the Adelaide Strikers

Former Sri Lankan Test skipper Mahela Jayawardene has joined the Adelaide Strikers on a one-year deal for this year’s Big Bash League (BBL) campaign.

The 38-year-old veteran, who scored 11,814 runs at an average of 49.84 in 149 Tests, will replace West Indian Kieron Pollard, who has been sidelined with a knee injury.

"Mahela is a champion of the game and is without a doubt one of the greatest batsman to play cricket in the modern era," Strikers coach Jason Gillespie said.

"Having played against him myself, I'm fully aware of the type of damage he can do, so it'll be exciting to have him on our side this time."

The Strikers will begin their BBL campaign against the Melbourne Stars at Adelaide Oval on December 18.

How do you replace class like Pollard? With caviar like this guy. Welcome @MahelaJay! https://t.co/tXcL528k7F pic.twitter.com/NshPukrpxU

— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL) December 10, 2015

Twitter reacts to Rohit Sharma’s Duck at Delhi Test

Indian batsman Rohit’s Sharma’s test cricket fortune suffered yet another huge blow after getting out for a golden duck at the Kotla on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Social Networking site Twitter got an opportunity to revert back at Rohit who once again failed to justify his selection in the Test team.

Here are some of the best tweets:

Trying to find talent of Rohit Sharma in Test Cricket! :P #IndvsSA #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/356uKBLceR

— Troll Cricket (@TrollCric8) December 5, 2015

Whenever I try to appreciate Lord Rohit Sharma, he always gives me a reason to criticise him. 😂😒

— Sai Agarwal (@Imsaiagarwal) December 5, 2015

Is Rohit Sharma a digital engineer ....always bats in binary form :-) #IndvsSA

— atul kulkarni (@atulkoolkarni) December 5, 2015

Form is temporary, Rohit Sharma is permanent ;) pic.twitter.com/GD74kni8ia

— Raj (@Rajwinder1) December 5, 2015

Duck you, Rohit Sharma. #IndvsSA #RohitSharma

— Rituraj Tiwari (@Riturajtiwz) December 5, 2015

Rohit Sharma was going to distribute his marriage cards, so he got out for duck :P

— RA KE SH (@ImTheRakesh) December 5, 2015