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☆ India's Adani mulls bidding for Anil Ambani's bankrupt coal plants, Bloomberg reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 11 (Reuters) - Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is considering a bid for the bankrupt coal-fired power plants belonging to industrialist Anil Ambani, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Ambani's Reliance Power Ltd (RPOL.NS) will also likely make an offer to win back control of the firm, the report added. Last week, Adani Green Energy Ltd (ADNA.NS) approved raising 123 billion rupees ($1.49 billion), while two other Adani group companies - Adani Transmission (ADAI.NS) and Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) - had in May outlined plans to raise funds totalling $2.57 billion. Adani's bids are aimed at strengthening the company's growing portfolio of coal power projects, the report said. Adani Enterprises or Reliance Power did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment.

Persons: Gautam Adani, Anil Ambani, Ambani, Adani, Jose Joseph, Kashish Tandon, Sohini Goswami Organizations: Bloomberg, Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd, Ambani's Reliance Power, Green Energy Ltd, Adani Enterprises, Hindenburg Research, Reliance, Thomson Locations: Vidarbha, Nagpur, Maharashtra, Bengaluru

☆ Jadeja leads Australia's rout, India take 2-0 series lead
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Jadeja claimed a career-best 7-42 as he and Ravichandran Ashwin (3-59) routed Australia for a paltry 113 in their second innings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Skipper Rohit Sharma made 31 and Cheteshwar Pujara, who made 31 not out, scored the winning run in his 100th test. Earlier, resuming on a promising 61-1, Australia added 52 runs before Jadeja and Ashwin engineered a spectacular collapse. Once Jadeja sent back Marnus Labuschagne (35), the wheels came off Australia's innings with nine of the 11 batsmen posting single digit scores. Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Michael Perry and Bradley PerrettOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Australia drop Head, Murphy debuts against India in Nagpur
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NAGPUR, India, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Australia dropped middle-order batter Travis Head and handed uncapped off-spinner Todd Murphy his debut for the opening test against India in Nagpur on Thursday. Touring captain Pat Cummins won an important toss and elected to bat in spin-friendly conditions at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. "We know we're going to have to tweak a few things to how we play in Australia, can't wait." For India, Suryakumar Yadav, the top-ranked Twenty20 batter, will make his test debut alongside wicketkeeper KS Bharat. India captain Rohit Sharma said they too would have preferred to bat first.

☆ Green's 'surprise' progress leaves McDonald hopeful ahead of first test
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 5 (Reuters) - Australia coach Andrew McDonald remains hopeful Cameron Green can feature against India when the first test between the nations begins in Nagpur on Thursday after the all-rounder's finger injury made "significant" improvement. McDonald said Green still had progress to make before he could be considered for the series opener. "We've got a fair bit to work through him before the first test match," McDonald told reporters. "I wouldn't say he was in discomfort when he was bowling. "I wouldn't say (picking two spinners) is a given," he said.

☆ Australia's Khawaja flies out to India after visa approved
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MELBOURNE, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Australia opener Usman Khawaja will join his test team mates in India later on Thursday following a delayed approval of his visa, Cricket Australia said. Pakistan-born Khawaja, named Australia's test player of the year this week, was the only member of the squad unable to travel and missed a flight on Wednesday because of the visa delay. read moreA Cricket Australia spokesperson on Thursday confirmed Khawaja's visa had been approved overnight and he was on a morning flight from Melbourne to Bengaluru. He spent the night at an airport hotel in Melbourne after parting with team mates, local media said. Khawaja has previously had a visa problem travelling to India when he tried to enter the country in 2011 for the now-defunct T20 Champions League.

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