India's batters must now prepare for the switch from the turning tracks on home soil to the pace and bounce of Australian pitches.
India yet to make formal bid for hosting World Athletics Championships in 2027
Brad Haddin believes he might have insight into the recent exchange of heated words between Gautam Gambhir and Ricky Ponting.
The Indian players are currently on a break and will reassemble on July 14.
Kohli congratulated Watling as both India and New Zealand stepped out to the field on the Reserve Day of the ongoing WTC final
Australia's star batter Travis Head believes opening the batting in Test cricket is a "specialist job" and has ruled himself out of contention to replace veteran David Warner.
'There's no secret we're right in the hunt for the World Test Championship final following our two-nil win over India and having Trent and Kane fully fit and focussed for the upcoming series will be crucial.'
'Virat Kohli is getting into the groove ahead of the #WTC23 Final'.
both Kohli and Rohit have struggled to find their best form, attracting scrutiny following India's recent 0-3 series loss against New Zealand.
'We know if we continue to play and give our best in the game, we can defeat any team.'
'It's not really up to Rohit Sharma.' 'The chairman of selectors has the power to do what's best for Indian cricket, so it's not so much about Rohit himself deciding what should be the future.'
Russian wrestler Dmitry Baboryko was banned for two years after taking a breast cancer drug that counters the effects of using steroids.
Ahead of the WTC final between India and Australia, Ricky Ponting picked Australia's playing XI.
'To make consecutive finals isn't easy. What it means is that India was the only team to play consistently well over a period of four years.'
Back-to-back Test series wins over Australia are almost unheard of but India have won the last four they have played.
President Droupadi Murmu's address to the nation on the eve of the 79th Independence Day.
Off-spinner Nishan Peiris picked up a six-wicket haul on debut as Sri Lanka crushed New Zealand by an innings and 154 runs.
Rohit looked quite relaxed as he and daughter Samaira passed their time checking out some fish in a lake.
Gout's pre-race rival Lachlan Kennedy was disqualified for a false start and, as a result, the youngster hesitated out of the blocks before powering down the straight to leave the competition battling for second.
'An important piece of carry-on luggage here. The #WTC21 Mace will travel to its new home in style.'
BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirmed that Rohit will captain India in the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to be held in Pakistan and the WTC Final which will be played at Lord's in June 2025.
Shastri lauded the team for making it to the WTC final despite the ICC changing the qualification criteria last year.
Quizzed whether batting will be easier in the final Test as it will be a red ball game again, he answered in affirmative.
Rahul Dravid's tenure as India Head Coach, which ended gloriously with the T20 World Cup triumph in Barbados on Saturday, will remain a case study on how to be stately and understated at the same time in modern-day cricket coaching.
'It's obviously a great challenge that's ahead and I guess it's something to look forward to.'
Australia legend Ricky Ponting believes a cheeky comment from India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal may have ignited Mitchell Starc's career-best performance during the second Test in Adelaide.
Poland's Iga Swiatek could become only the third woman since tennis turned professional in 1968 to win all of her first six major finals, joining Margaret Court and Monica Seles, but Swiatek is not taking the big-hitting Anisimova lightly.
As per the International Cricket Council (ICC), the nine top-ranked sides will compete in the championship with each side playing six series on a home-and-away basis against mutually selected opponents in a two-year cycle.
'I would have selected @ybj_19 as KL Rahul's replacement for the World Test championship final. He is that good.'
India's ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes that Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal will emerge as the future pillars in the overseas tours next month.
Australian quick Josh Hazlewood expressed that India's rare series whitewash at home to New Zealand could "awaken a sleeping giant" as they prepare to take on the ICC World Test Championship table-toppers in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from November 22 onwards.
'He has not played in Australia, or at least he has not played in Perth in a Test match on a wicket that bounces.'
Gavaskar didn't mince words while pointing out the repeated failures of the team's batters, who failed to cross the 200 mark six out of nine times during the series.
Former star spinner Harbhajan Singh picked Ravichandran Ashwin ahead of all-rounder Shardul Thakur for India's upcoming Boxing Day Test clash against South Africa in Centurion.
ICC apologises after incorrectly naming India as No.1 Test team over Australia
Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane along with the uncapped duo of Rajat Patidar and Sarfaraz Khan are in the running for a place in the Indian Test team.
'What they bring to the table (can) never be written off.'
While India are on top of the World Test Championship (WTC) table, the Bangladesh skipper believed that it will all boil down to how they perform during those five days and result can come even in the last session.
First batch of Team India players to depart for US on May 25 for T20 World Cup
The Indian team were rewarded with a bonus as the BCCI announced the launch of the 'Test Cricket Incentive Scheme'.
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