Former Australia spinner Brad Hogg believes that Royal Challengers Bangalore's bad form will not affect Virat Kohli during the forthcoming 2019 World Cup.
Four new players were awarded contracts and test opener Chris Rogers has been dropped from Cricket Australia's list of contracted players for next season. David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Doug Bollinger and Beau Casson were included on the 25-man list for the first time, while Simon Katich and Ashley Noffke were offered new contracts after failing to make the cut last season.
The spinner said he is leaving the international arena after next week's tri-series finals against India.
The simmering feud between the Indian and Australian cricket teams took another turn on Sunday with the visitors lodging a complaint against spinner Brad Hogg for using abusive language during the second Test.
Eyeing their first win of the season, Sunrisers Hyderabad would be looking to put up an improved show in their home ground where they lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders, who would also be keen to get back to winning ways in the Indian Premier League.
While Brad Hogg is celebrating after India withdrew charges against him, Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh stands no such chance even if Australia wants to reciprocate to India's goodwill gesture.
India captain Anil Kumble, who had a reconciliation meeting with Ricky Ponting during the day, said it was just something that happened in the heat of the moment. Cricket is larger than individual and its time to move on.
Australia batsman Andrew Symonds, who scored a century on Day 1 of the second Test against India, admitted edging a delivery from Ishant Sharma to Mahendra Singh Dhoni while batting on 30.
The players in question are Aussie cricketers Brett Lee, Brad Hogg, Stewart Clark and Mike Hussey, who are all set to shoot for the Bollywood film, Victory starring Harman Baweja and Amrita Rao.
India were unchanged from the side that played the abandoned match in Brisbane last Tuesday.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in their tri-series one-day international against Sri Lanka.
Chris Rogers will replace the injured Matthew Hayden, while Shaun Tait replaces spinner Brad Hogg for the third Test against India.
Australia and India called a truce to their week-long feud when rival captains Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble met on Monday and the visitors dropped a complaint against spinner Brad Hogg.
Former players Nasser Hussain and Glenn McGrath have hit out at the ICCfor bowing down to BCCI and appeasing them on every count.
Australia spinner Brad Hogg was on Tuesday charged under Level 3 of the International Cricket Council's Code of Conduct following allegations that he verbally abused Indian skipper Anil Kumble and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
In a day of fast developments, with the International Cricket Council replacing umpire Steve Bucknor with Billy Bowden and charging Brad Hogg for offensive onfield behaviour, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has told its counterpart, Cricket Australia, that the tour will go on.
Andrew Symonds scored an unbeaten 137 as Australia rallied from 134-6 to 376-7 at stumps on the first day of the second Test against India.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
Fast bowler Shaun Tait and all-rounder Brad Hogg have been recalled to the Australia side for the first Test against India.
Australia's captain Ricky Ponting, delighted after sealing the ODI series against India, said it was a great win as India is not an easy place to play in.
Perth Scorchers young gun Mitchell Marsh will not play in the Champions League T20 tournament in India after being ruled out with yet another hamstring injury.
India made a couple of changes, with Dinesh Mongia and Mohammad Kaif replacing S Sreesanth and Yuvraj Singh respectively.
Mitchell Johnson took three wickets as Australia defeated India by 50 runs in a low-scoring tri-series one-day international at Adelaide Oval on Sunday to move closer to a place in the tournament finals.
Brad Hogg has made Sourav Ganguly his bunny by dismissing him four times in the current series, but he is eager to take Sachin Tendulkar's wicket on Friday after the unbeaten centurion roughed him up on the first day of the fourth and final cricket Test.
India recalled Virender Sehwag for Yuvraj Singh and dropped spinner Harbhajan Singh for paceman Irfan Pathan.
Australia have named an unchanged squad for the third Test against India, which starts at Perth on Wednesday.
Australian spinner Brad Hogg is unlikely to contest the Indian charge of a foul slur against Anil Kumble and Mahendra Singh Dhoni when the hearing comes up in Perth on Monday.
India were six without loss at stumps on Day 3 after Australia set them a mammoth target of 499 runs for victory,
In what is sure to come as music to the visitors' ears, pitch doctor Tony Ware virtually ruled out a green top at the MCG and advocated the inclusion of left-arm spinner Brad Hogg for the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia.
Sachin Tendulkar has given it in writing that Brad Hogg would never get his wicket again.
The Australian left-arm spinner hopes Melbourne's drop-in pitch will help earn him a Test recall after a four-year absence.
Australia's Phil Jaques will replace the retired Justin Langer in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
At 45, Brad Hogg is almost an anachronism in the youthful world of Twenty20 cricket but the Australian chinaman bowler continues to prove he still has what it takes to be successful.
Katich opened the batting with Gilchrist after Australian selectors dropped Hayden from the one-day side.
West Indies brought back fast bowlers Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards in place of Marlon Samuels and Corey Collymore.
Coach Stephen Fleming said nothing was wrong with the captain.
Mark Cosgrove hit a debut half-century as Australia beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in the third and final ODI.
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