Pat Cummins is looking at the upcoming five-Test series against India as a chance to 'make amends' for the successive defeats at home against their fierce rivals.
The KKR think-tank might not be unduly worried as their campaign is still at a nascent stage, but they would like to see the first-choice pacer and spinner finding their range at the earliest.
All-rounder Glenn Maxwell and spinner Adam Zampa were also selected in the line-up after helping Australia win a record-extending sixth title with Sunday's six-wicket victory.
India skipper Suryakumar Yadav refused to be harsh on his bowlers, saying 'heavy dew' played a major role.
Maxwell battled cramps and severe pain to score a scintillating double century
Maxwell's innings stands as the fifth-highest individual score by an Australian in Men's T20Is
Desperate Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be under tremendous pressure to get their act together against an equally struggling Mumbai Indians when the two teams face-off in an Indian Premier League match in Mumbai on Thursday.
Jake Fraser-McGurk set the IPL alight with his smashing performance with the bat for Delhi Capitals, hitting 330 runs in nine matches at a strike rate of 234.
While RCB's broken third wicket stand turned the tide in Mumbai's favour, the hosts's third-wicket partnership took the game away from the visitors.
Mayank Yadav has now emerged as cricket's latest pace sensation and is being touted as a potential wildcard for India's test tour of Australia.
With five consecutive defeats, bottom-placed RCB have the daunting task of winning their remaining seven games to keep their play-off prospects alive.
South Africa have an aching relationship with World Cup semi-finals, dating back to 1992. AB de Villiers had a close encounter with heartbreak in 2015. Now, he is hopeful that the current team will finally absolve his country of all the past pain.
A look at the best catches of the match.
Australia are hosting West Indies for three T20s between Feb. 9-13 as part of their preparations for the T20 World Cup, which will be held in the Caribbean and U.S. in June.
Images from the IPL 2024 opener between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru
'I was a little bit more chilled when I got out there. Didn't have many high hopes, I think. But yeah, I've been pretty cooked over the last couple of days. Coincided with the sleepless night last night with the family over...'
Calling all cricket lovers to take a crack at our latest IPL quiz.
'Winding down for team dinner before we hit the road for the away leg.'
Pooran, Powell make fifties as WI hammer nine-man Australia by 35 runs
Fine knocks by Brandon McMullen and George Munsey powered Scotland to formidable total in their T20 World Cup Group B match against and Australia in St. Lucia on Sunday.
Marnus Labuschagne has played 30 of Australia's 38 matches since his debut in early 2020 and was part of the team that won a three-match series in India in March this year.
Images from the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Kohli treated Royal Challengers Bangalore team-mates Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj to dinner at One8 Commune in Kolkata on Tuesday night.
IMAGES from the match between Australia and The Netherlands, played in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Gaikwad said Maxwell's brutal innings and heavy dew proved to be home team's undoing.
Images from India vs Australia 3rd T20 International in Guwahati on Tuesday.
'Requesting all cricket fans to stop such behaviour. Sanity and dignity are more important.'
A pleased Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad termed Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell's quick dismissals as the turning point of their IPL opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Veteran Smith, IPL sensation Fraser-McGurk ignored; Marsh to lead Aus at T20 WC
Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, K L Rahul and Arshdeep Singh headline the top bracket of elite players at the IPL mega auction.
Glenn Maxwell and Vini Raman shared charming glimpses from their traditional Tamil baby shower.
A high-stakes match between cross-city rivals Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Chennai on Friday will usher in IPL 2024, but, beyond the grandeur around it, the two protagonists will have to find early answers to some deep questions as they attempt to enter a rarefied territory.
The three-match ODI series between Australia and West Indies will start from February 2 till February 6 in Brisbane, Sydney, and Canberra respectively.
India marched into the T20 World Cup semi-finals on Monday as skipper Rohit Sharma's blistering 92 set up a 24-run victory over Australia.
Flamboyant all-rounder Glenn Maxwell actually lost consciousness and did not respond to efforts to wake him up before he was rushed to hospital after a late night drinking session in Adelaide last week, according to a report.
With back-to-back player of the match performances in his debut season, the 21-year-old has emerged as the find of season.
The Aussie all-rounder and his Indian origin wife married on March 19 and later had a Tamilian ceremony in Chennai on March 28.
Rohit has overtaken former skipper Dhoni as the most successful T20I captain with 49 wins in 62 matches.
Glenn Maxwell's outrageous double-century to beat Afghanistan at the World Cup was quickly hailed as the greatest ODI innings of all-time.
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