Former skipper Ricky Ponting predicted that the Baggy Greens will dominate the Rohit Sharma-led side in the five-match series.
After Australia ended the third day on 12 for 3, Josh Hazlewood, their leading pacer, conceded that his team stares at a big defeat and it would need a miracle to save the match.
Key players, such as pacer Mitchell Starc, are hitting form at the right time, while star batter Steve Smith is facing early setbacks in his preparations.
The complete list of players sold in the IPL 2025 Auction in Jeddah.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the second Test against Australia in Adelaide?
The Indian cricket team kicked off the New Year with an energy packed practice session for the third Test against Australia in Sydney.
Several other pacers are unavailable due to injury including Spencer Johnson and Nathan Ellis.
Images from Day 2 of the first Test between Australia and India in Perth on Saturday.
The eulogies will pour for Ustad Zakir Hussain. There will be those who recount his genius, his enterprise, his achievements, his grace, and his charm. I have no selfies or autographs to remember him by, but I will never forget his most generous and gracious gift to me -- one day in heaven, among the celestial ensemble of Indian music.
The outings of Abhimanyu Easwaran, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prasidh Krishna will be the primary focal points of India A's four-day match against their Australian counterparts
A survivalist's mindset sees Indian batsmen fail again on the first day of the SCG Test.
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is devastated by the sudden passing of their talented left-arm spinner, Josh Baker
A washout in England-Namibia game in the same group will see Scotland go through.
'Every game that he has been part of, where India has won across formats, you will see that Bumrah has left a big imprint on that game.'
The second teaser of the international series Dune: Prophecy is out and it has our very own Tabu looking very intense.
Pooran, Powell make fifties as WI hammer nine-man Australia by 35 runs
The performance marked a significant milestone for Zampa, as he became the first Australian bowler to reach the coveted 100-wicket mark in T20 Internationals
Maxwell has starred with bat and ball in Australia's white ball teams since coming back from his broken leg last year.
Captain Mitchell Marsh hammered 39 off 12 balls before Josh Inglis and Stoinis drove Australia to 156 for three for victory, the highest chase achieved within 10 overs in men's T20Is.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the first Test against Australia in Perth?
2021 World T20 champions Australia will be mindful of the dangers of taking Bangladesh lightly.
Sukanya Verma gives us some interesting options.
Fast bowler Gus Atkinson and wicketkeeper Jamie Smith will make their red-ball debuts for England in the first of the three-match home series
In a tweet, after watching the movie, Sitharaman praised the cast for their "brilliant performance" and said she was "recharged" by the energy in the cinema hall.
India, on Sunday, celebrated their historic ODI series win over New Zealand by raising chants of 'How's the JOSH', a famous dialogue from the Bollywood movie 'Uri-The Surgical Strike.'
Chef Prashant Suryawanshi shares an age old recipe.
None of Amjad Khan's subsequent roles could outshine Sholay. He had begun his career at the top and had no higher peaks left to conquer. Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor on his 80th birth anniversary.
Nagarjuna Akkineni's son, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and D Rama Naidu's grandson and Venkatesh's nephew is all set for his Telugu debut.
After several losses in the early years of the new century, a resurgent India notched up two consecutive series wins in Australia to become the Aussies' nemesis.
Hanuma Vihari, part of India's back to back series wins in Australia, reckons the services of veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara will be be dearly missed when the team aims for a hat-trick Down Under later this year.
Veteran Smith, IPL sensation Fraser-McGurk ignored; Marsh to lead Aus at T20 WC
As the auction approaches, here are the 10 wicketkeeper-batters who are poised to attract significant attention making them among the most sought-after players for IPL 2025.
'Hopefully, he will be back from his injuries soon. The priority will be the Champions Trophy, so we are going to make sure he is ready for that.'
IMAGES from League Cup matches played on Wednesday.
Australian chair of selectors George Bailey said Fraser-McGurk and Short made "compelling cases" for selection, and provide better than adequate cover should squad members go down during the tournament.
India have won all the last four series of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, taking into account their home wins in 2016-17 and 2022-23 -- both also 2-1 results in a four-match contest.
Any of these match ups could influence the outcome of the Perth Test.
Josh Hazlewood questions T20 WC format, says strange that net-run rate will count for nothing in Super 8
Johnson sidelined for Aus tour of UK
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