Mitchell Marsh is expected to lead in Cummins's absence. The all-rounder is also in contention to be named Australia's T20 skipper.
Will India extend their run to make it 8-0? Or will Pakistan be able to snap the streak?
PBKS suffered a 56-run defeat against LSG while chasing the second-highest team total in the history of IPL.
Images from the third One-Day International between India and Australia, in Mohali, on Saturday.
India's batting line-up came up with a stunning display of strokeplay to achieve the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 history as the hosts defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the second game and levelled the two-match series 1-1 in Mohali on Saturday.
Images from the fourth One-Day International between India and Australia at Mohali on Monday.
After the low-scoring match in Delhi, the fans can look forward to a run feast in the fourth cricket One-dayer between India and Australia in Mohali with the pitch curator predicting that the two teams' combined score could be in excess of 550.
Glimpses of the devastation caused due to heavy rainfall in the national capital and other parts of northern India.
India captain Virat Kohli rejected criticism of the pitch for the first Test against South Africa in Mohali and said it was 'errors in shot selection' that brought about wickets for spinners rather than the pitch playing tricks, a view his rival captain Hashim Amla also shared.
The Punjab government has ordered the closure of schools till July 13 while in Chandigarh schools are closed till Thursday.
The Indian team, led by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, trooped in at the PCA stadium in Mohali to use the nets first but in-form left-handed batsman Gautam Gambhir and pacer Praveen Kumar were conspicuous by their absence.
Skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Hooda and Deepak Chahar were seen posing in the new Team India jersey.
Punjab Kings fast bowler Kagiso Rabada etched his name in the IPL record books as he became the fastest to pick 100 wickets in the T20 league in terms of matches played.
With India looking to seal another win against struggling Australians in the third Test beginning in Mohali on Thursday, the Meteorological Department has forecast cloudy sky on the opening day with possibility of light rain.
It was sweet revenge for India as they clinched the ODI series against England by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead after a comprehensive five-wicket victory in the third one-dayer in Mohali on Thursday.
Virender Sehwag's axing from the Indian squad for the third and fourth Test would make Australia "happy" and the struggling opener, according to Matthew Hayden, could have broken his run of poor scores with a "triple ton" in Mohali.
Officials 'disappointed' as major cricket centres miss out on staging ODI World Cup games
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday received his Pakistan counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani at the cricket stadium in Mohali where they will watch the Indo-Pak World Cup semi-final and hold bilateral talks.
Pakistani officials have dismissed reports that Prime Minister Gilani has already accepted his Indian counterpart's invitation to watch the semi-final match between the cricket teams of the two countries, saying a decision would be made when the premier returns from a visit to Uzbekistan.
Pakistani officials have dismissed reports that Prime Minister Gilani has already accepted his Indian counterpart's invitation to watch the semi-final match between the cricket teams of the two countries, saying a decision would be made when the premier returns from a visit to Uzbekistan.
India might have wasted the advantage of winning the toss after being bundled out for a paltry 201 against South Africa, on Thursday, but batting coach Sanjay Bangar feels the hosts' first innings total is 'much bigger' than it looks on a slow and low pitch.
Fog delayed the start of play on the last day of the weather-hit second and final Test between India and England in Mohali on Tuesday. India, 1-0 up in the series, were due to resume their second innings on 134 for four, an overall lead of 285 runs.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to join him to watch the much awaited World Cup semi final between India and Pakistan, and also to join in a special dinner organised in honour of visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday night.
A rocket-propelled grenade hit the Punjab police's intelligence wing headquarters in Mohali on Monday night.
With more than a 100 runs still to get, it would be an uphill task for Maharashtra to turn the match around on Day 3.
Hardik Pandya has been fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over rate during their IPL 2023 match against Punjab Kings.
'There will be an extended period of time out and we're just going to weigh whether that time falls potentially with an option to carry him through the front half of the World Cup.'
The BCCI has turned down Pakistan Cricket Board's request to schedule one of the three ODI matches during their upcoming limited overs series in Mohali as it doesn't conform to the rotation policy practised by the former.
They committed criminal trespass, injured officials, disrespected the Indian flag and damaged public property.
Images from Day 2 of the first Test between India and South Africa in Mohali, on Friday.
Shivam Dube continued his recent streak of form with a counter-attacking fifty that proved to be the cornerstone of Mumbai's excellent 330 for six against Bengal
The ploy to go in with just four specialist bowlers on a good batting strip in Mohali did not bear dividends as the Indians failed to defend a massive 321 and the team management may consider brining back the in-form spinner Murali Kartik for the day match.
India captain Rohit Sharma is extremely satisfied with his team's World Cup preparation and wouldn't like to read too much into the 66-run defeat at the hands of Australia in the final game of the three-match ODI series in Rajkot on Wednesday.
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Punjab Kings batting coach Wasim Jaffer has backed his team's bowlers to make a strong comeback after the heavy defeat to Lucknow Super Giants, adding that it "was one of those days when everything clicked for the opposition".
Tightening its noose around Canada-based 'designated individual terrorist' Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) confiscated a house and land of the self-styled general counsel of the outlawed Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) outfit in Punjab's Amritsar and the Union Territory of Chandigarh on Saturday, an official said.
An explosion took place at the headquarters of the intelligence wing of the Punjab police in Mohali Monday night, sources said in Chandigarh.
Ashutosh Sharma broke Yuvraj Singh's record by scoring the fastest T20 half-century off 11 balls in Railways' 127-run victory against Arunachal Pradesh.
As per reports, the upcoming edition of the 2023 ODI World Cup is set to get underway on October 5 and the final is set to be held in Ahmedabad.
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