'Lyon has over 400 Test wickets and dismissed India's best batter in this crucial moment.'
Hazlewood returned to Australia after reporting "minor side soreness" following his most recent IPL match for RCB
'The intensity he trains with all the time is at such a high level it drags everyone else along for the ride.'
Sri Lanka, who are third in the WTC rankings behind already qualified Australia and India, will need to beat New Zealand 2-0.
'It will be looking to score, and then if it's a good ball, defend.'
Legendary Brian Lara's tips on situational awareness of the game will greatly help the West Indies batters during the two-Test series against India beginning on July 12, feels skipper Kraigg Brathwaite.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden will have a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday before holding high-level talks to further boost the growing Indo-US strategic relations in areas like defence, space, clean energy and critical technologies.
Smith said he expects the Indian attack to pose a stiff challenge irrespective of the combination they go with.
Warner's participation was considered doubtful for the next red-ball assignments for Australia, especially after his horrendous run in India with the bat.
Rahane stands at crossroads in his comeback Test
Pujara says getting dropped from Indian team left him frustrated and with a bruised ego
ICC said it docked points and fined both England and Australia for maintaining slow over-rate during the recently-concluded Ashes series.
Hazlewood makes the cut as Australia confirm WTC final squad
'His attention to detail, keenness to understand the 'why' and 'how' of things being done will one day make him as good a diver as a cricketer which he undoubtedly is.'
Australia and India control their own destiny as they edge towards the conclusion of the competition
KL Rahul's Successful surgery brings hope for speedy return to Indian cricket team
Kohli has managed just 111 runs in three Tests against Australia but Ponting is not worried about lack of runs.
Australia is looking to chase down their first overseas Ashes victory since 2001 by breaking the record for the second-largest successful fourth innings chase in Ashes history on Day 5 of the fifth Ashes Test.
Cheteshwar Pujara, leading Sussex, scored a century in the first innings against Durham in the the County Championship Division Two match.
'You are playing a World Test Championships final, and you don't pick the number one bowler in Test cricket.'
The final will be played at the Oval from June 7-11.
Pat Cummins produced a vicious bowling onslaught to leave India battered and bruised as Australia took a 296-run lead on day three.
'Once he failed in the Australia series at home, there was very little chance for him but selectors didn't want to change things ahead of WTC final.'
Travis Head likes the way England skipper Ben Stokes and Head coach Brendon McCullum are leading the English Test team.
This is India's second appearance in the WTC final after losing the inaugural game in 2021 to New Zealand.
Has any cricketing legend asked the all-powerful BCCI Secretary Jay A Shah how selections are taking place without a chief selector in place for the last four months? Who takes all the important decisions at selection meetings?, asks Harish Kotian.
It is a tribute to a system so robustly meritocratic that this team represents India's diversity better than any other institution: The Union Cabinet, our chief ministers, the civil services, the leadership of our armed forces and security agencies, the judiciary and more than all of these, our typical newsroom. That is the biggest message from this breathless rise of Indian cricket, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
Biden said over a year later Russian President Vladimir Putin has "failed and he continues to fail".
The structure of the nine-team WTC remains intact with each side playing three home and as many away series over a two-year period culminating in the final of a one-off Test.
India qualified for the World Test Championship final after New Zealand edged Sri Lanka by two wickets off the final ball in a dramatic finish to the first Test in Christchurch on Monday.
The opening day was washed out by rain on Thursday and there will be no extra day tagged on, meaning that the series decider is effectively now a three-day Test.
Hayden advises Team India to forget about outcome in WTC final
The BCCI on Saturday provided an update on injured players Jasprit Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer.
Gill accepted the sanction so there was no need for a formal hearing
India lost seven wickets for the addition of just 70 runs as they crumbled in the first session itself. Here's how the Day 5 panned out.
Rahane's comeback after 15 months was on predictable lines
Ravichandran Ashwin will consider himself fortunate to get a rare chance to play his second World Cup at home.
Modi and Biden will have a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday before holding high-level talks.
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India pacer Mohammed Siraj on Thursday said the team planned to bowl only bouncers to Travis Head irrespective of the outcome.
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