R Ashwin led India's fightback with a six wicket haul as Australia posted 480 in their first innings of the fourth and final Test in Ahmedabad.
Images from Day 5 in the fourth Test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday.
Khawaja accuses ICC of double standards over Gaza support
IMAGES from Day 2 of the opening Ashes Test played between England and Australia at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on Saturday.
'...It's just nice to show I can score runs. I am happy to be out there and show the real me. I don't know why I threw my bat in the air, but that is me.'
Images from Day 1 of the first Test between Australia and India in Perth, on Friday.
Australia opener Usman Khawaja will join his Test team mates in India later on Thursday following a delayed approval of his visa.
'A fast bowler that is bowling 124 (kmph) and he's got a mouth from the south'
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the third Test against Australia in Brisbane?
Images from Day 2 of the third Test between Australia and South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday
It took Usman Khawaja three trips to India and a tweaked batting approach to register his first Test hundred in the country.
With a massive 1,608 runs in the WTC 2021-2023 cycle, Khawaja was the major reason Australia qualified for the WTC final.
Apart from Renshaw's inclusion in place of Warner, there are no changes to the squad which beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the third and final test to sweep the series 3-0 last week.
Maxwell has starred with bat and ball in Australia's white ball teams since coming back from his broken leg last year.
Shoaib Bashir, who is of Pakistani heritage, is one of three uncapped players named in the England squad for the Test series in India.
Khawaja and Green were the bedrock of Australia's innings
Marsh, Smith dig Australia out of a hole in Pakistan Test
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the second Test against Australia in Adelaide?
Usman Khawaja said the black armband he wore in the first Test against Pakistan was for a "personal bereavement".
Khawaja steers calm course on Ashes rollercoaster
Kohli was seen gifting his India kit to Australia batter Usman Khawaja and wicket-keeper Alex Carey.
A survivalist's mindset sees Indian batsmen fail again on the first day of the SCG Test.
No one expected Australia to win after they lost 8 wickets, but they didn't reckon with Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon.
The 123-match veteran, affectionately nicknamed 'The GOAT'
'A year ago, if you told me we were coming here I would have been very confident, they were struggling a fair bit, the batting looked like they weren't really sure how to go about it.'
Usman Khawaja said it was "really frustrating" for players to lose their match fees despite delivering entertaining matches.
Australia dominated the proceedings on the opening day of the ICC World Test Championship final at the Oval.
Images from Day 3 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's.
Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu won her maiden women's ODI Cricketer of the Year award, becoming the first female cricketer from the country to win an ICC award.
Usman Khawaja smashed the first century by an Australia batter in the current series against India to steer the tourists to 255/4 after the opening day of the fourth and final Test.
Ponting called for an investigation into the ball change and now the owner of Dukes' ball is set to launch an internal probe into the row.
'A few of them throwing out some pretty big allegations and I just called them up on it and they kept going.'
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.
Australia's Khawaja reins in 'Little Uzzie' to set up Ashes run chase
The 33-year-old has been in strong form in 50-overs cricket too and famously quipped "I'm back, baby" during an ODI against England in November after a successful technique tweak.
Ashwin retains No 1 spot, Bumrah moves to 4th in ICC rankings
Usman Khawaja hit an unbeaten century to give Australia the upper hand on Day 1 of the fourth and final Test against India in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Images from Day 3 of the first Test between Australia and India in Perth on Sunday.
Usman Australia's Usman Khawaja was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday for sporting a black armband after the global body's rules prevented him from wearing shoes with messages of support for Gaza in a Test against Pakistan.
Australia led England by 12 runs at the end of a tense and fluctuating second day to leave the final Ashes Test at The Oval on a knife-edge on Friday.
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