Brad Hogg hailed youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal and said that the best of him will be seen in the upcoming season.
India's bowling coach Bharath Arun said that English batsmen are "wary of Ravichandran Ashwin's abilities" on tracks with "assistance" but a call on the senior off-spinner's inclusion will only be taken on Thursday morning ahead of the fourth Test.
Smith roared back to form as his 131, single-handedly steered Australia to 338
Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson got the nod as the two wicketkeepers in India's 15-member squad.
Former India coach Ravi Shastri and senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have backed the Impact Player rule, stating that it leads to more close finishes.
'Even scorecards in T20 matches read better than the one we saw in Ahmedabad.'
Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon has joined India counterpart Ravichandran Ashwin in defending Ahmedabad's spin-friendly pitch where India thumped England inside two days of the day-night third Test on Thursday.
Eoin Morgan said the current Indian team ranks as "one of the greatest in their own conditions".
The 30-year-old leg-spinner said watching Yuzvendra Chahal and Sundar bowl during RCB's thumping 82-run win over KKR a few days before helped him find the right length at the same small Sharjah ground.
Ravichandran Ashwin played down the animated reaction from his Royal Challengers Bangalore counterpart Virat Kohli after taking his catch
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Ashwin was at the receiving end of a harsh yet perfectly legal call by on-field umpire Anil Chaudhary.
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But the star of the show was hometown boy Axar, finishing with 11 wickets in the game (six in the first innings and five in the second). Senior partner Ashwin wasn't to be left too far behind as he picked four wickets to finish with 7 in the game and also reached the 400-wicket mark in Test cricket.
'We believe the pause was too long between the time Ashwin reached the crease and the moment it was reasonable to expect the ball would be delivered'
Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar said free hit must be removed from cricket, but India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes it is a great marketing tool and has captured the imagination of the fans.
Roundup of matches across the country in the ongoing BCCI Ranji Trophy
'It is not due to my effort that I am sitting out of the team, it is due to the supply and demand that the team requires.' Ravichandran Ashwin tries to figure out why he is not being considered for the Indian team in ODIs and T20Is.
It will be Ashwin's third county stint, having represented Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire in the past.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain said that the Indian fans are waiting to put 'Bazball' to bed during the five-Test series against the Three Lions from January 25 onwards and said that Indian spinners and batters will outplay those of England on turning tracks.
Ace Australian spinner Nathan Lyon says he and India's Ravichandran Ashwin are similar yet different type of bowlers, so comparisons should not be made between the two.
Buttler departed after an angry exchange with Ashwin and his exit condemned the Royals to a 14-run defeat in their IPL opener in Jaipur.
Skipper Ajinkya Rahane reveals India's game plan going into the final day of the third Test against Australia.
'It does not matter even if you are the world's best, because if you have tired legs, obviously you cannot execute your plans as well you would want to. So, it's great learning for workload management for all of us,' said India's fielding coach R Sridhar.
Depleted India out to gatecrash Ben Stokes's 100th Test party
Parthiv reckoned that Sarfaraz Khan will get the nod ahead of Devdutt Padikkal for the vacant Shreyas Iyer's position.
Ravichandran Ashwin on his love for operating with the new ball and explained the mechanics involved. The off-spinner doesn't want a post-coronavirus world that is more conducive for organising T20 leagues at the expense of international cricket.
The fifth and final Test is still two days away but thousands of English fans have flocked to the hill station.
Seasoned off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin wants racism to be dealt with iron fist.
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said talks regarding the pitch in the third Test in Motera is getting out of hand and he once again reiterated that one should be talking about the quality of play rather than the 22 yards.
Sam Curran's 50 guided Punjab Kings to an important victory which helped them get off the bottom of the league standings.
India ended the third day at 144 for 4 in their second innings and still trail New Zealand's first innings score by 39 runs.
Langer admitted that they had struggled in the powerplay.
Ravichandran Ashwin came up with an unique suggestion to stop batsmen from leaving their crease early, by awarding a 'free ball' for bowlers similar to the 'free hit' delivery which is given to batsmen when the bowlers overstep.
Ashwin noted that Kohli has redefined how a batsman should perceive and prepare for the game
It is a treat to watch them bowl in tandem. Ironically, they also share the same last name. Rising Pune Supergiants spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Murugan Ashwin. While off-spinner R Ashwin has emerged to be India's lead spinner in the last couple of years, his partner M Ashwin is the talk of season 9 of Indian Premier League with the amount of turn he generates with his leg-spinners as well as googly. Catch the Chennai-based spinners in conversation with IPLT20.com
'At every venue, how many runs they get in the first innings, will be crucial.'
'I'm trying to do what I am doing well. Some days it comes good and some days it doesn't, (but) I'm not thinking much.'
'It'll be very much a battle again between the very good pace bowling attacks of both sides and how well the top order players of both sides can deal with the ball that will bounce, seam and probably swing a little bit more in the day-night game in Adelaide.'
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