India will have to beat Australia in the three-match ODI series, starting on Sunday, to retain second place in the ICC rankings. While Australia sits pretty at No 1 with 132 ratings points, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka are locked on 115. However, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side is placed second by a fraction.
With Pakistan beating Australia by 32 runs, here is what India need to do to qualify for semi-finals of the World Twenty20.
Over the years, India has developed an uncanny ability to be at the receiving end of the double barrel when it comes to decisions from officials - be it umpires or match referees.
Pragyan Ojha bagged an impressive five-wicket haul as India 'A' dismissed Australia 'A' for 268 before extending their lead to 154 runs by the end of the third day's play in the first unofficial cricket Test, at the M A Chidambaram stadium, in Chennai, on Friday. At the close of play, the hosts were 121 for 3 in their second innings.
Young Peter Forrest scored his maiden ODI hundred, but Sri Lanka overhauled Australia's total of 280 to win the tri-series match by three wickets.
Wasim Akram has been approached by the BCCI to be the team's fast bowling coach.
With 'Team India' showing its 'might' in the tour Down Under, Chief Executive of PCB Ramiz Raja conceded that they will have an upperhand in the ODIs.
A detailed look at matches between the two countries.
Their fate not in their hands, India have put practice on hold depending on how the Australia-Sri Lanka match of the ongoing CB tri-series pans out in Melbourne, on Friday.
The BCCI said that a confirmation on the tour could not be guaranteed if Harbhajan Singh lost the appeal.
Amid growing concern over the spate of attacks on Indian students Down Under, India and Australia decided on Monday to form a joint working group to coordinate between the two countries in ensuring safety of the students there. The decision was taken in New Delhi at a meeting between a high-level Australian delegation and officials of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
India became the second nation in Test annals to achieve the feat of featuring four players (Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly) with 100 or more appearances in the same Test squad.
Captain Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting ground the hapless Indian bowlers with a huge partnership to help Australia to a mammoth first innings total of 604-7 (declared) on the second morning of the fourth and final Test in Adelaide on Wednesday. India were at a shaky 61 for 2 in reply.
India grimly hung on to an early lead to prevail 1-0 over Belgium to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy at the State Hockey Centre in Melbourne on Thursday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 3 of the India-England Test at Lord's.
Having all but completed their one-year ban (set to end on March 28) from international cricket on ball tampering charges, Smith and Warner's IPL performance is expected to be closely monitored by Cricket Australia.
Just to clear the air, the first ball of the game, each game, should just be a bouncer, reckons Merv Hughes.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2021's 50 Most Valuable Players up to Game 11.
The bets have been placed and punters Down Under have picked India as the favourite to win the eagerly-anticipated Test series against Australia that gets underway from December 26.
An Australian senator has criticised the government's decision to allow the Indian consular officials to assess the identity of 157 asylum seekers currently being held in a detention centre in the country.
These are rumours and I will let it go: Prithvi on 'indiscipline' speculations
A series win for India in the four Test series against Australia would be a big step in becoming the best team in the world, Indian conditioning coach Paddy Upton said.
'We've tried to bounce Pujara, we've tried wide of the stumps, we've tried at the stumps, Nathan Lyon's been over and around ... and he's been too good for us'
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Hungarian partner Timea Babos entered the semi-finals of the Australian Open mixed doubles event with a comfortable victory in Melbourne, on Wednesday.
Australia, replying to India's first innings score of 441, were dismissed for 355, handing India a vital 86-run lead, on Day 3 of the fourth Test.
Captain Virat Kohli enjoyed his time off by catching the action at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday along with wife Anushka.
APESMA chief executive John Vines said the lack of confidence expressed by business community about the standard of Australian education reflects workforce issues.
Pakistan avenged their Asian Games final loss when they beat India 4-3 in Bhubaneswar on Saturday to enter the Champions Trophy hockey final.
India tops this list, with 3.7 million deaths, and China comes a close second with 2.8 million deaths. In all the four scenarios outlined, India tops China in the number of fatalities. Scenario 6 is the worst, and predicts more than 16 million deaths in India and 12 million in China.
The second day's play in the three-day match between India 'A' and the Australians was called off in Hyderabad on Wednesday without a ball being bowled due to a wet outfield because of heavy rain. Australia are 82 for three at stumps with Marcus North and George Balley unbeaten on 14 and nine respectively.
Images from the fifth One-Day International between Australia and India in Sydney, on Saturday.
India's lack of planning or strategy was evident in the team's 2-5 drubbing against Australia, according to former player Harcharan Singh.
Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar will replace suspended Hardik Pandya for India's ongoing ODI series in Australia, while rookie Punjab opener Shubman Gill will be joining the national team during the limited over series in New Zealand.
India's highways development project, the largest public private partnership programme in the world, is likely to attract a whopping investment of $41 billion, including FDI, from the private sector, Highways Minister Kamal Nath said.
Images from the second One-Day International between India and Australia in Nagpur on Wednesday.
Meg Lanning's Southern Stars, have been an exemplar of sportsmanship on and off the field, and have little need for the puffed-up aggression that made the Aussie men's side one of the game's least likeable.
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