Khawaja to battle Head for openers' spot as Australia name squad for first two Tests.
Mitchell Starc is likely to be available for the second Test against India but captain Pat Cummins has ruled out overhauling the squad.
Ahead of the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023, here's a full list of the final squads of all ten teams.
The match is delicately poised after a see-saw battle on Monday with Australia on 107-3 in their second innings chasing a victory target of 281 to take a series lead.
Scott Boland will become the first indigenous Australian Test player since Jason Gillespie played his last match in 2006 when he receives his baggy green cap on Sunday.
A look at the best bowling performances from the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings match in Bengaluru.
Seamer Mohammed Shami claimed career-best figures of 5-51 and India's frontline batters gave a good account themselves to secure their five-wicket victory against Australia in the opening One-Day International on Friday.
A heavy downpour frustrated Australia on day two of the fourth and final Test in Brisbane on Saturday, with play abandoned after tea and India spared from resuming on 62 for two in reply to the home side's first innings 369.
The 32-year-old Starc was diagnosed with a detached tendon in the middle finger and missed the third and final Test against the Proteas at Sydney.
Having joined the four-time champions this season, Rahane lit the Wankhede as he hammered the fastest fifty this IPL season.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the WTC Final played between Australia and India at The Oval in London on Thursday.
Matt Renshaw says he will try to make a 'good impression'
Lucknow Super Giants crumbled like a pack of cards as Mumbai Indians knocked them out of IPL 2023 with an 81 run defeat.
Captain Rohit Sharma's return will certainly give solidity to the top order in the second ODI against Australia.
Australia pace bowler Sean Abbott has been ruled out of the first Test against India starting in Adelaide on Thursday due to a calf injury while all-rounder Moises Henriques has been added to the side.
It took Usman Khawaja three trips to India and a tweaked batting approach to register his first Test hundred in the country.
Babar smashed an unbeaten 105 and opener Imam-ul-Haq made 89 not out
A rejuvenated India shorn of Virat Kohli turned the tables on Australia to claim the second Test in Melbourne with a rousing eight-wicket victory within four days and breathe life into the series.
Siraj became the 298th player to play Test cricket for India
With the pitch a spinner's paradise, Nathan Lyon stood up and rallied his team back into contention.
England's stuttering title defence at the 50-overs World Cup eventually crumbled on Saturday
India will need their bowlers, especially Harshal and Chahal, to overcome their struggles ahead of the T20 World Cup.
Australia pace man Mitchell Starc said he still feels some discomfort in his finger after snapping a tendon in a fielding mishap in December but he expects to return to the side.
David relied on his experience and formed an unbeaten match-winning partnership of 62 runs with Tilak Varma.
Rohit completed 10 years as captain of the five time IPL champions.
'It's going to have take something pretty serious to have me miss a game.'
The Indian team, set to play the second Test against Australia from Friday, had to switch hotels in New Delhi.
A look at the best batters in the RCB-KKR game on Friday, March 29, 2024.
Defending champions Australia are grappling with injury concerns to three key players, including captain Aaron Finch who is uncertain to lead the side in their crucial T20 World Cup match against Afghanistan on Friday.
Pat Cummins' side stayed in control at the end of Day 2 of the WTC Final.
Their house in complete disarray after consecutive defeats, Australia will look to wake up from the slumber and return to winning ways against an equally stuttering Sri Lanka in the World Cup match in Lucknow on Monday.
India has lost three finals and on four occasion it bit dust at the semifinal stage. It also made an exit at the preliminary stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup.
David Warner slogged his way to his third double-hundred from 254 balls before succumbing to cramps and limping off with the aid of a trainer.
India launched their home World Cup campaign with a six-wicket victory over Australia after Virat Kohli and KL Rahul guided them through a jittery run chase on Sunday.
Mohit Sharma says the strategy to not experiment much against a belligerent Suryakumar Yadav worked.
Ahead of the WTC final between India and Australia, Ricky Ponting picked Australia's playing XI.
With five consecutive defeats, bottom-placed RCB have the daunting task of winning their remaining seven games to keep their play-off prospects alive.
An optimistic Mitchell Starc said he was hopeful of returning to Australia's playing eleven for the second Test against India, starting in Delhi on Friday.
With batsman Steve Smith and all-rounder Cameron Green in reserve in the squad, some pundits had called on Australia to make changes for the next Super 12 game against former champions Sri Lanka in Perth on Tuesday.
Suryakumar reached a career-best-equalling second position in the ICC men's T20I Player rankings
