His return to form will be welcome news for Australia whose top-order batsmen have failed to fire in two successive defeats by England in the five-Test Ashes series.
Disgraced batsman David Warner's hopes of playing in the third Ashes Test looked slim on Friday after he failed in both innings of Australia A's tour match against a Zimbabwe Select XI in Harare.
The Durban defeat is the seventh instance since 2000 when India lost the next Test after gaining a 1-0 lead in the series.
Pakistan-born cricketer Sikander Raza, who recently made his debut against Bangladesh in a home series, has been named in the 16-member Zimbabwe squad, led by Brendon Taylor that will take on India in a five match ODI series starting July 24, in Harare.
Now only Sachin Tendulkar - with 35 hundreds - is ahead of Lara in Test cricket.
Pacer Suranga Lakmal shone with the ball to help Sri Lanka steamroll India by seven wickets in the first one-day international in Dharamsala on Sunday.
Six Indian cricketers, who lost their passports on Wednesday, will be re-issued a new ones by Saturday evening.
Maharashtra opener Dheeraj Jadhav will replace the ace batsman for the two-Test series, commencing September 13.
Australian umpire Daryl Harper will stand in the 100th ODI of his career.
India's captain clarified that the team was only following the schedule provided to them.
13 players handed the Zimbabwe Cricket Union an ultimatum that details their concerns and examples of alleged misconduct by officials.\n\n\n\n
Images and summary of all the World Cup 2022 qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe are close to accepting an invitation to play in Pakistan next month in a One-Day International series that could mark the first visit by a Test-playing nation since 2009.
The ECB has given the green light to the tour next month after expressing satisfaction with safety and security measures.
A career that almost always fell apart after promising to fall into place -- Ambati Rayudu will be remembered as someone who could not live up to his rare cricketing talent, undone by a mercurial demeanour that often led to run-ins with authorities. His cricketing journey ended abruptly on Wednesday after a heart-breaking and baffling World Cup snub.
Australia's batsmen made mincemeat of a listless Indian bowling attack at Jaipur in the second ODI to post a massive 359 for 5, and also set a new world record in the process with their top five compiling individual half centuries.
'We'll miss him, obviously, but we want him fit for the bigger games," India's captain said.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson scored 90 to lay the foundations for a 38-run victory over Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on Friday which gave the Kiwis the three-match one-day international series 2-1.
Zimbabwe will hope to be more competitive in Wednesday's tri-series match in Harare.
A senior journalist was assaulted and robbed at knife-point near the domestic airport in Mumbai on Sunday night while he was proceeding to the international airport to take a flight to Zimbabwe.
Kevin Curran is poised to succeed West Indian Phil Simmons as coach of Zimbabwe
The Sri Lankan off spinner created a new world record claiming his 520th Test wicket.
Muttiah Muralitharan goes into the first Test against a second-string Zimbabwe side within sight of one of cricket's most celebrated records.
The first match in England's controversial tour of Zimbabwe has been rescheduled for Sunday.
Skipper Ajinkya Rahane credited his spinners for exploiting the slow pitch to the optimum as India sealed the three-match series against Zimbabwe with a comfortable 62-run win in the second ODI in Harare.
Australian cricket officials said they would only abandon the programme if the safety and security of players was in doubt.
The 22-year-old expressed unhappiness with the way Zimbabwe cricket is being run.
India's Solicitor General Goolam Vahanvati and South African high court Judge Steven hear allegations of racism in Zimbabwe cricket between September 29 and October 1.
