Images from the 5th ODI between India and Australia, played in Nagpur on Sunday
A series win will be an ideal confidence booster for India before the visitors hit Test match mode.
The off-spinner had last played for India in 2016 in a T20I game in the Asia Cup.
Eyeing a maiden Test series win Down Under, the Indian cricket team left for Australia Friday for a gruelling tour, which will see them play four matches in whites, three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals.
Former captains, including Ian Chappell and Michael Clarke, have called for the inclusion of young opener Will Pucovski in Australia's team for the upcoming four-Test series against India.
Senator John Cornyn, founder and Republican co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, strongly defends his vote against a resolution to block sale of American-made F-16s to Pakistan.
Movie superstar Venkatesh is a constant presence at almost all the Sunrisers Hyderabad matches.
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Mumbai Indians and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Sharjah.
David Warner is very happy for his Sunrisers Hyderabad teammate Thangarasu Natarajan's Test call-up but he is 'not sure' if the Tamil Nadu left-arm seamer can consistently hit one length, over after over, in the five-day format.
Virat Kohli's tourists are the second ranked ODI side in the world and will be looking to get into their groove in the three 50-over and three Twenty20 matches that precede the four-match Test series around the new year.
India batter Shreyas Iyer, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal along with Australian dasher David Warner are expected to be the top draws as over 1,200 players registered themselves for the Indian Premier League mega auction scheduled for next month.
Getting the combination right would be topmost on Sunrisers Hyderabad's to-do list when they take on a qualitatively superior Mumbai Indians in an IPL encounter in Chennai on Saturday, trying to arrest an early slide after back-to-back defeats.
Ahead of the 2023 IPL season, let's take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of the Aiden Markram-led Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Suryakumar Yadav has dropped one spot to fourth place in the latest ICC Men's T20I Players Rankings
'If he gets a couple of early wickets, he will be a different bowler but things may not go as per plan. It might take some time for him to get back the rhythm.'
Australia and West Indies are set to lock horns in five T20Is and three ODIs in July this year.
Ajinkya Rahane's India have a mountain to climb, even if a draw would be enough to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy two years after their breakthrough 2-1 win in the 2018/19 series in Australia.
The Baggy Green is synonymous with the Australian cricket team's Test cap and ICC also took it sportingly and apologised with a smile
The president said he had discussed with Prime Minister Modi on when the US would be able to send actual vaccines to India.
Ahead of the third and final ODI, young Australian cricketer Nathan Ellis opened up on the influence Mitchell Starc has had on his journey.
Playing only his second international match, 27-year-old Jason Behrendorff scythed through India's top order. He took four wickets for 21 runs in an inspired spell of fast bowling to set up an eight-wicket victory and enable the tourists square the three-match series at 1-1.
Rohit maintains that turning tracks remain the team's strength and wants the struggling batters to find a way to score on them.
Joe Burns said India have a skillful bowling attack, spearheaded by Jasprit Bumrah, and they have to 'start well' against them.
The Australian team management chose Peter Handscomb ahead of Travis Head
All-rounder Cartwright gets call-up, recovering Starc still sidelined
India's ninth consecutive ODI win also ensured they are now the top ranked team both in Tests and the One-day format.
How Rishabh Pant performs as skipper will be watched with interest
Langer said that in the last couple of years, the Aussies have had lots of conversations about behaviours both on and off the field.
Over the past few years, Shardul Thakur has been in and out of the Indian team but the lack of consistent run hasn't dented the pace bowler's determination to do well whenever he is handed the ball.
'I look forward to meeting David Warner and talking to him about batting.' 'Our mindset is the same. We both look to dominate the bowlers,' says Abdul Samad, the exciting 18-year-old batsman from the Kashmiri valley.
Rohit Sharma's 119 laid the foundation for India's chase
IMAGES from the 3rd ODI between India and Australia played in Bengaluru on Sunday
Warner said the opportunities ranged from advancing the cause of the bilateral investment treaty, to advance the cause of greater collaboration between educational opportunities.
The former captain added, "So for Australia it's about enjoying it, working together and not looking too far ahead."
Images from the fourth One-Day International between Australia and India in Canberra, on Wednesday.
The in-form Steve Smith is looking 'pretty scary' for the opposition teams, gushed Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell after his team-mate hammered his second successive century against India, in Sydney, on Sunday.
'The key for India winning this series will be the batsmen around Kohli.'
Australia batsman Usman Khawaja on Thursday hinted he could bat in the middle order in the upcoming four-Test series against India, starting in Adelaide on December 6.
Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to notch up 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket during Royal Challengers Bangalore's IPL match against Mumbai Indians in Dubai on Sunday.
Aaron Finch bows out as one of his country's greatest limited-overs players and as the captain who delivered Australia a first global T20 title in the United Arab Emirates in 2021.
