Virat Kohli has 3794 runs in T20 Internationals, 927 of those have come in T20 World Cups, the third-highest by a batter in the competition.
South Africa in trouble at 58-4 in 'Boxing Day' Test
Anil Kumble revealed that the decision was taken by skipper Sourav Ganguly.
India were unchanged from the side that played the abandoned match in Brisbane last Tuesday.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has been ruled out of Friday's Twenty20 clash against India with a back injury.
The England fast bowler was shown on national television gesturing to the boisterous Melbourne Cricket Ground crowd of 50,451 after he was called for a no ball.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
Sealing their second T20 World Cup, England are now the first nation to hold both global white-ball trophies, having won the 50-over World Cup on home soil in 2019.
Fast bowler Shaun Tait and all-rounder Brad Hogg have been recalled to the Australia side for the first Test against India.
The fourth Test ended in a draw late on day five, with home captain Smith's unbeaten 102 saving Australia and doling out another portion of frustration for England's bowlers, who toiled fruitlessly on a flat Melbourne Cricket Ground strip.
Captain Virat Kohli bettered Rahul Dravid's long-standing record of most Test runs scored overseas by an Indian in a calendar year.
Sent in to bat on a grassy MCG pitch on Sunday, England were skittled for 185
Following is a fact file on the first Test match between Australia and India in Adelaide and how the teams have performed at the Adelaide Oval over the years:
The Australian fast bowler said he was confident of being fit in time to play in the third cricket Test on December 26.
Western Australia batsmen Shaun Marsh and Marcus Stoinis sustained several blows to the body struggling to adjust to the unpredictable bounce of the surface in the contest against Victoria.
The winner of Tuesday's match between England and New Zealand will take on the hosts in the best-of-three finals.
A lifeless MCG pitch received a 'poor' rating from the governing International Cricket Council in 2017
The England captain said his own form and that of many of his team mates lacked the quality needed to be taking on the Australians on home soil.
The Australian leg-spinner now has 999 international wickets, leaving him on the cusp of another remarkable achievement.
Warne clean bowled England opener Andrew Strauss for 50 on the second ball of his fourth over.
Plucked from obscurity when called up by selectors on Christmas Eve, the 32-year-old Victoria paceman finished with outrageous innings figures of 6-7 in four overs, sending his home crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground into delirium.
Pace legend Waqar Younis is backing Pakistan to win the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia later this year, saying the pitches Down Under could favour their potent bowling attack.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh blamed his opening bowlers for the four-wicket loss against Australia in their cricket tri-series match in Melbourne.
Waugh claimed his 33rd Test win as captain from 44 matches, passing Allan Border's Australia mark of 32 from 93 Tests.
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be staged in Australia and New Zealand from February 14 to March 29, and India will begin its title defence against traditional rivals Pakistan in Adelaide on February 15, the International Cricket Council announced on Tuesday.
As Team India prepares to take on the mighty Kangaroos in their own land in Melbourne on the Boxing Day, it may be interesting to go down memory lane and remember our two remarkable victories at this historic venue.
'We are the only side who have competed well against Australia in the last few years,' the former India captain asserted.
Mohammed Siraj was in Australia for his first Test tour when his father Mohammed Ghaus passed away and had to tackle the emotional phase to concentrate on cricket on that trip.
England resumed their first innings on 491 for nine but Cook was unable to add to his overnight total, with Pat Cummins dismissing tail-ender James Anderson for a duck with the first ball of the morning.
Shaun Tait fiery spell ensured Australia complete the clean sweep, as the hosts beat Pakistan by two runs in the one-off Twenty20 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
'The whole batting line-up and team are talented. I am looking forward to them having a good game against England, which is their biggest test. If they win the semi-finals, they will lift the trophy.'
Australia defeated West Indies by a massive 177 runs to win the second Test match in Melbourne and claim the series 2-0.
The 16 skippers made history, coming together in Melbourne for the first time at a T20 World Cup.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 3rd Test played between Australia and Pakistan at SCG on Friday.
There are four or five match winners in prime form, so, from a batting perspective, I feel the Indian team is in a better position. If you look at the bowling part, they (Pakistan) have the speed, they always had that, but the Indian team has the skill.
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