With Harbhajan Singh nursing a toe injury, Amit Mishra is likely to retain his place in the Indian team for the third Test against Australia, with Anil Kumble coming in for Harbhajan.
Australian opener Matthew Hayden was happy that the ongoing Test series between his side and the Indians was being played in good spirit on and off the field but said he would have been disappointed had Zaheer Khan not been punished for sending him off during the Mohali Test.
South African speedster Dale Steyn will miss the fourth and final test against India with a lingering groin injury that has limited his participation in the four-match series to a solitary contest in the series-opener in Mohali.
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja took 7/32 as Saurashtra thrashed Rajasthan by 218 runs.
Dean Elgar criticises Mohali pitch, says it's is a bad wicket.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes was reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct after he was charged for making inappropriate comments during the opening day's play in the third cricket Test against India in Mohali on Saturday.
Virat Kohli was joined by wife Anushka Sharma as the star India batter was felicitated for reaching the milestone of 100 Test matches, in Mohali on Friday.
Shivam Dube continued his recent streak of form with a counter-attacking fifty that proved to be the cornerstone of Mumbai's excellent 330 for six against Bengal
If Ricky Ponting is to be believed, the Australians are refraining from doing what has, over the years, become a characteristic feature about their brand of cricket. 'We're focusing only on our game, on the look-out to find means to improve our game and give ourselves a good chance to play our best cricket,' Australia's captain said.
Shikhar Dhawan says he will be under no pressure when he makes his Test debut against Australia in the third Test at Mohali after having performed well in the domestic season.
Vihari, Gill and Iyer have all played Tests for India in the absence of regular players and Rohit said a decision on the composition of the side against Sri Lanka was yet to be made.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the numbers you need to know about Virat Kohli in Test cricket.
KKR have assembled at the pre-season camp ahead of IPL 2023.
Will India extend their run to make it 8-0? Or will Pakistan be able to snap the streak?
The India and Sri Lanka players wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence before the start of second day's play in the first Test in Mohali on Saturday in memory of Australian legends Shane Warne and Rodney Marsh, both of whom passed away within hours of each other on Friday.
Shikhar Dhawan finds himself out of the Indian team less than three months after captaining the ODI side, but the 37-year-old opener has not yet given up on a strong desire to play the World Cup at home later this year.
That depends on Axar Patel's recovery from injury.
An aggressive, and to extent reckless start, was followed by a shocking collapse that witnessed the visitors slump from 49 without loss to 58 for five. At stumps on day four of the second Test, Australia was 141 for five, still 375 runs adrift of the Indian target, and to put it bluntly, staring at defeat, with the fifth day's play being a mere formality.
This is his 'Test' and for Kohli, a century to mark a 'century' is something he would be craving
Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has pulled out of IPL 2023 owing to international engagements and personal reasons.
The Saurashtra all-rounder said this performance has boosted his confidence immensely.
Australia's coach Tim Nielsen admitted that his bowlers failed to deliver vis--vis their Indian counterparts in the second Test in Mohali.
Were the Indian batsmen too defensive against the Kiwi bowlers?
Kohli may not have converted his start into a big score in his 100th Test at Mohali, but the flamboyant batter made sure he gifted a t-shirt to Dharmveer Pal, who is known as the unofficial 12th man of the Indian team.
India spinners once again held centre-stage as the hosts produced a clinical performance to cruise to a comfortable eight-wicket victory on the fourth day of the third cricket Test and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
John Wright said that team was hungrier for a win in Kolkata after failing to give the final push for victory in the Mohali Test.
The Pakistan cricket team management gave umpires Rudi Koertzen and Darrell Hair negative ratings.
The Indian skipper had returned to Kolkata on Friday night complaining of pain in the affected area.\n\n
India 'A' skipper Hardik Pandya said the warm-up game against Australia would be a great opportunity for fringe players to impress the selectors.
Nitish Rana took to social media and shared his training video where he was seen striking the ball well.
India will host England in a five-match Test series, the first of which starting November 9, in Rajkot. The series will be followed by a three-match One-Day International series and three Twenty20 Internationals respectively. The Test series will be followed by a three-match ODI series and three T20s respectively. England are scheduled to visit India for a long tour which is likely to end in the month of February.
India were dismissed for 105 in the first innings of their first Test against Australia on Friday. Below are India's lower totals in Test matches played on home soil.
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