Images from the 5th day's play of the 3rd Ashes Test played at the WACA in Perth on Tuesday.
Any of these match ups could influence the outcome of the Perth Test.
The captain couldn't be more happier with Ashwin's success.
Pacer Jhye Richardson picked up five wickets as Australia beat England by 275 runs in the day-night second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Monday to go 2-0 up in the five-match series.
Travis Head likes the way England skipper Ben Stokes and Head coach Brendon McCullum are leading the English Test team.
Australia's in-depth planning to subdue Cheteshwar Pujara worked out well in the opening Test but spinner Nathan Lyon says it would be a massive challenge to keep the world-class batsman quiet through the remainder of the series.
This is India's second appearance in the WTC final after losing the inaugural game in 2021 to New Zealand.
Ben Stokes is notably absent from the list of 1,574 players who have registered for the IPL 2025 mega auction, scheduled for November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Australia have the best-record in day-night Tests as the side has not lost a single match that has been played with the pink ball.
Despite the challenging build-up, Gambhir said he is "extremely confident" of retaining the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The players will hope to be as confident as they prepare for the fight to keep their World Test Final chances alive.
Australia's capitulation in Perth triggered damning assessments of the team's performance in home media.
Speculation is rife over who would lead Australia should Finch fail to regain his fitness.
India opener Shubman Gill's reign at the top of the ODI batters' list was short-lived as he was replaced by former Pakistani skipper Babar Azam in the ICC Player Rankings issued on Wednesday.
Images from the Day 3 of the 2nd Ashes Test played between Australia and England in Adelaide on Monday
Nathan Lyon, Agar, leg-spinner Swepson and young off-spinner Todd Murphy got the nod in the 18-member Australia squad with Zampa missing out.
Williamson's departure for 59 helped reduce New Zealand to 142 for three at the break -- 361 runs in arrears -- but a rain storm wiped out the final session and ensured the match would go into a fifth day.
Australia included three uncapped bowlers in their 15-man squad named on Tuesday for three Tests against Sri Lanka in an overhaul of the unit which was hammered by England in the Ashes debacle.
New opener Steve Smith, thrust into the role after David Warner's retirement, fell to Roach for six in the first over of Australia's innings when a seaming delivery was adjudged lbw on review.
A survivalist's mindset sees Indian batsmen fail again on the first day of the SCG Test.
Despite dropping six points in the ICC Test rankings, R Ashwin remained on top of the points table, along with James Anderson.
Those three wickets for six runs, in a manic final 15 minutes of the day's play, undid all the good work that had gone before, asserts Prem Panicker.
India will be under tremendous pressure when they face an equally circumspect Australia in a battle of two out-of-form batting units in the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth
India are chasing a victory in Ahmedabad to confirm their place in the final of the World Test Championship against Australia in June.
Play three pacers, include Boland in Indore, says Kasprowicz
Sri Lankan Kusal Mendis struck a majestic maiden century on day three of the first Test against Australia to leave the bowler-dominated contest evenly poised at Pallekele on Thursday.
Apart from Renshaw's inclusion in place of Warner, there are no changes to the squad which beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the third and final test to sweep the series 3-0 last week.
Images from Day 4 of the fourth and final Test between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
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Spinner Nathan Lyon, top order batsman Usman Khawaja and all-rounder Moises Henriques have been omitted after being selected in the squad that defeated Sri Lanka 4-1 away
Mitchell Swepson - in just his second ever T20I - took the big wicket of Virat Kohli
The youngsters in the side couldn't have got a better mentor than 'King' Kohli himself to guide them with his words of wisdom.
Poor batting was at the heart of the debacle.
Labuschagne said Australia were expecting a little more help from the fifth day pitch but credited India for hanging on for a remarkable draw.
'England were playing with nine and a half men'
'We've got some areas we can improve, there's some growth within the team and there's two obvious ones.'
England's style validated despite defeat to Australia, says McCullum
Babar Azam (104) hit his second Test century and Mohammad Rizwan 95 to stall Australia's march to victory and once they had departed, Pakistan were soon all out for 335.
Cummins's career haul is particularly noteworthy for a player who started his Test career aged 18, but spent more than five years out of the team due to a succession of injuries.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 3rd Ashes Test played in Melbourne on Sunday.
Starc's love affair with the pink ball continued as he claimed four wickets
