Any of these match ups could influence the outcome of the Perth Test.
Yashasvi Jaiswal's Test career is just nine games old but the great Brian Lara feels if there is anyone who can get close to his lofty feats, including the record 400 not out, it is the 22-year-old southpaw from India.
The India captain said his five-wicket haul on the opening day of the first Test against Australia is the best of his career.
Sri Lanka were set 352 to win the first Test after Australia, 161 runs behind after the first innings, amassed 512 for 8 on day 4.
Set a target of 243, Australia chased down the total with 4.4 overs to spare in the tri-series opener that also involves New Zealand.
Australia's reached 575 for eight declared before New Zealand stumbled to 56 for two at the close of the second day's play in the second Test.
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the batting landscape in India-Australia Test encounters.
Ponting scored an unbeaten 57 as Australia coasted to an eight wicket win over West Indies.
Rohit breaks Jayasuriya's record as opener, Kohli scores most runs in 2019.
Ponting compared the spell with the one England's Steve Harmison bowled during the famous 2005 Ashes series, in which he hit Australian openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer before leaving the former skipper with a bloodied cheek.
The day after quitting his job, Langer had a heated conversation with Freudenstein.
Matthew Hayden has used a variety of superlatives to describe Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Ajinkya Rahane will not be bogged down by the pressure of captaincy if he leads India in the last three Tests against Australia in Virat Kohli's absence, said batting great Sunil Gavaskar.
Australia's legend Ricky Ponting said the Impact Player rule in the IPL has made the batters more fearless and stronger
Former captain Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh on Saturday hit out at Matthew Hayden for claiming that they had chickened out of 2004 Nagpur Test because of the green wicket and said the former Australian opener has written 'a lot of crap' to sell his book.
Smith and Green played vigilantly and stitched up a massive partnership to see off a comfortable victory in the three-match ODI series.
He was recalled for the fifth and final Test and asked to open the batting with fellow left-hander Matthew Hayden for the first time -- the start of one of the most successful opening partnerships in the history of the game.
Matthew Hayden feels the tourists do not seem to believe that they can win away from home.
Retired players disgusted at Langer treatment as England job possibly looms
'Let them sit in Australia and talk about their pitches. Tell them not to waste their time about Indian tracks. Come and play here'
'He is a good gloveman, can be an important batsman and he keeps the team on its toes in the field' 'He is a broken finger away from recall so this may not be the end for him, but I suspect we won't see him again and I am a little concerned that the team may miss him more than they expect. I hope I am wrong' 'It doesn't say much for the family-first policy if Brad puts his family first and all of a sudden he's out. Sometimes the heart has to play a part in selection'
Ashes is steeped in tradition but India versus Australia Test matches are bound by emotion.
Former spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was named interim head coach following the resignation of Misbah ul-Haq.
It was a last-minute [situation], to transition my mind from not playing to playing, said Ashton Turner, who made the most of his opportunity with a match-winning 84 off 43 balls to help Australia level the five-match ODI series 2-2.
It will be quite a role reversal with Australia being the proverbial underdogs in Thursday's semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup against a red-hot Pakistan who have displayed rare consistency to set alight the tournament.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test played between India and Australia at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Wednesday
Also, Justin Langer's chances of getting a fresh contract will depend on Cricket Australia's meeting where the top bosses are expected to take a call.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored the winning runs as Heroes XI beat Rest of the World XI by four wickets in the inaugural T20 fundraiser 'Cricket for Heroes' at the Kia Oval, in London, on Friday.
This was the third time India were involved in a two-day Test.
Usman Khawaja hit an unbeaten century to give Australia the upper hand on Day 1 of the fourth and final Test against India in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between Pakistan and Scotland, in Sharjah, on Sunday.
As India broke a long-standing World Cup jinx against South Africa in Melbourne, appreciation and congratulatory messages poured in from the cricket fraternity which hailed the team's "terrific" all-round performance in front of a packed MCG.
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