The first one-day international in Colombo was called off due to heavy rain on Saturday.
All-rounder Sanjay Bangar, who had opened the innings for India in the last seven Tests, has been dropped.
He will be flying in to Chennai along with video analyst Zach Hitchcock.
Readers present their views on a joint India-Pakistan team to take on the mighty Aussies, and list their eleven.
'They need batters who can bat out a full session in Australia.' 'You have seniors like Pujara and Rahane, who are scoring runs in domestic cricket. They have experience of Australian conditions too.' 'They should be given a chance to make a comeback, no harm in trying especially when your batting line-up is not even lasting a full session.'
Ricky Ponting is on the verge of joining an exclusive club of 10,000 Test runs, but the Australian captain said he was not aware of his impending milestone only to be told by a team official.
The former India skipper among six past and present cricketers who will examine the present system of selection of national and state teams.
The duo were adjudged best by the Hero Indian Sports Academy.
India, who lead the series 2-1, retained the side which won the third one-dayer in Lahore.
After having played non-stop cricket for almost 18 months, Sachin Tendulkar and some of the senior players of India's World Cup squad may skip the forthcoming triangular series in Dhaka
# Dhoni has registered 196 sixes in ODIs, setting an Indian record, bettering the 195 by Sachin Tendulkar. Statistical highlights of the third ODI between India and New Zealand in Mohali on Sunday.
It was clear that all stops were being pulled to ensure that the Indian batsmen played on the most difficult surfaces, The New Zealand Herald said.
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 4:
"I had to bat at five or sometimes six and I missed quite a few hundreds because we did not have wicketkeeper-batsmen like Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik earlier," Ganguly told TV channel CNN-IBN.
Captain Rahul Dravid will be rested for the warm-up one-dayer against England Lions on Saturday.
Dinesh Karthik was out on 91 as India ended Day 1 in the third Test against England on 316 for 4.
Dinesh Karthik was out on 91 as India ended Day 1 in the third Test against England on 316 for 4.
'You can't but put your best foot forward against them,' Rahul Dravid tells Ashish Magotra.
India, chasing 380 for victory, were 137 for 3 in their second innings at close on Day 4 of the first Test.
India are grouped with arch-foes Pakistan and minnows Scotland in Group D.
Stand-in captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the rain-hit fourth and final Test on Wednesday.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Monday backed Rahul Dravid as one of the best candidates to coach the Indian cricket team.
The Indian captain is keen to play for another four to five years and help India scale new heights.
Discuss the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka.
Sachin Tendulkar was unbeaten on 46 as India reached 103 for 3 in reply to South Africa's 328 on day two of the second Test.
'I didn't have an ego about this, I could go and talk to them, but since there were two coaches -- Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathore -- so sometimes you held back since you didn't want to confuse them with too much information.'
India has retained the same side that levelled the series 2-2. Pakistan has replace Afridi with Taufeeq Umar.
Clarke was the unlikely bowling weapon after removing both Tendulkar and Dravid in the sixth ODI.
