Former head coach Ravi Shastri feels India should look "in the direction" of Virat Kohli to lead the side in a major game, like the WTC final, if skipper Rohit Sharma is unavailable due to "unforeseen circumstances".
New Zealand claimed the inaugural WTC title with an eight-wicket victory over India in the final last month.
Yuvraj feels India needs someone with Rohit's expertise to lead the Indian team at the marquee event.
We have Shubman Gill at one end ready to carry on the mantle but what about his partner?
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were part of India's Test team till earlier this year, but were left out of the tour to South Africa, the selectors pinning hopes on youngsters Shubman Gill and Yashawi Jaiswal to produce the goods in challenging conditions.
Sehwag took a funny jibe at the ICC for hosting the World Test Championship final in the UK
Besides, Bangladesh's star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was fined 10 percent of his match fee and received a demerit point for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct.
BCCI sharing an aesthetic picture of sunny Ageas Bowl which will host the WTC final.
A Daryl Mitchell century and a brilliant 72 from Matt Henry helped New Zealand to an unlikely first-innings lead of 18 runs before the home bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to 83/3 at the end of the third day.
Kohli has so far led India in three ICC events -- the 2017 Champions Trophy, the 2019 50-over World Cup and the recently completed inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (WTC). In all these events, India managed to reach the closing stages, but the trophy eluded the team.
The BCCI has been unable to get tickets for the full squad on a single flight.
Sunil Gavaskar said if India captain Rohit Sharma misses the first Test against Australia, then Jasprit Bumrah should lead the side for the entire five-match series.
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.
Legendary Brian Lara's tips on situational awareness of the game will greatly help the West Indies batters during the two-Test series against India beginning on July 12, feels skipper Kraigg Brathwaite.
Mohammed Siraj believes aggression brings the best out of him, saying it has been one of the key reasons for his success in Test cricket.
Siraj was perhaps the only bright spot for India with the ball
'I didn't know that we'd won kind of everything until half an hour ago but that's always the aim.'
Australian head coach Andrew McDonald backed Mitchell Starc ahead of the Ashes series starting from June 16 at Edgbaston.
Kohli's motivational stories on Instagram, leave fans intrigued about their meaning.
India clinched the four-Test series against Australia 2-1 after the fourth and final Test ended in a draw in Ahmedabad on Monday.
8-day bubble in India, 10-day quarantine in UK from June 2, cricketers' families to travel along.
'What I feel is that India should have played games, you know matches, at least two-three games before the Test match (WTC), to get acclimatised to the conditions.'
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between India and New Zealand at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Saturday.
India made the blunder of reading the conditions wrong during the last WTC final in 2021 and shouldn't repeat the mistake this time as they eye their maiden ICC title in 10 years.
Squad for the mega event will be announced at end of April.
Gavaskar didn't mince words while pointing out the repeated failures of the team's batters, who failed to cross the 200 mark six out of nine times during the series.
Former Australian pacer Brett Lee has highlighted the different styles of the captaincy of Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson ahead of the ICC World Test Championship final later this month.
The Indian players are currently on a break and will reassemble on July 14.
Only Kapil Dev, with 131 matches, has played more Tests than Ishant for India as a fast bowler.
'He has played 100 Tests, he deserves respect.'
Sourav Ganguly lauded Rohit Sharma's leadership qualities for India's unbeaten run in the ongoing T20 World Cup final
It will also the first three-Test series between the countries since the West Indies tour of Australia in 2015-16.
Ashwin's age is certainly a factor that is being kept in consideration.
The five-match Test series between India and England, starting on August 4, will start the second cycle of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).
Australia finished second in the league table during the 2023-25 WTC cycle, behind South Africa, having claimed 67.54 per cent of the points on offer to them.
Spin great Ravichandran Ashwin says New Zealand, despite the absence of the long-serving pace duo of Trent Boult and Tim Southee, who have quit playing the 50-over format, will pose a challenge to India.
Kohli wants to focus on the things which the hosts can control like playing good cricket in the upcoming games.
''We have had our first group training session and the intensity was high.'
Ghavri backed Ashwin for the upcoming World Cup, saying he will be vital in Indian conditions.
Sri Lankan batter Dimuth Karunaratne is set to retire from international cricket after playing his 100th Test -- the second and final Test against Australia, starting in Galle on Thursday.
