Leg-spinner Yasir Shah marks his return to the national men's team as Pakistan on Wednesday announced an 18-member squad for next month's two-match Test series against Sri Lanka.
Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood hopes to play in at least three Ashes Tests after declaring himself fit.
India lead the table with 360 points and Australia are placed second with 296 points.
If he was still groggy, he was completely woken up when he was knocked a couple of times on the fingers by Mohammed Siraj's sharp deliveries, early in his innings.
With Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane unbeaten at the end of the penultimate day of the WTC Final, will India pull off another stunning win?
Only two batters have managed to achieve this unique record before him.
The constant search for excellence has pushed R Ashwin to new heights but by his own admission, it has also been 'incredibly draining'.
Former pacer Venkatesh Prasad feels that a high-on-resources India has got all bases covered to get past a high-on-confidence New Zealand in the ICC World Test Championship final, starting in Southampton from June 18.
India dropped both Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara from the side following the South Africa tour but brought them back rather than grooming youngsters? Rahane scored the bulk of the runs for India in the WTC final but was going back to him and Pujara the right call?
For Kohli, a trophy-less cabinet doesn't do justice to the champion performer that he has been for a decade.
We have to play aggressive cricket, says stand-in skipper KL Rahul
'He is looking slightly preoccupied, maybe he is thinking about the WTC.'
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.
'Virat Kohli is getting into the groove ahead of the #WTC23 Final'.
With the burden of captaincy off his shoulders, Rohit Sharma will be able to play with a lot of freedom which will help five-time champions Mumbai Indians, reckoned former Australia T20 skipper Aaron Finch.
Australia head coach Andrew McDonald feels their 'sub-continent journey' helped them triumph in the World Test Championship final against India.
David Warner will have a big Ashes and have backed him to deliver at the top of the order.
'The Indian top order should observe Babar and Kane to understand how to handle pacers when the ball is moving around. Both of them possess exceptional skills in playing late.'
Anushka's expression conveyed a mix of shock and confusion at the loss of such an important wicket on a crucial day of play.
India have already secured the Border-Gavaskar trophy and they will now be playing for a record-extending 16th straight series win at home
Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson and Mitchell Santner are among 10 New Zealand players in the different franchises of the IPL.
Images from Day 2 of the ICC World Test Championship Final between India and New Zealand, at The Hampshire Bowl, in Southampton, on Saturday.
India and New Zealand will fight it out for the inaugural title at Southampton's Ageas Bowl
Shubman Gill will be presented with Cricketer of the Year award.
Afridi stated that the team is looking to spoil Warner's farewell series
India batter Shreyas Iyer will miss the entire IPL season and also the World Test Championship final.
India's hopes of breaking their ICC trophy drought after 2013, remained unfulfilled as Australia handed them a crushing loss at the WTC Final.
India's top-order batter KL Rahul, who is undergoing rehab after struggling with quadriceps pain, too was ruled out of the fourth Test and seems doubtful for Dharamsala.
Rahul Dravid said he enjoyed every bit of his coaching tenure.
With a massive 1,608 runs in the WTC 2021-2023 cycle, Khawaja was the major reason Australia qualified for the WTC final.
KL Rahul's Successful surgery brings hope for speedy return to Indian cricket team
Australia captain Pat Cummins doesn't mind staying a bit undercooked going into the high-octane WTC final against India.
'He has played 100 Tests, he deserves respect.'
Having had a great run for the 'Orange Army' this season, Travis Head is keen on coming back to IPL next year too.
Virat Kohli is intensity personified -- be in at a match or at practice.
India's batting mainstay was in top gear, training in all earnest on Wednesday, ahead of the World Test Championship final starting June 7.
'You are playing a World Test Championships final, and you don't pick the number one bowler in Test cricket.'
While SA great Lance Klusener hailed Hardik Pandya as one of the best fast-bowling allrounders, he believes Pandya gave up on Test cricket too easily.
Harbhajan Singh reckons the current team has not shown the fearlessness that one needs to win ICC titles
'Once he failed in the Australia series at home, there was very little chance for him but selectors didn't want to change things ahead of WTC final.'
South Africa pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada is still bitter about the scheduling fiasco which saw him miss the two-Test series in New Zealand.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances