Australia's young opener Sam Konstas accepted responsibility for an on-field spat with Jasprit Bumrah on Day 1 of the Sydney Test.
Both Morgan and Watson believe Rohit Sharma's team has the necessary firepower to win the title.
Afghanistan women set to return to cricket field after four-year wait.
Defeat will severely dent both the teams' dreams of a semi-final berth in the tournament, as South Africa and Australia have already notched two points.
A heated exchanged between India captain Jasprit Bumrah and Australia opener Sam Konstas lit up an eventful Day 1 of the fifth and final Test.
India vice-captain Shubman Gill dethroned Pakistan's Babar Azam from the No. 1 spot in the ICC ODI Rankings for batters on the back of his strong showing against England in the recent home series.
Jasprit Bumrah has been nominated for the ICC men's Player of the Month award for December 2024 after his standout performance against Australia.
Scenes from the post triumph celebrations after Australia won its first T20 World Cup championship at the Dubai international cricket stadium on Sunday.
The Afghanistan team has chalked out plans for the entire Australian side and is not just focused on its bete noire Glenn Maxwell, said skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi on the eve of their must-win Champions Trophy match.
History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a 4-part series.
Australia's historic pedigree in cricket's biggest tournaments will count for nothing when they run into an Afghanistan side that is fast cementing its place in the game's top table in the Champions Trophy match in Lahore on Friday.
India will be accorded a tough welcome to Australia as the Optus Stadium pitch for the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been prepared to offer "good bounce and pace"
Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting says he has not seen a "better player" than Virat Kohli in ODIs, and backed the Indian batting star to go past the legendary Sachin Tendulkar as the highest run-getter in the 50-overs' format.
Rana didn't disappoint Gambhir either as the young pacer grabbed three wickets, supporting skipper Jasprit Bumrah to bundle out Australia for 104 in their first innings.
New Zealand next take on Afghanistan in Melbourne on October 26 while Australia play Sri Lanka in Perth on October 25.
'He showed an awareness of what was required, which belied the fact that he was making his Test debut.'
England will be looking to bounce back from a rain-affected opening match and solidify their T20 World Cup campaign
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting advised struggling batters Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to trust their game akin to star India batter Virat Kohli.
Shedge will also reunite with his Mumbai teammate Musheer Khan at Punjab Kings as both were picked by their base price of Rs 30 lakh.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to organize three four-day practice matches against England Lions in the UK before the upcoming Test series against England.
Australia bring an ageing squad and a few players short of fitness to the T20 World Cup but will have the same easygoing confidence
'Virat Kohli is getting into the groove ahead of the #WTC23 Final'.
Anmolpreet smashes fastest List A hundred by an Indian
'The reports circulating in certain media sections are completely incorrect.'
Rohan Bopanna and Shuai Zhang suffered a narrow defeat against local wild cards John Peers and Olivia Gadecki in a thrilling contest at the Australian Open on Tuesday.
Jason Gillespie stepped down from his role as Pakistan's Test team coach
Josh Hazlewood questions T20 WC format, says strange that net-run rate will count for nothing in Super 8
India's batters will need to fire on all cylinders when they come out to bat and former India spinner Harbhajan Singh lists key strategies the visitors will need to adopt to claw back into the game.
'But we'll savour this for a couple of hours at least and then it'll be recovery for the next few days.'
Jasprit Bumrah is also the second fastest Indian along with Ravindra Jadeja to complete 200 wickets in Test cricket.
Rohit cited India's last Group A match against New Zealand here on Sunday to emphasize his point.
The two players also received one demerit point each on their disciplinary records, marking their first offence within the last 24 months.
Top Australia batter Travis Head on Saturday shattered day-night Test records at Adelaide, continuing his golden run against India.
IMAGES from the ICC Champions Trophy Group B match between Afghanistan and England at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Wednesday.
India did not respect the match situation, the playing conditions, and the bowlers, and they've paid a price for it.
Rohit Sharma wilted under the traditional Australian tactic of mentally breaking down the opposition captains
Gavaskar said domestic cricket assumes importance in view of the upcoming 2025-2027 WTC cycle.
'And then he stood over this girl, Nat Yoannidis, who's about five foot one, five foot two, and just absolutely berated her.'
'I am a hundred percent confident in how Virat will start this tour.'
In his 13th pink ball Test since 2015, the 34-year-old Australian pacer has taken 72 wickets at an average of 17.
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