On Tuesday, Warner, one the finest all-format players, became the 10th man in Test cricket's history to score a century in his 100th match, and the second to score a double ton.
The 6'7" seam-bowling all-rounder's inclusion in Australia's line-up was expected after his impressive hundred in the first warm-up game against India A.
India have already secured the Border-Gavaskar trophy and they will now be playing for a record-extending 16th straight series win at home
Pat Cummins' side stayed in control at the end of Day 2 of the WTC Final.
Indian cricket team will not just be looking to win a third ODI global title but also look at saving the '50-over format' which has been battling identity crisis for at least five years now.
India has lost three finals and on four occasion it bit dust at the semifinal stage. It also made an exit at the preliminary stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Mitchell Starc is likely to link up with skipper Pat Cummins in Australia's pace attack for the second Test against India.
After the bowlers restricted Australia, a patient knock from KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja saw India clinch a five-wicket win over the visitors.
Shubman Gill, 23, already has a century in each of the three international formats.
With MI no longer the dominant force it used to be in the last couple of IPLs and Rohit also not among the runs, plans were hatched after IPL 2023 to bring about some major changes.
Mohit Sharma says the strategy to not experiment much against a belligerent Suryakumar Yadav worked.
Having joined the four-time champions this season, Rahane lit the Wankhede as he hammered the fastest fifty this IPL season.
Ahead of the WTC final between India and Australia, Ricky Ponting picked Australia's playing XI.
Images from Day 4 of the fourth and final Test between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
David relied on his experience and formed an unbeaten match-winning partnership of 62 runs with Tilak Varma.
Rohit completed 10 years as captain of the five time IPL champions.
Legends Brian Lara and Muttiah Muralitharan plotted the course for Sunrisers Hyderabad, while Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara led the way for Rajasthan Royals.
Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen berated the England team for their performance on the first day of the second Test match of the Ashes.
Australia's cricketing DNA is constructed by meticulousness and Pakistan's by explosiveness.
For a batter with such exquisite touch, it doesn't seem fit to expect Gill to do well in a slam-bang format like the IPL.
Resurgent Australia stand between unblemished India and World Cup glory
'...our bowlers were not quite there.'
Australia captain Pat Cummins doesn't mind staying a bit undercooked going into the high-octane WTC final against India.
Pat Cummins will not play the third Test against India in Indore starting March 1
India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj's fine gesture of rushing in and attending to rival Cameron Green after he was hit on the head during the opening day of the warm-up game in Sydney has earned him praise from the Australian media.
Agar is the latest Australian to return home midway into the tour, with the visitors having lost the first two Tests of the four-match series.
While RCB's broken third wicket stand turned the tide in Mumbai's favour, the hosts's third-wicket partnership took the game away from the visitors.
IMAGES from the IPL match played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans in Mumbai on Friday.
Australia will look for another dominating show but need to be cautious when they face a tenacious Netherlands in the World Cup 2023 match in New Delhi.
England captain Ben Stokes' swashbuckling 155 was in vain as Australia won the second Ashes Test at Lord's by 43 runs on an extraordinary final day on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-Test series.
England will require more heroics from Ben Stokes if they are to pull off an unlikely victory
Captain Rohit Sharma's return will certainly give solidity to the top order in the second ODI against Australia.
Mitchell Starc is likely to be available for the second Test against India but captain Pat Cummins has ruled out overhauling the squad.
The 10-team tournament will be played across 10 venues culminating in the November 19 final at the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Captain Pat Cummins said on Tuesday there are "no cowards" in the Australia cricket team and that the players had not been distracted by former head coach Justin Langer's inflammatory comments.
New South Wales paceman Abbott and Queensland veteran Neser are the reserve quicks behind regulars Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and James Pattinson.
It took Usman Khawaja three trips to India and a tweaked batting approach to register his first Test hundred in the country.
Australia has recalled all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, along with paceman Kane Richardson and spinner Ashton Agar, for the T20 series against England in the lead-up to the World Cup.
IMAGES from the 3rd ODI between India and Australia played in Rajkot on Wednesday
With the pitch a spinner's paradise, Nathan Lyon stood up and rallied his team back into contention.
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