Starc didn't want to spend 22 weeks in bio-bubble
IMAGES from the 3rd ODI between India and Australia played in Rajkot on Wednesday
New South Wales paceman Abbott and Queensland veteran Neser are the reserve quicks behind regulars Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and James Pattinson.
Apart from Kohli, four other Indians who were picked in the ICC's Test and ODI Teams of the Year.
Australia coach Andrew McDonald made no bones about his team's capitulation in the second innings of the second Test in Delhi.
McDonald 'disappointed' with McCullum's comment post Bairstow dismissal
Josh Hazlewood took four wickets and their openers comfortably chased a modest target.
They will, however, only be able to join their respective franchises after Australia play their lone T20 match against Pakistan on April 5.
As India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a 2-1 win, Rohit Sharma and Australia skipper Steve Smith agreed the outcome of the Delhi Test sealed the fate of the series.
Warner is poised to wrap up his Test cricket journey with the upcoming third Test against Pakistan at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
Shubman Gill smashed a career-best 128 and Virat Kohli regained his form to fuel India's robust reply
'As a South African team, we know we're going to have that chip on our back, or that narrative that we have to get over'
'The Ashes are on the line here, if that is not motivation, I don't know what is.'
Hosts India will have the upper hand if the tracks are rank turners in the upcoming Test series but Australia will win on 'fair' pitches, said former wicketkeeper Ian Healy.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of World Cup 2023 after the first 12 games.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday.
Steely Smith sees Australia to series win against England
Australia's top order fired in unison to secure a six-wicket win over England with Dawid Malan's career-best 134 for the tourists in vain as in the first one-day international on Thursday.
Gavaskar said it is difficult to find faults in a batter who has been dismissed off the first ball thrice
Australia leave India with the world number one ranking in one-day cricket and will return to the subcontinent for this year's World Cup with confidence after edging the hosts 2-1 in the series.
In the latest ICC ODI Rankings, Mohammed Siraj was dethroned from the top as he slipped to third place, while Josh Hazlewood climbed to the top.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 23 World Cup 2023 games.
Following India's ODI series loss to Australia at home, head coach Rahul Dravid has his task cut out with the ODI World Cup set to be held at home later this year.
Left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc is likely to miss Australia's upcoming limited-overs series against India due to injury, according to reports.
Astronomical Rs 24.75 crore bid makes Starc most expensive player in IPL history
Australia laboured to a modest 263 all out on the opening day of the second Test against India in New Delhi
Starc will travel to Adelaide with several other members of the Australian side and the Indian team on a charter flight
Australia's assistant coach Dan Vettori said it was a "tactical decision" not to field fast bowler Mitchell Starc in his side's narrow win over Afghanistan at the Twenty20 World Cup as the defending champions' semi-final hopes hang in the balance.
India are chasing a victory in Ahmedabad to confirm their place in the final of the World Test Championship against Australia in June.
Ravichandran Ashwin becomes leading wicket-taker in Border-Gavaskar Trophy history
Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and bowling coach Bharat Arun celebrated their birthdays together .
Australia are going to wear an Indigenous-themed kit for the first time.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 29 World Cup 2023 games.
Australia have won only four Test series in India in three quarters of a century of touring the country, the last coming in 2004.
More than 110,000 people are expected on the opening day at the world's largest cricket stadium
Australia opener Marcus Harris was dropped from the Test squad and replaced by Queensland batsman Joe Burns for the upcoming two-match series against Pakistan.
'We need to look after each other during these difficult times.'
With batsman Steve Smith and all-rounder Cameron Green in reserve in the squad, some pundits had called on Australia to make changes for the next Super 12 game against former champions Sri Lanka in Perth on Tuesday.
Australia's blockbuster four-Test series against India will be the greatest challenge Pat Cummins has faced in his young captaincy as he looks to conquer the "final frontier".
IMAGES from the match between Australia and The Netherlands, played in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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