India made one change, bringing in Rohit Sharma for Ramesh Powar, while Sourav Ganguly was ruled unfit for the match.
Australia staged a late innings fightback to seal a one-run victory and a 4-0 one-day series lead against West Indies on Friday. West Indies appeared to be cruising towards a victory target of 283 before Brett Lee and Nathan Bracken claimed a combined two for five in the 48th and 49th overs to put on the brakes.
Michael Clarke scored a resolute 56 and picked three wickets for 26 runs as Australia beat the West Indies by 63 runs in the rain-reduced second ODI.
India have complained about the uneven bounce on the practice pitches at the Gabba nets after Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were injured warming up for the fourth day of the second Test against Australia in Brisbane on Saturday.
Brett Lee claimed five wickets for five runs as the West Indies crumbled to 352 all out in the second Test against Australia.
Sri Lanka were 247 for three in their second innings, needing 260 more on the last day of the second Test against Australia.
Chasing 413 for victory, Australia were 65 for 2 in their second innings at close on Day 3 of the third Test.
Captain Ricky Ponting stroked 107 not out while Adam Gilchrist smashed a 26-ball half century to guide Australia to a seven-wicket victory in their first one-day match against New Zealand in Adelaide on Friday.
Australia lead Sri Lanka by 407 runs with nine second innings wickets in hand on the third day of the second Test. The Australians had the option of making the Sri Lankans bat again after bowling them out for 246 -- 296 runs behind the home side's first innings total of 542 for five declared.
Australia rode on Phil Jaques's maiden Test century to post a handsome 242 for 3 on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka.
India brought back S Sreesanth for left-armer Rudra Pratap Singh, while Australia included Brad Haddin for Matthew Hayden in the sixth ODI in Nagpur.
Harbhajan Singh was left out of the Indian line-up because of an injury he sustained during the nets on Friday evening.
The Aussies won the Group B match at the Twenty20 World Cup by 8 wickets and entered the Super Eight stage.
New Zealand beat Australia by five wickets after successfully chasing down Australia's record Eden Park total of 336 for 4.
England were 114 for five in their second innings, just 12 runs ahead on Day 3 of the third Ashes Test.
Australia's captain scored a brave unbeaten century in a three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first Test.
The England opener escaped with nothing more than a few stitches after being struck in the face on Friday.
Set a target of 243, Australia chased down the total with 4.4 overs to spare in the tri-series opener that also involves New Zealand.
Australia beat England by 10 wickets to win the fifth Test and complete their first Ashes series whitewash in 86 years.
Australia stormed to an innings and 99 runs victory, wrapping up a fourth straight win in the series with more than two days remaining.
Australia, chasing 307 to win, were 212 for four at the close of the fourth day of the first Test against Bangladesh
Australia outplayed Sri Lanka to record a 116-run victory in the opening match of their triangular ODI series
Australia beat Bangladesh by four wickets in the first ODI
Adam Gilchrist helped Australia to 269 before their bowlers reduced Bangladesh to 124 for five in the second innings
The dashing opener scored 121 off 101 balls as Australia beat England by eight wickets in the third and final match of the tri-series.
Australia took a 48-run lead on the back of some solid batting by Matt Renshaw and Shawn Marsh on Sunday. Statistical highlights on day two of the second cricket Test between India and Australia, in Bengaluru.
Australia beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs in their final Twenty20 game on Wednesday, avoiding a whitewash in the three-match series and salvaging some pride.
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