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.
India batter Shreyas Iyer will miss the entire IPL season and also the World Test Championship 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.
India's hopes of breaking their ICC trophy drought after 2013, remained unfulfilled as Australia handed them a crushing loss at the WTC Final.
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With a massive 1,608 runs in the WTC 2021-2023 cycle, Khawaja was the major reason Australia qualified for the WTC final.
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.'
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.
Afridi stated that the team is looking to spoil Warner's farewell series
Shubman Gill will be presented with Cricketer of the Year award.
'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.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma should take a break from IPL 2023 and instead prepare in earnest for the WTC final against Australia next month, said batting great Sunil Gavaskar.
Harbhajan Singh reckons the current team has not shown the fearlessness that one needs to win ICC titles
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.
Hayden advises Team India to forget about outcome in WTC final
'Steve Smith, according to me, is the best Test player of this generation. He has displayed that his adaptability is absolutely brilliant. You take any cricketer of this generation... in 85-90 Tests, he has an average of 60 which is quite unbelievable.'
'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.'
Kohli took to Instagram to post a quote by Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu: Silence is a source of great strength'.
'A year ago, if you told me we were coming here I would have been very confident, they were struggling a fair bit, the batting looked like they weren't really sure how to go about it.'
Ganguly is hopeful that Virat Kohli's men will bring the World Test Championship trophy home
fter missing the home Test series against England with injury, Jadeja will hope to get his place back in the playing XI for the ICC World Test Championship final against New Zealand, in Southampton from June 18 to 22.
Kohli's reponse came via a cryptic Instagram Story and urged individuals to develop the ability to be disliked in order to free themselves from the influence of others' opinions.
Rahul Dravid said he enjoyed every bit of his coaching tenure.
Fascinating glimpses from Day 5 of the fourth and final Test between India and Australia.
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Cheteshwar Pujara continued to thrive in the English County circuit
Warner has struggled for runs in recent Tests, making a total of 26 in three innings in the recent tour of India before returning home injured.
Ravichandran Ashwin said India have produced excellent results, especially in Test cricket, around the world in the last few years.
Having had a great run for the 'Orange Army' this season, Travis Head is keen on coming back to IPL next year too.
It was learnt that once Kishan conveyed his decision, Tripura selector Jayanta Dey wanted Wriddhiman Saha and he was also contacted.
India's batting coach Vikram Rathour on Wednesday said it "will be tough" to pick one among Sarfaraz Khan and Rajat Patidar in the second Test against England.
Of the last 15 Tests played in India, only two reached day five. However, the ICC does not think there is a problem with Tests rarely lasting full five days in India.
'We've got Test cricket after the IPL, so I've got to stay true to my technique and find ways to win games for my team, something that I take a lot of pride in.'
Pujara says getting dropped from Indian team left him frustrated and with a bruised ego
Ahead of the WTC Final at the Oval, India coach Rahul Dravid said the team deserved the play in the big game.
South Africa pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada is still bitter about the scheduling fiasco which saw him miss the two-Test series in New Zealand.
