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 will not play the third Test against India in Indore starting March 1

A few weeks before attending the Academy Awards on March 12, Ram Charan appeared on Good Morning America.

David Warner and Ashton Agar were included in Australia's squad for next month's one-day international series in India on Thursday despite being sent home from the test tour this week.

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.

As Australia opted to go with just one pacer for second Test against India, former spinner Steve O'Keefe opened up on the team's chances of beating India at home.

The Indian team, set to play the second Test against Australia from Friday, had to switch hotels in New Delhi.

Ahead of the second test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series, Australian skipper Pat Cummins admitted that it has been a bit of an adjustment and the spinners were struggling.

Cheteshwar Pujara is set to play his 100th Test match when India take on Australia for the 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Australia call up left-arm spinner Kuhnemann for India tour

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Australian cricket legend Ian Healy is shocked by the team management's decision to include two off-spinners -- Nathan Lyon and young Todd Murphy -- who have almost similar action.

The Australian team management chose Peter Handscomb ahead of Travis Head

The four-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy that promises a lot of twists and turns, engrossing sub-plots and probably career-defining performances.

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".

Ian Chappell feels that Ravichandran Ashwin will certainly be the biggest threat but the Australia batters need to be proactive against him.

Aaron Finch bows out as one of his country's greatest limited-overs players and as the captain who delivered Australia a first global T20 title in the United Arab Emirates in 2021.

Australia captain Pat Cummins said his team is not fretting over its spin combination as it has enough options to support veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon in the four-Test series against India.

Batting great Greg Chappell believes Australia can win the upcoming high-profile four-match Test series as India are "vulnerable" this time with injuries to key players like Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah.

Team India began their preparation for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Nathan Lyon, Agar, leg-spinner Swepson and young off-spinner Todd Murphy got the nod in the 18-member Australia squad with Zampa missing out.

Hands down, the winner of Anurag Kashyap's patriarchy and privilege pooh-poohing exercise is Amit Trivedi and Shellee's spirited soundtrack, notes Sukanya Verma.

Alongside the experienced Nathan Lyon could play rookie Todd Murphy, who is yet to play an international match.

It's been more than a decade since India lost a Test series at home - they had lost to England 1-2 in 2012.

Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar could turn out to be Australia's X-factor and should be considered as their 'second spinner' in pursuit of the visitors' first Test win in India since 2017.

A disappointed Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa feels he may need to look beyond revival of his red ball career after being ignored for the four-Test series in India.

Australia have kept their bowling options wide open for India tour

Australia have won only four Test series in India in three quarters of a century of touring the country, the last coming in 2004.

The skipper is also counting on the likes of part-time spinners Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to pitch in the slow bowling department.

South Africa dug deep to deny Australia a 3-0 series sweep with a battling draw in the rain-disrupted third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, finally finding some fight on the final day of a miserable tour.

Australia's opener Matt Renshaw tests positive for COVID-19, will feature in Sydney Test against South Africa

Images from Day 1 of the third Test between Australia and South Africa at the SCG on Wednesday.

Australia are slated to play four Tests and three ODIs during their tour of India in February-March.

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IMAGES from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match played between Australia and Sri Lanka in Perth on Tuesday.

Earlier, Ireland's George Dockrell played against Sri Lanka on Sunday in Hobart despite the team identifying him as "potentially positive". Dockrell was forced to travel separately from his teammates, with team medical staff managing his movements and interactions. If Zampa was to be selected, he and Cricket Australia would need to operate under the same guidelines.

In his last five innings including the first practice match against Western Australia, Rohit has scored just 63 runs, including two ducks in the T20I series against South Africa.