Images from Day 3 of the fourth Test between Australia and India at the MCG on Saturday.
'It's unfair to disrupt the balance of the team just to accommodate a big-name player who is out of form.'
'It was probably one of the best barbecues I've seen, to be honest with you. It came out of the blue'
Gavaskar said India need to put their "head down" and try and get as close as possible to Australia's total. R
Those three wickets for six runs, in a manic final 15 minutes of the day's play, undid all the good work that had gone before, asserts Prem Panicker.
Images from Day 2 of the fourth Test between Australia and India at the MCG on Friday.
Out-of-form skipper Rohit Sharma's batting position will be in focus against a dangerous Australia
Pat Cummins said that the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) pitch looks "nice and firm" with a "bit of grass coverage"
Ravichandran Ashwin visualises himself doing a lot more on the cricket field at least for the next few years.
Nathan McSweeney, who opened in the first three Tests with little success, has been dropped.
'Maybe he got some indication from the team management that he is no longer in the scheme of things.'
Mitchell Starc has paid a glorious tribute to the just-retired India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin
Ashwin acknowledged the emotional turmoil he was experiencing, despite his calm demeanour.
Ashwin's legacy, marked by his intellect and dominance on the field, will resonate for years to come.
If one has to analyse Ashwin the cricketer, it is very difficult to ignore Ashwin, the person, who had a very independent mind and a brain that probably ticked 24x7. He believed in de-construction of his art and became craftier one ball at a time.
Australian captain Pat Cummins expressed disappointment over the rain interruptions that prevented a decisive result.
Daniel Vettori admitted that a resilient partnership between Indian tailenders Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep foiled their plans to enforce a follow-on
Though Australia have dominated the rain-hit Test, time will most likely deny the hosts.
Images from Day 4 of the third Test between Australia and India in Brisbane on Tuesday.
At Stumps on Day 3, the visitors are struggling at 51/4 with right-hand batter KL Rahul (33*) and team skipper Rohit Sharma (0*) unbeaten at the crease.
Jasprit Bumrah revealed that Mohammed Siraj has been bowling with a niggle and praised him for fighting through pain.
It was a frustrating day for the loyal crowd of 16,180 but perhaps more so for the home team, whose chances of forcing a result were progressively eroded.
The Indian batters' inability to grind it out against a relentless Australian pace attack in testing conditions left the team precariously placed at 51/4 at the end of a rain-marred day three.
With the series locked at 1-1, Brisbane could well decide the course of the rubber and whether Rohit's men would continue to be the master of their fate in the ongoing World Test Championship.
A garland presented to Mahatma Gandhi during the iconic Dandi March of the Indian freedom struggle in 1930 failed to meet its estimated price at a UK auction. The garland, which was presented to Gandhi by the wife of his personal physician, Dr Balvantrai N Kanuga, was offered as part of an "Islamic and Indian Art" sale by Lyon & Turnbull in London. Despite failing to find a buyer at the auction, the auction house said it has received significant interest since the sale and hopes to sell it to the highest bidder.
The youngsters in the side couldn't have got a better mentor than 'King' Kohli himself to guide them with his words of wisdom.
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Pat Cummins took five wickets as Australia maintained their unblemished record in 'Pink-ball' Tests with a thumping 10-wicket victory over India in the second Test in Adelaide on Sunday to level the five-match series 1-1 in just two-and-a-half days.
In his 13th pink ball Test since 2015, the 34-year-old Australian pacer has taken 72 wickets at an average of 17.
'You've got to love the banter, especially from someone so young.'
The biggest positives with the bat in Perth were Virat Kohli regaining his rhythm and Jaiswal's coming of age hundred in his debut Test in Australia. Both will look to build on those significant gains in Adelaide.
Australia's capitulation in Perth triggered damning assessments of the team's performance in home media.
'He's got a pretty good record against Indian batsmen (123 wickets in 28 Tests versus India).' 'In India too he has a great record (56 wickets in 11 Tests in India), that is a pretty good record against a country that traditionally plays spin very well.'
'We have nothing but respect for every Indian cricketer who takes the field on Friday'
Marsh's fitness has been a major concern for the hosts in the lead up to the pink ball Test, starting Friday.
Adelaide Oval's head curator Damian Hough has also promised a 6mm grass cover to ensure that the pink ball doesn't wear out early during the day-night Test, starting on Friday.
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Fast bowler Jayden Seales produced a record-breaking spell to put West Indies in command on Day 2 of the second Test against Bangladesh.
Former opener Matthew Hayden also took aim at Cummins, criticising the field placements after Kohli's arrival in the middle.
Lazio, who had won all four previous games, were held to a frustrating scoreless draw by a Bulgarian side who came to defend.
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