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The India A squad is brimming with talent and with several international players and IPL stars. Tilak Varma will captain India A and Mohammad Haris is his Pakistani counterpart. Zaman Khan, Shahnawaz Dahani, and Haider Ali are some of the star players in Pakistan's squad.

Ruturaj Gaikwad is currently leading Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy. He has played quite a lot of red-ball cricket recently. The right-handed batter was also the captain of India C in the Duleep Trophy.

Pakistan have already crashed out of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final race and neither can England make it to the marquee clash. England continue to occupy the fourth spot on the WTC points table.

Rafael Nadal was comprehensively beaten 6-3, 6-3 in his first match at the ongoing Six Kings Slam whereas Novak Djokovic lost at the hands of Jannik Sinner 2-6, 7-6 and 4-6. The winner of the tournament will fetch a prize money of $6 million.

IND vs NZ 1st Test day 4 Highlights: India were bowled out for 462 in the second innings after the new ball proved to be a nightmare for the Men in Blue. India have handed a 107-run target to New Zealand and need magic to win the game.

The ACC Men's T20 Emerging Asia Cup is being staged in Muscat, Oman this year. There are eight teams participating in this edition of the tournament and they have been divided equally into two groups i.e. Group A and Group B.

Beth Mooney wasn't at her fluent best against South Africa in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup semifinal on Thursday, October 17. The southpaw scored 44 runs off 42 balls at a strike rate of 104.74 and helped Australia post 134 on the board.

India's previous lowest total in Test cricket at home was 75. They had registered that record against West Indies in Delhi on November 25, 1987. Overall, India's lowest innings total in Tests is 36 and came in December 2020 against Australia.

Virat Kohli, who was batting out of position, got out for a nine-ball duck to New Zealand's emerging pacer Will O'Rourke. Will O'Rourke got the ball to move in sharply as it took Kohli's glove and was safely held at leg gully.

Sarfaraz Khan had recently scored a double century while representing Mumbai in the Irani Cup against Rest of India (ROI). His last Test appearance in India had come in March against England in Dharamsala.

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Sarfaraz Khan last played for India against England in a Test match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium (HPCA) in Dharamsala. He recently scored a double hundred for Mumbai in the Irani Cup against Rest of India.

Australia are still unbeaten in the tournament and eyeing their seventh ICC Women's T20 World Cup title. They finished the group stage with four wins in as many games and will take on South Africa who finished Group B in the second position.

Alyssa Healy was unavailable for selection against India in Australia's last group-stage encounter. The wicketkeeper-batter was forced to warm the bench and allrounder Tahlia McGrath led the team in her absence.