Rahul's failure in the second innings will only result in the critics questioning Kohli's motive behind dropping Shikhar Dhawan for the second Test.

According to reports, Kohli has decided to exclude wicketkeeper Saha from the playing XI that played in Cape Town.

Shikhar Dhawan's poor performance in the first Test in Cape Town could see Lokesh Rahul making a return to the starting XI in the Centurion Test.

The popular 'dab dance' moves had picked up by Team India players as their celebration style during India's tour of Sri Lanka in August last year.

India lost the first Test by 72 runs within four days, with Vernon Philander wreaking havoc with his pace and swing.

Indian Cricket Team shared some of the pictures from the practice session ahead of the first Test, be held in Cape Town from January 5 to 9.

India have leapfrogged England, New Zealand and the West Indies to move from fifth to the second position in the list, which is led by Pakistan with 124 points.

India beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the third and final T20I in Mumbai on Sunday to seal a 3-0 win in the series. It was India's first clean-sweep in a bilateral T20 series against Sri Lanka.

After Rahul left the job unfinished getting out for 61, Dhoni played the finisher's role to perfection with a 22-ball 39 not out with four boundaries and a six to lift India to 180 for 3.

The Tamil Nadu opener revealed that sharing feelings about selection openly with each other helps them to move on rather than keeping things brewing inside.

India turned around the Kolkata Test in the final two sessions with pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar hitting top gear en route to superb bowling figures of 4/8 to reduce Sri Lanka to 75/7 in pursuit of 231 before bad light stopped play at 26.3 overs.

In terms of quality, Karnataka are way ahead of Delhi with the presence of current national team players like KL Rahul and Manish Pandey who are back in the mix to beef up the batting lineup for the hosts.

In his last six T20I innings, Pandya had only managed to score 48 runs at a poor average of 9.69.

Pacer Siraj grabbed 4 for 42 in 15 overs, whereas, India regular KL Rahul was castled by medium pacer Ravi Kiran for 4 runs.

The focus would be on Karnataka's stylish batsman K L Rahul and young paceman Mohammed Siraj of Hyderabad.

The skipper admitted that the spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal were so good that he was tempted to play them together.

Rahul, who has been omitted from the New Zealand ODIs, would like to use the opportunity to make an impression after Karnataka made a solid start in the Ranji season.

Skipper Vinay Kumar, eyeing a comeback into the Indian squad, scalped six wickets in the match for Karnataka, four of them in the second innings.

It will be an opportunity for Rahul to get back into the limited overs side as he has not been in great form and also did not get too many opportunities.

Rahul had an ordinary outing with the bat against Sri Lanka, he scored 28 runs in three ODIs before being dropped from the fifth rubber.