KL Rahul was on his way to playing one of the hundreds of a lifetime by an Indian batter in Australia but it wasn't to be as Steve Smith redeemed himself by plucking a blinder to dismiss the most solid-looking player for the visitors in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Day 4 of the Gabba Test.

IND vs AUS 3rd Test Day 2: Travis Head continued his red-hot form with another big century while Steve Smith ended his poor run of form with his 33rd Test hundred as Australia reached 405 total despite Jasprit Bumrah taking a five-wicket haul for India.

Steve Smith stitched a massive 241-run partnership alongside Travis Head for the fourth wicket as Australia strengthened their position with the bat on the second day of the Gabba Test against India. With the century, Smith also inched closer to Ricky Ponting for Australians with the most hundreds.

Australia's batting order is under the pump after a forgettable outing at the Optus Stadium in Perth in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener. The second match of the series will be played with a pink ball at the Adelaide Oval.

Ricky Ponting has asked the Australian batters Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to trust their game like Virat Kohli to bounce back in the five-match Border-Gavaskar series. Both the players struggled big in the first Test in Perth.

Yashasvi Jaiswal aced the challenges thrown at him in his first Test in Australia against the home team in Perth. After bagging a duck in the first innings, the young left-hander smashed 161 runs in the second essay and that has helped him jump in the latest ICC rankings.

India vs Australia 1st Test Day 4 Highlights: Team India have registered their maiden Test win at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Their only red-ball win in Perth before today came at the WACA during the 2007-08 tour.

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is off to a scintillating start as 17 wickets fell on the opening day in Perth. After opting to bat first, India were skittled for just 150 runs. However, with the ball India made a stunning comeback dismissing six Aussie batters for just 63 runs.

India have scripted a memorable comeback in the first Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth thanks to their skipper Jasprit Bumrah. He has run riot with the new ball picking up three wickets including that of Steve Smith who bagged his first golden duck in 10 years.

IND vs AUS head-to-head record in BGT: The 2024-25 BGT hosts Australia hold and dominate the head-to-head record against India with 45 wins in 107 Test meetings but the travelling side has superior numbers since the inception of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 1996.

Australia are going to play two more ODIs and then a three-match T20I series against Pakistan before the eagerly awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy gets underway in Perth on November 22 against Team India.

Mohammad Rizwan's captaincy stint in white-ball cricket for Pakistan will kick off with a three-match ODI series against Australia. The series marks the return of the big three of Pakistan cricket including Babar Azam while for Australia skipper Pat Cummins comes back having missed England series.

Former Australian opener David Warner received a lifetime captaincy ban from all Australian cricket competitions and a 12-month suspension after being found party to in the infamous ball-tampering investigation during the 2018 Cape Town Test against South Africa, alongside Steve Smith.

Steve Smith has confirmed that he will no longer play as an opener in Test cricket for Australia. The right-handed batter will bat at his favourite slot, No. four, during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

With Australia all-rounder Cameron Green ruled out of the upcoming five-match Test series due to a back injury, Steve Smith is set to take up his number four position. The veteran had advocated to open the innings after David Warner's retirement but the returns were not as expected.

Harry Brook is scaling new heights every day in his Test career. Even though he has played only 19 Test matches so far, the 25-year-old has displayed excellent skills with bat in testing conditions and has already notched up a triple century while averaging 62.5 in the longest format.

Steve Smith averages 28.50 with the willow in hand as an opener in Test cricket. The right-handed batter has played four Tests as an opener for Australia and aggregated 171 runs with the help of a solitary half-century.

England will take the field on Tuesday (September 24) with an aim to stay alive in the ongoing five-match ODI series against Australia. The visitors have been brilliant winning the first two matches and extending their winning streak in ODIs to 14 matches.

The much-awaited five-match Test series between India and Australia is set to commence on November 22 down under. However, the mind games are being played from now on with comments coming from the majority of current and former Australia cricketers.

Australia's decision to move Steve Smith to open the innings hasn't worked yet and there are already talks for their best batter to move to his favoured position. But then, Cameron Green has scored runs at number four and it remains to be seen if Smith will continue to open against India.