Labuschagne and Pucovski hits half centuries on a flat track after Warner failure; Smith finds form with the bat on a day marred with rain breaks.
Labuschagne and Pucovski put on a 100-run stand for the second wicket after Warner's failure; Smith finds form with the bat on a day marred with rain breaks.
The rookie Aussie opener, who smashed half century on his debut, was dropped twice in quick succession by the Indian wicketkeeper on the opening day of Sydney Test.
Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, and Mike Hussey not pleased with Warner's technique following his return to international cricket post injury lay-off.
The Indian pacer removed the veteran Aussie opener, who was making a reutrn after an injury lay-off, for cheap in the third Test before rain interrupted play.
While Ashwin is currently leading the wicket-takers' chart with 10 scalps, Jadeja's half-century and the hundred plus stand with skipper Rahane in the second Test formed the cornerstone of India's eight-wicket win in Melbourne.
Warner is still not hundred percent fit but Paine's eulogies bore testimony to team's desperation to get their opener back in the wake of their batting unit's flop show in three of the four innings so far.
The state health authorities said the man in his thirties was not infectious while at the famed Melbourne Cricket Ground on the second day of play.
Rahane, while sidestepping on unconfirmed series pull-out threats, made it clear that the focus is on the Test match starting tomorrow at the SCG.
KL Rahul made his feeling apparent on Twitter after the Indian batsman was out of the Australia-India Test series due to a wrist injury.
BCCI tweets the playing XI for thrid Test; Rohit Sharma is fitted into the playing XI at the cost of Mayank Agarwal while Navdeep Saini makes Test debut.
The stand-in skipper also added that the call on future of fourth Test in Brisbane will be taken by BCCI and team management.
Curator Adam Lewis said hosting a Test is the biggest stage for them and considering the fickle weather this year, they have rolled out a pretty good wicket for the match.
Wasim Jaffer strikes again with a funny video depicting David Warner returning from injury to find his place back in the playing XI at the cost of out-of-form Joe Burns.
The 34-year-old opener is fit to play the third Test, beginning on Thursday, after missing out on the first two matches, says Oz skipper Tim Paine.
The Oz skipper said that he feels uncertain about Brisbane hosting the fourth Test as India could force a change of venue given the power they hold in international cricket.
Shane Warne says he is frustrated with the way Travis Head is performed and wants quality openers to play the Sydney Test ahead of him in order to deal with the quality that Indian bowling possesses.
An independent neurologist cleared the in-form opener to play after his ninth concussion injury last month, says coach Justin Langer.
Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley on Monday dismissed reports that the Indian team is reluctant to play the fourth Test in Brisbane because of stricter quarantine rules there.
The match will now have to be re-ticketed with the existing holders getting an exclusive window to re-buy the tickets from 5 pm local time on Monday through to 12pm on Tuesday.
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