Lyon acknowledges that the stand-in Indian skipper was extremely good against him in the Boxing Day Test and the spinner has chalked out plans against Rahane for the Sydney Test.
The five Indian players, who were earlier put into isolation after allegedly breaching the bio-secure bubble, have also tested negative.
The Australian pacer injured his rib after a fall at his home while on leave during the Boxing Day Test; Cricket Australia not to name any replacement.
The Oz spinner has called on the Indian team to 'stop complaining' about harsher restrictions for the fourth Test in Brisbane and 'suck it up and get on with it'.
Following reluctance of Indian team to play fourth Test in Brisbane over the COVID-19 quarantine rules, Queensland government member hit back with blunt remarks.
The Indian batting legend feels the opener’s failure to score runs in the last two Tests is down to his new stance; giving him less options on the backfoot.
BCCI informed in a message that Ajinkya Rahane and side couldn't practice during their training session at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday due to rain.
Rahane's dogged 112, which according to head coach Ravi Shastri was the turning point of the game, became the cornerstone of India's famous win in the second Test in Melbourne.
T Natarajan has been named in India's Test squad for the remainder of Australia vs India Test matches as a replacement to injured Umesh Yadav
The left-handed opening batsman was included in the Australia Test squad for the last two Tests in Sydney and Brisbane with team assistant coach Andrew McDonald hinting on Thursday that he would be played even if he is not 100% fit.
Smith has aggregated just 10 runs in four innings of the first two Tests averaging only 3.33 per innings.
Both Labuschagne and No. 4 Steve Smith, the mainstays of Australian batting, have struggled to get going in the series with the latter aggregating just 10 in four innings.
Rohit had joined the rest of his teammates at a Melbourne hotel after landing in the Australian city post the completion of the 14-day mandatory quarantine period in Sydney.
Both the Aussie batsmen were back at the nets on what would have been the fifth day of the second Test trying to find a method to counter the leg-side theory.
In the absence of Warner, who was recovering from a groin muscle tear, Australia's batting failed miserably in the first two matches.
The final call on who will play between Shardul and T Natarajan will be taken by the head coach Ravi Shastri, stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane and bowling coach Bharathi Arun after reaching Sydney.
Umesh ruled out of the remainder of Australia vs India series and is set to return to India; T Natarajan is the likely replacement.
The Aussies are ahead of India by just two runs and have four wickets in hand. India are yet to bat in the second innings.
Brett Lee and Shane Warne questioned third umpire's decision after hotspot reveals no edge while Snicko technology suggested a sharp noise.
It was one of those deliveries by Bumrah which just clipped one bail before going to Rishabh Pant.
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