India skipper Rohit Sharma is unsure of playing the first Test against Australia in Perth starting November 22 due to personal reasons. He is unlikely even to travel with the team but nothing is sure at the moment with developments likely closer to the first Test.
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Cricket Australia on Tuesday (May 28) confirmed that Australia A will be hosting India A for a couple of red-ball games including one at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ahead of the five-match Border-Gavaskat Trophy. India have won the last four Test series against Australia, two at home and two away.
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Hazlewood has stated that his team will look to keep the Indian bowlers on the field for a substantial amount of time early in the upcoming Test series.
Shreyas Iyer says Aussie plans best be tackled by adopting a counter-offensive approach and taking advantage of the field placing.
Waqar said Australia will come hard at India as they must be still hurting from the defeat in the 2018 Test series at home.
Despite recent COVID-19 lockdown in southern Australia, Adelaide is all set to host the first Test match of the Australia-India series, said Cricket Australia interim CEO Nick Hockley.
West Indies legend Brian Lara has termed Suryakumar Yadav "a class player" and feels that the 30-year-old should have been a part of the India squad for the upcoming series against Australia, which begins this Friday.
India without captain Virat Kohli in Tests will be akin to Australia without Steve Smith and David Warner, according to former Australia fast bowler Geoff Lawson.
Former India fast bowler Praveen Kumar, who helped India clinch the second Tri-series final in 2008 at Brisbane with an early three-wicket burst, says he used to catch the batsmen by watching their feet and body language.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly recently had said that they are expecting Ishant Sharma to get fit before the first Test in Adelaide.
Australia's strike bowler Mitchell Starc will train at the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) Village here for a week to spend time with wife Alyssa Healy ahead of the India series.
Thanks to no local transmission case of Covid-19 in Sydney over the last week, life for the touring Indian cricketers is expected to be a bit more relaxed.
There has been an increase in demand for tickets for December's first India-Australia Test after it was confirmed that it will be the lone Test that Indian skipper Virat Kohli will play in the series.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has clarified once again that Indian opener Rohit Sharma is not yet at his 100 per cent after the Mumbai Indians captain suffered a hamstring tear mid-October.
Australia head coach has hinted that he is likely to stick with Joe Burns at the opening position with David Warner for the first Test against India despite young Will Pucovski's incredible form.
Breaking from tradition, Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday named nine members of the Test squad as part of Australia A squad that will play a three-day warm-up game against India prior to the Test series early next month.
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