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.
Half of the Australians featuring in the Indian Premier League playoffs have hardly played much in the T20 league.
Rohit, who sustained a left hamstring injury during an IPL game against Kings XI Punjab, was back in the park against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday, a week after being excluded from the Australia-bound squad on fitness grounds.
Former Indian opener and BCCI chief selector said Manjrekar can't think beyond 'Bombay' as far as players' selection is concerned.
The KXIP skipper says next two weeks are all about IPL 2020 before he shifts his focus on India tour of Australia.
The Australian pacer said that he is not going to pay attention to outside opinions any more during the upcoming India-Australia series.
Head coach Ravi Shastri is expected to join the others on Monday
While there are five topics on the agenda, the ones pertaining to cricket operations of domestic and international fixtures will dominate the discussions of the BCCI apex council virtual meeting.
As per the report, the tour will commence with a white-ball component before the four-Test series, which at this stage, begins in Adelaide on December 17-22.
The Indian cricket team, which is set to tour Australia for a full-fledged series next month, may get a concession for the 14-day mandatory quarantine protocol in place in Queensland where the Indians will land.
The Australian board has stuck to the changed schedule, keeping the November 25-30 slot for ODIs (in Brisbane) and December 4-10 for T20Is (in Adelaide).
India's tour to Australia later this year is currently under threat due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Indian seamer had scalped Finch's wicket four times, including during all three ODIs and one T20I, in the six-match limited-overs series.
With two full days play left in the game and Australia still 386 runs adrift of India's score, the visitors will fancy their chances of winning the four-match rubber 3-1.
Chasing 287 on a testing surface, India were 112 for five at stumps with skipper Kohli's dismissal in the 20th over of the second innings dealing a massive blow to the away team's hopes.
India approached the 2nd Test in Perth with four seamers and are at the moment desperately missing out on a spin specialist.
Former Australia cricketer and one of the greatest wicketkeeping players of all time, Adam Gilchrist, was all praise for the Indian skipper.
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