Australia are slated to play their first Test against Pakistan from October 7 in Dubai followed by the second match at Abu Dhabi from October 16.
With India's top-order struggling against England in the ongoing Test series, former India opener and IndiaTV cricket expert Virender Sehwag has suggested captain Virat Kohli to play limited-over opener Rohit Sharma at the top slot in Test cricket as
The Indian team is currently playing against England in the five-match Test series where they are lagging 1-3 after the fourth Test.
Good news comes its way for the visitors as Kohli is near full fitness, whereas R Ashwin, Hardik Pandya and seamer Jasprit Bumrah have been declared fit for the 3rd Test at Nottingham.
The remaining four days will see 96 overs each to make up for the lost time. However, there is more rain forecast for this weekend and as such this match could see routine rain breaks.
The former India captain said the leg spinner has the skills and has been given the chance to prove himself in the ongoing 'A' series against South Africa.
Jay Darrell, a batsman from Minehead CC, was on 98 and eyeing his maiden ton, however, the bowler threw the ball over the boundary ropes, conceding a no-ball.
When stumps were taken due to bad light, the visitors were trailing by 239 runs after India A declared their first innings at 584 for eight.
Tendulkar advised Kohli to continue the way he prepares before a match and not to be bothered about the ups and downs in his form.
England selectors ignored the fact that Adil Rashid has not played the longer version since December 2016.
Kohli, Vijay, Rahul scored their respective fifties to help India build momentum and it was Dinesh Karthik who leads the way for the visitors after the top order crumbled early on Day 1.
Du Plessis' comments came after Sri Lanka thrashed South Africa 2-0 in the recently-concluded two-match series, where the fast bowler could only manage to add two wickets in his tally.
Jadeja and Ashwin have 866 and 811 points respectively, while South African duo of Rabada (882) and Philander (826) are placed in the second and fourth spot respectively.
Opener Taide, who had slammed 113 in the first Youth Test last week, blazed his way to 177 off 172 balls whereas Pavan Shah has an unbeaten 177 which he is yet to covert.
The pacer, who boasts of 540 wickets in 138 Tests, said that the 2012 series victory over India was on par with many of his Ashes performances.
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Bumrah, a key bowler for India in limited overs cricket, did well in his debut Test series in South Africa, picking up 14 wickets in three games.
England pacer James Anderson has an outstanding record against Virat Kohli, having dismissed him four times in six innings during the 2014 tour.
While Kohli will only get one four day game as a warm-up before the Test match, Stewart feels that playing limited overs matches will be of some help though.
On the current tour, India won the three-match T20I series 2-1 while England made a terrific comeback in the ODIs by clinching the three-match series 2-1.
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