Head coach Justin Langer said he reached a mutual agreement with Saker, a former England bowling coach, that it was time for the pair to part ways.

Earlier, Kurtis Patterson became Australia's third century-maker of its first innings, scoring an unbeaten 114.

The 30-year-old Karunaratne, who retired hurt on 46, left the ground on a motorized stretcher.

After Cummins dismissed Dimuth Karunaratne on the last ball of the second day, he took wickets in his first two overs Saturday.

Called into the team to replace the injured Josh Hazlewood, Richardson's first career wicket was Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal with a ball that moved slightly away from the right-hander on 5.

What we now know that we didn't before the 4-Test series between Australia and India that concluded in Sydney on 7th January.

 “Lots of talks about you being Australia Prime Minister. Thoughts?” reporters asked Cummins.

After facing defeat in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and trailing 1-2 in the four-match series against India, Shane Warne had heaped praise on Cummins and predicted him to be the future captain.

Kohli overtook Steven Smith in August and has now held the top position for 135 days.

Hick stressed the need to develop awareness of the game and gave the example of Kohli's first innings 204-ball 82-run knock.

The Australian batting failed for a second time in this Test, after getting bowled out poorly in the first innings.

India came within sniffing distance of a defining victory before a stoic resistance by Australia's tail delayed the inevitable on Saturday.

Pat Cummins struck a valiant unbeaten half-century to keep India two wickets away from victory in Melbourne.

Kohli fell before lunch, edging Pat Cummins (1-54) to second slip where Peter Handscomb just got his fingers under the ball.

After the Adelaide Test, the 21-year-old told the media that he enjoys troubling batsmen by distracting them.

India beat Australia by 31 runs at the Adelaide Oval on Monday to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series.

Rishabh Pant was trying to force Pat Cummins into playing a big shot against R Ashwin in the 76th over of the Australian innings.

Skipper Virat Kohli, who grabbed all the headlines ahead of the Adelaide Test, failed to live up to the expectations in the first innings.

It will be surely a series to watch out for before the 2019 ICC World Cup and both teams will give their all to achieve the glory and the journey will start from Adelaide Oval.

South Africa's Duminy has been released along with Australian fast-bowler Cummins, who was ruled out before the start of IPL 2018. Rahman and Lankan spinner Dananjaya have also been let off.