Starc has done a turnaround from a below-average performance at the ICC T20 World Cup, and is now averaging more than 50 with the bat and less than 20 with the ball, which could earn him a batting order promotion at the SCG.
Pietersen's suggestion is radical one compared to the balanced approach of workload management advocated by the likes of India Test captain Virat Kohli and former head coach Ravi Shastri who have also warned that bubble fatigue among players will hurt the game.
At 29, de Kock called time on his Test career last week citing family reasons, although the wicketkeeper-batter will continue to play in the shorter formats of the game.
The hosts, who are trailing 0-1 in the three-match series after losing the first Test by 113 runs, will look to bounce back and prevent a first-ever series defeat at home to their opponents.
Kohli getting caught behind by the keeper or in the slip cordon while trying to lunge into cover drives and off-drives have become some sort of a norm and Rathour was asked about the kind of discussions that he has had with the Indian skipper.
Warner's 2016 IPL-winning signed jersey topped the chart with the highest bid, digital rights of the bat signed by the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team, which handed the country the ODI World Cup after 28 years, also attracted massive bidding.
Pujara said the recent overseas success has made India a confident unit and that will reflect in the three-Test series, beginning Sunday.
Australia set a target of 20 runs for victory, finished the job in the sixth over for the loss of Alex Carey.
Bradman had also used the bat to score his highest ever Test partnership of 451 runs with opening batter Bill Ponsford.
Shubman Gill while playing a shot in the ongoing second Test against New Zealand in Mumbai
Off-spinner Ravichandra Ashwin also held on to the second spot among bowlers; pacer Jasprit Bumrah slipped one place to the 10th position.
Yogi Adityanath was in Ayodhya today. But none of his speeches seemed provocative. On the other hand, from Maharashtra to Lucknow, Maulanas and Mufti Brigade continued their provocative speeches even today. However, their anti-Modi rants seemed to be more focused towards batting for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Watch this report.
In the last six Test matches between India and New Zealand, Team India won three tosses while Blackcaps won three.
The new evidence gathered from the US government documents under Freedom of Information backs the theory that Covid-19 emerged from bats and that the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China, the Daily Mail reported.
It is understood that Shubman has been told that he would bat in the middle-order in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, where Ajinkya Rahane will lead the team in the absence of Virat Kohli, who is on a break.
India T20 captain Rohit Sharma opted to bat first against New Zealand after winning the toss of the third T20I in Kolkata on Sunday.
Suryakumar Yadav (62) and Rohit Sharma (48) starred with the bat as India chased down 165 to defeat New Zealand by five wickets in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Big-hitting all-rounder and Australian cricket's man of the moment Mitchell Marsh has thanked the country's selectors for giving him an "amazing six weeks" at the T20 World Cup by promoting him to the top-order.
Australia's limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch feels there is a potential for Matthew Wade to come higher up in the order as early as in the ICC T20 World Cup final against New Zealand.
Australia and New Zealand will square off in the finals of the World Cup on Sunday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
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