Injured during a pre-tournament camp in December, Poonam Yadav missed the preparatory tri-series in Australia and her participation in the showpiece was thrown into doubt.
India will play four Test matches as a part of the World Test Championship in Australia later this year, out of which, one will be a Day-Night Test.
India played their maiden day-night Test against Bangladesh last November at the Eden Gardens, winning the match quite comfortably with plenty of time to spare.
This comes a little over a month after captain Virat Kohli asserted that his team was ready to play a day-night Test anywhere in Australia.
Former Australia captain Steve Smith said that Virat Kohli is a terrific player and his hunger for runs will make him break more records.
The long-time debate over who is better between India skipper Kohli and Australian star batter Steve Smith was once again brought up by social media enthusiasts after Smith slammed 131 off 132 balls in 3rd ODI.
Rishabh Pant could now have to play second fiddle to KL Rahul in limited-overs cricket after KL Rahul was backed by Virat Kohli to continue as the wicketkeeper-batsman.
Kohli on Sunday was awarded the Man of the Series trophy for his spectacular back-to-back half-centuries against Australia in the three-game ODI series.
Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to congratulate Team India after the side registered a 2-1 series win over Australia.
The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested 11 people who had placed bets on the third and final ODI between India and Australia.
What does the future hold for Indian youngster Rishabh Pant after Virat Kohli seemingly confirmed that KL Rahul will continue to be the side's wicketkeeper-batsman?
Indian middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer said that communication with Virat Kohli during the third ODI helped him relieve pressure.
Rahul batted at No 3 in the series opener, at No 5 in Rajkot before opening in the decider as Shikhar Dhawan was injured. Kohli is happy that Rahul has worked on his game and is now a match-winner.
Australia were particularly hurt by the fact that their premier pacers, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, had a bad day in the office. The pair ended up conceding 30 runs in the 16 overs that they bowled.
Rahul was dismissed in the 13th over but Indian captain Virat Kohli then got stuck in with Rohit and the pair put up 137 runs for the second wicket.
Virat Kohli was confident that an experienced side like theirs would pull off a tricky run-chase even in absence of an injured Shikhar Dhawan.
Rohit scored 119 while Kohli was dismissed 11 runs away from his 44th ton as India chased down 287 with 15 balls to spare.
Skipper Virat Kohli had led India to its first ever Test series win on Australia soil but it had come in the absence of their key batsmen David Warner and Steve Smith, who were serving bans for ball-tampering
Chasing 287 to win, India overhauled the target with 15 balls to spare at M Chinnaswamy stadium.
Kohli scored 89 runs off 91 deliveries, after Rohit Sharma's sensational 29th ODI ton, to guide India to a 2-1 series win.
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