India vs Australia: Sunil Gavaskar could miss trophy presentation ceremony after Sydney Test
Cricket | Jan 01, 2019, 11:28 PM ISTIndia have taken an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-Test series and will retain the trophy they won at home in 2017.
India have taken an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-Test series and will retain the trophy they won at home in 2017.
Ashwin suffered a side strain during the first Test win in Adelaide, where he claimed 6/149, his best match figures in seven Tests in Australia.
The Sydney Test will be an important Test for the Indian skipper as the win will take him to the top of a record list.
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.
The former Kings XI Punjab coach was full of praise for the Indian pace-attack, in particular Jasprit Bumrah.
On the day of the New Year, both the teams visited the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's residence to meet him.
Pant took the baby-sitting thing quite seriously and was actually spend time with Paine's wife and kids in Sydney.
Opener Aaron Finch, who has scored only a single half-century in three Test matches, might be axed from the playing XI and as per reports, did not bat in the nets.
The MCG rating comes after the new Perth stadium was also given an average rating, which surprised many, including Australian coach Justin Langer, who thought it deserved a higher ranking.
The Indian players, led by their inspirational captain Virat Kohli, conveyed their New Year wishes to fans from Australia.
Ganguly tagged an indiatvnews.com report about Waugh's post in a tweet saying: "Australian cricket selection at its lowest ever."
"We knew we had enough time, we always knew we could do this," said Kohli on Sunday.
The Australia skipper was candid enough to acknowledge the top-class show by the Indian bowling attack.
According to Waugh, Marcus Harris and veteran Shaun Marsh should open the batting, followed by incumbent Usman Khawaja.
Langer blamed the first innings batting flop-show -- 151 all out -- for Australia's defeat in the third Test at the MCG.
With the New Year's Test starting from January 3, Rohit is only going to return on January 8th.
Border heaped praise on India's pace unit, saying: "It's as a good an Indian bowling attack as I've ever seen."
Ganguly said that the successive batting failures must be a worry for Tim Paine and Australia.
O'Keeffe's comments also didn't go down well with India coach Ravi Shashtri, bowling coach Bharat Arun and skipper Virat Kohli.
The Indian team management, as well as national selectors, are on the same page with regards to the workload management of the pacers.
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