Faf du Plessis's record in Tests now went from bad to worse in the last seven Tests as he lost the last six while Bavuma called wrong in Ranchi.
Michael Vaughan was of the view that Test match pitches in India offer lop-sided contests.
With the century, Virat Kohli surpassed the legendary Sunil Gavaskar to become fourth-fastest to score 26 Test tons.
Mayank Agarwal scored his second century in Test cricket with a battling innings against South Africa at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
Rahmat Shah had previously scored 98 in Afghanistan's last Test against Ireland in Dehradun.
Rashid Khan broke a 15-year-old record, which was earlier created by Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batsman Tatenda Taibu in 2004.
In order to add more excitement to the longest format of the game, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has already come out with the concept of World Test Championship.
In response to an urgent letter from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, regarding a report that the deadly zoonotic disease was detected in horses in the state, the animal husbandry department of Chhattisgarh issued a circular notifying the municipal corporation areas of Durg and Rajnandgaon as 'controlled areas', imposing restrictions on movement of equines in and out.
Marnus Labuschagne, who came in as Test cricket's first concussion substitute and impressed with the bat at Lord's, is all but sure to take Steve Smith's place in the playing XI.
Besides Dar and Bucknor, South Africa's Rudi Koertzen is the only other umpire to have reached the three-figure mark in Tests, having stood in 108 Tests before calling it a day in 2010.
With James Anderson ruled out of the Lord's Test, Jofra Archer is set to make his Test debut in the second match starting Wednesday at Lord's.
Tall and imposing West Indies all-rounder set to face India in Test series
Steve Smith scored 144 off 219 balls at Birmingham on his return to Test cricket after 15 months but his fluency forces one to ask... did he ever leave?
Out of the six bowlers used by India A, five picked up a wicket each providing breakthroughs to not allow the hosts take opening day's honours.
While Usman Khawaja looks fully fit, there was another injury scare for Australia after David Warner was hit at the nets by paceman Michael Neser.
Mickey Arthur said that missing five years of International cricket took a toll on Mohammad Amir as he was not equipped for managing the workload.
The World Test Championship gets underway on 1 August 2019 and will comprise of the top nine teams in the Test rankings, who will play 71 Test matches in 27 series across two years.
Mitchell Santner, who played his most recent Test against the West Indies in December 2017, missed most of last year with a knee injury.
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Avesh Khan is one of the four pacers, who is travelling with the Indian team to England to bowl in the nets but his main aim remains to break into the Indian team for the West Indies tour.
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