Pujara was the tormentor and the wrecker-in-chief for the hosts in India's historic 2-1 win Down Under in 2018/19 tour. He scored 521 runs at 74.27 last summer with three centuries
Cricket Australia, earlier this month, sacked Roberts as their CEO and roped in Nick Hockley as an interim option, citing the former's mishandling of the financial situations during the pandemic
If the match is shifted to Perth, the CA plans to hold it at the Optus Stadium, which can sit 60,000 supporters and is regarded as the best venue in Australia outside the MCG.
While the situation was already tense during the final moments of the fourth Ashes Test last year, Tim Paine had another thing to worry about.
Cricket Australia has already stood down 80 per cent of its staff and now is in talks with Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) regarding a potential players' pay cut.
A few days back, Cricket Australia chief Kevin Roberts admitted that the board is mulling all creative solutions to make happen the summer a success which includes the blockbuster Border-Gavaskar series at home.
Lyon reckons that Paine has been “absolutely incredible” ever since taking up the responsibility post the infamous ball-tampering scandal in 2018.
Pat Cummins explained that the Aussie team were trying to play less aggressive cricket after the ball-tampering scandal.
Paine rubbished Clarke's claims that his team had "sucked up" to Kohli in order to land fat deals with IPL franchises, calling it a a tactical decision not to engage Kohli into verbal duel during the 2018-19 series but there was no other motivation.
Earlier this week, Paine named Smith, Cummins, Travis Head, Alex Carey and Marnus Labuschagne among those who could take up the captaincy.
Under Paine, Australia for the first time in 71 years lost a home Test series against India 1-2 in the 2018-19 bilateral contest. However, Smith and Warner were then in the midst of their ball-tampering suspension and the team was in a transition phase.
Smith is free to captain the national team again after his captaincy ban came to an end on Sunday. This would be of little significance however with no cricket coming up in Australia, or anywhere in the world, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Cricket Australia had imposed a two-year captaincy ban on Steve Smith for his role in the ball-tampering scandal that took place in March 2018 in South Africa. The suspension ended on March 29 making him eligible for the post once again.
Tim Paine has said that the team's upcoming tour to Bangladesh slated to be held in June is unlikely.
A pay cut for the top cricketers seems to be on the cards with Cricket Australia delaying annual contracts for both the men's and women's national teams.
Tim Paine's wallet was stolen from his car on Tuesday after he parked the vehicle on the street outside his home in Hobart to convert his garage into a gym.
Tim Paine stated that the players are eager to return to the field but the COVID-19 is more than the game of cricket.
Australia Test captain Tim Paine talked about the 'babysitter' sledge on Rishabh Pant, which went viral on social media during the Test series last year.
India had refused to play a Day-Night Test against Australia in their backyard when they last toured the country in 2018-19 but skipper Kohli on Monday made it clear that his side is "absolutely open" to play pink ball Test in their next tour Down Under.
Virat Kohli, Tim Paine, Joe Root and Faf du Plessis all had their say on Test cricket being reduced to four days.
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