Bhuvneshwar travelled to London on January 9 and underwent a successful sports hernia surgery on January 11
When Dhoni was the captain of the Indian team, there was ore clarity about players' batting positions, says Virendra Sehwag
India have also announced their 16-man squad for the series which gets underway at Eden Park on January 24.
Opener Rohit Sharma (119) hit a confident century while skipper Virat Kohli made clinical 89 to take India to a comfortable victory. India also clinched the three-match ODI series 2-1
Indian team management would like to go with the same playing 11. However, Rohit Sharma's injury may force them to make changes in India playing 11
Team India will take a call on injured openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan before the final ODI in Bengaluru on Sunday itself. While Dhawan didn't come out to field due to a blow on his rib cage while batting, Rohit walked off in the 43rd over of the Australia innings after a shoulder injury.
Rahul was just filling in for the injured Rishabh Pant in Rajkot but comparisons have already been drawn with the great Rahul Dravid
India got their batting combination right for the second ODI, a fair comment considering the way K L Rahul seized the opportunity in his new batting position number five
India made two changes in their playing 11, bringing in Manish Pandey for Rishabh Pant while Navdeep Saini comes in for Shardul. Check India vs Australia 2nd ODI Live score, match commentary here
K L Rahul, who took the gloves in Pant's absence during Australia innings, is likely to retain his place, but as wicket keeper in India playing 11
The former Indian captain's return to the national side, according to selectors, depends on his performance in domestic cricket
India will go the second ODI 0-1 down after Australia registered a 10-wicket win in the lung-opener at Mumbai, courtesy David Warner and Aaron Finch, who hit unbeaten hundreds.
Australia gave the hosts a reality check with a crushing 10-wicket win in the lung-opener on Tuesday, riding on David Warner and Finch's unbeaten hundreds
Patel, 87, passed away on Monday, a post on her official Instagram page, 'Cricket Daadi', stated
Shikhar Dhawan hit a half-century before Australia pulled things back to bowl India out for 255 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Check India vs Australia 1st ODI Live and match commentary here
The 31-year-old also felt that the present Aaron Finch-led Australian team is stronger than the one which toured India last year
Speaking after giving the 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial lecture, Gavaskar said that he can't speak on Dhoni's fitness
Sent into bat, India rode on K L Rahul (54 off 36) and Shikhar Dhawan's (52 off 36) 97-run opening stand to post a challenging 201 for six in their allotted 20 overs.
Kohli needed just one run to reach the milestone and the batting ace took a single off Lakshan Sandakan to get there
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20 match will be telecast live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD with English commentary. The toss will take place at 6:30 pm (IST)