With reports flooding in over Rohit Sharma is not India's Test scheme in future, the captain rubbished the media reports in a interview with the broadcasters of India vs Australia Test series.
The skipper was asked about this during the lunch break on Day 2 in Sydney and mentioned that most of the players in the squad are still quite young and need more experience to take on the leadership
The star Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah was involved in a heated exchange of words with Khawaja and Konstas on day 1 of the Sydney Test
The Aussie all-rounder replacing Mitchell Marsh in the squad summed up his day with two important catches in the slip on day one of the Sydney Test
The idea of the Pink Test was proposed by former Aussie pacer Glenn McGrath, who lost his wife Jane McGrath to breast cancer in 2008
Rishabh Pant was the top scorer for the Indian side in the first innings of the Sydney Test
Only two matches into Test cricket, Konstas might have bitten off more than he can chew by going up against Bumrah
The weather forecast for Day 2 of the 5th Test (January 4) between India and Australia is expected to allow the play to flow without any interruptions with less than 5% chances of rain.
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India managed to score 185 runs in 72.2 Overs during the India vs Australia 5th Test in Sydney on January 3, 2025.
Sunil Gavaskar said: "I think it probably means that if India don't qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) final, the Melbourne Test will be Rohit Sharma's last game."
As an opener, Gambhir's performance has not been as encouraging as he scored at an average of 27.5, but Rohit's is even worse.
While the reports were flooding in a day before that Rohit dropped himself from India's Playing 11, stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah revealed at the toss on Friday that Rohit thought about the team
India are without their regular captain Rohit Sharma, who dropped himself for the fifth Test. India made two changes in their Playing 11
Pitch report by Sunil Gavaskar: "There is a lot of grass on the pitch. The sun is not out and it is very overcast. The new ball will not be easy for the batters"
Though captain dropping himself has happened for the first time in India's cricket history, here are six notable examples in cricketing folklore.
Australia captain Pat Cummins asserted that there would be no let up in intensity despite the hosts grabbing a 2-1 lead heading into the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India, beginning here on Friday. A commanding 184-run victory in the Boxing Day Test has placed Australia in pole position to reclaim the Trophy for the first time since 2014-15. "I mean, it's always the preferred position. But you know, you go into every Test match trying to win. So, it's no different this week," Cummins said "But I'm really happy with how the boys have played in the last three Tests. We've shown that we've been the front-runners, and the aim again this week is to keep it up," he added. The skipper, however, conceded there are some issues with the Aussies' batting. "I think, no doubt, there are times when we would have liked to score more runs. In that last game in Melbourne, we would have liked to push that lead out to 400-500, given we were in such a good position. But
Jasprit Bumrah had previously captained the team during the first Test in Perth, where India triumphed by a commanding 295-run margin.
If Gambhir pulls the trigger, it will evoke memories of the 1984 tour of England when cricketing legend Kapil Dev faced a similar reprimand for his reckless stroke play
According to Syndey weather forecast, there is a chance of rainfall in the morning on January 3. However, the weather is likely to improve as the day progresses, with no forecast of rainfall