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Shape up or ship out: Is Gambhir talking tough to Team India after MCG loss?

According to a report in The Indian Express, coach Gautam Gambhir questioned the players for not playing according to the situation and instead doing their own thing in the name of 'natural game'

Gavaskar points out Rohit and Kohli's lack of impact in recent games

The legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Monday lashed out at senior players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for letting the team down and blamed the Indian top- order for losing the Boxing Day Test against Australia here. Set a target of 340 on the final day of the fourth Test, the Indian batters, with the exception of Yashasvi Jaiswal (84), faltered yet again to lose the match by 184 runs and trail 1-2 in the five-match series. "It all depends on the selectors. The contributions that were expected have not come. It is the top-order which has to contribute, if the top-order is not contributing, why blame the lower-order. "The seniors have not really made the contribution that they should have, all that they had to do was bat out today and live to fight another day in Sydney," Gavaskar told India Today. "...it's just that the top-order didn't contribute and that is the reason India found itself in this position." While Gavaskar praised Jaiswal for his gritty knock, the batting great once agai

IND vs AUS: Ravi Shastri questions Rohit's future in team, backs Kohli

Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri believes it's high time for Rohit Sharma to start thinking about what his role in the team should be going forward in future

Anushka Sharma, Athiya Shetty distraught after Virat, Rahul's early wicket

Anushka Sharma and Athiya Shetty's reaction goes viral to Reddit as their husbands Virat Kohli and KL Rahul lost early wickets leading to another loss for India at MCG

IND vs AUS: Rohit and Virat failed to meet expectations, says Irfan Pathan

Both Rohit and Virat have failed to deliver with bat in the ongoing series against Australia

IND vs AUS: My aim is to become a complete all-rounder, says Nitish Reddy

Reddy also called the moment when he was at the non-striker's end while his idol Kohli scored a ton in Perth as magical

Is it Kohli's mistake? Pathan-Manjrekar bickers over Jaiswal's run-out

The incident took place during the 41st over when Jaiswal played the ball to mid-on and called for a single, but Kohli turned around to track the ball, missing Jaiswal's call

Australian media calls Virat a 'joker'; Irfan Pathan says it's unacceptable

Irfan Pathan, who is part of the Star Sports' broadcast team in Australia, said that the same media that labelled Kohli as 'King' ahead of the series is now calling him a 'joker'

IND vs AUS: Dropping Gill was a strategic move, says batting coach Nayar

Star batter Shubman Gill was dropped from the Indian squad for the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy

IND vs AUS: Debutant Konstas believes bump with Kohli was accidental

The incident, which occurred after the 10th over of Australia's innings, saw tempers flare but was later downplayed by the young Australian batter.

IND vs AUS: Kohli penalised after on-field altercation with Sam Konstas

According to Law 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct, any inappropriate physical contact with a player, umpire, or any other individual during an international match is prohibited.

IND vs AUS: Matthew Hayden's advice to Virat Kohli ahead of Boxing Day Test

With scores of 5, 100 not out, 7, 11, and 3 in his last five innings, the former Indian captain has managed only 126 runs at an average of 31.50.

Virat Kohli and Steve Smith will be dangerous and hungry: Ravi Shastri

They may not have been at their dominant best so far but Virat Kohli and Steve Smith will be "dangerous" and "hungry" for runs in the remaining two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, feels former India head coach Ravi Shastri. Part of the celebrated 'Fab Four' that also comprises Joe Root and Kane Williamson, both Kohli and Smith have endured struggles with the bat in recent times, though they have scored a century each in the first three Tests of the five-match series. "I think they (Kohli and Smith) will have slipped down the ranks on current form because you know you've got the likes of Root taking off, there's Williamson doing well, Harry Brook has come onto the scene, you know there are a lot of other young players pushing but these are class players," Shastri said in the ICC Review. "In a situation like this, you know they'll be dangerous because they'll be hungry." Smith's scores read 0, 17, 2, 101, and 4 in five innings, while Kohli has managed 126 runs at an average of .

IND vs AUS: After Kohli, Australian media targets Jadeja; here's why

Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja faces scrutiny from Australian media after a press conference at the MCG on Saturday

'With my kids I need some ', Virat Kohli loses control at Melbourne airport

Virat Kohli was involved in a heated discussion with Australian media at the Melbourne Airport ahead of the boxing day test. He was unhappy with the cameraman filming his children

IND vs AUS: Watch Virat Kohli gets angry at Melbourne airport; here's why

According to reports from Australia's Channel 7, Kohli seemed visibly upset by the presence of cameras aimed at his family, particularly his wife, Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.

Heartbreaks and triumphs: Top 5 moments for Team India in cricket in 2024

From a historic T20 World Cup win to being clean-swept at home by New Zealand, these were the highlights of the Indian men's cricket team in 2024

Gavaskar's advice is welcome but hope he suggests others too: Kohli's coach

Sunil Gavaskar's advice for a struggling Virat Kohli to follow Sachin Tendulkar's epic 241 in Sydney, where he didn't play a single cover drive, was met with disapproval by the current megastar's childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma, who was far from amused by the suggestion. "Sunil Gavaskar has been a great player and his suggestions are always welcomed but I hope he suggests others also about their batting," Sharma, a former Delhi off-spinner, who has coached Kohli since his pre-teen days told PTI on Tuesday. To be fair, Gavaskar, first ever to score 10,000 Test runs and 34 hundreds, has not singled out Kohli but had spoken in detail about players also during his commentary stint. "He has been performing well since 2008. It will be unfair to say that he is out of form on the basis of two innings. He has already scored a hundred in this series. How many players have got a hundred in the series?," Sharma countered, citing his ward's second innings ton at Perth which came after India had

IND vs AUS: Manjrekar blames Virat's weakness outside off for average dip

The great Virat Kohli's "adamancy" to not explore an alternate route to overcome his weakness outside off-stump has brought his batting average down from the 50s to 48.13, feels former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar. Kohli, who struck a fine hundred in the series opener of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth to break a prolonged century drought in the game's traditional format, was out cheaply for 7 on day one of the second match at Adelaide Oval here on Friday. It was a length ball outside off by left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc and it rose sharply on the batter, leaving Kohli in two minds. The ball landed on the fifth or sixth stump and as it moved away. Kohli looked tentative and ended up deflecting it to the slip cordon where Steve Smith did the rest. "One important reason why Virat's average has slipped to 48 now, is the unfortunate weakness outside off. But more crucially his adamance to not try another way to tackle it," Manjrekar tweeted moments after the Indian batting mainstay

Trust your game like Kohli to turn things around: Ponting to Aussie batters

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting advised struggling batters Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to trust their game akin to star India batter Virat Kohli to turn their fortunes around in the remaining four Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Labuschagne was all at sea against Jasprit Bumrah-led Indian pacers in the opening Test at Perth, which the Aussies lost by a whopping 295-run margin, making a 52-ball 2 and 3. Smith looked equally out of sorts while making a first-ball duck and 60-ball 17 before succumbing to Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj in the first and second innings respectively. "Marnus looked the most tentative out of all the batters in Perth. Yes, it was high quality bowling on a difficult wicket, but he needs to find a way to turn it around," Ponting told ICC Review. Ponting cited how Kohli broke the shackles at Perth. "Virat went back to trusting his game and he looked like a different player in the second innings than he did in the first innings," Ponting said. K