"ajinkya-rahane"

"I want to give credit to the debutants Siraj and Gill, the character they showed after the Adelaide loss was great to see," Rahane said

Chasing a mere 70 to win, India overhauled to target in 15.5 overs with more than four sessions to spare

Indian opener says he is disappointed with the way he was dismissed

India ended the second day at 277 for five for a handy 82-run lead after bowling out Australia for 195 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Rahane came to the crease with his team in trouble early in the day after two wickets fell in quick succession, but rode his luck to notch a 12th Test ton

Starc was instrumental in helping Australia dismiss India for 244 in the first innings of the first Test, taking four wickets for 53 runs last week

Mohammed Siraj (2/40 in 15 overs) repaid the faith shown in him with wickets of Marnus Labuschagne (48) and Cameron Green (12) with the old ball

The stand-in skipper says they need to stay positive ahead of the second Test

This is the time when a leader needs to stand up, I will be surprised if Rahane does not promote himself to number four, said the former Indian cricketer

Shubman Gill comes in for Prithvi Shaw, Ravindra Jadeja for Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant for Wriddhiman Saha and Mohammed Siraj for Mohammad Shami

India and Australia are dealing with contrasting feelings as they head into the Boxing Day Test

Indian team switches focus to red-ball cricket at MCG

The Indian batsmen were indecisive in their footwork and game plan in Adelaide, said HCA president

Before boarding his flight back home, the star batsman met his teammates and encouraged them to give their all in the remainder of the series

The way Indian batsmen were dismissed in the first Test showed that they failed to leave the deliveries outside off stump and kept nicking them which proved to be their downfall.

The absence of Kohli and Mohammed Shami will be "big losses" but Burns is expecting a strong comeback by Indians at MCG

On Saturday, India was bundled out for 36 in the second innings of the pink-ball Test and Australia was given a mediocre target of 90 runs. Australia chased down the total comfortably inside 21 overs with eight wickets in hand.

Pink-ball Test brings a lot more variables like the twilight period, says Indian skipper

'The start of the series is important and we have to do well in Adelaide'

Australia now have a 39-run lead after India declared their innings at 247 for 9 in the first hour of the second day, with skipper Ajinkya Rahane remaining unbeaten on 117.