"axar-patel"

Visitors shot out for 112; Rohit Sharma stands firm as India reach 99/3 on Day One.

Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant, all-rounder Axar Patel and pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar also returned to a fresh-looking squad.

There were questions raised about excluding Kuldeep Yadav. The cricket pundits hit out at the team management for not going ahead with the chinaman bowler, especially after Nadeem failed to make an impression.

This time, though, Jadeja's absence from the first two Tests due to a thumb fracture will mean India will have to pair either one, or two

Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, and Ishant Sharma have made their way back into the squad

The fifth pacer's slot in Test matches may go to Siraj, who has done well in longer version for India A and his Ranji Trophy side

Both CSK and RR have failed to live up to the expectations so far and are placed sixth and seventh on the points table in the eight-team competition

Shikhar's wicket was important but we dropped him quite a number of times, says CSK skipper

This century was his third consecutive 50+ score in the tournament and he said he was always in good nick even before these three good knocks.

Chasing 163, the defending champions overhauled the target with two balls to spare and claimed the top spot in the points table with five wins from seven matches