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India advanced to the final of the tournament with a four-wicket victory over Australia at the Dubai International Stadium. The Rohit Sharma-led side has played all four games at the same venue, whereas other teams have had to travel from Pakistan to the Middle East to face India due to the Indian government's refusal to allow the team to travel to Pakistan

Iyer displayed excellent form during the just-concluded 3-0 ODI series sweep against England, hitting a counter-attacking 36-ball 59 in the opener when India were 19/2 chasing 249 in Nagpur, and scoring 44 and 78 in the next two games

India head coach places his faith on batting icons to play “massive roles” in the Champions Trophy, scheduled to begin from February 19

'Expressed interest' in training with the team and is likely to turn up for the side's practice session at the MCA-BKC ground on Tuesday

It was widely speculated that Gambhir has issued an ultimatum to the seniors to either perform or be prepared to be sidelined

Under Gambhir, India lost an ODI series in Sri Lanka for the first time in 27 years, and they hit a new low when they were whitewashed 0-3 by New Zealand at home, unprecedented in the country's cricket history

A review of the recent performances will be conducted soon but the BCCI does not blame head coach Gautam Gambhir for the defeat

All present at the SCG witnessed a complete communication breakdown between skipper and the head coach

Rohit will be dropped on the basis of form after Gambhir made it clear that performance is the only thing that would keep a player in the dressing room helmed by him

India head coach says he has had some "honest" conversations with his players as only performance can help them stay in the set-up

The Indian pacer has taken five wickets from two Tests in Brisbane and Melbourne so far

He may be on the chopping block if India fails in Champions Trophy in Feb-March and also there are murmurs of unrest in the dressing room and it is learnt that the coach is not on the same page with most of the players

While many in the Australian camp were surprised by it, Shastri felt there was nothing bad about it

Even Gambhir's philosophy of playing the same way, come hell or high water, is something that those associated closely with Indian cricket have failed to fathom

Shastri's comments come after India suffered their first-ever Test series loss at home in 12 years, through a 113-run defeat to New Zealand in the second Test at Pune

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli struggled with the bat, while the formidable spin duo of R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja also failed to make a significant impact

India's fielding coach T Dilip hailing Washington's outstanding improvement and noted that he appeared as a "different" player in terms of his fielding improvement

Both wickets were pretty good to bat but as a team we didn't play to our best potential, says the pacer

Rinku blasted 53 runs off 29 balls at No 5 while forming a crucial 108-run partnership off 49 balls with Nitish Kumar Reddy (74)

Bangladesh are scheduled to resume their first innings from 107 for 3, which they managed on the rain-hit opening day