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Rahane impressed everyone with his calm and composure on the field and more over delivered the good as India won the series 2-1 in Australia.

Given the pandemic situation, only a small group of his friends welcomed him at his home. The fast bowler will spend only two days with his family before joining the Indian team in quarantine

Whatever you say about him, it will be very less. He had put his life for the Indian cricket team. He took so many blows, on the gloves, body and was hit on the helmet as well but he stayed there.

You really feel for him, I was there in Sydney when he took those 5-6 wickets, and that was when Ravi Shastri actually said, ‘he is our number 1 overseas,’ and I don’t know whether he has actually played a Test match since then.

India is plagued with injuries in the ongoing series with all of their frontline pacers – Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma and now Bumrah – sidelined with various injuries.

The 28-year-old visibly seemed to be in a lot of discomfort, holding onto his thighs, after his follow-through as he bowled his fifth delivery during the post-lunch session to Marnus Labuschagne in the 36th over of the Australian innings.

"I have been quite shocked and disappointed by the reaction to this. It's something I do in games to visualise where we are bowling, how the batter is playing our bowlers and then out of habit I always mark centre," Smith said.

Kohli, who took paternity leave, conveyed the good news on twitter

For Vihari, it was one of the monumental innings. He survived 161 balls for just 23 runs and Ashwin, who had treatment on his ribs, making 39.

Chasing a mammoth target of 407, India reached 334/5 after batting for 131 overs before both the teams decided to shake hands on the final day of the Test match.

Rohit Sharma scored 52 runs but fell at the fag end of the day. Former Indian cricketer Ajay Jadeja praised the opener for the knock. "Whenever you see his innings, you get enjoyment.

At least six members of the SCG crowd were removed from the stands on Sunday after Mohammed Siraj raised concerns on the fourth day when play was stopped for a brief while as the umpires

“To Mayank I would say that, create a bubble and stay in that safe space. Understand what you need to work on. Address those issues and take one step at a time. Don’t get ahead of yourself. Stay in the present.”

However, the talking point of the day’s play was the pace with which Cheteshwar Pujara scored his runs. He scored his slowest ever half-century in a painful innings of 176 balls. Adding to that, captain Ajinkya Rahane

Siraj complained to the umpires and with the help of security guards, evicted six people from the stadium

According to BCCI sources, Siraj was allegedly referred to as a "monkey" by a drunk spectator in one of stands at the Sydney Cricket Ground, reliving the infamous Monkeygate episode of the Indian team's tour of Australia in 2007-08.

"We could see the indications that David Warner is not fully fit. When he was trying to take a quick single, his facial expressions were telling that he is still in pain. But he showed intent, tried to rotate the strike,” said Zaheer Khan.

The Hyderabad pace bowler, who made a sensational Test debut in the previous match at Melbourne, was seen wiping his tears with his senior bowling partner Jasprit Bumrah giving him an appreciative nod.

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Former left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha was all praise for the off-spinner Ashwin and said he had become the leader of the bowling attack.