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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.

Five isolated players to join them as Brisbane Test to go as scheduled

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.

"Am I going to be a 100 per cent? It is highly doubtful. But I will be doing everything I can to be able to get on that park and play and even if I am not a 100 per cent I will let the selectors give me that green light," Warner said.

While the inclusion of KL Rahul or Shubman Gill as opener will be known only after the team’s announcement, former Indian cricketer and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar suggested Cheteshwar Pujara to open the innings.

Babar, who has been Pakistan's top run-scorer across all three formats since last year, suffered a fracture in his thumb during a throw-down session in Queenstown on December 12 which ruled him out of the three-match T20 series.

Labuschagne now set his sights on the shortest format of the game in India IPL. He said he always follows IPL and wants to be a part of it. “I have been interested in the IPL for a long time, always following and how the teams are going.

India's playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami, and Jasprit Bumrah.