"virat-kohli"

ICC confirms that all India-Pakistan matches during the 2024-2027 rights cycle will be hosted at neutral locations due to strained political relations between the two nations

After the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in a stalemate at the Gabba, both Australian and Indian teams headed to their next battle in Melbourne for the fourth Test of the series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Rain was always a constant theme in the match at Brisbane, and only 22 overs of play was possible on day five. After bowling out India for 260 to take a 185-run first-innings, Australia declared its second innings at 89/7 and gave the visitors’ a target of 275 runs in a bid to get an unlikely victory

Skipper Rohit (10) will regret missing another opportunity to make a meaningful contribution in this series

The start of play on day three and India's innings were also slightly delayed due to rain

India won the toss and elected to bat in the Brisbane cricket test match

Resuming their innings at 128 for 5, India lost the last five wickets for 47 runs in 12.5 overs with Nitesh Kumar Reddy top-scoring with a 47-ball 42 on Day 3

Rishabh Pant and captain Rohit Sharma were on the crease at 4 and 1 respectively at the break after a mini collapse

While Rohit is expected to open alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul could come in at three pushing Gill to number 5

Allan Border expresses his disappointment over the team's inability to contain Virat Kohli during the first Test in Perth

Kohli's brilliant hundred was the perfect icing on the cake for India after opener Yashasvi Jaiswal put the visitors in the driver's seat with a brilliant 161

Four wickets fell in an eventful second session but Kohli and Washington remained firm during the breaks as India looked in commanding position

India springs in surprise by selecting Washington as their lone spinner ahead of stalwarts like Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja

LSG snubbed their captain Rahul and retained Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni in the squad.

I just can't see how you get yourself in that competitive mindset of consequence by playing an intra-squad game, says former England captain Michael Vaughan

When he's up, he's up, and when he's down, he sort of struggles a little bit, says the Australian pace legend

The right-hand batsman is in line to open the innings if skipper Rohit Sharma does not play in the first Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series

Curator Isaac McDonald says they are trying to prepare a pitch that has similar traits of the one that they readied for the first Test against Pakistan in December last year

The South Australian emerged as a strong contender for the opener's spot, earning backing from the likes of David Warner and Ricky Ponting

As reported earlier, India will play all its matches in Dubai and the high-profile India vs Pakistan match will also be held in the UAE