Ravichandran Ashwin retired last month during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

R Ashwin pointed out how a suggestion from Virat Kohli to pacer Akash Deep backfired during India's recently-concluded Test tour of Australia.

India pacer Akash Deep could not feature in the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy due to injury.

India pacer Akash Deep gave his thoughts on captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir.

When asked about the sequence of events which led to that moment, the Bengal speedster fondly said, "Bhaiyya (Kohli) ne khud mujhse pucha 'Tumko bat chahiye?' (Virat bhaiyya asked me, do you need a bat?)."

Rohit Sharma is set to be a headline absentee from India's playing XI for the fifth Test.

India head coach Gautam Gambhir said the playing XI would be decided after taking a look at the pitch.

India captain Rohit Sharma was not happy with pacer Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep as Australia's tail frustrated them on Day 4 of the 4th Test in Melbourne on Sunday.

India suffered a late batting collapse after a good show from Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal on Day 2 of the fourth Test match against Australia in Melbourne.

Steve Smith got out in a rather bizarre manner, falling 10 runs short of a landmark 150.