The last time India's Test playing XI didn't feature R Ashwin or Ravindra Jadeja was in 2018 against Australia in Perth, the same venue as this match.

Former England cricket team skipper Michael Vaughan believes that India lacks 'aggressive leadership' going into the five-match Test series against Australia.

Gautam Gambhir could end up losing his role as India's Test coach if the team doesn't do well in Australia.

The first Test between India and Australia will kickstart from Friday at Perth's Optus Stadium.

Ravi Shastri was the head coach when Team India won Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia in 2020.

Pressure continues to mount on Gautam Gambhir as India look to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.

India "paid a heavy price for being a little complacent" against New Zealand and the team needs to start well in the first two Tests against Australia to put behind their unprecedented loss to New Zealand at home, believes Ravi Shastri.

Virat Kohli has been going through a rough run across all formats over the last few months.

India won back-to-back Test series' in Australia under Ravi Shastri's guidance.

Mohammed Shami bowled for 19 overs and took an impressive 4/54 to signal that he's slowly getting back to being at his best.