KL Rahul along with wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel flew early to Australia, and will appear for India A in the second four-day game at the MCG.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have not been in the best of form in Tests in recent past

In the ODI format, West Indies have also defeated Pakistan 71 times, but Australia managed to achieve it in 28 fewer matches

Gavaskar urged Team India to not focus on the World Test Championship (WTC) final, but solely focus on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.

Josh Hazlewood expressed that India's rare series whitewash at home to New Zealand could "awaken a sleeping giant" as they prepare to take on the ICC World Test Championship table-toppers in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Gavaskar stated the necessity of warm-up games in Australia for India players to get used to the change in conditions, following an embarrassing 0-3 series whitewash against New Zealand.

Anil Kumble was left surprised by BCCI's decision to cancel the practice game ahead of the first Test match against Australia in Perth starting November 22.

India A's wicket-keeper batter for the match, Ishan Kishan fumed at the umpire's call and called it a "stupid decision".

Skipper Pat Cummins kept his cool under pressure with a gritty unbeaten 32 to steer Australia to a nervy two wicket defeat of Pakistan in the first of three one-day internationals on Monday.

India were completely outplayed by New Zealand in the recently concluded Test series as the Rohit Sharma-led side suffered a 0-3 whitewash on Sunday.

Bancroft, who played ten Tests so far, has been the leading run-getter in last two seasons of the Sheffield Shield and has been seen as the leading candidate to open the batting alongside Usman Khawaja

The Indian cricket team has been facing a lot of criticism following the humiliating 0-3 series loss against New Zealand that severely hampered their dreams of qualifying for the World Test Championship (WTC) Final.

England cricket team skipper Michael Vaughan was left stumped by a piece of information shared by Pakistan great Wasim Akram on commentary during the first T20I encounter between Pakistan and Australia.

Former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist has said the way in which India will bounce back from 3-0 Test series defeat to New Zealand will be fascinating to watch

Pakistan debutant Kamran Ghulam look to unsettle Pat Cummins but ended up giving away his own wicket in the first ODI at MCG.

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Senior batter KL Rahul and reserve keeper Dhruv Jurel will be flying to Australia for the second 'unofficial Test' between India A and Australia A starting November 7 at the MCG.