India, who are in the middle of strict quarantine and restricted to their hotels, will be tested both mentally and physically when they face Australia in the third Test in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy that begins Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground. ....

For the first time ever, New Zealand have scaled the ICC Test team rankings to become the sixth country in the past ten years to be ranked number one in the longest format of the game. England, South Africa, India and Australia have all enjoyed a year at the top of ICC Test rankings in the last 10 years. ....

Rohit Sharma has replaced Mayank Agarwal as opener in the India team for the third Test against Australia that gets underway at the Sydney Cricket Ground from Thursday. Rohit will open the innings alongside Shubman Gill. ....

Former Indian skipper and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly will now be discharged on Thursday, the Woodlands Hospital has stated in its latest medical bulletin. ....

KL Rahul's exit from the India squad due to wrist injury has left India with fewer batting options going into the third Test against Australia. India are already missing their batting mainstay and regular captain Virat Kohli, who has returned home for the birth of his child. ....

Weeks after Suvendu Adhikari stepped down as a minister, West Bengal minister of state (MoS) for Sports and Youth Affairs and former cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla on Tuesday resigned from the Mamata Banerjee-led state cabinet. Shukla said that he wants to pursue a career in cricket once again. ....

Forecasts for rain on the first two days of the third Test in Sydney would disappoint the Indian team management that is banking heavily on the third Test at the friendly Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) surface to take a 2-1 lead and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ....

In the lead up to the third Test between Australia and India which begins Thursday, the McGrath Foundation has launched a virtual 'Pink Seats' campaign to help raise $1 million to fund McGrath Breast Care Nurses. ....

Noted cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty, who came to Kolkata on Tuesday morning to see former Indian skipper and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly, said that the former batting great is stable and can now be discharged from the hospital. ....

Right-handed batsman KL Rahul has been ruled out of the remaining two Tests of the ongoing four-match series against Australia and will fly home after he sprained his left wrist while batting in the nets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ....

Uncapped Australia batsman Will Pucovski has been cleared by an independent neurologist as well as by all medical experts ahead of the third Test against India scheduled to begin from Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground. ....