Cheteshwar Pujara wants Shubman Gill to play at number five, allowing KL Rahul to bat at number three spot
The two-day tour game between Prime Ministers XI and India on November 30 will start at 9:10 AM IST. Disney+ Hotstar will live stream the two-day tour game between Prime Ministers XI and India
The head coach of India, Gautam Gambhir will fly back home on Tuesday, November 26, due to personal reasons, as per reports.
Rohit had missed the opener of the five-match series, which India won by 295 runs here on Monday
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Rohit is expected to be part of India's squad for the tour game against Prime Minister's XI at Canberra
Rohit Sharma returns to India's squad after missing the first Test due to family reasons
With India taking on the Aussies Down Under in a 5-match Test series, fireworks can surely be expected with the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant in the side.
Rohit's arrival will bolster India's preparations as they aim to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in the five-match Test series.
Kohli, Rohit, who will arrive before the 2nd Test in Adelaide, and senior off-spinner R Ashwin are facing that moment of reckoning yet again and an indifferent result could have repercussions.
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With less than a week left for the first Test, it is not clear if Rohit, after just a couple of practice sessions, will play the match even if he decides to travel to Australia at the earliest.
Wounded by an unprecedented 0-3 home series defeat to New Zealand, India will look to defend the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in the marquee five-match Test series in Australia beginning on November 22.
The Australia tour for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy begins on November 22 in Perth, and Rohit is likely to miss the first match as his wife is expecting their second child.
Reflecting on the series, he noted that in the first two Tests, India failed to put up enough first-innings runs. "In this game, we got a 28-run lead, and the target was achievable."
The last time India lost 3 consecutive Tests in a series was back in 1976-77, when they were defeated by England.
Mumbai Indians chose to retain five Indian players as the IPL franchises submitted their list of retentions to end weeks of speculations around who were going to stay with their teams.
Harbhajan Singh's predicted retained players for Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction are Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera
Unlike other teams focusing on whom to retain, Mumbai are expected to concentrate more on whom to release. Check MI's probable list of retained players here
Rohit said he knew the wicket would be sticky and tough to bat on but never thought they would be bundled out for less than 50