Superstar Virat Kohli

India are “absolutely open” to playing a day-night test in Australia this year and the world’s top-ranked team have the confidence to take on any side in the world in any condition, captain Virat Kohli said on Monday.

The Little Master scored 20 centuries on home soil out of his 49 ODI centuries and Kohli is just one behind him with 19 . Kohli will have the opportunity to equal Tendulkar's unique record at his home ground in Mumbai on January 14 when India plays Australia.

Sanju Samson dropped from team for NZ

The Indian teams for the New Zealand tour will be picked in Mumbai on Sunda y and the T20I team will leave for New Zealand on January 20, a day after the final ODI between India and Australia at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on January 19. Virat Kohli and boys will play five T20 Internationals, three ODIs and two Test matches against the Black Caps.