Superstar Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli not only won millions of hearts with his gesture towards Australian batsman Steve Smith during India’s ICC World Cup 2019 match against Australia but the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday awarded the Indian skipper with 2019 Spirit of Cricket Awar d for his gesture at the Kennington Oval in London on June 9, 2019.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan said four wickets were lost in quick time, causing India to lose momentum in the first ODI against Australia.

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.

The four-day Test proposal which has drawn fierce disapproval from Virat Kohli , looks practical but brace for more draws, massive erosion of skills and whittling down of the drama fascinating fifth-day comebacks have provided us.