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Overall, Rohit Sharma is the ninth Indian batsman in the elite 8,000-run club in ODIs, after Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Azharuddin

"Leg spinners provide option and variety. In particular, if you look at Kuldeep (Yadav), his strength is not how far he turns the ball but his strength is how the ball just like Shane Warne's deliveries arrive at the batsman. It has a distinct curve in the air," Matthew Hayden said

Last year, in the final of Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series final in Sri Lanka, Dinesh Karthik won the love and respect of Indian cricket fans as he did a Javed Miandad with a last-ball six and helped India pull off an incredible win against Bangladesh. It will be in India’s interest that the Tamil Nadu batsman is picked for World Cup 2019 to add more experience, reliability and solidity

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For T20Is, the selectors called up uncapped legspinner Mayank Markande. The 21-year-old plays for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL). India will play two T20Is and five ODIs against Australia

During the second ball of the 37th over, Dhoni ran out Neesham as the India wicketkeeper's presence of mind came to the fore. Dhoni sensed the confusion in the batsman's mind and quickly gathered the ball and hit the stumps.

'The most important aspect of chasing down totals is how you time the chase. And, I think there is no one better than him (MS Dhoni) in the world as far as planning chases are concerned. But, yes, he needs a little more help now, with big hitters playing around him. Dhoni plays a very pivotal role in that middle order. He is the one, who kind of, is the composer in this whole symphony,” Deep Dasgupta said

After batting for 449 minutes, Cheteshwar Pujara could have easily put his feet up and relaxed. But when Karnataka opener Dega Nischal approached him to pick his brain on batting technique, India’s No 3 Test batsman, readily obliged

Sarfraz Ahmed was heard on stump microphones of making racist remarks directed at Andile Phehlukwayo. Pakistan replaced Sarfraz with wicketkeeper-batsman Muhammad Rizwan for the fourth one-dayer with the experienced Shoaib Malik asked to lead the team for the last two ODIs and two T20I games in South Africa