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Huge Pat Cummins Surprise As Australia Announce ICC Champions Trophy Squad

Pat Cummins returns for Australia's ICC Champions Trophy campaign in Pakistan next month after skipping their Sri Lanka Test tour, with injured paceman Josh Hazlewood also in the squad announced Monday. Australian captain Cummins opted out of the Sri Lanka series starting later this month for the birth of his second child. He is also reportedly carrying a knee injury. Hazlewood was included in the two-time tournament winners' preliminary 15-man line-up after calf and side strains restricted him to just two Tests against India over the summer.

"Taken The Pants Of The Aussies": World Cup-Winner's Funny Praise For Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant played one of the most terrific knocks of his career in Test cricket on Saturday. With the Indian top order once again failing to give the side a strong start, Pant walked in on Day 2 of the fifth and final Test vs Australia with his side reeling at 59 for 3 and went on to hit the fastest fifty by a visiting batter on Australian soil. His contribution of 61 off 33 deliveries, laced with six fours and four sixes, received him a lot of praise by former India stars. Meanwhile, India's 1983 World Cup-winner Krishnamachari Srikkanth came up with a funny tweet to laud the southpaw.

"Cows Could Have...": Sunil Gavaskar Slams SCG Pitch As 15 Wickets Fall On Day 2 Of 5th Test

Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar believes the green pitch at the fast-moving ongoing fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground would be questioned if the game was played in India, adding that the surface dishing out is not ideal for playing longer format games. After 11 wickets fell on day one's play, day two yielded 15 wickets. India, after bowling out Australia for 181, took a four-run first-innings lead and reached 141/6 at stumps, with the overall lead standing at 145.

1st Time In 148 Years: Rishabh Pant Scripts History With Fiery Fifty vs Australia In 5th Test

Rishabh Pant smashed the fastest Test half-century on Australian soil by a visiting batter during the ongoing fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. Pant, who was struggling with the bat in the series so far, rose to the occasion to unleash his attacking prowess on day two of the series finale. Pant completed his fifty off 29 balls with the help of a six against Mitchell Starc. He bettered previous 33-ball efforts by England's John Brown (Melbourne 1895) and West Indies' Roy Fredericks (Perth 1975). It was also the second-fastest half-century by an Indian batter in a Test match.

Sachin Tendulkar's Blunt "Majority Had Strike-Rate of 50 Or Less" Take As Rishabh Pant Wages Lone Battle

With the Indian top order once again failing to give the side a strong start, Rishabh Pant walked in on Day 2 of the final Test with his side reeling at 59/3 and went on to hit the fastest fifty by a visiting batter on Australian soil. Pant's contribution of 61 off 33 deliveries, laced with six fours and four sixes, was labelled as truly remarkable by India great Sachin Tendulkar. “On a wicket where majority of the batters have batted at a SR of 50 or less, @RishabhPant17's knock with a SR of 184 is truly remarkable. He has rattled Australia from ball one. It is always entertaining to watch him bat. What an impactful innings!” Tendulkar posted on X.

Watch: Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah Brutally Sledge Sam Konstas In India vs Australia 5th Test, Mock Star

Sam Konstas is slowly turning out to be one character that antagonises India the most. The youngster has shown potential both with the bat and at mind games. Be it Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli or Jasprit Bumrah, Konstas has riled up all of them. And he himself has faced the music too. On the second day of the fifth Test in Sydney, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah joined hands in sledging Konstas. In a video posted by official broadcasters on X, Kohli can be heard telling Bumrah: "Yes Bumrah, there is your man now. Bowl him close towards his body, he might go for attacking shots. There is a chance to get him out. We have one over, take this chance."

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Australia drop Marsh, hand Webster debut for fifth India test

SYDNEY :All-rounder Beau Webster will make his test debut for Australia in place of the dropped Mitchell Marsh in the fifth test against India on Friday, captain Pat Cummins said on Thursday.

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Huge Pat Cummins Surprise As Australia Announce ICC Champions Trophy Squad

"Taken The Pants Of The Aussies": World Cup-Winner's Funny Praise For Rishabh Pant

"Cows Could Have...": Sunil Gavaskar Slams SCG Pitch As 15 Wickets Fall On Day 2 Of 5th Test

1st Time In 148 Years: Rishabh Pant Scripts History With Fiery Fifty vs Australia In 5th Test

Sachin Tendulkar's Blunt "Majority Had Strike-Rate of 50 Or Less" Take As Rishabh Pant Wages Lone Battle

Watch: Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah Brutally Sledge Sam Konstas In India vs Australia 5th Test, Mock Star

LIVE | Australia v India: 5th Test, Day 1

Australia drop Marsh, hand Webster debut for fifth India test