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Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Suffer Major Losses In ICC Test Rankings After MCG Test Defeat

India's veteran batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma continue to struggle with their respective forms in Test cricket. In the ongoing five-match Test series against Australia, Virat has scored 167 runs across four matches at an average of 27.83. He has scored only one century while in his other six innings he failed to even score a fifty. The case is even poorer with Rohit, who joined the team from the second game and failed to make any impact since then. Rohit has scored only 31 runs across five innings at an average of 6.2. Only once has Rohit registered the double-digit score in the series.

Champions Trophy, England Away, Asia Cup: Team India's 2025 Cricket Schedule In Full

Team India will be battling for as many as three international trophies in 2025. The new year will bring a plethora of cricket action, kickstarting with the all-important final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25 against Australia. Should India win the game, they'll keep themselves alive for qualification to the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final, one of the trophies at stake. The 2025 Asia Cup - on home soil - will be a trophy to win late in the year. But undoubtedly the biggest one is the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, set to take place in February and March.

"Everyone Afraid Of Virat Kohli": Team India Told To Make Big Change In 5th Test At SCG

With just one Test to go and the series on the line, Team India could spring a few surprises in team selection in the final match of the series against Australia. Skipper Rohit Sharma's batting position has already been altered once, but former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has asked the team management to demote Virat Kohli too. Kohli, who has batted at the No. 4 spot in all 4 matches so far, has been suggested to play at the No. 5 spot in the last match at Sydney Cricket Ground.

"We Could Pass A Law...": What Australia PM Anthony Albanese Told Jasprit Bumrah At New Year's Party

Ahead of the fifth Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test starting on Friday, the Indian and Australian teams met Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancee Jodie Haydon in a New Year's reception at Kirribilli House on Wednesday. According to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald, Albanese also had some words for India's fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who has taken 30 wickets from four matches in the series so far. “We could pass a law here that says he has to bowl left-handed or off one step. Every time he has come onto bowl has been very exciting," he said in the 90-minute function.

Australia Executed Their Disciplined Plan Of Dismissing Virat Kohli: Michael Clarke

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has lauded the Pat Cummins-led side for executing their "disciplined plans" of dismissing the talismanic Virat Kohli in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Despite making an unbeaten century in the second innings during India's 295-run win in Perth, Kohli hasn't done anything substantial, as seen from his scores of 7, 11, 3, 36 and 5 in the next five innings in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne. What's been more worrying is, all six of Kohli's dismissals in the current series have been to chasing balls outside the off stump.

Gautam Gambhir Not 1st Choice Coach, Only A 'Compromise': BCCI Official Drops Bomb

As Indian cricket deals with the fading form of its two stalwarts in captain Rohit Sharma and senior batter Virat Kohli, head coach Gautam Gambhir and his support staff's role in handling a team in transition has also come into focus. The ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been a difficult ride for the side has struggled to get the right combination in the face of an aggressive and highly-driven Australian team. The visitors will be playing the must-win fifth and final Test here from Friday.

Team India Star Keen To Be 'Interim Captain' In Tests, Calls Himself 'Mr. Fix-It': Report

The hunt for Rohit Sharma's successor as Test captain seems to be in full swing despite the fact that he hasn't yet cleared the intent around the future. Though it was pace bowling icon Jasprit Bumrah who led the team in Rohit's absence in Perth, it has been reported that multiple players in the Indian dressing room were keen on the leadership role. It looks highly likely that Rohit's Test career will come to its inevitable end after the conclusion of the Australia tour if India don't qualify for the World Test Championship final. But, it seems like Bumrah isn't the only one in the race to fill the captain's spot in the longest format.

"I've Had Enough": Furious Gautam Gambhir Lashes Out At India Stars, Issues Stern Warning

Not all is well in the Indian team's dressing room at the moment. With Australia leading 2-1 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with just one Test in Sydney to go, there's an understandable discontent in the Indian team. Pressure has been increasing on India head coach Gautam Gambhir, under whom, the team produced some astonishing results against Sri Lanka (in ODIs), and New Zealand (in Tests at home) and is now on the brink of losing the Test assignment in Australia and with it, a chance to qualify for the World Test Championship final.

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Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Suffer Major Losses In ICC Test Rankings After MCG Test Defeat

Champions Trophy, England Away, Asia Cup: Team India's 2025 Cricket Schedule In Full

"Everyone Afraid Of Virat Kohli": Team India Told To Make Big Change In 5th Test At SCG

"We Could Pass A Law...": What Australia PM Anthony Albanese Told Jasprit Bumrah At New Year's Party

Australia Executed Their Disciplined Plan Of Dismissing Virat Kohli: Michael Clarke

Gautam Gambhir Not 1st Choice Coach, Only A 'Compromise': BCCI Official Drops Bomb

Team India Star Keen To Be 'Interim Captain' In Tests, Calls Himself 'Mr. Fix-It': Report

"I've Had Enough": Furious Gautam Gambhir Lashes Out At India Stars, Issues Stern Warning