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Peak of rowdy behaviour, have faced many times: Kohli on racist abuses

For Virat Kohli, it is "absolute peak of rowdy behaviour" that few Australian fans hurled racial slur at Mohammed Siraj during the third Test as the India captain demanded action against the offenders

India skipper Virat Kohli welcomes New Year with Hardik Pandya and family

India skipper Virat Kohli and all-rounder Hardik Pandya brought in the New Year together on Friday with their families in a safe environment

Losing Virat was not easy, but Jinks was very calm and balanced: Ashwin

Losing regular skipper Virat Kohli was not easy for the team, but stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane stood up to the challenge and led from the front, says R Ashwin

Jadeja becomes 3rd Indian to play 50 games across all three formats

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja expressed gratitude after becoming the third Indian cricketer to feature in 50 or more games for the country across all three formats -- Tests, ODIs and T20Is

Virat Kohli top brand value based on social media engagement: Report

Virat Kohli has the highest brand value among Indian cricketers based on social media engagement for the period August-October 2020, according to Checkbrand, an online sentiment analysis company

Kohli named ICC Cricketer of Decade, Dhoni gets 'Spirit of Cricket' award

India captain Virat Kohli headlined the ICC top honours for the decade, winning the Sir Garfield Sobers award for the best male cricketer of the past 10 years

If you focus on consistency alone, you can't be consistent: Virat Kohli

For a batsman revered for his consistency, Virat Kohli says he never really strives for it at an individual level

Australia vs India 2nd Test toss result, playing 11, live streaming details

Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj have found a place in India playing 11 for the second Test, while hosts are likely to field an unchanged line-up from 1st Test

Apologised to Virat after that run out, he was okay about it: Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane on Friday said he had apologised to Virat Kohli after his horrible mix-up with him led to the India captain's game-changing run out in the first Test against Australia in Adelaide. Kohli was looking solid before the suicidal run out for 74 on the opening day at Adelaide Oval. Upon realising that there was no run in it, Rahane decided to send back Kohli but it was too late by then. What followed was an inexplicable batting collapse, due to which the visitors crumbled to their lowest Test score of 36 in their second innings. "After the end of day's play I went and said sorry to him (Kohli) but he was all okay, he was okay about it," Rahane said on the eve of the second Test here. "We both understood that the situation we were in, we were going well at that point, but such things happen in cricket, you got to respect that and you got to move forward." Stand-in skipper Rahane admitted that the run out handed Australia the momentum as they recorded an eight-wicket win in

IND vs AUS: Absence of Kohli and Shami gives us advantage, says Langer

Australia will look to score over 400 runs in the first innings to take charge of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, says Australia head coach Justin Langer

India vs Australia Tests schedule, match timing, live streaming details

India vs Australia 2nd Test match will take place on the Boxing Day (Dec 26) at Melbourne Cricket Ground. India needs to bounce back after a humiliating defeat in the 1st Test

Check Australia vs India 1st Test playing 11, head to head details

In India vs Australia 1st Test, Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal will open for India while Ashwin is a lone spinner in India playing 11. Check AUS vs IND playing 11, head to head details here

Rahul static at 3rd, Kohli improves to 7th in ICC T20I batting rankings

KL Rahul retained his third position, while India skipper Virat Kohli improved a rung to the seventh spot in the ICC men's T20I player rankings for batsman released on Wednesday. In fact, Rahul and Kohli are the only two Indians to feature in the top-10 list of players rankings in all three categories -- batsman, bowlers and all-rounders. With 816 points, Rahul is behind Dawid Malan (915) and Babar Azam (820) in the list, while Kohli has 697 points in his kitty. Kohli is ranked inside top-10 in all the three formats, being at the top position in ODI batting rankings and occupying the second place in Test batting chart. Among others, New Zealand opener Tim Seifert and fast bowler Tim Southee have attained career-best positions after playing important roles in the 2-1 series win over Pakistan. Seifert advanced 24 slots to a career-best ninth position after a fine run in the home series saw him top the aggregate with 176 runs, while Southee's six wickets in the rubber have lifted him

After pep talk, expectant father Kohli leaves Australian shores for India

Indian captain Virat Kohli left Australian shores after a pep talk with his beleaguered teammates, handing over the mantle of leading the side to Ajinkya Rahane in the remaining three Tests

IND vs AUS: Kohli, Shami's absence a 'hammer blow' for India, says Hussey

Former Australia cricketer Mike Hussey feels that the absence of skipper Virat Kohli and pace spearhead Mohammad Shami for the remaining matches is a "hammer blow" for India

IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli leaves for India, asks boys to express themselves

Virat Kohli has taken a paternity leave for the birth of his first child. He was of part of ODIs, T20Is and one-off pink ball test during India's tour of Australia 2020-21

Virat Kohli closes gap on Steve Smith at top of ICC Test rankings

India may have suffered an embarrassing defeat in the series-opener against Australia but its skipper Virat Kohli fractionally closed the gap with top-ranked Test batsman Steve Smith

India vs Australia Tests: Shami, Kohli big losses for India, says Joe Burns

Australia opener Joe Burns has said that the visitor will be depleted by the absence of pace bowler Mohammed Shami and skipper Virat Kohli in the remaining matches of the series

Wounds opened up, Australia can now clean sweep India: Ricky Ponting

India stumbled to an eight-wicket loss in the first Test of the four-match series

Worst collapse ever as India wraps innings at 36/9 in 1st Test vs Australia

After a decent 53-run first innings lead, India are now staring at a humiliating defeat with only 89 runs to defend.