Kerry O'Keeffe referred to Virat Kohli as the king of the jungle but also suggested that he is slightly weaker.

While India currently holds the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, their recent form suggests that the hosts will face an uphill battle.

Samson bagged a duck in the second T20I against South Africa. But he had scored a century in the series opener off just 45 balls and it was enough for him to take a massive jump in the T20I rankings.

Indian cricket team star batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli faced a lot of criticism following their team's humiliating Test series loss against New Zealand at home.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma managed just 91and 93 runs respectively against New Zealand in the recently-concluded Test series which India lost 0-3.

Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli would have loved to play warm-up games in Australia. Manjrekar says that with the kind of form and confidence India are going into the tour,

Sanjay Manjrekar reckoned that India "desperately" need a warm-up game before the Australia series as he highlighted the struggles of the India A batters

India will face Australia in a five match Test series starting from November 22 in Perth. The Indian Team need to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy with a 4-0 margin which will ensure their place in the World Test Championship final.