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 Can Ravindra Jadeja find himself in trouble after he was seen applying ointment to his spinning finger. Both Jadeja and Rohit Sharma were questioned by match referee Andy Pycroft after the day’s play. Australian team has not made any official complaint as well. Atreyo Mukhopadhyay has more updates

 India picked up two early wickets, thanks to Mohammed Siraj and Md. Shami. Marnus Labhuschagne and Steve Smith got back the moment for Australia. Atreyo Mukhopadhyay reviewing the 1st session of Day 1 from VCA Stadium.



 Team India captain Rohit Sharma and Head Coach Rahul Dravid was seen having a long discussion with BCCI Chief Curator Taposh Chatterjee at the start of practice session on Tuesday. Watch the video to find why Rohit and Dravid was chatting with the pitch curator at VCA stadium.

 How important will Virat Kohli be? What should Steve Smith and Marnus Labhschagne’s gameplan be against Ashwin? How badly can India miss Pant and Bumrah? Will Shubman be the option? Greg Chappell sets up the Border Gavaskar trophy on the episode of BWB. Full episode out 4 pm.

— Boria Majumdar He has just won the award for the best Australian T-20 player and is looking forward to coming to India for the ODI series. And while playing for the Sharjah Warriors in the Dubai T-20 league, Marcus Stonis has one eye cast on what’s going on in India as we get ready for the start of the Border Gavaskar trophy in Nagpur on 9 February. Speaking to Boria Majumdar, Stoinis delved into how difficult it is to win in India against India, how much the absence of Pant and Bumrah could help Australia and what Virat Kohli’s…

 Marcus Stoinis, the Australian batting all-rounder in an exclusive chat with Boria Majumdar on today’s episode of Backstage with Boria Season 04. The 33 year old shares his views on the upcoming BGT and the World Test Championship. The curtain raiser of the mega episode is here. Stay tuned for the full video.

  Australia’s ‘fourth’ seamer, a late developer who has enjoyed a remarkable start to his Test career, could be the dangerman as Australia seek Jason Gillespie-like heroics to seal a rare series win in India. There is no real secret to winning Test matches in India if you’re a touring side. The first task, always easier said than done, is to see off the considerable threat likely to be posed by India’s spinners. If you can somehow do that, then your bowlers also need to do their part, on pitches that usually don’t provide the bounce or extravagant seam…

 In 2020 Mohammed Siraj who had just lost his father stepped up and led the Indian bowling attack in Australia. And was instrumental in the famous 2-1 series win. Siraj has since matured into one of India’s best bowlers and will yet again have a role starting 9 February. Here he is recounting the Australia series and what it did for him.

G Rajaraman It is an overwhelming feeling but strangely it brings along sadness as well as some satisfied thoughts for Indian sport and its athletes. Such a mixture of emotions was sparked last week when, thanks to a question in the Rajya Sabha, it was revealed that as many as 123 of the 4260 samples collected in 2022 by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) tested positive for banned substances. The number of Adverse Analytical Findings (AAFs), as such positives are called, evoked both positive (pun unintended) emotions and negative as well. The reason is rather obvious. Sadness because…