India's only change from the first Test saw seamer Ishant Sharma replace Shardul Thakur as Ashwin missed the bus.
From the UK tour, former India opener S S Das has retained his position as batting coach while head coach Ramesh Powar takes care of the bowling department.
Siraj was aggressive with his celebrations and was involved in exchanges with the batsmen multiples times in the drawn Test.
The matter was initially raised by Dovey with the Cricket Australia digital staffer but when the latter stood his ground, the matter escalated and Langer subsequently confronted the staff member shortly afterwards.
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The England seamer sustained a tear to his right calf during a warm up on Tuesday. He underwent an MRI scan in London on Wednesday lunchtime, which revealed a tear.
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Stuart Broad will miss the match with a calf injury, while James Anderson is also a doubt starter for the game and struggling with a tight quad.
Virat Kohli's open-ended statement could be interpreted as favourable as well as not so favourable for veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who had to sit out of the first Test with Thakur being preferred over him as a seamer all-rounder.
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Having completed an intense rehabilitation programme and proved his fitness during his week-long stay at the NCA, it is understood that its medical team has declared Shreyas Iyer fit to return to competitive cricket.
St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney said Chris Cairns, who was admitted on Tuesday, was in "a serious but stable condition" in intensive care.
The 24-year-old Saqib, who is of Pakistani descent, has played 16 white-ball games for England -- seven ODIs and nine T20Is -- from which he has taken 21 wickets.
Bumrah, who held a career-high third position in September 2019, has improved 10 slots to grab the ninth place among bowlers after a match haul of nine for 110 in the Nottingham Test.
ICC match referee Chris Broad imposed the sanctions after both the sides were ruled to be two overs short of their targets after time allowances were taken into consideration.
According to the report, that these players are not happy as there was no increase in their Test, ODI and T20I match fees in the new central contracts.
Ravi Shastri has informed some cricket board members that he is planning to part ways with the national team after the tournament when his contract ends, it is learnt. Some of the other support staff, meanwhile, are already in talks with IPL teams.
Rashid Khan took to Twitter on Tuesday and appealed for peace. He requested the ‘World Leaders’ not to leave his countrymen in ‘chaos’.
Jasprit Bumrah roared back to form with a nine-wicket haul in the drawn first Test against England.
On Monday, Silverwood had told the English media that Ali was under consideration for a call back in the absence of all-rounders Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes.
According to a report in 'New Zealand Herald', Cairns "suffered a major medical emergency - an aortic dissection - in Canberra last week" and "will be transferred to a specialist hospital in Sydney soon."
Dravid, who has played a significant role in creating India's rich bench strength, was appointed Head of Cricket in July 2019 after he worked extensively with the junior players as India U-19 and A coach.
It is to be noted that no Australian network bought the broadcasting rights to the five-match series. This is the first instance after 27 years where a tour of their cricket team was not televised in Australia.