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Ganguly, 48, was admitted to a Kolkata hospital on Saturday afternoon after complaints of chest pain. The doctors said that Saturday night was "uneventful" and Ganguly "slept well". The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President had breakfast and tea in the morning and routine electrocardiogram (ECG) test done at 10 a.m. produced "satisfactory" results.

The five players, who were put in isolation after both the Australian and Indian cricket boards launched an investigation into a video showing them sitting indoors in a restaurant in Melbourne on Friday, have been asked to train separately from the rest of the squad and it could be possible that they will travel on Monday separately from the squad.

With Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Navdeep Saini put in isolation after both the Australian and Indian cricket boards launched an investigation into a video showing them sitting indoors in a restaurant, India could end up being short on batting options for the third Test if the five players don't come out of isolation on time.

Azam had fractured his right thumb during a net practice session during the build up to the T20 series against New Zealand that started on December 18. "We have seen improvement in Babar Azam's injury but he is yet to fully recover," team doctor Sohail Saleem said in a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) statement.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket Australia (CA) were today alerted to a video post on social media that purported to show Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Navdeep Saini eating at an indoor venue in Melbourne on New Year's Day, a statement from Cricket Australia said.

Kohli's decision was met with polarised responses from the cricket community and by Indian cricket fans on social media when it was first made public before the start of the series. India's dismal performance in the first Test in Adelaide, where they lost by eight wickets after being shot out for their lowest ever score of 36, added further fuel to the negative opinions.

The Australia opening batsman, who was ruled out of the first two Test matches after suffering a groin injury during the second ODI on November 29, has undergone rehabilitation taking jabs, using a hyperbaric oxygen chamber and penguin cryotherapy for quick recovery.

BCCI also added that Shardul Thakur had been added to the squad in place of Mohammed Shami, who was hit on his bowling arm during the first Test in Adelaide. Umesh had sustained a strain in his left calf muscle on the third day of the second Test in Melbourne early in Australia's second innings. He limped off the field.

Stokes has scored 4428 runs at an average of 37.84 while picking 158 wickets in tests. He has 2682 runs and 70 wickets in 95 matches in ODIs. Heroic innings of Stokes helped England win the 2019 World Cup final and lift the trophy for the first time. He also helped  England win the Ashes Test in Headingley in Dramatic circumstances with his match-winning knock.

Bumrah's attempt to extract angles from the round the wicket, like he did in the Melbourne Test and having to bowl more overs in case other junior bowlers don't do well, could push his body that endured a lower-back injury only last year. Bumrah's returns in the series have been good so far. He has picked eight wickets in two Tests, including a four-wicket haul in the first innings of the Melbourne Test that helped India dismiss the Aussies for just 191.