Cricket

"Absolutely, I love talking to the greats that have been in Australian cricket and picking their brain. One of Australia's best captains and players, I would love to have a chat with AB," Carey is quoted as saying by 'The Sydney Morning Herald' after the third day's play.

With Cheteshwar Pujara (No.3), captain Virat Kohli (No. 4) and Ajinkya Rahane (No. 5) being automatic choices, India's batting line-up had two big questions ahead of the first Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval -- who will face the new ball with Mayank Agarwal, and who will man the No. 6 slot.

Vikas Mehta, representing CAB, submitted before the top court that the response from the BCCI should be called by the court for deciding the disputes in the case. Earlier this week, a bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi told advocate Mehta that if there are any surviving disputes, the applicants can approach the suitable forum. Mehta said the suitable forum to address this dispute is BCCI.

Vaughan said that Australia are a vastly improved side compared to the one that lost to the Virat Kohli-led India that toured Down Under in 2018-19.

These factors led Russell to tell captain Kieron Pollard and chief selector Roger Harper that he won't be able to travel with the West Indies team for the recently concluded T20I series in New Zealand. Russell also said that he later changed his mind and informed Harper, who then told him that it was too late as the squad had already been selected.