Team India need to register a win at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to stay in contention for a place in the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 final. In addition to that, they also need to pray that Australia do not achieve anything more than two draws in Sri Lanka.

The whole of Sydney Cricket Ground and the Australian team caps were draped in pink colour ahead of the fifth and final Test against India.

India brushed off the absence of captain Jasprit Bumrah to dismiss Australia for 181 and reach 141 for six for an overall lead of 145 on an extraordinary second day of the finely-balanced fifth test on Saturday.

The Indian cricket team is set to face Australia in the fifth and final Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.

An explosive Rishabh Pant slammed the second-fastest Indian Test half-century to drive the visitors to a 145-run lead with four wickets left after an intense day t

With the pink carpet rolled out atop a sunbaked field, the Jane McGrath Day - the third day of the Pink Test - kicked off with a soulful performance by Australian country songstress Amber Lawrence.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -India might be without captain Jasprit Bumrah for the remainder of the fifth test against Australia after he left the Sydney Cricket Ground for scans on a back problem on day two on Saturday.

Jasprit Bumrah has returned back to the Sydney Cricket Ground after leaving the ongoing India vs Australia fifth Test midway for medical scans on Saturday. The India captain, who is standing for regular skipper Rohit Sharma,