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Dismisses fears about the knee injury he suffered during practice, says it is fine; keeps suspense over his batting position

There has been no official statement from the BCCI or the Indian team about the status of both players after suffering injury scares

Drops rookie opener Nathan McSweeney for the final two Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India

According to reports, both are likely to be only fined or reprimanded instead of facing a suspension due to their good past record

Siraj's fiery celebration after dismissing Head sparks heated exchanges, adding drama to the second day of the Pink-ball Test

Marnus Labuschagne (64) and Travis Head (53 not out) scored half centuries as the Australians added 105 runs to their overnight score of 86/1

Rohit, Gill and Ashwin return to the playing XI, replacing Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel and Washington Sundar

Uncapped pacers Sean Abbott and Brendan Doggett added to the Australian squad for the Adelaide Test

While Rohit is expected to open alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul could come in at three pushing Gill to number 5

Allan Border expresses his disappointment over the team's inability to contain Virat Kohli during the first Test in Perth

The Team India coach is slated to directly link up with the squad in Adelaide before the 'Pink Ball Test' starting December 6

It did not take long for India to complete formalities after reducing Australia to 227 for eight at tea

Skipper Jasprit Bumrah (3/42) and Mohammed Siraj (3/54) did most of the damage on the fourth day while Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy played the support act

Siraj bowls a couple of incisive morning spells to remove seasoned Usman Khawaja and out-of-form Steven Smith

At the break, India reached 275 for 1 in their second innings despite losing KL Rahul's (77) wicket

India's stand-in captain also says that the team has finalised its playing XI although he will reveal it only at the toss

When he's up, he's up, and when he's down, he sort of struggles a little bit, says the Australian pace legend

The right-hand batsman is in line to open the innings if skipper Rohit Sharma does not play in the first Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series

The 25-year-old South Australian will partner Usman Khawaja at the top in the series opener in Perth and during the upcoming five-Test series

Curator Isaac McDonald says they are trying to prepare a pitch that has similar traits of the one that they readied for the first Test against Pakistan in December last year