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India skipper Virat Kohli heaped praise on the stand-in-skipper Ajinkya Rahane for his gritty knock against Australia and said that Sunday was ‘another great day for India’.
India pacer Mohammed Siraj's brother hailed him for his Test debut in the ongoing series against Australia and said his later father will be proud.
Virender Sehwag praised Ajinkya Rahane for his fantastic of captaincy in the second test against Australia.
Virat Kohli took to Twitter to praise his team for the fine work they did on the first day of Boxing Day Test.
Justin Langer said David Warner batted in the nets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday, and looked in good touch but showed discomfort while running.
Stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane admitted that the run out handed Australia the momentum as they recorded an eight-wicket win inside two and half days
Ravindra Jadeja and Shubman Gill are likely to be included in the Indian playing XI for the Boxing Day Test while Prithvi Shaw will miss out.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra has said that sword will be hanging over the heads of India openers (Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill or KL Rahul) as Rohit Sharma will be available for the third Test after the completion of his quarantine period.
Shane Warne believes Australia will "blow away" India in the Boxing Day Test as the visitors are without their regular skipper Virat Kohli and ace pacer Mohammed Shami.
Australia coach Justin Langer has hinted at an unchanged XI against India for the Boxing Day Test, saying it would be a “very courageous” move to make alterations to the team that won so impressively in Adelaide.