It's been a tumultuous week but the events on the first day of the Perth Test, for most of the morning at least, were disconcertingly slow

Anil Kumble has insisted on 'taking the pitch and conditions out of the equation' and urged his side not to get too worked up about the WACA pitch

India's line-up is set to be re-jigged and bolstered. Rahul Dravid goes back to his customary No. 3 position and VVS Laxman is likely to walk in at No. 6. Irfan Pathan, who cracked a hundred in the previous Test he played, is likely to come in at No. 8

Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble hope Australia and India would renew their healthy rivarly in the third Test in Perth and promised fans a memorable contest

Chris Rogers will make his Test debut at his home ground the WACA in Perth while Shaun Tait has earned a recall

Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble, it is learnt, have decided to scrap the catching agreement that was agreed upon before the series

India have dropped their charge of racial abuse against Brad Hogg in an effort to put aside the controversies of the Sydney Test

So quick are the prospects in Perth that Australia are likely to go in without a specialist spinner for the first time in 16 years

Gary Kirsten, soon to take over as India's Test coach, says he personally feels Rahul Dravid is better suited to the No.3 position

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan reviews what Canberra did for the stocks of those in contention for India's playing XI in Perth

Virender Sehwag was confident of making a comeback for the third Test in Perth after striking a 78-ball 113 against ACT Invitational XI

Virender Sehwag and Dinesh Karthik pushed the Indians to a comfortable 4 for 281 at tea, in a game consigned to a draw

Chris Rogers has said he is ready to step into Test cricket if he was to replace Matthew Hayden in the third Test in Perth, starting on January 16

Chris Rogers staked his claim for national selection but it was his namesake, John, who stole the show on the second day of the ACT Invitational XI match against the Indians. While Chris pushed his case with a timely 60, John, a 20-year-old Canberra local

Rahul Dravid feels his form is "slowly coming together"

In what was truly a batsmen's paradise, the Indians were kept down to 9 for 325 dec on the first day of their warm-up match against ACT Invitational XI in Canberra

The three-day game against ACT will be a 12-a-side affair with India expected to rest several key players

Anil Kumble has revealed that he had approached Australian captain Ricky Ponting, after the third play's day of the Sydney Test, requesting him to not press the charge of racism against offspinner Harbhajan Singh

The Indian cricketers, especially the seniors, are enraged at the manner in which Mike Procter handled the ICC hearing and are upset about the official document which he prepared after the hearing

India's players have often been criticised for not standing up when it counted but on a day of high drama, they seemed to have done just that. They refused to leave Sydney until there was more clarity on the ban handed to Harbhajan Singh and decided to st