Australia are pleased with how Doug Bollinger and Michael Hussey fared in the training session, but the fast bowler is not a sure starter for the first Test

Three of India's key players who were reported to have had injury scares over the last three days were the first ones out for their training session at the Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh

Michael Clarke has said international players can find a way around hectic schedules, but it could involve giving the IPL and Champions League T20 an occasional miss

Michael Clarke, the Australia vice-captain, has said his side was preparing for the best of Harbhajan Singh, despite reports of an injury scare for the India offspinner ahead of the first Test

Nathan Hauritz and India go back a long way. It was here almost six years ago that his Test career started ... and nearly ended

The common theme as Australia and India prepare for the Test has been niggles and minor discomforts that have made both the sides take precautionary measures

For the third season in a row now, the Board President's XI batsmen have done the job of softening up the opposition's spinners ahead of a Test series

Marcus North has had an up and down Test career so far, often getting out early in his innings, but he is determined to change his fortunes

The Australians continued their dominance of the warm-up match against the Board President's XI in Chandigarh by producing another powerful performance on the second day

The Australians had a satisfactory first day of cricket on their tour of India. Two of their batsmen scored centuries without much fuss, and two others seemed on the way

Mitchell Starc, the 20-year-old from New South Wales, is almost a Mitchell Johnson clone

The tour game against Board President's XI is important for Australia from a selection point of view, and will help India gauge the form and fitness of players like Sreesanth and Gautam Gambhir who are returning from injury

The Australian team believes the upcoming two-Test series against India will be really tough, but its inexperience shouldn't hurt its chances

Mitchell Johnson, the Australia fast bowler, is keen to put behind him the hugely unsuccessful tour of England and do justice to his leadership role

Virat Kohli avoided a repeat heartbreak of a nearly successful chase, making Royal Challengers Bangalore the first IPL team to have made it to a Champions League T20 semi-final

Lions have four points, but a slightly poorer net run-rate than Royal Challengers Bangalore, their opponents and the other contenders for the remaining semi-final slot from Group B

Cheteshwara Pujara has spent the last four seasons ticking almost every possible box that could be ticked from outside the Test squad

Mumbai's bowlers just about hung in to prevail in a last-ball finish, but their team was knocked out of the tournament

Twenty20 was at its chaotic best - or worst, if you look at some of the shots played - in giving Champions League T20 its first Super Over, one that Victoria Bushrangers won emphatically

Victoria Bushrangers and Chennai Super Kings, Australian and Indian champions, now stand at the cusp of a delicate stage in what could become a three-team race in Group A.