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He is the only batsman dragging his team forward. He is facing a superb attack. History isn't with him. And yet Virat Kohli always looked like he was having the time of his life in Perth

Australia ended the day with a reasonable degree of confidence that the "faster and faster" nature of this Test is now more likely to result in India's demise

Four players who are likely to attract the highest bids in December's IPL mini-auction

Delhi Capitals will be on the lookout for an overseas allrounder. Kings XI, meanwhile, have the largest purse and will be dictating terms at the auction

Knight Riders, meanwhile, will want to boost their overseas player stocks and Rajasthan Royals will be looking for an Indian fast bowler

The man and his team are among the best current operators, but on the world scale they occupy minimal column inches, airtime, or general intellectual space. They quietly absorb life's little injustices

Stats about Virat Kohli's recent Test form and how he compares against other visiting batsmen in Australia

ESPNcricinfo looks at five things that Bangladesh have learned from their ODI appearances this year.

Puducherry and Bihar completed victory inside two days; Jalaj Saxena made it a birthday to remember, and Shahbaz Nadeem got a maiden first-class 100

Rex Singh took all ten wickets in an innings in an Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy match against Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. A month earlier, Puducherry's Sidak Singh had achieved the same feat at the Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy

The India captain took no risks on a pitch with bounce and an attack full of pace, but the vice-captain was more than happy for the ball to come onto his bat and then fly away to the boundary

Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins bowled with the right balance between skill and emotion for most of day two. For one key sequence, however, they did not

Dinesh Chandimal looks back at his 18 stop-start months in charge

There may be times when Dickwella's flame burns a little too hot, and his own team are singed, but on day one of a tough overseas tour, he kept the darkness at bay for Sri Lanka

He is by no means the finished product but has shown what New Zealand can expect should they keep the faith

He's become the first this season to aggregate 1000 runs, and he's got there in just nine innings - the second quickest in Ranji Trophy history

It is hard enough to win away Tests, but India keep making it harder for themselves by misreading conditions and selecting poorly

Marcus Harris took guard first up in Perth, for the first time in first-class cricket. Selflessness and teamwork on display, and it did the trick for his side

If crease occupation turns itself into a substantial innings, Khawaja's method is not a problem, but, so far this series, the tactic hasn't translated into runs

How the batsman from Madhya Pradesh travelled 2500-odd km to score the most runs on first-class debut, watched by his entire cricket-loving family