- India are unlikely to tinker with a winning combination, while Matt Henry's availability will be in focus for New Zealand
- India vice-captain says the team's depth in batting also frees up the top order
- The series will be played from April 27 to May 11 in Colombo
- The ban on using saliva to polish the ball was first put into place by the ICC during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Virat Kohli, meanwhile, moves up one spot to fourth on the batting charts, while Matt Henry enters the top three on the bowling list
- On ESPNcricinfo's Match Day show, Agar said Kohli's ability to rotate strike leaves bowlers with little chance to exert pressure
- A weakened Australia put up a good fight, but India's experienced hands helped seal a chase of 265 with 11 balls remaining
- "When, as a batsman, you start taking pride in hitting those singles into the gaps, that's when you know you're playing good cricket"
- "Whatever Rohit has told me, I feel like I've done that to the best of my ability, and I know that Rohit feels the same"
- India's head coach dismisses talk of his team having an "undue advantage" in the Champions Trophy
- Kumble feels Rahul should have batted ahead of Axar Patel but Manjrekar wonders if less time is better for him
- He is often twinned with Rajinder Goel for the misfortune of being great left-arm spinners in the time of Bishan Bedi
- The Australian opener played nine balls and missed six in a row before edging behind for a duck
- India have marched ahead of Australia since the World Cup final in 2023, but the gap matters less with a spot in the final on the line
- The India captain also feels that the pitches in Dubai have been challenging for batters, while the bowlers have also had to adjust
- Apart from Steven Smith and Glenn Maxwell, no other Australian batter in the top seven has faced Varun before
- Australia had arrived in Dubai not knowing whether they would be staying in Dubai, or heading to Lahore for the second semi-final
- Kumble says Australia will find it difficult if India play four spinners in their semi-final in Dubai
- "In T20, my sequencing of balls – as in how I construct an over – is totally different compared to the 50-over format," he says
- Williamson's 81 in vain as New Zealand crumble against spin chasing 250