India's singular focus over the next two months is on winning the five-match series in Australia and the players will not be distracted by the race to reach the World Test Championship (WTC) final, head coach Gautam Gambhir said on Monday.

Ponting had recently said Kohli's form is a concern, given the Indian batter has scored only two Test centuries in last five years but also felt that the Indian legend has it in him to roar back to form and there is no better place than Australia to do so.

India will finish in the top two of the WTC 2023-25 points table and qualify for the WTC 2025 final if the Rohit Sharma-led side manages to win at least four Tests in Australia.

Tristan Stubbs has scored a patient 47 not out off 41 balls as South Africa beat India by three wickets in the second Twenty20 to level the four-match series 1-1.

An unbeaten 47 from Tristan Stubbs, and a 42-run partnership with Gerald Coetzee, saw South Africa haul themselves over the line for a three-wicket win over India in their Twenty20 international at St George’s Park on Sunday.

India's batting woes continue as they fall to South Africa in the second T20I. Series now tied at 1-1 after a challenging match in Gqeberha.

Batting great Javed Miandad believes the Men in Green should stop playing cricket against India in retaliation for the BCCI’s refusal to allow the Indian team to tour Pakistan.