New Zealand’s legendary seam bowler Tim Southee is set to retire from Test cricket at his home ground, Seddon Park in Hamilton, against England this December. Southee, however, made himself available for the World Test Championship final at Lord's in June if New Zealand qualify.
Warner, who played his last Test match against Pakistan in Sydney in January has offered to come out of retirement to help the side if need be but Cummins indicated that the team has moved on.
Meanwhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal remained the highest ranked Indian Test batter after gaining a spot to rise to fifth.
In seven innings at this venue in Tests, Ashwin now has two hundreds and another fifty-plus score.
Afghanistan's one-off Test against New Zealand could witness a total abandonment without a ball being bowled as play was called off for the fourth consecutive day due to rain in Greater Noida on Thursday.
The Central government on Monday issued an advisory to the States and Union Territories (UTs) over the Mpox (monkeypox), calling upon for the screening and testing of all the suspect cases of the viral disease.
Their accomplishment was lauded by Vice Chancellor of the University, Chakradhar Tripathi, who extended his congratulations to the students, their course coordinator, and faculty members for their outstanding performance.
The retirements of stalwarts Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja from T20Is aside, a major change that affects the team across all three formats came when Dravid decided not to extend his tenure due to family commitments.
India have named a four-pronged spin attack for the Tests, boasting of variety in their armoury with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, left-arm spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel, along with the left-arm wrist spin of Kuldeep Yadav in their ranks.
The Cape Town Test had wrapped up in 642 balls overall, thereby earning the title of the shortest completed Test match ever.
