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 purpose of the mock drill was to evaluate COVID-19 preparedness in terms of resources, protocol and personnel.
The start of the first Test between Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi produced a never-seen-before feat in 145 years of history of Men's Test cricket when the first two wickets of the hosts fell to stumpings.
Five samples including swab from throat, blood, urine and from lesions on skin have been sent and the man is currently in isolation at Fever Hospital in Hyderabad.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, the UGC Chairman said, "We have decided to make Central University Entrance Test (CUET) compulsory for admission in universities which can be given in 13 different languages. We have given a lot of choices to the students."
Resuming the post-lunch session at 109/2, the duo of Virat Kohli and Hanuma Vihari carried on in a solid manner as the duo notched up a fifty partnership and Vihari also notched up his fifth Test half-century to take the team's total to the 150-run mark.
