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.
But India didn’t really fall face down because of how Ravichandran Ashwin bowled in the two limited-overs matches he was granted. India mostly batted unacceptably badly. And they have been doing so since quite a while ago, allowing the world frequent glimpses of their frailty even when happy results served to shift attention from persistent lacunae.
The number of infections in the national capital has seen a decline over the last few days, except for yesterday when the capital saw a spike.
So far, three patients have tested positive for Omicron variant in the state. Two have travel history and one did not have any travel history. The health department initiated a series of measures to contain the infection from the new variant.
The slashing of rates of the two tests that are mandatory for passengers since the Omicron variant scare has surfaced has brought major relief to travellers.
The victory in Mumbai also meant that India registered their 14th consecutive series win at home and 11th straight under Virat Kohli's leadership
