Dhawan added that while he had received backing from his coach and captain earlier, a dip in form, coupled with Gill's ascendency, has seen him lose his place in the side.
Despite the backing of Indian team management, Suryakumar Yadav was again dismissed first ball, this time by left-arm spinner Ashton Agar in the third ODI against Australia.
Siraj returned with figures of 3/29 to help India win the first ODI against Australia, but was expensive in the second, giving away 37 runs in three overs. He has been replaced at the top by Australia's Josh Hazlewood.
As far as receiving any specific directive on workload management from the BCCI goes, it is learnt that no franchise will get any on India players unless someone is carrying an injury.
India lost a bilateral ODI series at home after four years, and it was Australia under Aaron Finch that had beaten Virat Kohli's side back in 2019.
Australia skipper Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat in the deciding third ODI against India on Wednesday.
With six months left for the World Cup, India's preparations will actually start three months prior, that is in July, when the team management would zero in on the best 13 players who will form the core group.
For the 10-team showpiece event, which will feature 48 matches over a 46-day span, including three knockouts, the BCCI has narrowed its list of potential venues to at least a dozen.
Injuries to Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, Prasidh Krishna, Deepak Chahar do remain a concern but Rahul Dravid insisted that the team is in a good space.
Starc's performances in the two ODIs yet again underlined the woes of India’s top-order, which is stacked with plenty of right-handed batters against...
Suryakumar was dismissed in an identical manner in the first two ODIs against Australia -- trapped leg-before off in-swinging deliveries from Mitchell Starc on...
Starc (5/53) wreaked havoc as Australia bundled out the Rohit Sharma-led side for 117 in 26 overs after inviting them to bat first.
Australia skipper Steve Smith won the toss and opted to field in the second ODI against India.
The right-arm quick returned with figures of 6-2-17-3 on Friday as India restricted Australia to 188 in 35.4 overs and then returned to overhaul the target in...
India defeated Australia by five wickets in a low-scoring game at the Wankhede Stadium, with KL Rahul, who struggled to find form during the Border-Gavaskar...
Iyer has been ruled out of the Australia series due to a lower back injury, and he might be out for an indefinite period.
Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s leadership skills and India's overall World Cup preparedness will be under focus when the home side begin their three-match...
Ashwin, who was the leading wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with 25 scalps, is 10 rating points ahead of England seamer James Anderson.
Former skipper Steve Smith will lead the Australian side in the three match ODI series against India as regular captain Pat Cummins will stay back in Australia.
During the presser, Rohit Sharma answered questions about the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy, his captaincy, Virat Kohli and Ashwin-Jadeja...
Besides the upcoming three-match ODI series against Australia, Iyer could also miss the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders, a franchise he leads in the cash-rich...
The WTC final will be played in June, right after the IPL. The T20 league's final will take place on May 29, while the WTC final will begin on June 7 at the...
The WTC final will be played at The Oval in London from June 7-11, while the IPL ends on June 1.
India's spot in the WTC final against Australia was locked before the post-lunch session when Sri Lanka lost the Christchurch Test to New Zealand by two...
This is India's second successive entry into the WTC final, with the previous one coming in the inaugural cycle in 2021, where they lost to New Zealand.
