Devdutt Padikkal was slotted in at No 3 as the left-handed made his Test comeback after being added as cover to the squad with no Rohit Sharma for the first game in Perth against Australia. After the toss,

Cheteshwar Pujara echoed his thoughts on Shubman Gill, adding that the latter has already proven himself on Australian soil in the previous tour Down Under.

The intra-squad match simulation, which was an integral part of the preparations for Team India, did not prove to be a good outing for Gill. While taking a catch during this match simulation at WACA,

Shubman Gill, one of the young heroes of India's last Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph, sustained a left thumb fracture while fielding on the second day of the intra-squad match simulation

Shubman Gill has been batting at no. 3, a position which Cheteshwar Pujara made his own for over a decade in the whites.

Responding to a question from India Today in Star Sports Press Room on Thursday, Cheteshwar Pujara acknowledged the change in the mindset of modern-day Test batters. He also had a piece of advice for Shubman Gill ahead of the Test series in Australia.

Speaking on the Star Sports Press Room ahead of the first Test vs Australia for the Border-gavaskar Trophy at Perth, Cheteshwar Pujara said that he would prefer KL Rahul batting at no.3 in place of the injured Shubman Gill,

T he role of Cheteshwar Pujara in India's last two Test series wins in Australia has been emphasised over and over again over the last few weeks. Most even reckoned that India sho

Cheteshwar Pujara has backed KL Rahul to bat at number three and compared Yashasvi Jaiswal's batting style to David Warner's ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Pujara believes Virat Kohli's experience and Rishabh Pant's aggressive batting will be crucial for India's success.

Gill, who is India's No. 3 batter in Test cricket, is unlikely to feature in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which is set to start on November 22 in Perth.