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For the upcoming India V/S Australia test match, the Australian Cricket Squad Steves Smith will lead the team for the match in Ahmedabad. The development came after Pat Cummins had to return to stay home with his family. Cummins, who missed the third Test, flew back to Australia to be with his sick mother, who is in palliative care. Cricket Australia announced the same on March 6. 

Dinesh Chandimal became the first Sri Lankan player to score a double ton against Australia on Day 4 of the second Test at Galle.  With his unbeaten 206 scores in 326-ball innings, Chandimal scored 16 boundaries and five sixes. With this, team Sri Lanka were bowled out for 554 to lead by 190 on July 11 match, which is also their second-highest total in a Test innings against Australia. 

Ravindra Jadeja has been announced as number one cricketer in ICC Men's Test Player Rankings, on March 9.  With the epic performance of the Indian skipper in the recent India v/s Sri Lanka test match and India's home win in which Jadeja scored 175 runs not out with nine wickets in Mohali.  Jadeja has replaced West Indies player Jason Holder, who was in top position since February 2021.

Many cricket fans took to Twitter to congratulate Rishabh Pant after he became the fastest India wicketkeeper to complete his 100 dismissals in 26 Test matches, on December 28. He achieved the milestone while playing against South Africa at the SuperSport Park. Pant surpassed MS Dhoni and Wriddiman Saha who took 36 matches. ''Very glad that he improved a notch up,'' said a user on the social media platform.  

In its new statement, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed following the convention with the BCCI that the scheduled Fifth and final Test has been canceled until further orders on September 10. The new decision came after considering the menace of COVID-19 for players of both countries. Reportedly, a day earlier India's support staff tested positive for COVID-19 following India's head coach Ravi Shastri and others.