Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has criticised Virat Kohli’s conduct during the series defeat to Australia. Australia came from 1-0 down to win the fiery five-match series 3-1, successfully regaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade and qualifying for this summer’s World Test Championship final.

Read about what Ravi Shastri had to say on how Virat Kohl and Rohit Sharma could enhance their technique in Tests going forward, only on CricTracker.

Ravi Shastri has strongly endorsed a return to domestic cricket for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma after their horrendous run of form during the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Kohli and Rohit struggled to make an impact as India lost the series to the Aussies.

Sam Konstas threw the Indians off with his unorthodox approach in his first innings, but then found out Test cricket runs are harder to get than the headlines

Key Test players have been on years-long break from domestic red-ball cricket; Speaking on condition of anonymity, a team management member said that while playing domestic cricket cannot fix all the flaws,

Gambhir makes it clear that he wants Test hopefuls to take domestic cricket seriously, and play the Ranji Trophy if they are not committed elsewhere

After dominating the series for over a decade, India lost the Border-Gavaksar Trophy to Australia for the first time since 2014. One of the biggest reasons behind India’s 1-3 defeat in the five-match series was the flop performances of two of the senior-most batters – Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma still have the desire to succeed and will choose their Test futures with the team's best interests in mind, according to India head coach Gautam Gambhir.