Germany, who have won the Men's Hockey World Cup thrice in 2002, 2006, and 2023, will be looking to continue their rich vein of form. They are currently fifth in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022/23 rankings with eight points from four games.
Kohli has managed just 111 runs from five innings during the ongoing Border-Gavaskar against Australia and will once again come up against the same opposition should India clinch the final spot in the World Test Championship decider with a victory in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad this week.
Todd Murphy has been a revelation for Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. His performances have been consistent throughout the BGT series. Australia's Assitant coach Daniel Vettori and the stand-in captain Steve Smith praised him for his extraordinary performance.
Steve Smith stood in as captain for Australia after Pat Cummins flew back home after the second Test in Delhi. Cummins will remain at home in Sydney to be at the side of his mother Maria, who is in palliative care due to breast cancer.
His Test form has been a growing concern since 2022. In 14 matches, Warner has scored just 607 runs at 26.39 which includes a double-century in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa.
Steve Smith praised his teammates for their performance in the third test match in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. He spoke on Australia's qualification in the finals of the World Test Championship and on their comeback in the BGT series.
Nathan Lyon breaks Anil Kumble's record by surpassing him as the leading wicket-taker in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Ashwin is close to him as he has picked up 107 wickets in BGT. Lyon also became the second-highest wicket taker against India.
Australia's convincing nine-wicket triumph over India in the third Test has helped them book a place at this year's ICC World Test Championship Final, but who will join them in the decider remains wide open
Spinners from both teams got a lot of help from the surface that was conducive to spin right from the start on day one, which saw 14 wickets fall. Out of the 31 wickets that fell during the whole match, 26 were scalped by the spinners while only four wickets went to pacers
India struggled in both innings as Matthew Kuhnemann ran the show for the Aussies in the first innings with his maiden 5-wicket haul. Veteran spinner Nathan Lyon ensured Australia's dominance in the second innings, as he almost dismantled the entire Indian batting line-up, picking up 8 wicke