India's new generation of T20 stars, Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson, shone brightly in the recent series win against South Africa. Varma smashed back-to-back centuries, while Samson recorded a century in the first match.

Looking at five instances where cricketers, including Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, chose to prioritise their families over their cricketing commitments for the birth of their children.

Rohit Sharma led India to the T20 World Cup title in June earlier this year and announced his retirement from the format along with Virat Kohli, who played a knock of 76 runs in the final against South Africa in Bridgetown.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma managed just 91and 93 runs respectively against New Zealand in the recently-concluded Test series which India lost 0-3.

Team India's lack of preparation and match practice, highlighted by the absence of stars like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin, and Jasprit Bumrah in the Duleep Trophy, significantly contributed to their disastrous 0-3 Test series defeat against New Zealand.

Indian cricket team star batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli faced a lot of criticism following their team's humiliating Test series loss against New Zealand at home.

Former Australia fast bowler Brendon Julian has backed Australia to steamroll India inside 4 days at Perth, the venue for the first Test.

Sanjay Manjrekar backed Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to return to form in the upcoming five-Test series Down Under. The two batters failed in India's shocking 0-3 defeat to New Zealand in spin-friendly conditions at home.