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After India announced it's squad for Australia, people are getting excited for the tour, and ahead of that, Mitchell Starc has announced he doesn't care what people say now as last time the noise got to him.The fast bowler is currently not plying his trade in the IPL like many of his teammates. 

With England set to tour South Africa, with the series starting on November 27, Cricket South Africa announced a bumper home season with Sri Lanka, Australia and Pakistan touring. All matches will take place in a bio-secure bubble and will be closed to the public for the entirety of it.

Ian Chappell believes that uncertainty and chaos surrounding the Australia tour could favour India but reckons a lot will rest on how skipper Virat Kohli fares against the Australian quicks. Chappell also feels that the Indian pacers will encounter a much tougher task, this time around.

England’s Joe Root, a part of the ‘Fab Four’, has claimed that Smith, Kohli and Williamson are three of the greatest players to have existed and that he wouldn’t put himself in the same bracket as the three. Root revealed that he tries to pick attributes from each of the three aforementioned greats.