The 2023 season of the IPL starts on begins on March 31 with champions Gujarat Titans facing four-time winners Chennai Super Kings in the inaugural game
India received a thrashing like no other in Visakhapatnam - their heaviest defeat in terms of balls remaining - when they were bowled out for 117 in just 26 overs.
For all the relevance it carried, for Sri Lanka, India - and to an extent even Australia, who would've been curious to find out their opposition at the World Test Championship final - a lot of it would be lost in the second Test, starting Friday.
In response to Australia's first innings score of 480, India posted 57I on Day 4, with Virat Kohli smacking 186 runs. The former captain had already bagged a half-century on Day 3, and then got his 28th Test century in the post-Lunch session of Day 4.