'If you are called in as a replacement, you are likely to start. Ups and downs are a part of life. I have always backed my skills.'
Earlier, Akash Anand completed his second first-class century and shared a 69-run stand with Tanush Kotian (33) to lead Mumbai's recovery after they ended the second day at 188 for seven.
'If KP is really the reason England lost the Ashes 5-0, then the coaching staff should go with him as well as those managing the team. The Ashes was more of a collective failure than an individual one. It started with the selection, planning and execution of those plans. The players then fell apart. The mental side of the Ashes was lost. After that, it was a snowball rolling downhill that no one could stop.' Former England and Essex player Ian Pont tells Rediff.com's Manu Shankar that the English Cricket Board needs to come out clean, not only on the Kevin Pietersen issue, but also on coach Andy Flower's removal.
A mother was forced to choose between saving the life of one of her two children when the car she was driving met with an accident and fell into a ditch. Rachel Edwards, a resident of Dunmow in Essex, England, was driving her 16-year-old son Jack and two-year-old daughter Isabella when their car hit a pothole and then fell into the ditch. Edwards, who is six months pregnant, managed to get out of the car and swim to the surface. She dived back in and grabbed Isabella.
ndia failed to bowl out county side Essex in 94 overs before Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara suffered another batting failure
The Sri Lankan paceman was discharged from hospital late on Sunday after striking his head on an advertising hoarding during a one-day match between Essex and Middlesex.
Please help Messrs Kohli and Shastri pick India's side for the Edgbaston Test.
A 28-year-old Indian-American businessman, who was gunned down by an unidentified assailant in his family-owned liquor shop in New Jersey
Her departure from the cabinet marks an abrupt halt to the meteoric rise of the Gujarati-origin MP, often touted as a potential future leader of the Conservative Party and a prime ministerial candidate.
Rajneesh Gupta gives us a list of noteworthy statistics from first-class and Ranji Trophy
Foreigners from various corners of the globe to move out of Kathmandu and others parts of Nepal.
What makes Ravichandran Ashwin the world's premier Test spinner?
