Manish Pandey says his maiden ODI call-up was long overdue and he now hopes to make his much awaited India debut during the short tour of Zimbabwe next month.
The Mohammad Kaif-led Indian side is high on confidence as they take on South Africa in a four-day match.
The list of 30 probables will be have to be pruned to 14, a month before the event's commencement on September 11.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has bought four bulletproof buses as it tries to convince other teams to shed their security apprehensions and visit the country. Pakistan has largely been shunned by teams since 2009 when gunmen attacked a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers, injuring six players and killing six security personnel and two civilians. The incident has forced Pakistan to play their 'home' matches at the United Arab Emirates and the country has since remained starved of international cricket at home, barring Zimbabwe's limited-overs tour in 2015.
"Ganguly has been the most successful skipper for India, this speaks for itself," the Delhi player said.
Klusener took up coaching with domestic side Hollywoodbets Dolphins from 2012-2016 before being appointed as batting coach for the Zimbabwe national team.
Pakistan's former fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar has cautioned against inviting any foreign teams to Pakistan in the prevailing security situation in the country. Speaking two days after the terrorist attack on the police training centre in Quetta in which 62 police cadets and two armymen were killed and around 170 injured, Akhtar said that the security situation in the country was not good. "Until there is a complete normalcy as far as security situation is concerned we shouldn't take the risk of inviting any foreign team to Pakistan," he said on Geo News channel.
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal has been given the green light to resume playing after suffering a fit while on duty for Barbados in the Caribbean Premier League last month.
India's middle order batsman Suresh Raina has been ruled out of the first ODI against New Zealand to be played in Dharamsala on Sunday because of viral fever.
Batsman Kedar Jadhav has joined Royal Challengers Bangalore from Delhi Daredevils ahead of the 2016 Indian Premier League season.
The highest Test wicket-taker was escorted by motorcade to the Sri Lanka Cricket Board headquarters.
The left-handed batsman declined to say whether he would play in the October 10-13 tournament.
I backed Sourav before the Zimbabwe tour but he looked pretty ordinary out there, said the former Pakistan captain
India's Team director Ravi Shastri hosted the entire Test squad for 'Team Dinner'.
The Pakistan's flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi and senior batsman Younis Khan have emerged as strong contenders to make a comeback to the national team for the coming tours to West Indies and Zimbabwe after the selectors dumped them for the Champions Trophy.
The task before the Indian team management would be to find a batting slot for the ex-captain for the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Jason Holder is hoping to lead a very different West Indies side into Friday's World Cup clash against South Africa to that which was crushed 4-1 in a One-Day International series last month.
West Indies great Vivian Richards has called Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side a "powerful force" but still feels that India will have trouble defending their World Cup title due to their "inconsistent" bowling.
PCB lashes out at FICA for terming Pakistan unsafe
The fast bowler has been recalled to the New Zealand Test and one day squads for the tour of Zimbabwe starting in August.
The faith that Martin Guptill will eventually transfer his limited-overs mastery into the Test arena has granted the embattled opener yet another reprieve but the patience of New Zealand's truest believers may finally be wearing thin.
With the results from 2014-15 being removed from the equation and those from 2015-16 and 2016-17 being weighted at 50 per cent, India have actually stretched their lead over South Africa from four to 13 points.
Dav Whatmore believes his team will produce "a surprise or two" on their tour of England which starts on Tuesday.
Cricketer Dinesh Kathik has found his match in star squash player Dipika Pallikal as they got engaged in a private ceremony at a city hotel in Chennai.
Ganganjeet Bhullar ended a long trophy drought with a one-stroke victory at the Shinhan Donghae Open in South Korea on Sunday for his sixth title on the Asian Tour.
Rajneesh Gupta offers insights about the World Test Championship Final.
India's domestic one-day tournament, The Challenger Trophy will start on September 10 with the final slated for September 16.
Maharashtra opening batsman Dheeraj Jadhav said filling the slot left vacant by Tendulkar was a huge task.
It forced India's captain to miss Wednesday's nets session in Harare.
India's coach expressed happiness with the team's batting despite a not-too-good total in the tri-series match against Zimbabwe.
The BCCI will ask for an explanation from players for reporting late at the team hotel prior to the squad's departure to Zimbabwe.
Some players reported late evening when the BCCI had asked them to assemble in Mumbai on Monday morning.
Rain threatens to disrupt the first day's play when Sri Lanka and India face-off in the opening Test at Galle on Wednesday.
The ICC applauded ECB for defering action on its tour of Zim until the issue was discussed with other member countries.
David Warner said he needed to be dropped from the Australian Test squad following his pub brawl with Joe Root during which the Aussie landed a punch at the young Englishman.
Missing from the squad for the Irani Trophy match against Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai is former India batsman Hemang Badani.
WI have named spinner Dave Mohammed as a replacement for injured fast bowler Jerome Taylor for the tour of South Africa.
Mustafizur Rahman on Sunday became only the second bowler to take two five-wicket hauls in his first two one-day internationals, emulating Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori.
