Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy and Rahul Chahar, with his fast leg-breaks, will fight it out for the additional tweaker's slot when the selectors pick the Indian squad for next month's ICC T20 World Cup in the coming couple of days.
Jonny Bairstow hit a magnificent century as England overpowered India by six wickets in a high-scoring contest to level the three-match at 1-1, in Pune, on Friday.
Devdutt Padikkal grabbed the headlines in his debut match with an entertaining half-century as he inspired Royal Challengers Bangalore to a winning start in the IPL, against SunRisers Hyderabad in Dubai on Monday.
While he has been primarily a white-ball bowler, in 2020 during the first COVID-19 lockdown, Mohsin Khan got a rare chance to train with Mohammed Shami at his residential ground in Amroha.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway's effortless six-hitting exhibition was well complemented by a four-wicket haul from Mukesh Choudhary as Chennai Super Kings notched up an emphatic 13-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Avesh Khan excelled with the ball to lift Lucknow Super Giants to a thrilling 12-run victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL 2022 match at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai on Monday.
India captain Virat Kohli acknowledged the need for a "sixth bowling option" but also kept it open-ended when asked about flamboyant all-rounder Hardik Pandya's bowling fitness, stating that the Baroda man "has to be fit to be able to bowl one or two overs."
Ganguly said that it will be a different side, which won't have anyone from the outfit that will be in the United Kingdom at that time.
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals, in Abu Dhabi.
Fit again Ravindra Jadeja and Hanuma Vihari made their way back into the Indian Test squad, while all-rounder Hardik Pandya was left out for next month's IIC World Test Championship final against New Zealand and the five-match series against England.
Captain Kane Williamson, all-rounder Vijay Shankar and comeback man Wriddhiman Saha will look to score in the key match.
'I think it's a very healthy trend. It's an embarrassment of riches.'
With its back to the wall, Team India responded like champions, said coach Rahul Dravid in an inspiring dressing room speech after his young side registered a series-clinching win in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday.
Struggling opener Shikhar Dhawan will be the focus in a spoilt-for-choice Indian team when it takes on world champion England in a three-match ODI series starting in Pune on Tuesday.
The problem with non-selection of an Indian player in the XI is more to do with lack of matches rather than poor show since they have won both the series that they played in 2021.
Besides KL Rahul, another individual who would like to answer his critics with solid performances is Pant.
Referring to India's problem of plenty in pace bowling, Kohli said, as a captain, he couldn't have been happier.
India's swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Tuesday jumped eight places to a career-best 22 following his impressive show in a lost cause in the first Test against South Africa but Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara slipped in the ICC ranking ladder.
Bhuvneshwar Kuma vindicated his captain's decision to invite Pakistan to bat first by bowling a tight line in what was an uninterrupted eight-over spell.
Amid the ever-rising danger of the coronavirus outbreak, with more than 40 positive cases in the country, Bhuvneshwar Kumar said India's players are taking every possible precaution in these difficult times.
Former batsman VVS Laxman has picked KL Rahul over Shikhar Dhawan to open the batting with Rohit Sharma in the upcoming five-match T20I series against England, starting in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 4 of the India-England Test at Trent Bridge.
Having conceded 25 runs in the first three overs, SRH were back in the game and it got better for them with the introduction of T Natarajan (2/30) into the attack as the left-arm pacer bowled Ruturaj Gaikwad (16).
Jos Buttler is still the front-runner to be this IPL's MVP. He still has at least two matches to play and one big knock will win it for him. Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players after the end of the 70 league matches in IPL 2022.
It has been learnt that the Indian team management wants tracks that are hard and bouncy without any major grass covering for all three home Tests -- something they will be getting in South Africa.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings in Sharjah on Saturday.
In the space of just 10 balls, Ben Stokes blasted his way from 50 off 40 balls to 95 from 50 balls -- hitting 45 runs with six sixes and a four to take the match away from India's grasp.
Young India pacer Khaleel Ahmed is learning everyday on his maiden tour of Australia and getting the much needed help from senior pro Bhuvneshwar Kumar on how to bowl on the hard and bouncy tracks Down Under.
The Indian pacers' focus as of now has been on bowling multiple long spells, which they will need to bowl in the series starting with first Test at Newlands from January 5.
Deepak Chahar, India's unexpected hero with the bat in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, in Colombo on Tuesday, says coach Rahul Dravid's belief in his batting inspired him to produce a match-winning knock.
K L Rahul has been named vice-captain of the squad, which also has Ruturaj Gaikwad, Harshal Patel, Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel.
'We've got a very good squad. One of the best things about our squad is we have great depths in our bowling'
KL Rahul was dropped while senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left-arm tweaker Ravindra Jadeja continued to be left out of the Indian ODI team, for the forthcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand.
Images from the first Twenty20 International between India and Sri Lanka, in Dharamsala, on Saturday.
Shardul Thakur's bowling in the 17th and 20th overs swung the game India's way.
Fit-again India all-rounder Hardik Pandya is attempting to make his comeback by taking part in the D Y Patil T20 tournament, starting in Mumbai, on Monday. Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are also on their road to recovery after sustaining injuries.
A belligerent 56 off 32 balls from debutant Ishan Kishan and an unbeaten 73 from captain Virat Kohli steered India to an easy seven-wicket victory over England in the second Twenty20 International, in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI in the second T20 International against England on Sunday?
'It's their home conditions. For us, if the two (Smith and Warner) were there, it is a challenge, now they are not there, it will still be a challenge'
Fresh from their series-levelling victory in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, some Indian players including captain Virat Kohli were seen enjoying a game of badminton.
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