Mayank Agarwal, who struck a double century in the first Test against Bangladesh in Indore, jumped one place to 10th with 700 points.
ptain Virat Kohli shed light on why the Indian players took the knee ahead of the start of the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.
The Indian team has been fined 20 per cent of its match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate in the third T20 International against Australia in Sydney on Tuesday.
India's outgoing fielding coach R Sridhar finds himself extremely fortunate to have coached and interacted with 'amazingly talented cricketers' and said that every mistake made was a learning experience along the way.
Virat Kohli happens to be an avid motoring enthusiast and a quite a fan of Audi cars.
While the venue has not been finalised yet, the pink ball game is likely to be held either in Adelaide or Perth. Hosting the game in one of these venues makes sense given the better time slot for the Indian broadcast audience.
India's Test captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday asserted that he will play in the three-match ODI series in South Africa next month, putting to rest speculations about his availability and his equation with newly-appointed white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma.
Virat Kohli, who currently has 19 centuries on home soil, has a chance to equal Sachin Tendulkar's feat when he leads India in the first ODI of the three-match series against Australia
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Just when it looked like RCB were back in the game, Sunil Narine, who had done the job with the ball (4 for 21), came out to bat and wasted no time to get going and tilt the momentum back in KKR's favour.
'For us, it's about finding that perfect balance but if someone like Shardul is not available, then we definitely need to think how to pick up 20 wickets and not try to plug in another guy, who can give us some runs with the bat. I think we are very comfortable how first Test went'.
'Your character stood out for me than the number of runs you scored," said India captain Virat Kohli while explaining his decision to give opening Mayank Agarwal a Test debut in the 2018-19 Australia series. Agarwal had made his Test debut against Australia in the third Test of the four-match series in Melbourne in December 2018. The opening batsman impressed in his very first outing for India, hitting a solid 76 in his very first innings in Test cricket and followed it up with 42 in the second.
India captain Virat Kohli feels his team will be a tougher prospect for England than Australia, promising they will play "fearless cricket" on their coming tour.
Embattled India captain Virat Kohli called on the fans to back his team following consecutive losses to England in the ongoing Test series, hoping that they 'never give up' on the side.
Players are unlikely to embrace the proposed four-day Tests until administrators clarify how they plan to utilise the calendar space freed up by the move, the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) said on Wednesday. The International Cricket Council is set to discuss the idea of trimming the current five-day Tests by a day to ease a crammed international calendar and reduce player workload.
Rohit promised that the spinners will keep coming at the Australians relentlessly
The success of fringe players has left Kohli's India in a good space as they head to South Africa in a week's time for a three-Test series.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir said the communication gap between the Indian team management and selectors on Rohit Sharma's injury was 'unfortunate' and the onus was on head coach Ravi Shastri to update skipper Virat Kohli on the matter.
The channel's contention is that the top bosses in CA gave preference to the wishes of the BCCI, the sport's most powerful governing body, as well as its other domestic broadcasting partner Foxtel.
'I will be spent, the day I finish I will be totally spent and that's the reason I am going to stop playing cricket'
COA Meet on Wednesday: Team management, selectors to discuss 'communication' issues, Australia tour
Quinton de Kock scored a superb century as South Africa completed a clean sweep of their three-match one-day international series against India with a tense four-run victory at Newlands on Sunday.
Royal Challengers finally snapped their six-match losing streak with a eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab, in Mohali, on Saturday.
Beaten comprehensively by Chennai Super Kings in Friday's IPL match in Sharjah, captain Virat Kohli says his Royal Challengers need to show more courage in crunch moments to get back on a winning run.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya is one of the notable promotions to Grade A, which is worth Rs 5 crore, while rookies Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj got their maiden central contracts, worth Rs 1 crore, in Grade C.
India batter Shreyas Iyer will make his Test debut against New Zealand in the opening match at Kanpur, the hosts' stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane said on Wednesday.
India captain Virat Kohli looked in a relaxed mood along with team-mates KL Rahul and Shivam Dube during their flight to Hyderabad on Tuesday.
World No 1 Test batsman Steve Smith is looking forward to India's tour of Australia, saying he can't wait to play in the much-anticipated series which will be "incredibly special". Smith also spoke about his friendship with India captain Virat Kohli, describing him a "terrific guy".
The Indian team on Sunday began training for the decisive third and final Test against South Africa here, hoping to recover from the defeat in Johannesburg and claim its maiden series win in the Rainbow Nation.
Following is a fact file on the first Test match between Australia and India in Adelaide and how the teams have performed at the Adelaide Oval over the years:
"One should spend only limited time on social media rather being on it for major part of the day, like what is happening nowadays. I too used to spend a lot of time on social media but now I have realised it is a waste of time.
India captain Virat Kohli was in a jovial mood ahead of the second T20 International as he was seen imitating Harbhajan Singh's bowling action much to the amusement of the former India off-spinner, who was also present, in Indore on Tuesday.
India captain Virat Kohli was on Thursday slammed by cricket fans for wearing shorts at the toss for the warm-up game against Cricket Australia XI ahead of the four-Test series in Adelaide.
Holding said Kohli need to relax a little a bit
India captain Virat Kohli, on Wednesday, said that for the game cricket to sustain globally, Test cricket needs to be the premier format.
Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi feels Indian captain Virat Kohli should step down from the leadership role in all formats of the game to flourish as a batsman for his country.
Ahead of Thursday's Indian Premier League player auction, Royal Challengers Banglore captain Virat Kohli assured the fans that they will cover all bases and pick a strong team for the next edition of IPL. Ahead of this year's IPL auction, RCB had released 12 players from their squad, while retaining 13.
India Test captain Virat Kohli has been phenomenal despite 'all the noise around him', head coach Rahul Dravid said on Sunday, lending support to the superstar batter.
The Indian team on Monday underwent its first outdoor session since arriving in Chennai, ahead of the opening Test against England.
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