All the Indian batsmen and bowlers will get a look in and skipper Virat Kohli is expected to decide his best possible combination for the playing eleven for the first Test depending on their performances in the coming two days.
It remains to be seen whether veteran Gautam Gambhir can make a comeback to the Indian ODI team after being recently called up to the Test squad to replace the injured KL Rahul.
Struggling pacer Ishant Sharma was recalled to India's 16-member Test squad for the two-match series against Bangladesh, starting January 17 in Chittagong. Tamil Nadu middle-order batsman S Badrinath, who featured in India's squad that played the last Test against Sri Lanka at home, was dropped.
The Indian cricket team, led by Virat Kohli, departed from Mumbai on Sunday for the Asia Cup competition to be played in Bangladesh starting on February 25.
lot will be expected from former England opener Marcus Trescothick, who is embarking on his first overseas tour in three years after quitting cricket due to stress-related illness. Trescothick and Justin Langer have proved a lethal opening combo in the English domestic circuit and will be hoping to carry their form over to India.
'I was not thinking about it as my first game, I was just thinking that it's another game and it just happened.'
India Blue reached the Duleep Trophy final on the basis of a massive first innings lead, completing a comprehensive performance against India Green even as the game ended in a draw in Greater Noida on Wednesday. There was only one team going into the final against India Red after India Blue took a huge 470-run first innings lead yesterday by dismissing the Green team for 237. India Blue had amassed 707
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead a full strength India squad for the two-match Twenty20 series against the West Indies in the United States on August 27 and 28.
Saker took the unusual step of publicly criticising his bowlers in the fourth and final Test against India in Sydney last month, revealing discord with staff over tactics.
Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj made a controversial claim on Monday, saying Mahendra Singh Dhoni did not want his son in India's squad for the World Cup. However, the all-rounder, hero of India's World Cup triumph in 2011, refuted the claim.
After taking over as captain of Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming 11th edition of the Indian Premier League, wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik said he would like to emulate current India skipper Virat Kohli and lead from the front.
Paceman RP Singh was on Monday rewarded for his consistent performance in the ongoing IPL with a recall while fellow-speedster Munaf Patel was dropped from India's 15-member squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in England.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni lands in Dhaka for three-match series
Coach Gary Kirsten told India's squad to distance themselves from the controversy surrounding five senior players ahead of the start of the Test series against Australia.
Sourav Ganguly says when he was kept out of the Indian team by coach Greg Chappell and he was desperately fighting his way back, his father was unable to bear his struggle and wanted him to retire.
The selectors also picked uncapped Delhi spinner Amit Mishra and Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath in India's 15-man squad.
Ace statistician Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of Rahul Dravid's performances in the last few years and not surprising it has been dipping at an alarming rate in the last couple of years.
Former India cricketer Kirti Azad feels the selectors discriminated against Sourav Ganguly by ignoring him for the Irani Trophy while retaining Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who were equally off-colour in the recent Sri Lanka tour.
Interestingly, Sourav Ganguly's run-aggregate since his comeback in December 2006, is the highest by any Indian batsman in Test matches in this period.
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Sourav Ganguly on Monday was not included in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy match against Ranji Trophy champions Delhi to be played in Baroda, starting on September 24. Yuvraj Singh and Rohit Sharma were also left out of the 15-man squad announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai.
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar gave a thumbs up to the selection committee's decision to reward the domestic players while naming a new-look India squad for the upcoming limited overs series in Zimbabwe.
England have named uncapped Hampshire all-rounder Liam Dawson in their 15-man squad for the World Twenty20, to be staged in India next month, but there was no dramatic recall for Kevin Pietersen.
Not alien to comebacks, former India captain Sourav Ganguly insists he is in no mood to call it quits, for he believes he has another couple of year's cricket left in him.The former captain seemed to have come to terms with his ODI exclusion but insisted he is in no mood to hang up his boots as far as Test and Twenty20 cricket are concerned.
The Rest of India squad to take on Ranji Trophy champions Delhi in the September 24-28 Irani Cup tie in Vadodara will be picked in Mumbai on September 8. The squad would be a virtual Test side barring those who would be representing Delhi like Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Ishant Sharma.
Harbhajan Singh, making a comeback to the Indian team after two years, has said he always had the self-belief to make a comeback.
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the commitment of some players in the India squad following the side's crushing second test defeat to South Africa in Ahmedabad. The hosts were skittled out for 76 on the first morning and went on to lose by an innings and 90 runs, leaving Gavaskar to suggest some players were distracted by the build-up to the Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL) beginning on April 18.
The ace off-spinner, who was picked in the 15-man team for the South Africa series despite not undergoing a fitness test, declared he is full fit and raring to go.
Virat Kohli, who was part of the India squad which won the ICC Champions Trophy four years ago, believes his side is in an even better position to rule the world this year as he prepares for his first major competition as captain.
India's captain was on Thursday ruled out of Asia Cup due to a Grade 1 left side injury.
"The only sad thing about being a selector is that you end up losing some of your friends," said Sandeep Patil after the selection panel, headed by him, picked the last Indian cricket squad of its tenure in Mumbai on Monday. Patil, who was appointed the chairman of selectors following the sacking of Mohinder Amarnath in September 2012, said he ends his term as a happy man.
The Kerala seamer has been ruled out of the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy match due to an injury in his right toe.
Harbhajan will join the county team on July 2 and will play till the end of summer.
Parveez Rasool was modest yet honest in his admission that he did expect a national call-up after his seven-wicket haul against the mighty Australians earlier this year.
Rediff.com presents a detailed statistical analysis of the World Cup records.
The 15-member India squad was announced today for the remaining two ODIs vs West Indies.
Ajinkya Rahane was chosen as captain of the depleted Indian team for the limited overs tour to Zimbabwe next month as the selectors decided to rest several seniors including Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli.
India and Gujarat left-arm spinner Axar Patel acknowledged RP Singh that veteran pacer Singh's presence in the Gujarat dressing room for the past two years played a big role in the team's development.
Agarkar is to undergo a fitness test on Nov. 10, three days before the team's departure.
Left-arm spinner Axar Patel has taken Sunil Gavaskar's stinging criticism in his stride and says he is determined to prove the former India captain wrong with consistent performances, starting with the five-match ODI series in Australia next month.
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