Virat Kohli, who has given up the RCB captaincy, was retained along with Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and young pace bowler Mohammed Siraj.
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Saturday was added to Surrey's squad for the County Championship fixture against Somerset, starting on July 11 at the Oval in London.
Australia's voice of cricket Richie Benaud has been offered the chance to commentate on Test matches from his home this year if he is not well enough to get to the grounds, according to broadcaster Channel Nine.
Veteran India seamer Zaheer Khan feels India would struggle to make an impact overseas unless the batsmen raised their game and notch up big scores consistently.
Ajinkya Rahane's place in the India Test squad has come into question following a string of low scores in England but batting coach Vikram Rathour said they are not overly worried about the vice captain's form slump.
India's Test specialist Hanuma Vihari had a forgettable English county debut for Warwickshire, failing to trouble the scorers against Nottinghamshire.
A round up of the fourth and final day's action of the Ranji Trophy matches on Sunday.
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It was the naval version of Prithvi, which has a range of 250 to 300 km.
Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler is set to make his Test debut after being named to replace Matt Prior in England's 13-man squad to play India in the third Test starting at Southampton on Sunday.
The reactions to Virat Kohli stepping down as the captain of the Indian Test team after seven years on Saturday.
'I think, it is very important to be aware of what you think about yourself. At the end of the day, if you have more responsibility, you know you can have a different vision so you need to stay true to yourself. If I know my game is not where it should be, then I do not need someone to push me, I am myself aware of it.'
It was the missile's third test flight. The first was on April 11, 1999 and second on January 17, 2001.
India on Thursday test-fired the indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Orissa as part of the user trial by the Army. "The missile mounted on a mobile launcher was test-fired from the launch complex-3 in the ITR at around 0905 hours," defence officials said.With a maximum striking range of 350 km, the missile is capable of carrying a pay-load of 500-1000 kg warhead.
GP2 driver Karun Chandhok would love to actually race for Force India, rather than warming the test driver's seat for the Vijay Mallya-owned Formula One outfit. And in case he has to settle for a test driver's job, Chandhok says he would love to do that with a top team and claimed he is in touch with some of them.
Rain played spoilsport yet again as the second day of the one-off Test between India and Bangladesh was called off without a single delivery being bowled, in Fatullah, on Thursday.
>The Indian cricketers, who have been picked for next month's World Test Championship final against New Zealand and the five-Test series in England, are looking to get their first dose of the vaccine ahead of their trip to the UK.
The unguided rocket system is meant to neutralise bigger geographical area with rapid salvo of rockets. With a range of 40 km, 'Pinaka' can fire salvo of 12 rockets in 44 seconds. One salvo each (12 rockets) from the battery of six launchers can neutralise at a time a target area of 3.9 sq km.
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim faces a race against time to be fit for the one-off Test against India next month after the wicketkeeper-batsman was advised a week's rest to recover from a finger injury.
'Putin is in danger of losing face in his Ukrainian adventure. His bluster is a response to this.'
The missile was fired from INS Rajput, stationed in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Orrisa.
Only Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, and Steve Waugh have won more matches than Kohli as captain in Test cricket.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Wednesday named fast bowler Monde Zondeki to replace Charl Langeveldt in the national squad for the three-match Test series against India starting on March 26.
'I think some people can make it a bigger thing than it is.'
Crypto-currency, which is fast gaining popularity in the western market is now to enter cricketing space with 'Cricket Foundation', which claims to have 50,000 users even before its launch, and is complemented by over 60,000 followers on social media.
The K-15 missile, which has a range of 700 km, was test-fired from an undersea launcher.
India on Thursday successfully test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the Orissa coast. The supersonic cruise missile with precision strike capability was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 11 am from launch pad no 3 of the ITR, defence sources said. "The trial was successful," they said. The missile, which can fly at 2.8 times the speed of sound, is capable of carrying conventional warheads up to 300 kg.
According to PTI, the chairman of selectors, Chetan Sharma has asked the duo to regain form by playing Ranji Trophy.
The Indian team's tour of South Africa will go ahead with some changes to the schedule which will not feature T20 Internationals as planned earlier, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said.
Minor mechanical problems hampered Force India's second three-day test's opening day as Vitantonio Liuzzi managed to complete only 64 laps at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.
Vitantonio Liuzzi opened Team India's three-day test at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in southern Spain as the Formula One team, part-owned by Vijay Mallya, pushed on with its programme of getting to grips with the new Electronic Control Unit.
The indigenously built multi-target missile has a range of 25km and is one of the five missiles under various stages of development by the DRDO.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting wants in-form fast bowler Shaun Tait for the first Test against India.
Left out of the England squad for the Test tour of India, star batsman Kevin Pietersen expressed disappointment at the snub and said he had gone to 'great lengths' to broker peace following the text message scandal that threatened his international career.
The Delhi-born batter is the most successful Indian skipper in Test cricket when it comes to the number of wins. Under his 65-match stint as captain, India have won 38 matches with remarkable Test series victories in foreign soils as well.
Pujara took to Twitter to post pictures of him along with his wife getting vaccinated
Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin shared his reaction and also had a message for Kohli.
South Africa have retained the same 15-man squad that saved the series with Pakistan in October for their two home Tests against India later this month.
Describing the launch of the sophisticated missile as a complete success, ITR Director M V K V Prasad said all the mission parameters were met during the trial. "The missile was randomly chosen from the production stock and the launch activities were carried out by the specially formed Strategic Force Command and monitored by scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation as part of training exercise," sources said.
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