Opener Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal took a second string Leicestershire attack to the cleaners as India 'A' piled up a mammoth 458 for four to win the second warm-up game by a massive 281 runs.
Opting to bat after winning the toss, India A declared their first innings after some useful contributions from the lower-order batsmen. The visitors were 340 for five at stumps on the opening day at the Bay Oval.
Shami shocked everyone with a wayward over, giving away 20 runs as he conceded 53 runs in four overs.
Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar will replace suspended Hardik Pandya for India's ongoing ODI series in Australia, while rookie Punjab opener Shubman Gill will be joining the national team during the limited over series in New Zealand.
Rishabh Pant, after the conclusion of the match against Punjab Kings, said he has started enjoying captaincy
Veteran opener Gautam Gambhir and young Mayank Agarwal helped themselves to half centuries before torrential rain played spoilsport in the Duleep Trophy match between India 'Blue' and India 'Red' in Greater Noida on Monday. Only 34.2 overs of play was possible which saw 'Blue' team skipper Gambhir (51 batting) and Agarwal (53 batting) put on 105 runs for the opening wicket. The two openers were solid without being flashy as they maintained a decent run-rate of just over 3 runs per over.
It is learnt that Shubman has been told that he would bat in the middle-order in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, where Ajinkya Rahane will lead the team in the absence of Virat Kohli, who is on a break.
Images from Thursday's Indian Premier League match between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab, in Dubai.
KL Rahul has been ruled out of the Border-Gavaskar series after spraining his left wrist while batting in the nets.
Natarajan was added to the Test squad for the remaining two Test matches against Australia on January 1.
Shubman's stress fracture in shin could take minimum two months to heal
Hanuma Vihari's role as an opener is a stop-gap one and he will be given enough opportunities in his preferred middle-order spot should he fail at the top, assured chairman of selectors MSK Prasad.
KL Rahul and Co would like forget the unsavoury incident and focus on the task ahead.
The Indian cricketers are making most of a rare vacation on an overseas tour.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the second Test between South Africa and India, in Johannesburg, on Monday.
IPL 2022 saw many top players failing to justify their huge price tags with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Kieron Pollard and Ravindra Jadeja failing to inspire their teams.
Dhawan struck a mature unbeaten 88 to help Punjab Kings beat CSK
Originally picked to play at the number four batting spot, Shankar has managed scores of 15 not out, 29 and 14 in his three matches in the World Cup.
Images from Friday's IPL match between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings, in Mumbai.
The 6'7" seam-bowling all-rounder's inclusion in Australia's line-up was expected after his impressive hundred in the first warm-up game against India A.
From Under-19 talents such as Prithvi Shaw and Shivam Mavi to last domestic season's top run-getter Mayank Agarwal, the list includes all those whom the selection committee found worthy of national or A team call-up in the near future
Opener Mayank Agarwal described the Basin Reserve wicket as 'tricky', adding it was very difficult to negotiate for India's batsmen on Day 1 of the first Test against New Zealand, in Wellington, on Friday.
Virat Kohli's top-ranked team, with 360 points in its kitty, is certainly the favourite on paper but the Black Caps under Kane Williamson are experts at wearing down opposition with their patience
Agarwal, on Thursday, became the fourth Indian to convert his maiden Test century to a double hundred and his former state-mate Uthappa recalled how the opener has improved by leaps and bounds since Vinay gave him a vocal tonic.
Survives sharp bowling to notch up another half-ton
Indian openers have not replicated the kind of starts the Indian batting has grown accustomed to from its top-order.
Devdutt Padikkal joined Mumbai skipper Prithvi Shaw to surpass Mayank Agarwal's tally of most runs in a single Vijay Hazare Trophy edition.
Some of their bowling and fielding frailties exposed in the series-opener, India will aim for quick course correction when they take on a resurgent New Zealand in a must-win second ODI, in Auckland, on Saturday. India find themselves in a familiar situation after the loss in Hamilton. But the visitors have come from behind against the West Indies and Australia to win their last two ODI series and Virat Kohli's men will aim to do the same against the Kiwis.
The performance of openers Rohit Sharma and K L Rahul has been the biggest plus for India in the batting department. Both have showed remarkable temperament and technique in testing conditions to give the team a solid start.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after Game 52.
Strike bowler Kagiso Rabada swung the contest in Delhi Capitals's favour with the ball in the decisive Super Over against Kings XI Punjab.
Left-arm spinner Axar Patel picked up five wickets to help India grab a handy 49-run first-innings lead on Day 3 of the first Test against New Zealand on Saturday.
He came out with a plan and that plan was to use his brute force to smash bowlers all around the park to take his team home to victory.
'As a group, we have left that behind and are focusing on the next four games, one by one.'
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Images from the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings, in Dubai, on Thursday.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the 2nd Test played at the Wanderers on Thursday.
Washington and pacer Avesh Khan, who are both set to fly back home due to injury, played for the County XI in India's only warm up game ahead of the first Test beginning August 4.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test between South Africa and India, in Cape Town, on Tuesday.
It is that time of the year when cricketers from around the world wait with bathed breath as their names come up at the Indian Premier League auction.
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