India's Test specialist Hanuma Vihari, who had left Hyderabad to play for Andhra to further his international prospects, is back 'home' after five seasons for the upcoming domestic season.
Nadeem has been a prolific performer for Jharkhand
All that's transpired on and off the cricket pitch on Wednesday.
Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer slammed the current selection committee led by MSK Prasad, labelling them as a 'Mickey Mouse selection committee'.
Chief Selector M S K Prasad also denied all the rumours saying that there is no update on Dhoni's retirement.
Jasprit Bumrah's return to action has been delayed further after the fast bowler was ruled of the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka as a 'precautionary measure', BCCI said on Monday.
The broadcasters have sent the proposal but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to give permission.
The unrest in Chennai Super Kings camp once again came to the forefront after senior batter Ambati Rayudu announced his retirement from IPL at the end of the season on social media, only to backtrack within an hour after being talked out of it by the team management on Saturday.
India underwent a full member training session
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday announced cash awards of Rs 20 lakh each for the senior selection committee members following India's maiden Test series win in Australia.
The SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud on Thursday reverted to the old five-member selection committee for both senior, junior and women teams.
Ambati Rayudu said that he has no regrets about his "3d" jibe at chairman of selectors MSK Prasad after being dropped from the World Cup squad.
Chairman of selectors MSK Prasad disclosed that the young Rishabh Pant is definitely going to feature for India in all the three formats.
Hardik Pandya has been on the road to recovery after going under the knife following a lower-back injury five months ago. Hardik slammed eight fours and 10 sixes in his sizzling innings
MSK Prasad and Co are looking at the England tour, where Karthik could make the cut in the longest format also.
Former opener Virender Sehwag expressed his desire to become selector of the Indian cricket team.
'I am very excited. It has been a dream for me to be a part of this team'
The three new selectors will be part of the panel led by Sunil Joshi.
BCCI's national selection panel is set to shrink in the wake of Supreme Court's order to implement the Lodha Committee reforms and both Gagan Khoda and Jatin Paranjpe will have to leave as they don't conform to the set norms.
BCCI President Anurag Thakur will continue as India's representative in the International Cricket Council.
Ganguly addressed a press conference after the Board's 88th Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Out-of-favour Suresh Raina might have felt hard done by the national selection committee but its former chairman MSK Prasad made it clear that it was poor form during the 2018-19 domestic season that became his undoing. The 33-year-old, who has appeared in 226 ODIs and 78 T20Is apart from 18 Tests, last played for India in July 2018 in England after which he was dropped for good.
Hardik suffered an acute lower back injury five months ago and underwent a surgery in London, following which he has been rehabilitating at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Hardik Pandya hit four towering sixes and ran swiftly between the wickets at the DY Patil T20 Cup as chief selector MSK Prasad closely monitored his fitness.
The finisher's job is only gaining significance in the power-packed modern game
It was a decision that not many saw coming but once it did, Jasprit Bumrah's elevation as India's ODI vice-captain, albeit as a stop-gap arrangement, seemed a perfectly justified reward for his terrific all-format consistency.
Chief selector MSK Prasad told reporters last month that most of the players in the current India side pick themselves and it was a matter of finalising a couple of slots before the World Cup in England and Wales.
Centurion is situated 1300 metres above sea level, which means a higher altitude where bowlers can get tired quickly and in case of four bowlers, there remains a possibility of them getting tired.
A source close to Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the former captain will take a call on his future after next year's IPL.
Taking to Twitter, the former Hyderabad captain accused several HCA members of have Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) cases pending against them.
Engineer reportedly said he made those comment in the jest of moment.
For India to do well in the T20 World Cup, it won't be a bad idea to ask KL Rahul to bat in the middle order instead of opening with skipper Rohit Sharma, considering that the top batters, including Virat Kohli, are struggling in the Powerplay overs.
The current fiasco now completely established that there is no communication between the selectors and senior players, who decide their own schedule. 'Dhoni feels that it would not be fair for him to join us at this stage, given that the team has done so well and reached the quarter-final stage in his absence. He does not want to upset the team balance'
India captain Virat Kohli described Ambati Rayudu as "a top man" after the middle-order batsman, who was ignored for the ongoing World Cup, retired from all forms of cricket. "Wish you the best going forward Ambati. You're a top man @RayuduAmbati," Kohli wrote on his official Twitter handle.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his arrival on big stage at this particular venue with a magnificent 148 against Pakistan back in 2005 and the pitch here again promises to be a run-feast when India take on New Zealand in the first Twenty20 International.
Former opener Vikram Rathour will replace Sanjay Bangar as India's new batting coach while Bharath Arun and R Sridhar were expectedly retained as bowling and fielding coaches respectively.
There were no major surprises with most of the players picking themselves.
Star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah's fitness will be tested ahead of his national comeback when he turns out for Gujarat in their Ranji Trophy match against Kerala, beginning in Surat on Wednesday.
Pant was slammed by fans for spilling a few chances in the third and final ODI against the West Indies in Cuttack on Sunday.
Kohli was surprised by the allegations and said dragging her name was not right.
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made himself "unavailable" for the tour of West Indies but ruled out immediate retirement a day before the selectors meet in Mumbai to pick the squads for the upcoming away series.
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