Kolkata Knight Riders leg-spinner Piyush Chawla says it was fun bowling in tandem with veteran Brad Hogg and the Australian's performance made life easier for him from the other end.
Marcus North hit a brilliant half century as Australia 'A' fought back in the second innings after being forced to follow-on in the three-day game against India 'A' that ended in a draw at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Friday.
India 'A' restricted Australia 'A' to 113 for 8 in their first innings on the second day of the three-day game, at the M Chinnaswamy stadium, in Bangalore, on Thursday. Mohnish Parmar took three wickets for 37 runs and Piyush Chawla 2 for 36 to put the home team in a strong position after it was bowled out for 284 in 89.4 overs in the first innings.
Mumbai Indians will be fretting over their team combination as they take on a marauding Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League encounter, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Nottinghamshire has given V V S Laxman time till Friday to make up his mind whether to join the county or not. Laxman was supposed to join the club as a replacement for Australian Adam Voges.
Punjab have taken an overall lead of 244 runs over Uttar Pradesh at the close of the third day's play in the Ranji Super League Group 'B' match.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir is proud of his side's record 12th straight win. Gambhir also praised the team spirit and predicted a great future for Suryakumar Yadav, who helped the IPL champions book their semi-final spot in the Champions League T20 in Hyderabad on Wednesday night.
The Indian captain leads the list of India's most valuable ODI players in the current season.
India made one change, bringing in leg-spinner Piyush Chawla in place of Munaf Patel for the first of the best of three finals.
The Indians are hoping to erase the bitter memories of the 4-0 loss in South Africa by winning the three-match series, beginning in Belfast on Tuesday.
A livid Sunil Gavaskar on Sunday lashed out at Indian seamer Munaf Patel for his lackadaisical attitude on the field and suggested he should not have been included in the side that lost to Australia in the tri-series one-dayer in Adelaide.
East Zone displayed a superb team effort to beat defending champions Central by 18 runs and set up a summit clash with West in the Zonal One-Dayers of the Deodhar Trophy in Cuttack on Monday.
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The spin duo of Praveen Gupta and Piyush Chawla forced the Baroda team to dance to their tunes on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' super league match in Lucknow.
KXIP's chances of a top four finish took a serious hit after Rajasthan Royals handed them a seven-wicket loss,
The 18-year-old, who made a big impression during India's 4-3 one-day series defeat by England, suffered the injury during training at the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa earlier this week.
Uttar Pradesh, once considered minnows, are in a different league now with three players in the Indian team and the next crop even more promising.
Ishan Kishan changed the script completely with swashbuckling stroke-play in the middle overs to steer Mumbai past Kolkata in Wednesday's IPL match in Kolkata.
The young leg-spinner claimed four wickets for 32 runs as India 'A' beat Kenya by an innings and 98 runs in a three-day match.
Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings head into the match after identical seven-wicket wins over Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively.
Skipper Gautam Gambhir again led by example with a match-winning half-century as Kolkata Knight Riders remained in contention for play-off berth with a comprehensive nine-wicket win over table toppers Kings XI Punjab in an IPL encounter, in Cuttack on Sunday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who missed the opening match against South Africa, has recovered from a viral flu and is expected to play the second ODI.
MI are coming into the match after suffering back-to-back losses
The ace leg spinner said it is important to have faith in the 18-year-old spinner and support him all the way.
A total of 62 players were sold at the auction for the 13th edition with the eight franchises spending a total of 1.403 billion rupees ($19.73 million). Australia's Pat Cummins became the most expensive overseas buy ever in the Indian Premier League when the Kolkata Knight Riders paid a staggering Rs 15.50 crore ($2.18 million) for the fast bowler in Thursday's auction in Kolkata on Thursday.
With 10 points from 11 games, it is a must-win encounter for Dinesh Karthik and his men if they want to keep their play-off chances alive.
Central Zone beat East Zone by 123 runs in their concluding Deodhar Trophy match.
KKR have plenty of resources in bowling but Karthik, it seems, has not been able to manage them well
India scored an innings and 50-run victory over New Zealand in the first four-day Under-19 'Test' at Lincoln.
Chasing a victory target of 129, Uttar Pradesh finished the day at 100 for seven against Tamil Nadu.
Fresh from their clinical display against Sunrisers Hyderabad, two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will look to set the record straight against nemesis Mumbai Indians in their second IPL match in Chennai on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old leg spinner said it is an honour to even share dressing room space with stars like Tendulkar, Dravid and Pathan.
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Delhi Daredevils by nine wickets in the Indian Premier League.
Young spinner Piyush Chawla grabbed four wickets to restrict Bengal to 349 for 8 at close on day 3 of the Ranji Trophy final.
India Under-19 beat their Pakistan counterparts by 82 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders would look to usher in a fresh era under new captain Dinesh Karthik with a victory when they open their Indian Premier League campaign against heavyweights Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
Captain Piyush Chawla showed his batting skills with a hard-hitting 146 to put India Under-19 in command against Pakistan on the second day of the four-day youth 'Test' in Peshawar on Thursday.
The Indian under-19 team posted a 271-run victory over the Pakistan colts in the first four-day Test.
Uttar Pradesh all-rounder Piyush Chawla continued his decent showing in the upper division of EnglishCounty Championship as his side Somerset beat Surrey by seven wickets to log home five points.
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