Cheteshwar Pujara was the highest-placed Indian batsman, climbing a rung to the sixth position, while Pragyan Ojha broke into the top-10 among bowlers after gaining one spot to be 10th in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Monday.
The Chennai Super Kings squad for the Champions League T20 in South Africa.
Ravichandran Ashwin has become the fastest Indian bowler to take bag hundred Test wickets during the second match against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
'...the one that turned the match firmly in India's favour was the Johnny Mullagh medal-winning contribution from Rahane. The captain's century came at a time when India could easily have faded to a two-nil deficit, and it was this performance that gave his team the conviction that victory was attainable.'
R Ashwin faced a lot of criticism after a lacklustre showing against England, and many wondered whether he was the man to take the Indian spin legacy ahead.
A look at the averages in the just concluded India - Australia series in which the home team made a 4-0 clean sweep.
The national selection committee announced the squad for the two-Test series against the West Indies.
With two senior pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar (thigh injury) and Ishant Sharma (side strain) all but ruled out, Navdeep Saini will certainly be the fourth pacer after Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav.
R Ashwin is in line for another player of the series award, says Bikash Mohapatra. After the first two Tests against Australia, has already a tally of 18 wickets, four more than he finished with against England.
Dhoni fetches 'Spirit of Cricket' honour.
The selectors handed out of favour spinner Harbhajan Singh another lifeline when they picked him up in the 15-man Indian squad for the first two Tests against Australia.
Ravichandran Ashwin made most of helpful conditions and finished with wonderful figures of four for 40 as Australia struggled to 231 for eight after electing to bat in the fourth Test.
A dogged half century by R Ashwin helped India avoid the ignominy of an innings defeat in the third Test against England at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.
Cricketer-turned-commentator Navjot Singh Sidhu says the spirit for which Harbhajan is known for was never visible during the second Test in Mumbai.
India scored a comprehensive innings and 135-runs win over Australia in the second Test at Hyderabad on Tuesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.
Spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja produced a mesmerising spell as India crushed a clueless Australia by an innings and 135 runs in less than three and half days to win the second cricket Test and take a 2-0 lead in the four-match series in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
India moved up a rung to fourth in the ICC Test rankings for teams, displacing Pakistan, while veteran Sachin Tendulkar rose three places to 17th in the batsmen's chart. Among the bowlers, off-spinner R Ashwin was rewarded for his match haul of 12 for 198 in the first Test against Australia with a jump to a career-best 11th.
Statistical highlights from Day 1 of the second Test played between India and England at Wankhede in Mumbai on Friday.
India won the opening match in the four-Test series against Australia by eight wickets on Tuesday. Captain MS Dhoni and spinner R Ashwin were the wreckers-in-chief, as the Aussies were outplayed on a dustbowl of a pitch through the five days of the Test. Rediff.com looks back moments from the memorable victory.
Captain MS Dhoni's heroics with the bat and spinner R Ashwin's 12 wickets in the match, helped India register a comprehensive 8-wicket victory against Australia. Here are a few statistical highlights from Day 5 of the first Test played in Chennai on Tuesday.
Discuss the first Test, with India Abroad's Bikash Mohapatra on Rediff ZaraBol at 14.45 IST.
Veteran Yuvraj Singh made a comeback to the Indian team, while Virat Kohli took over the captaincy from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the forthcoming three-match ODI and T20I series against England, starting in Pune, on January 15.
Rising talent, off-spinner R Ashwin replaced out-of-form senior tweaker Harbhajan Singh in the top bracket of BCCI's list of central retainership contracts, while struggling pacer Ishant Sharma was also demoted from Grade A to B.
The match, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, will also be a face-off between skippers KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, both seen as future India captaincy material.
Punjab bowlers gave nothing away, especially after taking out Hyderabad opener Jonny Bairstow (1 off 6) in the second over. With their middle order getting few chances to bat in this IPL, it was going to be a task for them to get going.
Virat Kohli Foundation has joined hands with Abhishek Bachchan's 'Playing for Humanity' to hold a charity football match which will also feature limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni part from the Test captain and top Bollywood actor like Ranbir Kapoor. The match termed as 'Celebrity Clssico 2016' will take place at the Mumbai Football Arena, Andheri Sports Complex, on Saturday, June 4 with an objective to generate funds for the foundations' charitable initiatives. Virat will lead the All Heart Football Club (a property of The Virat Kohli Foundation) and Bachchan is set to lead All Stars Football Club (run by Playing for Humanity).
Jackie Shroff talks about his much-awaited new film.
For India to successfully defend the top ranking, they will have to draw at least one Test.
Rediff.com's Manu Shankar points to the factors that led to Team India's downfall in the Kolkata Test.
India's No 9 batsman R Ashwin (83 batting) scored a defiant half-century to help India take a 32-run lead in their second innings on Day 4 of the third Test against England on Saturday.
Images from Day Two of the opening Test between India and New Zealand at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in Uppal on Friday.
Day Two of the first Test between India and England brought bad news for the visitors. But Cheteshwar Pujara dominated all the headlines.
Both are 26 years of age. They have nothing in common when it comes to their bowling styles, one being an off-spinner and the other a left arm leg-spinner. However, both bowling in tandem have, in the last year, fetched Team India rich dividends.
Kohli is now five points clear after Smith's knock of 36 in the Adelaide Test
Photos from Super Eights match between India and Pakistan being played in Colombo
Albie Morkel, a regular in the Chennai Super Kings line-up during IPL, says the experience of sharing the dressing room with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, R Ashwin and Suresh Raina will help South Africa when they take on India in their final Super Eight game of the World Twenty20.
Showing utter disrespect towards the Indian cricket team, a Bangladeshi newspaper has produced a fake 'cutter' advertisement, in which seven Indian cricketers are seen standing with their heads half-shaven.
Former India opener and two-time IPL champion skipper Gautam Gambhir believes Virat Kohli's non-performance as Royal Challengers Bangalore captain should lead to his removal from the hot seat as it is now a question of accountability.
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Team India's policy of rotating its three openers, including Sachin Tendulkar, was again thrown into confusion with offspinner R Ashwin saying that he is not aware of the team's selection policy.
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