Virat Kohli's supreme fitness was evident in his 47th ODI century while comeback man KL Rahul produced an equally engaging ton on comeback as India thrashed a listless Pakistan by record 228-run margin.
Images from Day 3 of the fourth Test between Australia and India, at the Gabba, on Sunday.
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Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma and Shardul Thakur in the nets.
Several members of the Indian cricket team including the stand-in captain Hardik Pandya on Wednesday began training at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, on Friday, but all eyes were on the wrist-spinning duo, who have to battle it out with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar for a place in the Playing XI.
'Going forward, they might need 4-6 weeks to get going themselves. It's a tough job and if you are bowling 140-150 kmph, running about 25 yards to bowl one ball at a time and then keep bowling for a few overs.'
Middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav was left out of India's important T20 World Cup game against New Zealand on Sunday after he 'complained of back-spasm', leading to a forced change in the playing eleven.
'Great to get back to business with @hardikpandya7 @SDhawan25, @imShard, #TeamIndia #AUSvIND,' Shastri tweeted.
Images from the second One-Day International between India and the West Indies, at Port of Spain, on Sunday
India will expect a better approach from skipper Shikhar Dhawan and young Shubman Gill in the Powerplay overs when the team clashes with New Zealand in a do-or-die second One-Day International, in Hamilton, on Sunday.
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between South Africa and India, in Johannesburg, on Wednesday.
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Kuldeep Yadav picked up four wickets and Ishan Kishan slammed a quickfire half-century as India crushed West Indies by five wickets in the first ODI.
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KL Rahul will have to show drastically improved leadership acumen when he leads India against a buoyant South African side in the second ODI on Thursday.
Surya was hit just above right wrist by a throwdown from Raghavendra and immediately left the nets writhing in pain.
'5 months. 2 countries. 8 cities later, back to spending some quality time with my favourites, in my favourite city.'
India made just one change to their squad as Umesh Yadav replaced Shardul Thakur for the last two Tests of the ongoing four-match series against England.
Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Shardul Thakur and Prithvi Shaw and Head Coach Ravi Shastri took the RT-PCR test on their arrival at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Naharaj international airport.
Seamer Shardul Thakur took 3/38 as India completed a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe to claim victory in their three-match One-Day International series with a game to spare at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday.
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The injury-hit Indian team brought in left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav as they aim to salvage some pride in the third and final ODI against Bangladesh on Saturday.
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow slammed majestic centuries as England pulled off their highest-ever successful run chase in the longest format for a convincing seven-wicket win over India in the rescheduled fifth Test in Birmingham on Tuesday.
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant, who attended the first training session with his team in Mumbai on Monday, said all the DC players are in a good frame of mind.
DC would have expected their bowling attack to fire on all cylinders, but that was not be.
Rohit Sharma is certain to replace Mayank Agarwal at the top of the order against Australia in the third Test, starting in Sydney from Thursday.
Delhi Capitals will look to put the 'no-ball' controversy behind and gain much needed momentum against another side seeking course correction, the Kolkata Knight Riders, in the Indian Premier League.
Images from the first One-Day International between Bangladesh and India, in Mirpur, on Sunday.
India fast bowler Mohammad Siraj has grabbed the top position for bowlers in the ICC men's ODI Player Rankings after a superb show in the home series against New Zealand
India captured four wickets to reduce South Africa 'A' to 179 for 9, who go into day four with a paltry lead of 40 runs in the second innings.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, who scored a century in the first innings was batting on 18 in the company of skipper Priyank Panchal (17).
Venkatesh Iyer has smashed his way to the top of the IPL 2023 run scoring charts with 234 runs from five matches, at a strike rate of 170.
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From once being everyone's envy for having a problem of plenty as far their talent pool was concerned, Indian cricket now seems to be suffering from problems aplenty.
India dropped both Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara from the side following the South Africa tour but brought them back rather than grooming youngsters? Rahane scored the bulk of the runs for India in the WTC final but was going back to him and Pujara the right call?
Ahead of their IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper said they would use Rahul Tripathi's inputs, with the latter being a former Knight.
Rinku Singh lit up the Ahmedabad skyline as he hammered five sixes in a row to guide Kolkata Knight Riders to a thrilling win over Gujarat Titans.
The careers of senior pros Ajinkya Rahane and Ishant Sharma are on the line when the selectors pick the Indian Test squad for the coming tour of South Africa.
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