Before the Champions Trophy final, a look at the 'Team Behind the Team'.
K L Rahul eases concerns surrounding his fitness ahead of the first Test against Australia, starting in Perth, by batting comfortably in the nets on Sunday.
The 15-member squad of the Indian team which won the T20 World Cup will take home Rs 5 crore each.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly said their players refused to play the fifth and final Test against England due to COVID-19 concerns and denied that the upcoming IPL had played any part in the decision.
The fifth Test match between England and India, which starts in Manchester on Friday, is doubtful after Team India's support staff tested positive for COVID-19.
The spinner enjoyed a game of darts indoors with Physios Nitin Patel and Yogesh Parmar, and Video Analyst Hari Prasad Mohan.
Pandya took to Twitter and shared a video of him running on the field and exercising in the gym.
Pandya wrote, "Always by your side mom."
India's batting mainstay Rohit Sharma has no idea about the status of last month's abandoned fifth Test against England in Manchester but he is quite clear in his mind that his team 'won' the hard-fought series 2-1.
India's head coach Ravi Shastri, along with bowling and fielding coaches Bharath Arun and R Sridhar, respectively, would need to undergo a "fit to fly" test post recovery from COVID-19, which led to the cancellation of the fifth Test against England in Manchester last week.
India captain Virat Kohli said it is unfortunate to "end up here early" for the IPL after a COVID-19 outbreak led to the cancellation of the fifth Test against England and hoped for a "secure" bio-bubble in the league to tackle the "uncertain" times.
India head coach Ravi Shastri and his support staff colleagues Bharat Arun and Ramakrishnan Sridhar are likely to leave for India on Wednesday provided they have two negative RT-PCR reports prior to their departure date.
Board of Control for Cricket in India vice-president Rajeev Shukla says negotiations with the England and Wales Cricket Board are underway to resolve issues "amicably" following the cancellation of the fifth and final Test of the series, which was scheduled to commence in Manchester on Friday.
'The Indian players are going from this bubble to an even tighter bubble.' 'Ten days more of quarantine would do their heads in.'
India head coach Ravi Shastri has tested positive for COVID-19 in the confirmatory RT-PCR test as well and will remain in isolation for at least the next 10 days, ruling him out of the team's fifth and final Test against England, starting in Manchester on Friday, September 10.
England vice-captain Jos Buttler on Thursday said he expects the fifth and final Test against India to proceed as scheduled despite a fresh COVID-19 case in the visiting camp.
ECB writes to ICC, wants the ICC's Dispute Resolution Committee to address the issue and expect that a forfeiture would be granted so that they can claim insurance as they are going to lose 40 million pound if the match is declared abandoned due to COVID.
The 14th season of the IPL, which was postponed in May this year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume on September 19 in Dubai with a blockbuster clash between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.
Royal Challengers Bangalore, which is captained by India skipper Virat Kohli, said the right decision has been taken.
Ahead of the fifth and final Test against England, India's junior physio Yogesh Parmar tested positive for COVID-19 in Manchester, leading to the cancellation of the team's training session on Thursday.
The India all-rounder is expected to be out of action for five months.
The Board did not specify any timeline for Bhuvneshwar Kumar's recovery but it is learnt that he will return to action during the Indian Premier League
India head coach Ravi Shastri says he has no regrets about organising the book launch, which was widely perceived to be the reason for a COVID-19 outbreak that forced the cancellation of the fifth Test against England in Manchester.
The proposed standalone Test between India and England should be treated as the series-deciding fifth match that was cancelled last week owing to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said on Monday and ruled out the possibility of it being treated as a one-off game.
It is learnt that neither Head Coach Ravi Shastri nor captain Virat Kohli sought any written permission from the BCCI to attend the former's book launch at the team hotel.
After long discussions, the Board of Control for Cricket in India and England and Wales Cricket Board had said more test results will be taken into consideration before taking a call on the match getting underway.
'So for this last Test everybody has been told to stay in the rooms... don't move, or try and order room service. Play the Test match and get on with it and let's get to IPL after that. So that's kind of been the mood so to speak (before the match was called off)'
The Indian team has turned into a mini-hospital with multiple players nursing injuries.
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