Ashish Nehra, who pulled out due to a back injury, will be replaced by Ajit Agarkar.
There is very little chance that Rajat Patidar will make it to the playing eleven during India's opening Test against England unless the hosts decide on going a bowler short.
Former Australia speedster Dennis Lillee said some 'Sikh boys and a few others are really good and look to be long-term future prospects'.
Discuss the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka.
Kohli is the man for the big occasion and has been scoring runs consistently across formats, says Harish Kotian.
ROhit Sharma recently threw a party to celebrate his record ODI knock. His teammates form the Indian national team, Mumbai Ranji team and a few Bollywood celebrities were seen in attendance.
Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Jaffer, Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan have been picked in the 31-member team.
Former Test stumper Sameer Dighe was on Friday named as the new coach of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team for next season.
The Mumbai off-spinner took five for 66 to restrict Gujarat to 210 for eight on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Mumbai's seam attack had Madhya Pradesh reeling at 164 for 7 at stumps on day 1 in the Elite Ranji Trophy league match.
Ajit Agarkar believes in being prepared when opportunity presents itself. Irfan Pathan's side strain has given him a chance to return to the team.
The Indian captain said the team could have probably spared themselves and the fans the heart-stopping moments towards the end.
India skipper Sourav Ganguly says the Baroda fast bowler is not bowling well and needs some time to get back his rhythm.
Venugopal Rao and VRV Singh were included in India's playing eleven for the sixth ODI against England.
The 15-member squad included under-19 spinner Piyush Chawla and pacer S Sreesanth.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
The Indian captain said the team will try its best in Sunday's second final in Sydney.
India chose Virender Sehwag and Akash Chopra as their openers leaving out Anil Kumble and S Ramesh from the XI.
They can make a comeback to the Indian team for the T20 World Cup in June if they fare well in IPL 2024.
Ahead of the Asia Cup 2023, Indian cricketers on Thursday underwent rigorous fitness drills, including the Yo-Yo test which was aced by the players in attendance in Bengaluru.
It is not certain whether KL Rahul opening the batting will work for the team in the future.
The young Tilak Varma was included in the Indian team for the Asia Cup as the sixth specialist batter.
Mumbai Cricket Association on Tuesday said it was "not concerned" even if some of them joined the newly-formed union.
The Indian skipper is desperate to end his prolonged lean patch with the bat.
The West Zone spinner claimed 7 wickets for 44 runs to dismiss South Zone for 187 on the opening day of the four-day Duleep Trophy match.
Half centuries by Wasim Jaffer and Amol Muzumdar helped Mumbai take a 18-run first innings lead over Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy match.
Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Ajit Agarkar also skipped optional practice in in extremely windy and demanding conditions at Basin Reserve, the venue of the first Test against New Zealand.
Mumbai beat Bengal by an innings and 132 runs victory on the fourth and final day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match.
That depends on Axar Patel's recovery from injury.
