Team India discards -- Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra, and the Pathan brothers -- will get another opportunity to stake a claim in the national team at the annual NKP Salve Challenger Trophy which gets underway in Nagpur on Monday.
Saurabh Wakaskar hit an unbeaten century as Baroda inched closer to Haryana's first innings total of 295 on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match in Rohtak on Sunday.
CSK batsmen lacked urgency and that was their folly.
North Zone advanced to the semi-finals of the Duleep Trophy cricket tournament by virtue of their 320-run first innings lead as the inconsequential fourth and final day's play ended with West Zone losing two wickets in their second essay in Chennai.
Akash Banerjee, nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and three of his associates were on Friday given bail by a court in Kolkata. They had spent a day in judicial custody for assaulting a traffic sergeant. Acting Chief Judicial Magistrate Alipore S Hossain granted the bail prayers of Banerjee and Nitish Singh, Mohammad Sarmuddin and Amit Mishra till August 16 on a bail bond of Rs 1,000 each.
Returning to their den at the Chepauk, Chennai Super Kings will look to bounce back from their opening day win when they take on Lucknow Super Giants.
Bishen Singh Bedi has praised Ravichandran Ashwin for his consistent showing in the three matches but came down hard on the other bowlers.
Former Test cricketer Sandeep Patil was selected coach.
Images of the third day's play of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka being played in Colombo.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar were rested and Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath and Bengal wicketkeeper Wriddhimaan Saha recalled to India's 16-member ODI squad for the tour of the West Indies.
Deccan Chargers slumped to its sixth defeat in the ongoing IPL in Hyderabad on Tuesday and captain Kumar Sangakkara blamed his butterfingered fielders and some sloppy death bowling for the Hyderabad outfit's disappointing performance against Kolkata Knight Riders.
It remains to be seen who will partner Rahul at the all-important opening slot.
In a major goof-up, the BCCI on Saturday forgot to mention batsman Abhinav Mukund's name in its contracted list of cricketers.
After missing out on the One-day series, Harbhajan Singh should be back in contention as discussion surrounding the ace off-spinner's inclusion for the first Test against West Indies in New Delhi would be the hot topic when the selectors meet, in Kolkata, on Friday.
Spinner Amit Mishra and pacer Dale Steyn scalped two wickets each as Deccan Chargers knocked Rajasthan Royals out of the Indian Premier League by inflicting on them an upset five-wicket defeat in a must-win match in Hyderabad.
Rajneesh Gupta previews Game 53 in IPL 12: Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals.
'While you're playing in the middle it is simple -- just play your game and choose bowlers that we want to hit first and obviously, (Mohammad) Nabi and Rashid (Khan) were the best bowlers on their side. It was an interesting game and I'm happy that we won'
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali.
Images from the Day 5 play of the fourth Test at the Oval.
Rajneesh Gupta previews Game 37 in IPL 12: Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab.
'We have a number of match-winners, so it's very difficult to go up the order'
A battle royale is in the offing as heavyweights Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals clash in a high-profile IPL encounter, in Chennai, on Tuesday.
Rajneesh Gupta figures out the Indian ODI and T20 sides for the South Africa series.
A well-made hundred by Abhinav Mukund highlighted the opening day of India's tour match against Northamptonshire at the County Ground on Friday.
'Toh ab tu mujhe sikhayega...,' Gambhir said in a verbal spat with Kohli
CSK, coming off consecutive losses to Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings, will be aiming to bounce back against Lucknow Super Giants.
'But hey, even lone wolves howl at the moon every now and then, right?'
'Amit A Shah has assured us that the BJP will follow 'alliance dharma'.' 'If they follow it, the alliance will be intact.'
Delhi's strong batting line up of Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith and Pant himself will look to fire on all cylinders right from the opening game.
Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar did not hide his disappointment over the Wankhede Stadium strip that offered big turn to the spinners in Saturday's match against Deccan Chargers.
Gautam Gambhir will lead India in the ODI and T20 series on the upcoming tour of the West Indies after regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni asked to be rested. Suresh Raina will be Gambhir's deputy.
# Suresh Raina has registered 11 fifties in the IPL -- a tally exceeded only by Jacques Kallis (13).
Their spinners might have come a cropper in the loss to Rajasthan Royals, but that will not deter Deccan Chargers skipper Kumar Sangakkara from opening the bowling against Kolkata Knight Riders with tweakers in Kolkata on Sunday.
Gautam Gambhir leads one of the star-studded line-ups in the Champions League Twenty20. The Delhi Daredevils' line-up boasts of the two most dangerous batsmen in world cricket -- Tillakaratne Dilshan and Virender Sehwag.
Delhi promoted all-rounder Lalit Yadav and Pant said the team management is trying to groom him.
Praveen Kumar became the seventh bowler to register a hat-trick in the IPL. We present a list of bowlers who have claimed hat-tricks in the three IPL seasons.
Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha is keen to capitalise on a second bite of the cherry after landing a surprise call-up to an India squad he was originally omitted from for the ongoing tour of England.
With KL Rahul struggling to find his form, the Irani Cup can help Mayank Agarwal find his way back into the national team.
Rajasthan will take inspiration from their two big wins in Sharjah, to turn things around against a dominant Delhi.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Pune Warriors and Deccan Chargers.
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