However, India's one-day skipper urged his players not to exceed their limits during the upcoming tri-series in Australia.
Currently placed at number three behind South Africa and Australia, India have an opportunity to jump to the top in the ICC ODI team rankings if they win the upcoming five-match one-day series against Sri Lanka 4-1 or better.
Jennifer Rawson, from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told a Senate Estimates Committee that officials from the four nations had met recently for preliminary discussions, The Age reported on Monday.
India may discard their five-bowler theory and recall Virender Sehwag when they take on Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Australia and India are set to play three, and possibly five, matches in Belfast, Northern Ireland this June.
Virender Sehwag had a special session with new India coach before his remarkable knock of 151 in the fourth Test at Adelaide.
Though India go in as world champions, they have a tough task at hand when they take on Australia in the Twenty20 match in Mumbai.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes the twin dismissals of Rahul Dravid and his own -- both umpiring howlers -- cost India the acrimonious Sydney Test against Australia.
India received a cheque of US $265,000 for finishing third on Tuesday, while South Africa pocketed US $475,000 for claiming the top position in the ICC Test Team Rankings at the April 1 cut-off date. While South Africa finished as the number one team, Australia, as the No 2-ranked team, won US $370,000.
Not quite impressed with Mahendra Singh Dhoni's batting in the ongoing ODI series against Australia, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said the wicketkeeper-batsman is "struggling but shouldn't be singled out" for criticism just yet.
The Governing Council of the Champions League T20 tournament confirmed, on Wednesday, that the T20 cricket competition will be discontinued with immediate effect.
However, the former Australia captain, admitted that a good start by the Indian batsmen might pose a threat to Australia.
'It is very difficult to pick one team to win the World Cup but there is going to a whole lot of pressure on the teams in the knock-out stage'
The study paper by Melbourne-based think-tank Australia India Institute titled 'The G20: Challenges and opportunities Ahead', said following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US and his talks with US President Barack Obama, India may finally sign the agreement.
Images from the 5th ODI between India and Australia, played in Nagpur on Sunday
It may be Kumar Sangakkara's farewell game but the Indian team is all focused on previous match's centurion Dinesh Chandimal with leg-spinner Amit Mishra vowing not to allow a repeat show by the Sri Lanka batman in the second Test, starting in Colombo on Wednesday.
During their talks, the two leaders decided to significantly expand their ties in several key areas including defence, trade, energy and education.
England pacer James Anderson reclaimed the number-one ranking from India's Ravichandran Ashwin in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers released on Monday after the end of the Edgbaston Test.
The Malaysian capital will host all the matches of a tri-series involving Australia, India, and West Indies next month.
The George Institute for Global Health has launched a nutrition application in India for this, called FoodSwitch.
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India will take on Australia in the second ODI of the tri-series, also involving England, on January 18, after Cricket Australia decided to swap the first two matches to give appropriate recovery time to the Indian players following the rescheduling of the four-Test series.
Australia, India and West Indies will hone their ODI form when they clash in the tri-series in Malaysia.
About 15 lakh small and medium businesses from India are using Facebook to reach out to customers.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Two goals down, the Indian women's hockey team scored two minutes from time to snatch a 2-2 draw.
Vikram Rajvir Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh and Cheteshwar Pujara will undergo training at Australia's Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence from next week.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India does 'have its own reasons' for opposing the controversial Decision Review System, says International Cricket Council Chief Executive Dave Richardson, admitting that the technology is not foolproof yet.
India have hatched plans for Test nemesis Matthew Hayden, conceding he is the game's No.1 batsman.
Narendra Hirwani said the selectors had spoilt many a career and that his was not a solitary case.
Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Friday said he will sign an agreement with India to sell uranium for non-weapon use. "Prime Minister Modi and I will today sign a nuclear cooperation agreement that will finally allow Australian uranium to India," he said while addressing a meeting, organised by industry chambers including CII and Ficci.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights the six top performances by Indian spinners in Tests abroad since the 2000s began.
Back in form with an impressive performance against South Africa in the recently-concluded Test series, Ravindra Jadeja is likely to make a comeback when the national selectors meet in New Delhi on Saturday.
There are very few cricketers whose path to international recognition began inside a mosque.
A secret slogan summarising their goals for the series will be used to inspire and motivate the Indian cricketers as they strive for their first Test win on Australian soil since 1981.
Greg Chappell said the defending champions cannot be written off as one of the strong contenders for the World Cup.
"All other bidders have decided to support our bid and stepped out of the race," IOA president Suresh Kalmadi said.
On the agreement of Uranium exports to India from Australia, he said the two countries were working on it and there has been 'good progress'.
Steve Bucknor, David Shepherd and Jeremy Lloyds will rotate as umpires for the series in Amsterdam, involving Australia, India and Pakistan.
England were thumped 4-1 in Australia in their One-day International series at the beginning of the year and also lost recent series at home against Sri Lanka and India.
