On the occasion of his 50th birthday, a look at Anil Kumble's amazing career!
India play five Tests that are part of the inaugural World Test Championship
Choosing between cricketing ace Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is like choosing between 'mum and dad' for India player Kedar Jadhav. He made it clear that he could play many matches for India because of the support he received from the former captain.
In his every first international innings he was run out for 0. He will end his career as one of the most feared batsmen in international cricket.
Australia pacer Pat Cummins will skip the three-match Twenty20 series against India next month. He will head back home after the ongoing ODIs to prepare for the Ashes later this year.
There are many interesting facts and stats about Dhoni's fabulous career.
Ravindra Jadeja was called up to the Indian team as the replacement for Axar Patel for the first three ODIs in the five-match series against Australia starting in Chennai, on Sunday.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday awarded three Test matches of the November-December home series against Sri Lanka to Kolkata, Nagpur and Delhi while the newly-constructed stadium in Barasapara, Guwahati was awarded a marquee T20 International against Australia in October.
Dhawan said that skipper Rishabh Pant 'did quite well' in his first game as team's leader
Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting along with a few players including senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, all-rounder Axar Patel, batsman Shimron Hetmyer and pacer Chris Woakes, checked in to their team hotel in Mumbai on Monday ahead of the 14th edition of the IPL, starting next month.
CSK to donate proceeds from IPL opener to Pulwama martyrs' families
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly ruled out any threat to the IPL or the South Africa series. But said the authorities are keeping a tab on the situation.
'I've done commentary only once and that was post IPL when I had two months break. I've realised that I enjoy it. But it's not something that I'm in any way pursuing for the next three years in a serious manner.'
Krunal, who made his ODI debut last month, highlighted his father's role in his life and got emotional remembering his dad.
In an optional net session, Kohli batted for a significant time, going for aerial as well as ground strokes.
Yadav has so far played six Tests and picked 24 wickets.
Defending Indian Premier League champions Mumbai Indians will host three-time winners Chennai Super Kings in the first match of this year's edition on March 29. The IPL will run six days longer than last year, it added, with the extra days necessitated by the decision to do away with double-headers on Saturdays, limiting them to only Sundays.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Saturday that left arm pacer Mohammad Irfan and experienced allrounder Shoaib Malik would remain in India with the national squad for the three-match One-day series, beginning in Chennai on Sunday.
Gujarat opener Priyank Panchal is likely to lead India 'A' in three four-day 'Tests' against New Zealand 'A'
'I had no doubt that Rishabh would be the best man for the job.'
Dean Jones, who was doing commentary for the ongoing IPL for official broadcasters Star Sports, suffered a massive heart attack in Mumbai.
It remains to be seen how the BCCI selectors pick the best players for every series in a cramped calendar, where the players have openly stated being fatigued by the bio-bubble life due to non-stop cricket.
Deepak Chahar, who plays for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL, is eagerly waiting to make his return to competitive cricket once the situation normalises.Chahar sustained a stress fracture on his lower back midway through the ODI series against the West Indies in December last year, which ruled him out of action until the end of March.
More than Mahendra Singh Dhoni wielding his magic with the bat, it was young Rishabh Pant's captaincy which left everyone bewildered.
Having made it to India's ODI squad, Chennai batsman S Badrinath is now eyeing a berth in the Test team also.
India's prolific opener Rohit Sharma believes Mahendra Singh Dhoni is "one of a kind", playing down recent comparisons of his leadership style and composure with the two-time World Cup-winning captain.
'He is a unique bowler. The guys is about 25-26 and this is where he is going to get maturity'
Stephen Fleming's six-year partnership with Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the Chennai Super Kings has been a successful one but the former New Zealand captain rates countryman Brendon McCullum and Australian Michael Clarke as better captains in One-Day Internationals at the moment.
A look at the batting and bowling statistics of the playets selected.
Pant will step for the injured Shreyas Iyer, who hurt his left shoulder during the recently concluded India-England ODI series.
Earlier this week the team led by Rohit Sharma and coached by Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene had started their pre-season training camp at the Reliance Corporate Park in Ghansoli in neighbouring Navi Mumbai.
Dinesh Karthik turned 34 on Saturday as wishes poured in for the cricketers from all quarters.
Out-of-form senior opener Shikhar Dhawan has been included in the India 'A' side for the last two unofficial one dayers against South Africa 'A' to get back among the runs
A batting line-up dotted with big power-hitters along with the best death bowlers make record five-time winners MI a formidable unit.
Former all-rounder Tom Moody on Saturday picked India's Rohit Sharma and fellow Australian David Warner as best opening batsmen in T20 cricket.
Dhoni, who has already started practising in Ranchi, will captain the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, which is slated to be held in the United Arab Emirates from September 19.
The India cricket team is scheduled to tour England in August and September to play five Test matches, beginning with the opening game at Nottingham on August 4.
Bumrah, who turns 26 today has been out of cricket action for over three months now after suffering from a lower back injury.
'This hat-trick tops my list as I was under pressure for last 10 months'
Will Ashton Agar and Adam Zampa both play the 1st ODI in Chennai on Sunday?
