Young prodigy Yashasvi Jaiswal is considered the frontrunner to make his Test debut in the West Indies, but there are other options in Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shubman Gill.
Pacer Navdeep Saini and uncapped Saurabh Kumar were named as replacements for injured Mohammad Shami and Ravindra Jadeja.
Shubman Gill smashed a career-best 128 and Virat Kohli regained his form to fuel India's robust reply
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane's position in group A of the BCCI central contracts could be up for deliberation
A Web series Bandon Mein Tha Dum will chronicle the Indian cricket team's historic Test series win in Australia last year.
He is only the 11th Indian to perform the feat. The Saurashtra batsman reached the milestone in his 80th Test.
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell feels the potency of Australia's pace attack in English conditions gives them the edge in next month's World Test Championship final against India, who could be "badly affected" by the absence of injured Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant.
He has been in tremendous form of late with one hundred and three fifties in his last six 50-over games.
India's Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara feels it is "impossible" to include both Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik in the playing eleven during the Asia Cup T20 tournament, given the team's settled top-order.
From land of hockey to cricket stardom, Vidwath Kaverappa takes seven-star route
Ravindra Jadeja will captain Saurashtra in their final Ranji Trophy league fixture against Tamil Nadu, starting on Tuesday, marking his comeback to competitive cricket after close to six months.
The Indians prep for next month's big game against New Zealand.
Pujara was dismissed in the 24th over on day two of the division two game against Derbyshire
Rahane stands at crossroads in his comeback Test
Pujara will be looking to convert his good starts to maybe a good score soon as it has been more than 30 months and 34 innings since he scored a century.
Indian women cricketers took to social media to laud the Board of Control for Cricket in India for introducing equal match fees for both men's and women's cricketers in a huge step to introduce pay equity in the sport.
The Indian team management could consider playing Shubman Gill in the middle order ahead of Suryakumar Yadav in the first Test against Australia after Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the series opener due to a back injury.
India all-rounder Washington Sundar could make his debut in English county cricket this season, for Lancashire.
Green's return would allow Australia to harness uncapped Matt Kuhnemann with Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy in a three-pronged spin attack
KL Rahul's tactical acumen will be tested along with his batting prowess when a depleted Indian team clashes with a tricky Bangladesh
Poor batting was at the heart of the debacle.
The third day of the first Test ended with India scoring 14 runs for the loss of one wicket taking the lead to 63 runs.
Jadeja raised 81 runs for the unbroken eighth wicket with Axar Patel (52) to drive home India's advantage.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test played between India and Australia at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Wednesday
Rahane's comeback after 15 months was on predictable lines
A crestfallen India captain Virat Kohli's defence of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane lacked conviction, as he put the ball in the selection committee's court regarding the future of the two out-of-form senior batters.
Ashwin moves up to joint fourth, Iyer jumps 10 spots to be 16th
The key performers who guided India to their second successive WTC final.
India ended the fourth day of the Lord's Test on 181 for loss of 6 wickets.
Ahead of the gruelling five-match Test match series against England, the Indian Test team led by skipper Virat Kohli, had a centre wicket training at the Durhan Cricket Club in Durham on Tuesday.
Parth Bhut capped off a dream game with a five-wicket haul after a match-turning century and half-century as Saurashtra won a memorable Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Punjab by 71 runs.
The wait finally ended for Cheteshwar Pujara as he had his first batting stint in Australia during India's net session in Sydney on Thursday.
High on confidence after their convincing victory in the fourth Test against England at The Oval, the Indian team got to business straightaway as they prepared for the fifth and final Test in Manchester.
India edged closer to a comfortable win in the opening Test against Bangladesh
Somerset seamer Jack Brooks apologised to Cheteshwar Pujara for his role in nicknaming the India Test specialist "Steve" during his time at Yorkshire.
As Pujara gears up to play his 100th Test, here's a look at the list of the 12 cricketers who are a part of the 100 Tests club in India.
'Every child's first hero is his father. I was no different. Even today, I remember what he taught me'
Smith said the IPL has helped him get used to play alongside rival international players and he is eager to play alongside Cheteshwar Pujara, who has been leading Sussex this season.
Pant, whose rapid 146 put India in the box seat, was more restrained in the second innings.
Images from Day 4 in the second Test between England and India, at Lord's, on Sunday.
