He joined fellow Indian icons Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly on the prestigious list of MCC Honorary Life Members.
Mark Boucher admitted the SA20 could be organised in the cricket-crazy Asian nation in the near future.
India will need to be ruthless and tactful in equal measure while dealing with an unpredictable England when the third chapter of a riveting Test series begins in Rajkot on Thursday.
India opened their campaign at the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in style as they produced a collective batting performance to thrash Sri Lanka by 114 runs in their Group A match at the P. Sara Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.
Azharuddin, whose nomination was rejected two years ago, submitted his papers to former Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath on Wednesday.
Virender Sehwag feels it's too early to compare the young India opener with the icons of the game.
The Indian squad's three-day preparatory camp for the four-Test series against England, commencing at Ahmedabad from November 15, concluded at the Cricket Club of India, Brabourne stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Becks caught up with the Ambanis on Thursday.
The prestigious Cricket Club of India (CCI) covered a portrait of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, to protest against the dastardly terror attack on the Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.
The batsman said that he would be playing his final red-ball game Warwickshire on Sunday, and his last T20 match for the county will be played next week.
'I am still the same. I am Rachin. I enjoy the time with my teammates and family. Hopefully, nothing really changes that. I get a little bit more attention from people. They ask for photos and signatures. I have more presence online, or whatever it is. I think it is bound to happen when you have a few good games.'
Nepal play their opening game against the hosts on the first day of the competition in Multan before playing India on September 4 in Kandy.
YouTuber Daniel Jarvis aka 'Jarvo69', who intruded into the field of play during the third Test at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds and the previous match at Lord's, has been banned for life on charges of security breach.
'I think ODI cricket needs to find its relevance'
USA have played three ODIs, including two at the 2004 Champions Trophy, and lost all of them.
Expressing serious concern over Test cricket's dwindling profile, including in India, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has called for immediate introduction of day/night matches, besides asking the Cricket Boards to guard against players turning Twenty20 freelancers.
One cricketer made all the difference when the first All India cricket team toured England in 1911. Baloo Palwankar startled the English with his guile and genius.
Beckham, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, is on a three-day visit to India
Batters are mauling bowlers this IPL like never before, as the impact player rule effectively gives every team 12 players. Where is it taking the game?
A number of supporters said on Twitter they had been targeted by racist abuse from other fans at the Birmingham
'We've gone head-to-head many times in different conditions around the world. I've definitely learned from him.'
Former India cricketer Anjum Chopra has welcomed the Marylebone Cricket Club's decision to make amendments to the laws of the game and use the gender-neutral term 'batter' and 'batters' rather than 'batsman' or 'batsmen'.
After football and cricket, hockey is the latest sport which is set to introduce a world championship of clubs with the International Hockey Federation (FIH) mulling a Club World Cup to be held in India from next year.
Kapil is known to be a keen golfer, whose handicap was almost down to scratch at one time.
Bishan Singh Bedi once invited Pakistani cricketers Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, Mudassar Nazar and others for dinner in Australia and cooked delectable food for the 25-odd guests, says a new book.
Virender Sehwag smashed the second fastest double century in Test cricket and Rahul Dravid completed a fifty as India ended Day 2 in the second Test against Sri Lanka on a mammoth 443 for 1 in 79 overs.
'I'm not okay, I'm wearing three sweaters right now'
'In the leadership of Ganguly and a foreign coach, a much brighter phase of Indian cricket began.' 'India played the way I had wished throughout my playing career.' 'Dhoni brought calmness into Indian cricket.' 'Under Dhoni India started winning tight games, with the captain himself leading by example.'
'What makes Shubman Gill stand out is his adaptability.'
The club also announced the termination of contracts for its other two overseas players, South African spinner Keshav Maharaj and West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran.
Ashwin is the only Indian to score a century and bag a five-wicket in a single Test. He has achieved this feat on three occasions.
Manoj Tiwary, who made a century against the West Indies in Chennai in 2011, was dropped for the next 14 matches under Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
India's dependable No 3 landed and scored 162 for MRC against Crombest Club giving another example of his commitment towards the game irrespective of the level of competition.
The player will be in quarantine for a week, the franchise said in a statement.
As the BCCI works out a compensation package and a formula to distribute it for the COVID-19 hit domestic cricketers, voices demanding central contracts for such players are getting louder with seasoned names like Jaydev Unadkat, Sheldon Jackson and Harpreet Singh Bhatia leading the chorus.
Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin on Tuesday announced that he will stand for the Hyderabad Cricket Association's (HCA) president for a second term.
The world cricket committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), who are English cricket's original law makers, has suggested that the first ever day/night Test match should be held in India, or in the Indian subcontinent, where attendance during Test matches is currently recorded as being on the lower side.
We've heard gooseflesh inducing chants of 'Sachin! Sachin!' reverberate across stadiums in India and abroad. The same chants were heard on a Kashmir-bound Indigo Airlines flight.
A second-string Indian team will play against Ireland in two T20 Internationals in Malahide on June 26 and June 28.
The India Under-19 cricket team produced a fine all-round performance to thump Sri Lanka U-19 by an innings and 21 runs in the first Youth Test at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, in Colombo, on Friday.
