Jasprit Bumrah on Monday became the fastest Indian pacer to reach 100 wickets in the longest format of the game. Bumrah achieved the feat in the ongoing fourth Test against England when he removed Ollie Pope for 2 in the second session of the final day.
19-year-old Irfan Pathan Jr will replace an injured Zaheer Khan.
Indian leg-spinner Piyush Chawla has tied the knot with his long-time friend Anubhuti Chauhan in a grand ceremony Moradabad.
Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan and Wasim Jaffer were left out of the 16-member squad for the Test series in Sri Lanka.
ndian captain Rahul Dravid said past performance will be a factor while choosing the team for the World Cup.
Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan and Ajit Agarkar have still not recovered fully and are doubtful starters for the second ODI against Sri Lanka.
Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh are uncertain for Thursday's match against Sri Lanka.
Replying to Uttar Pradesh's first innings of 269, Baroda were 259 for the loss of five wickets at close of play on day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
India defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets in the one-off Twenty20 international match in Colombo on Tuesday.
Indian captain Anil Kumble was cleared to play the second Test while paceman Irfan Pathan replaced the injured Sachin Tendulkar.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
After his knock of 76 in 70 balls at Adelaide, Yuvraj Singh has now reduced the gap between him and Sachin Tendulkar in the race to be this season's most valuable Indian ODI player.
The India coach wants his team to adopt a flexible approach since their roles could change depending on the game and their opposition.
Three batches of five players each would take part in the rolling camp ahead of the tri-nation series in Malaysia.
'The knee broke in the first match of the tournament, my thighs and knees had come to the same size, doctors had to take out fluids every day, I used to take three painkillers'
Paceman Irfan Pathan is fifth in the all-rounders' list, while among the bowlers he is 14th and the next highest ranked Indian after Kumble
The historic triumph against Australia in Perth has assured India a rise to the second place in the ICC Test rankings.
Sridharan Sriram makes a comeback into the ODI squad for the ODI against Pakistan on November 13.
Coach Greg Chappell said there's a lot of work to do before India becomes a very good Test team.
Although he did nothing of note in the Twenty20 World Cup final against India on Monday, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi still emerged as the tournament's most valuable player (MVP).
India's captain was all praise for Yuvraj Singh and his bowlers too after the 15-run victory over Australia in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.
The cricket fraternity hailed India's maiden Test win at Centurion on Thursday, with Virat Kohli's bowling attack coming in for special praise from greats such as Sachin Tendulkar.
Black arm bands, head gears and banners of 'Bring back Dada' were seen aplenty in Kolkata
Virat Kohli and Co. face-off against Babar Azam-led Pakistan in this highly anticipated encounter which will also be the Indian skipper's swansong as captain.
At 18 years 265 days Ishant Sharma is the youngest pace bowler to appear in a Test for India.
The Sri Lankan left-hander became the fourth batsmen to score 10,000 runs in one-day international cricket.
Former Australia speedster Dennis Lillee said some 'Sikh boys and a few others are really good and look to be long-term future prospects'.
Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical analysis of the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Margao.
A look at the track record of the 15-man squad.
The 15-member India squad was announced today for the remaining two ODIs vs West Indies.
The relationship between the Indian team and accompanying media hit rock bottom when Harbhajan Singh was surprisingly sent in for the press conference at the end of the first day's play in the four-day game against Rest of South Africa.
Jaffer would replace Dravid in the squad which might also see Pathan give way to pacer Sreesanth.
The former Australia skipper said Pakistan would have to harness the talent it has to make the upcoming series close.
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