Samson was part of the squad in the recently concluded ODI series that the team won 3-0 and scored a half-century in the second game.
Sachin Tendulkar, Sania, Mirza, Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli hailed Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's successful landing
Images from the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, on Thursday.
India need to win the third ODI for a seventh consecutive ODI series victory. Will India retain the same team that won the Pune ODI for the series decider in Kanpur, asks Harish Kotian. Play Selector and help Kohli and Shastri pick the team for Sunday's game.
Zaheer named 16 players in his squad, with the caveat that only one player between Gujarat Titans' captain Shubman Gill and Rajasthan Royals' opener Yashasvi Jaiswal will be selected as Rohit Sharma's opening partner.
While the Indian squad looks ravishing, with talent aplenty, here are five Indian players to watch out for in the series.
After Hardik Pandya's nonchalant six, DK exchanged a fist bump with his partner, before bowing to Hardik.
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Opener Gautam Gambhir and middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh were axed while stumper Dinesh Karthik was rewarded for his good batting form with a berth in India's 15-member squad for next month's Champions Trophy cricket tournament in England.
Deepak Hooda continued his fine touch on the ongoing tour of England, scoring a scintillating half century to help India beat Derbyshire county side by seven wickets in a T20 warm-up match in Derby on Friday.
India's wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha has suffered a thumb injury and faces a race against time to be fit for the one-off Test against Afghanistan next month.
David Miller is the most valuable player in the India-South Africa T20I series because he scored a lot of runs at a blazing pace.
India have only themselves to blame for their below-par showing in the Asia Cup as they struggled to put up consistent performances with both bat and ball.
India after taking a 100+ run lead at the end of the first innings in a Home Test: Instances: 106. Won: 70. Drawn: 35. Lost: 1 (vs England, Hyderabad 2024).
Captain Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik steered India to a competitive 190 from an uncomfortable 138 for 6 in the 16th over, which proved enough for the visitors to score a 68-run victory in the first T20 International against the West Indies in Tarouba, Port of Spain, on Friday.
A fragile middle-order with over-the-hill players like Jadhav and Karthik has been the current team's biggest weakness and the World Cup semi-final result was a disaster waiting to happen.
The Delhi-born batter is the most successful Indian skipper in Test cricket when it comes to the number of wins. Under his 65-match stint as captain, India have won 38 matches with remarkable Test series victories in foreign soils as well.
The Indian and South African teams will play the first of five T20 games at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday, June 9, 2022.
The Indians will aim to create a world record for the most consecutive victories in T20 Internationals in the series opener.
Tight bowling and fifties from Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik helped India secure a series-levelling six-wickets victory against New Zealand in the second One-Day International in Pune on Wednesday.
aptain Virat Kohli and premier fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, were both called back into a full-strength Indian squad, while Dinesh Karthik was left out of the five-match ODI series against Australia, starting in Visakhapatnam, on February 24.
The BCCI has allowed the Tamil Nadu players participating in the ongoing Duleep Trophy to play for their respective franchises in the inaugural edition of TN Premier T20 League (TNPL). The players are allowed to join their TNPL squads in case they are not picked in the playing XI and can also travel back during the non-match days in the Duleep Trophy taking place in Greater Noida.
History is also a bit against India when it comes to results at the business end of the ICC events.
Uncapped players who could create a bidding war between franchises at the IPL auction, come Sunday.
Winless in two matches, both India and Afghanistan are out of the tournament and Thursday's match between the two sides in Dubai has been rendered inconsequential.
RCB skipper Faf du Plessis was a key member of the Dhoni-led four-time IPL champions since 2012.
Hussain also lavished praise on Kohli after the maestro recorded his 48th ODI hundred in the seven-wicket win against Bangladesh.
The Vidarbha batter boasts an incredible average of 752 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, with five centuries from seven games.
'You should have the ability to strike the ball. You don't have to have time for technique in T20 cricket. But your basics should be there and he's always had that.'
Images from the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights match between India and Sri Lanka, in St Lucia, on Tuesday.
KKR players have begun checking-in for a week-long mandatory quarantine.
'His intent and positive captaincy are signs that he can lead Team India in the future'
Cheteshwar Pujara has made a comeback to India's Test team while youngsters Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh have received an India call-up as the selection committee on Sunday named the squad for the five-match T20I series against South African in June and the one-off Test against England in July.
KL Rahul was dropped while senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left-arm tweaker Ravindra Jadeja continued to be left out of the Indian ODI team, for the forthcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand.
India's captain was on Thursday ruled out of Asia Cup due to a Grade 1 left side injury.
India will take on England in the second semi-final in Adelaide on Thursday, and the former head coach believes that Pant is a match-winner and the right man for the finisher's role.
Tamil Nadu are well on course for a record fifth Vijay Hazare Trophy after the Southern side scored a convincing six-wicket win over Baroda in the first semi-final of the domestic ODI tournament at the Feroze Shah Kotla stadium, in New Delhi on Thursday.
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