Virat Kohli spent about 45 minutes in the nets and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah bowled full tilt as the Indian cricket team on Friday began its preparations
Manoj Tiwary and Munaf Patel extended wishes to former India captain Sourav Ganguly on his 52nd birthday.
'The players careers are going to get longer, and in that process, if it benefits the Indian team, nothing like it.'
Dravid said the Australian spin legend will be remembered as long as the game is played.
All eyes will be on star India batter Virat Kohli, who is perhaps battling the biggest form crisis of his career.
It was a special day for Virat Kohli at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Friday as he complete the landmark of 100 Test matches.
India's captain Rohit Sharma may miss their rescheduled fifth Test match against England starting on Friday after he tested positive for COVID-19, but the team will take a late call on his inclusion after his next COVID test, head coach Rahul Dravid said on Wednesday.
India Test captain Virat Kohli has been phenomenal despite 'all the noise around him', head coach Rahul Dravid said on Sunday, lending support to the superstar batter.
Shastri is not in favour of coaches taking breaks.
A team like India, which doesn't have players competing round the year in T20 leagues across the globe, doesn't need two separate coaches for the limited overs and Test format, feels former England spinner Graeme Swann.
BCCI posted pictures of Rohit and Co at a practice session. Everyone from Rohit to Virat and Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya, all players were focus personified.
India's head coach Rahul Dravid had no hesitation in admitting that the ODI squad lacked balance with the likes of Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja unavailable to execute their all-round skills at numbers six and seven respectively.
Celebrated former captain Rahul Dravid is all but certain to to be the Indian cricket team's next head coach after he formally applied for the high-profile position on Tuesday.
The financial nitty-gritties of Gautam Gambhir's appointment as India's head coach are yet to be worked out but that's the "last of his concerns" right now
Indian batters committed themselves to doubles shift in the nets against slow bowlers
England's swashbuckling batsman Jos Buttler says Indian greats Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly's big hundreds in the 1999 World Cup match against Sri Lanka had an 'incredible impact' on him.
Success in ICC events has eluded India in recent years and the team failed to reach the semi-finals of the recently-concluded T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Shreekant Sambrani tells himself over and over again, don't lose heart in these dire times, there is asha (hope) still, in the divine voice of Asha Bhosle.
Gambhir, who recently stepped down as KKR's coach after leading them to their first title in a decade, posted an emotional farewell message.
Even while bringing the curtains down on his T20I stint, Jadeja was in the shadows of the icons.
The Indian cricket coach has backed senior India pros Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, after the duo struck a half-century each in the 2nd innings of the 2nd Test at the Wanderers.
Rahul Dravid was given an extension till June, which also marks the month during which the ICC T20 World Cup in West Indies and USA will take place from June 1 to 29.
He said India's dominance in world cricket is a perfect reflection of a steady "supply chain."
India captain Rohit Sharma says winning the T20 World Cup trophy on Saturday was something the team badly wanted.
India's head coach Rahul Dravid admitted that his team didn't play "smart cricket at crucial times", but backed the beleaguered K L Rahul to get better as a leader in the coming days.
'If Mahendra Singh Dhoni announces retirement, he can prove to be a good option. He has played a lot of cricket and has won big tournaments.'
'Rohit and I, we've been trying this for so long. We always wanted to win a World Cup. Bringing the trophy back to Wankhede is a very special feeling.'
Dravid said that Dinesh Karthik has been able to show skills at the backend of the innings during the last 2-3 years.
After several losses in the early years of the new century, a resurgent India notched up two consecutive series wins in Australia to become the Aussies' nemesis.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has urged the International Cricket Council to revisit the two new-ball rule in limited-over formats, saying it is "unfair" to finger spinners.
'Any cricketer from any country should be helped by his Board, but Anshu's case must be taken up on priority and treated as paramount.'
Heinrich Klaasen is the most expensive retained player in IPL history.
India vice-captain Rohit Sharma welcomed the appointment of Rahul Dravid as the head coach of the team, saying that the players are looking forward to working with the batting great.
Shreyas Iyer, who led KKR to the IPL 2024 title, could be headed for the players' auction after failing to make a breakthrough in negotiations, while K L Rahul is also unlikely to be retained by LSG.
Rahul Dravid gave Green Park's groundstaff, led by Shiv Kumar, Rs 35,000 for preparing a sporting pitch for the first Test against New Zealand.
Gavaskar said in the remaining two matches, Dravid can assess a few things for outlining his future plans.
Following India's ODI series loss to Australia at home, head coach Rahul Dravid has his task cut out with the ODI World Cup set to be held at home later this year.
Like the billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Gautam Gambhir, the tenacious former opener-turned-coach, also seems to be governed by instincts while picking unheralded players and turning them into match-winners, points out Vishal Menon.
India's T20 World Cup campaign begins on June 5 against Ireland at the newly-constructed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. India play Pakistan on June 9.
Rohit Sharma, who made his India debut under Rahul Dravid's leadership back way in 2007, remembers that moment vividly and is hoping to create many happy memories in their new partnership.
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