Former captain Rahul Dravid will have a few sessions with the Indian batsmen ahead of their first Test against England starting at Nottingham on July 9, although he has not been appointed in any capacity, BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said on Sunday.
England coach Duncan Fletcher said the bowling combination had yet to be decided
The England fast bowler is not guaranteed a place in the team for the second Test starting in Adelaide on Friday.
Embattled batsman VVS Laxman has quashed talks of his impending retirement following his dismal performance in the ongoing Test series against Australia, saying that such reports were untrue.
England coach Duncan Fletcher described Monty Panesar as the best finger spinner in the world and asserted that he never cast any aspersions on the left-armer's chances of making it to the squad for the Ashes series.
The Indian cricket team on Thursday had its training session in Ahmedabad ahead of their second Twenty20 match against Pakistan on Friday.
India coach Duncan Fletcher says the toss played an important role and losing Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar before lunch put India on the backfoot. Bikash Mohapatra reports from Edgbaston.
India was beaten in the Tests and ODIs in South Africa and New Zealand. It never made it past the league stage in the Asia Cup. Rajaneesh Gupta and Harish Kotian investigate the Team India coach's three years in charge.
Former captain Gundappa Viswanath feels that Sourav Ganguly is ideal candidate to replace Duncan Fletcher as the coach of the Indian team.
The Indian cricket team on Monday considered walking out of the three-day warm-up match in Canberra even before a ball had been bowled after rain threatened to mar their preparation for the four-match Test series against Australia, starting December 26.
Australia's spin legend Shane Warne and former England coach Duncan Fletcher on Thursday joined the growing clamour for life bans on Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir if they are found guilty of 'spot-fixing'.
The opening day of the first Test between England and India at Lord's saw the visitors seize the initiative early on and let it slip, courtesy some patchy bowling and inept fielding, as the day progressed.
Uncertainty continues to reign over medium-pacer Munaf Patel's availability for the first Test against West Indies at Sabina Park starting on Monday.
The 15-member Indian squad, which landed in the city in batches along with the support staff, will start their three-day training camp from Saturday at National Cricket Academy ahead of the first Test against Australia at Chennai, starting on February 22.
With Duncan Fletcher's two-year tenure as India coach nearing its end, former captain Sourav Ganguly has pitched in for a home-grown person to take charge of the team next year, saying that the country has enough talent for an Indian to become a coach.
A full-strength Indian team on Friday underwent a strenuous training session under the watchful eyes of coach Duncan Fletcher ahead of their first Test against the West Indies.
The bomb scare was in Kent but the Indian cricket team, preparing for the practice Twenty20 match against Leicestershire, took precautions here and barred the media from its training session.
The Working Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India rejected Indian Premier League franchises Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Sahara Pune Warriors' demand for a reduction in the franchisee fee.
England cricket coach Andy Flower is among the few who have been reportedly shortlisted by the BCCI for the India job left vacant by Gary Kirsten, prompting a worried ECB to offer the Zimbabwean a new three-year deal.
Wary of an Indian backlash after their humiliating loss in the series opener, South African batting coach Duncan Fletcher on Friday asked his players to hit visiting team "hard" from ball one in Saturday's second cricket one-dayer in Johannesburg.
'There is something wrong somewhere, because India haven't just lost, they have been outplayed in every department of the game. England have been in charge with the bat, the ball, in the field and in the captaincy,' said the former India wicketkeeper.
Even as Indian cricket coach Duncan Fletcher joins the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne in heaping praise on Indian batsman Rohit Sharma, the purists only hope that it's not just a case of false dawn once again.
Stand-in captain Suresh Raina is happy that the new-look Indian team that got very little time to prepare for the West Indies series have produced results.
Insisting that there are enough people in the support staff to take care of players, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said it is fine if the coach's position remains vacant for some time.
Batsman Paul Collingwood was added to England's 12-man squad for the second Ashes test match against Australia starting in Birmingham on Thursday.
The appointment came after Vaughan was ruled out by a hamstring tear that threatens to prematurely end his Australia tour.
The England opener has suffered a recurrence of the stress-related illness which led to him returning home from England's tour of India.
"He is going home due to personal reasons," coach Duncan Fletcher said.
Opening batsman Andrew Strauss will lead England in the first test against West Indies at Lord's starting on Thursday in the absence of injured captain Michael Vaughan.
The England left-arm spinner may not play in the first Ashes Test against Australia, coach Duncan Fletcher indicated.
With a busy 12 months ahead, the England captain could be given a break.
England will use the retired ODI skipper's experience during their upcoming one-day campaigns.
Team India's cricket director Ravi Shastri has played a massive role in getting Shikhar Dhawan back on track after a prolonged lean patch during the tour of Australia that preceded the ongoing World Cup.
Ian Botham wants England coach Duncan Fletcher to step down after the World Cup.
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