India will be without many key players in the tri-series due to injuries but captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni says it's a blessing in disguise as it presents them with an opportunity to test bench strength ahead of the 2011 World Cup.
Images from Day of the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, on Saturday.
Images from the fifth day of the drawn second Test between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, on Friday.
A pool of 346 cricketers will go under the hammer at the IPL Player Auction in Jaipur on December 18.
'I was shown something about him practicing at the nets for Mumbai Indians so I don't know what kind of injury it is. 'If the injury was serious he wouldn't even be padded up.'
For Kohli, a trophy-less cabinet doesn't do justice to the champion performer that he has been for a decade.
Kumble has gone wicketless only twice in an innings at home after conceding 100 runs. Overall this was the sixth such instance. India has never won a Test in which this has happened.
On a night of mixed fortune for Indian cricket, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named the ODI Player of the Year, Yuvraj Singh won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award but pacer Ishant Sharma failed to win the Emerging Player honour at the annual ICC awards function in Dubai.
On his injury, Zaheer Khan said he would return to South Africa soon for the second part of his rehabilitation and vowed to return to the field stronger and fitter.
Following is the list of players who have been released by the different franchises ahead of the auction for the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League.
With no domestic cricket taking place for the next few months, it is imperative that the BCCI does a rethink of its decision to disallow players from traveling to England. After all, playing even a few competitive matches in the county circuit is better than just lumbering up in the nets at the NCA.
Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh made a comeback into the Indian ODI squads for the five-match series against Sri Lanka and the forthcoming 2008 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan. Under-19 World Cup winning captain Virat Kohli was the surprise inclusion in both the squads.
'We can save 70 patients out of 100, if they reach a hospital well within time.' 'The most crucial aspect is time.'
Pacer Pankaj Singh, who contributed in Rajasthan's two Ranji Trophy triumphs and briefly played for India, on Saturday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field. India made two changes, bringing in Ishant Sharma for Praveen Kumar, while Ravindra Jadeja made way for Abhishek Nayar. West Indies fielded the same team that won the second one-dayer at Sabina Park, Kingston.
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Two spinners seems to be Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's choice for the ICC World Twenty20 matches if his team selection for the warm-up game against New Zealand is any indication.
Hyderbad went from 101/2 to 116 all out.
India's captain Virat Kohli will have to think overtime about the balance of his squad, with a long tail, often bushy with runs, and just two openers -- one untested (Rohit Sharma) but very capable and another supremely talented (KL Rahul) but highly reluctant starter.
Statistical highlights from the day's play.
India captain Virat Kohli has batted away criticism of his recent form and says he is "at peace with my game" heading into the decisive third Test against South Africa at Newlands on Tuesday.
Images from the fourth day's play in the second Test between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on Wednesday.
Surprised with the nature of wickets in Australia, former India captain Rahul Dravid, said that team India should hope that the wickets remain slow during the World Cup. However, Dravid was of the view that playing in different surfaces will pose a challenge of its own. "It's going to be a challenge, it is not easy. You are playing in very different conditions," Dravid told reporters on sidelines of an event. It was a bit "strange" to see that most of the Australian wickets were slow during the recently-concluded Test series and Dravid hopes the pitches behave in the same manner to assist India's most potent weapon, spin. "That's the advantage India has, if the wickets stay slower and lower as we have seen in the Test matches, then the spinners will come into the mix and India can afford to play two and even three spinners," he said.
India were reduced to 79 for 3, in reply to New Zealand's 619 for 9 declared, on Day 2 of the second Test. Jesse Ryder slammed 201, his maiden double century, and Brendon McCullum 115. India, who lost Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and night-watchman Ishant Sharma, trail by 540 runs.
Dean Elgar and Quinton de Kock struck commanding hundreds to author South Africa's spectacular fightback before Ravichandran Ashwin wrested back India's control with a five-wicket haul on the third day of the opening Test.
Debutants Afghanistan were bowled out twice in a day to lose the one-off Test match against India by an innings and 262 runs, in Bengaluru, on Friday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the first One-Day International in Napier on Tuesday. For India, pacer Ishant Sharma was rested after injuring his shoulder during the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand. He was replaced by Praveen Kumar, while Munaf Patel took the place of Irfan Pathan. Sachin Tendulkar, who missed out on the last two one-dayers against Sri Lanka, also returns to the Indian team.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel will be ready to exploit the conditions to the fullest.
India's cricket chiefs have told players to keep their cool during the tri-series finals against Australia to prevent more disputes between the two teams.
After being comprehensively beaten by Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 International in Nagpur on Wednesday, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his team gave away too many runs after starting well in the match.
Images from Day 3 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh, in Indore.
Gautam Gambhir was the star performer for India with the bat with more than 1000 runs in both Tests and ODIs, that included three centuries each in both formats.
Australia batsman Andrew Symonds, who scored a century on Day 1 of the second Test against India, admitted edging a delivery from Ishant Sharma to Mahendra Singh Dhoni while batting on 30.
Reader Sumit Mahajan sent us this picture from Adelaide.
11 other players have quoted the highest base price for this year's auction to be held on February 6 in Bangalore.
Australia's batting mainstay Michael Hussey believes Zaheer Khan's absence is a big blow for the Indian team in the seven-match ODI series, beginning in Vadodara, on Sunday.
The selection committee, which met in Bangalore on Wednesday, also retained Anil Kumble captain for the Test series in Australia.
Bangladesh were pressed into Day/Night Test at a very short notice
Virender Sehwag returned to lead the Delhi team as selectors picked up a 15-member squad for the Ranji Trophy match against Orissa, scheduled from November 29 at the capital.
Munaf Patel and Sudeep Tyagi wreaked havoc with seven scalps between them as India Red won the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, steamrolling Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Blue team-mates by seven wickets in an extremely lop-sided final in Nagpur, on Sunday.
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