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.
Arvind Kejriwal warned the media that "very big forces" would try and break the INDIA alliance by showing that there was a lot of acrimony among them.
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.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test between India and England, at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
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.
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.
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.
Siraj bowled as many as 74 dot balls in IPL 2021 with an improved economy of 7.34.
Reader Sumit Mahajan sent us this picture from Adelaide.
The selection committee, which met in Bangalore on Wednesday, also retained Anil Kumble captain for the Test series in Australia.
A pool of 346 cricketers will go under the hammer at the IPL Player Auction in Jaipur on December 18.
Bharath Arun, who has overseen the golden era of Indian fast bowling, believes that a lot of exciting fast bowlers are coming through the ranks and coaches, along with selectors, should be identifying the next batch in earnest.
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.
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.
Suresh Kumar scored a match-winning 87 to help India Blue beat India Red by one-wicket in a thriller at the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy cricket tournament in Nagpur.
Sri Lanka's promising all-rounder Angelo Mathews produced a career best six for 20 to subject India to a humiliating 139 run defeat in the third Tri-series match on Saturday. Sanath Jayasuriya (98) and Thilina Kandamby (91 not out) took Sri Lanka to 307 for six then India succumbed for 168 from 37.2 overs.
Kirsten is confident that barring any injuries in the next few days the Indian bowlers are capable of putting up a good showing in the upcoming Test series against Australia.
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.
11 other players have quoted the highest base price for this year's auction to be held on February 6 in Bangalore.
SRH pays the price for being too passive, says Lara
Australia head coach Justin Langer on Wednesday hinted that the Indian Premier League could be responsible for the large number of injuries suffered by India in the ongoing four-match Test series.
Dravid said that he doesn't want to reveal his side to the opposition before the main day.
With the second Test set to start on Wednesday, here is a quick fact check on how both teams stand at the Gabba.
Light rain delayed the start of the tri-series final between India and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.
India made a strong reply to England's first-innings total of 477 after half-centuries by debutant Liam Dawson and number nine Adil Rashid underlined the tourists' batting depth in the fifth and final Test on Saturday. - Scorecard: India claimed three wickets on the second morning but the 108-run partnership between Dawson and Rashid in a productive second session for the touring side frustrated the hosts.
Hyderbad went from 101/2 to 116 all out.
Riding on the match-saving hundred against New Zealand in the second cricket Test, Indian batsman VVS Laxman on Tuesday returned to the top-20 of the ICC Rankings, up six places to 15th in the latest list.
Jesse Ryder's 768 runs in his Test career is the maximum by a Kiwi batsman after their first eight Tests. Ryder surpassed Mark Greatbatch's tally of 739 runs, on Day 2 of the second Test against India in Napier.
Gujarat left-arm spinner Akshar Patel was recalled to the Indian squad for the last two One-Day Internationals against West Indies, while senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin continues to be rested.
The Anil Kumble-led Indian cricket team had a strenuous three hour-long practice session in hot and humid conditions at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday ahead of the first of the three Test-series against South Africa beginning in Chennai on March 26.
'Everyone in the contingent will be undergoing 14-day quarantine in India'
Their pride hurt in the Twenty20 internationals, India would be aiming to rediscover their winning momentum when they take on a rampaging New Zealand in the first match of the five-ODI cricket series starting in Napier on Tuesday.
Siraj termed the delivery that got Ross Taylor out a 'dream' for any bowler
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.
Harbhajan Singh reckons that Matthew Hayden's stinging verbal attack at him stems from the frustration of realising that the Australians are "no longer the undisputed champions".
Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar picked four wickets each as Sri Lanka were dismissed for a paltry 179 in 47.1 overs. India hit up the runs with 17.4 overs to spare, in Tuesday's tri-series match.
Former wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel said India have all the 'bases covered' for the ICC World Test Championship final against New Zealand, to be played in Southampton from June 18 to 22.
