A day before their return to India, England were dealt a blow with their frontline spinner Jack Leach ruled out of the remaining three Tests with a knee injury.
Rohit Sharma, India's captain, acknowledged the dry pitch and the team's readiness for the challenge.
England will be looking to bounce back from a rain-affected opening match and solidify their T20 World Cup campaign
'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.
'Looking at them, five or six Tests between them, to bowl the way they did yesterday without Joe -- what they produced was incredible.'
NZ face WI in virtual knockout, rain threatens to derail England again
Sarfaraz Khan missed out on a hundred by just four runs as India A and England Lions played out a draw.
Holders Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 with a late Bernardo Silva goal on Saturday to reach the FA Cup final after an absorbing end-to-end Wembley semi-final left the exhausted winners still chasing a domestic double.
Rain threatens high-voltage India-England semi-final clash
Luton Town knocked out Everton and sixth tier Maidstone United upset Championship Ipswich Town
India continued their dismal show in the crucial tour Down Under, losing 1-3 against Australia to suffer their fourth consecutive defeat in the five-match men's hockey Test series, in Perth on Friday.
Since embracing Bazball, England are yet to lose a Test series, while India remain unbeaten at home since 2012-13.
Novak Djokovic steered Serbia into the Davis Cup semi-finals with a straightforward 6-4 6-4 win over Britain's Cameron Norrie to give his team a winning 2-0 lead on Thursday.
He also praised PM Modi for his leadership and said that it is the best time for both the countries to work together.
Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to unleash their brute batting power on struggling Royal Challengers Bengaluru when the two teams face off in their return-leg fixture of the IPL in Hyderabad on Thursday.
The Indian Air Force's move comes over a year after the Navy made changes in its ensign shedding its colonial past.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer admitted that it is "tough to stay calm" in nail-biting matches like as their one-run win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru, in Kolkata on Sunday, but was a relieved man after the team garner two crucial points.
Kenya marathon hero Kiptum honoured at funeral as unique talent and family man
Focus on consuming fewer calories overall to create a calorie deficit, which is necessary for weight loss, advises rediffGURU Dr Shakeeb Ahmed Khan.
There has been a lot of speculations about K L Rahul's future as LSG skipper after his 'public reprimand' by team owner Sanjiv Goenka.
The legendary Anil Kumble has termed England's bowling attack for the opening Test against India, starting in Hyderabad on Thursday as "highly inexperienced", while predicting a comfortable 4-1 win for the hosts in the five-match series.
Bharat was solid on both flanks as nine off his 15 fours came off the two spinners and were mostly hit on the on-side. He got an able ally in Suthar, who applied himself well and by tea time, even England Lions knew that they have lost an opportunity to win a first-class game on an Indian track.
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh's brace went in vain as the Indian men's hockey team conceded three goals in the final quarter to lose 4-6 to Australia in a FIH Pro League match in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.
Gujarat Giants will be wary of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's newfound firepower in the middle-order when the teams clash in the Indian Premier League in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
He alleged that besides Modi and Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had also commented on the stock markets ahead of elections, which has never happened in the past.
An upbeat Delhi Capitals will look to keep the winning momentum going against an inconsistent Mumbai Indians when the two sides square off in the IPL in New Delhi on Saturday.
Indian batters are not known for their sweeping skills but they made a conscious effort to practise that shot in their opening net session ahead of the second Test against England beginning in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
Patriotism, politics, pain, it's all there on OTT this week.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic was not the only Serb making sporting headlines this week. Nikola Jovic led the Detroit Nuggets to their first NBA Championship. Meet the Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals.
Vidwath Kaverappa dismissed Faf du Plessis and Will Jacks but had Virat Kohli dropped twice off his bowling.
Gujrat Titans will be striving for much needed consistency when they meet Delhi Capitals in an Indian Premier League match in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
It rained fours and sixes in Bengaluru as a total of 549 runs were scored -- the highest aggregate in a T20 match.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL campaign that began with optimism has melted into chaos. Their bowlers require a drastic transformation in mindset against Sunrisers Hyderabad for them to register an elusive win in Bengaluru on Monday.
Following the release of Harshal Patel from the RCB squad for the upcoming season of the IPL, the 33-year-old pacer said he has nothing but gratitude for the franchise.
Leading the Asian challenge after the first day was Korea's Byeong Hun An, who celebrated his return to the Tournament with a battling two-under 70 to share the ninth place.
Tom Hartley ended the Test with 9/193, the best figures for an England spinner on Test debut since 1945.
Kohli effected a superb direct hit at the bowler's end to end Shahrukh's stay in the middle.
The Indian men's hockey team dished out a much-improved performance as compared to its previous game but it still lost 2-4 to Australia in the second Test of the five-match series in Perth on Sunday.
IMAGES from the 1st Test, Day 1 between India and England played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, on Thursday
