It was a warm family affair, where Padmini Kolhapure and Ravi Kishan launched the careers of their respective children.
The Indian squad is packed with quality players but either wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal or Washington Sundar should have found place in the home team's line-up, reckons 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh.
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Skipper Rohit Sharma will be travelling to the port city on Wednesday and is expected to feature in the series-opener.
Rohit Sharma will be looking to get his act together as batter and skipper when his star-studded Mumbai Indians take on an astute Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings in what could be safely billed as a Saturday night IPL blockbuster.
Narayan Jagadeesan followed up his double ton in the previous game with a magnificent triple century to help Tamil Nadu declare their first innings
MSK Prasad advised the team to take the final call depending on the conditions at that time.
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At 23 years and 132 days, Gill is now the youngest player to score a double-hundred in men's ODIs, eclipsing his teammate Ishan Kishan, who set the record with his 210 against Bangladesh last month at the age of 24 years and 145 days.
With rain playing spoilsport, the Indian cricket team was forced to train indoors on Thursday on the eve of the first ODI against the West Indies in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
New Zealand, on the other hand, will be eager to grab a consolation win to boost their morale.
India will aim to shed their archaic playing style for good with a 'young and fearless' bunch in the three-match T20I series against New Zealand, starting in Wellington on Friday.
Pandya said going into the third and final game on Tuesday, with the series tied at 1-1, would be more challenging and exciting.
'Umran is a super exciting talent. Seeing him in the Indian international scene is an amazing rise'
Kolkata Knight Riders resemble a sinking ship ahead of a rather inconsequential IPL-15 match against bottom-placed Mumbai Indians who, even if already out of reckoning, will have their tails up in Navi Mumbai on Monday.
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The 10-team tournament will be played across 10 venues culminating in the November 19 final at the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
'Given the current dispensation, I have no hope for the legislature passing a law in favour of the LGBTQ community.'
Suresh Raina was not picked by any franchise
Tim David was run out after a quickfire 46 from 18 balls to all but end Mumbai Indians's hopes.
Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher lamented that his side allowed Punjab Kings to get away with the game in the final five overs of the first innings, in which they added 96 runs to swell their total to a match-winning 214 for 8 at the Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
A reinvigorated India will look to pocket their second series win in as many weeks and build on the gains made from a drastic change in their batting approach in the second T20 International against Sri Lanka in Dharamsala on Saturday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party said that there should not be any politics on the Supreme Court ruling and everyone should respect it.
The game on Friday had enough positives for India, mainly the performance of Mohammad Shami and Suryakumar Yadav, but few questions still need to be answered ahead of the World Cup, beginning October 5.
Winless after four games, Mumbai Indians will be desperate to reverse the trend when they face Punjab Kings in the IPL 2022 match in Pune on Wednesday.
Right now, the focus of next two weeks is to play for India. All these guys are professionals...nothing else matters, captain Rohit Sharma said at a pre-match press conference on Tuesday.
Images from Day 1 of the first Test between India and the West Indies in Dominica, on Wednesday.
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Pacer Matheesha Pathirana starred with the ball as Chennai Super Kings eased to an emphatic six-wicket victory against Mumbai Indians.
The Indian squad for the continental championship will be selected on Monday, but it is still not clear if the official announcement will happen on the day.
The Indian team, set to play the second Test against Australia from Friday, had to switch hotels in New Delhi.
Images from the first TwentyT20 International between India and the West Indies, in Kolkata, on Wednesday.
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India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second Twenty20 International to take an unassailable 2-0 lead
Rohit Sharma has backed Ravichandran Ashwin's idea of an early start in the ODI World Cup to negate the dew factor. India's captain does not want any team to gain undue advantage in a major event.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the first Test between India and the West Indies, at Windsor Park in Dominica, on Friday.
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'When you pick wickets in conditions like this, you get loads of confidence. Rohit bhai asked me to believe in myself, not take any pressure and enjoy.'
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