India will need to be ruthless and tactful in equal measure while dealing with an unpredictable England when the third chapter of a riveting Test series begins in Rajkot on Thursday.
The sub-narratives in the main story will be equally intriguing in the next 13 days.
Virat Kohli achieved another personal milestone by becoming the seventh India batsman and first since Sachin Tendulkar in June 2011, to top the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen.
India skipper Virat Kohli, on Friday, suggested country's athletes to have a firm belief in their dreams and work tirelessly to achieve those.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has raised India's long-standing concerns about pro-Khalistan extremism in the United Kingdom during his meetings with the country's leaders, stressing that they should be on guard against the misuse of freedom of expression and speech.
Blind's drab narrative has no place for emotions or edge. Its prolonged cat-and-mouse game goes on and on till it arrives at its (literally) eye-popping conclusion, notes Sukanya Verma.
Kohli, Rohit join Messi, CR7 to release videos for 'Unscriptd'.
India's Test skipper Virat Kohli described Modi government's demonetisation move as the greatest in the country's political history.
Blind is a film you are better off not watching, warns Mayur Sanap.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar said he noticed the aggressive 'spark' in Virat Kohli when he made his India debut and that characteristic has rubbed off on the entire team.
"I resigned from the Committee of Administrators six months ago and this is for the first time that I am commenting in public on cricket. (There is a) story about massive dispute between Col CK Nayudu and Vinoo Mankad," Guha spoke during a function at the Bombay Gymkhana in South Mumbai.
Dilip Vengsarkar believes that he was able to do justice to the chairman's post because of the time he spent as head of BCCI's now defunct Talent Research Development Wing (TRDW) which found the gem called MS Dhoni.
'Our research shows that 60 per cent of the growth and interest in anime will come from India for the next few years.'
Reducing Rajasthan Royals to 28/5 in the Powerplay sealed the fate of the hosts as Royal Challengers Bangalore bowled RR out for 59 in Jaipur.
For South Africa, Rassie van der Dussen has advanced three slots to the sixth position, just one shy of his career-best, after scores of 34 not out and 52.
India's premier batsman and team's vice-captain Virat Kohli suddenly lost his cool after the training session in Perth on Tuesday as he hurled abuses at a journalist before the side's group league game against West Indies at the WACA.
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RCB had a horror showing in IPL-10, finishing at the bottom of the eight-team team competition with just three wins from 14 games.
The controversial colonial-era Kohinoor diamond claimed by India is to be cast as a symbol of conquest as part of a new display of Britain's Crown Jewels at the Tower of London set to open to the public in May.
The Bengaluru connection that's shaping Indian cricket.
India, who lost to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final at The Oval on Sunday, start favourites for the series comprising five ODIs and a T20 International.
Virat the batsman wins, Virat the captain loses
Vamika turns 1 on a day when her dad will play his 99th Test, also the day Coach Rahul Dravid turns 49.
The Duff & Phelps report shows that Virat Kohli has increased his brand value by 40 per cent to $237.5 million in 2019 and taken a huge lead with his closest rival, Akshay Kumar, ranked second.
RCB have been inconsistent in their first six games in IPL-12, with both their bowling and batting faltering on many occasions.
Anushka confirmed that Vamika's birthday was perfect in every manner.
'...you start running after the star.' 'If the star says yes to the film, the ecosystem supports it.' 'The biggest cog in the wheel of the ecosystem is the audience and we forget that.'
The Hindustan Times, whose reporter was the target a foul-mouthed tirade by Virat Kohli in Perth on Tuesday, has filed complaints with the International Cricket Council and Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid, turned 44 on Wednesday and warm birthday wishes poured in from the cricket fraternity.
The stories on how Virat Kohli attained supreme fitness are well documented but not many know of his candid chat with former India coach Duncan Fletcher before he went on to become one of the fittest cricketers in the world.
Mutual funds focused on small-caps have emerged as the winner with a net inflow of close to Rs 11,000 crore in April-June quarter, as fund managers struggle to create alpha in the large-cap space, and the trend is expected to continue for some time. On the other hand, large-cap space, which is yet to pick up momentum, witnessed an outflow of Rs 3,360 crore during the quarter under review, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) showed. Apart from the June quarter, small-cap funds logged an inflow of Rs 6,932 crore in three months that ended in March.
The official handle of the Indian cricket team revealed the jersey numbers of the players through Instagram stories.
Brian Lara feels the country's senior men's side can field not two but "even a third XI" at the moment.
With scores of 4,9,9 in his previous three matches, Rahul was under pressure to justify his selection and the opener responded by clubbing four sixes en route to a 31-ball fifty as India reached 86-2 at the halfway stage.
Striking at a dazzling 237.14 strike rate, laced with seven boundaries and six sixes.
For Kohli, what matters is applying himself according to the demands of the situation.
Virat Kohli and Indian cricket remained an enduring love story and Sourav Ganguly held out promise for a path-breaking reign off the field in a year during which the country finally embraced pink ball Tests. There were the heartbreaks, the biggest one being a World Cup semi-final exit, and not to forget the anxious wait on what Mahendra Singh Dhoni might do next after being on a sabbatical for half the year.
Virat Kohli should resolve the row amicably with the concerned scribe.
'Dhoni's skills are unbelievable and also his mindset, the way he thinks about the game.'
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