Shakib Al Hasan is a tremendous cricketer of international repute and hopefully Bangladesh cricket history would be kinder to him.
India will play the first One-dayer of their five-match ODI series against West Indies on November 29 in Cuttack.
It will be a selection dilemma for skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Anil Kumble as a fit-again Suresh Raina is back in the nets having recovered from a bout of viral fever that kept him out of first ODI in Dharamsala. With Kedar Jadhav picking up two wickets with his handy part-time off breaks, the same skill set of both the players is definitely going to be a factor as the team management decides to pick the XI for the second ODI against New Zealand on Thursday.
Ishant Sharma has got received another opportunity to prove himself in limited overs cricket after getting a call-up in the Indian One-day squad as replacement for the injured Mohit Sharma.
The T20 World Cup bound Indian team is set to play three games against Australia and South Africa before leaving for the ICC mega event.
All eyes were on Virat Kohli during the team's two-and-half-hour training session on the eve of the second One-Day International between India and the West Indies at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi, on Friday.
Australia's hopes of strengthening their bowling attack suffered a blow when strike bowler Brett Lee was ruled out of the third one-day international against India, at the Ferozshah Kotla, in New Delhi, on Saturday.
K L Rahul has managed just 38 runs in three innings in the ongoing Test series against Australia.
Images from the abandoned fifth One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka at the Ferozshah Kotla, in Delhi, on Sunday.
The Feroz Shah Kotla wicket in New Delhi for the fifth and final One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka on Sunday would be a sporting one and not a featherbed with 280 plus expected to be a winning score, the curator said. Curator Vijay Bahadur Mishra said the groundstaff have re-laid the pitch used during the India-Australia ODI for Sunday's match and he has intentionally left a bit of grass on it.
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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hailed his bowling and fielding department for notching up the face-saving 10-run win against Pakistan in the low-scoring third and final ODI of the series in New Delhi.
DDCA will add two more practice pitches to the main square of the Feroz Shah Kotla besides replacing 15,000 old bucket seats for the ODI World Cup.
PHOTOS from the ICC World Cup match between India and Afghanistan played in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting praised the Indians after they took a well-deserved 2-1 lead in the seven-match series in Delhi on Saturday.
At the face of it, there is apparently no danger to Dhoni's captaincy since the team is still winning matches. But if one digs deeper, Kohli has slowly and surely been the man everyone is looking forward to as the leader, across all formats for India.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's Tours and Fixtures Committee shortlisted Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad for India's three-Test series against the West Indies during October and November this year.
The 42-day break would give Kohli the time to introspect, and rejuvenate his cluttered mind.
Images from the third and final One-Day International between India and South Africa in Delhi on Tuesday.
IMAGES from the second One-Day International between India and New Zealand in New Delhi, on Thursday.
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Chandana, who is now a full-time coach, remembered Ranatunga as a shrewd tactician, whose strategic acumen were way ahead of the time.
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Allegations are being leveled that a shrine had been damaged during the renovation of the Ferozeshah Kotla.
The DDCA said that the conditions imposed by the Municipal Corporation and the security agencies were onerous.
Bedi underwent the procedure 2-3 days back and he is expected to be discharged from the hospital soon
While at a press briefing, BCCI Media Committee member G S Walia said a decision on Sehwag's availability would be made only on Monday.
The focus will firmly be on Prithvi Shaw and the national selectors keeping a keen eye on Mumbai captain's performance as his team takes on Uttar Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final, in Delhi, on Sunday.
Still licking their wounds after a sound thrashing in the lung opener, India will have to regroup quickly and fortify the chinks in their armoury when they take on a determined West Indies in the second One-Day International in Delhi on Saturday.
Kolkata's Eden Gardens will host the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, starting November 16, which also will be the island nation's first five-day game at the iconic ground.
With no World T20 competition in 2018, Nehra apparently told the team management that it is only fair that performing juniors have a longer rope, PTI reported.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is quintessentially a modest man and no wonder he has politely declined to inaugurate the pavilion named after him at the JSCA Stadium, ahead of India's third ODI against Australia.
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