Statistical highlights from the opening day's play in the second cricket Test between India and the West Indies played in Bridgetown, Barbados.
The Delhi high court on Monday refused to quash criminal proceedings against former Bharatiya Janata Party president Bangaru Laxman who was purportedly caught on camera accepting money from fictitious arms dealers in the infamous Tehelka expose.
Michael Hussey was approached by former India batsman VVS Laxman for the job of Team India head coach, the ex-Australian cricketer has revealed in his latest book.
The low-scoring second cricket Test was tantalisingly poised after the third day's play with South Africa needing 192 more runs to win and India also fancying their chances of a remarkable series-levelling victory in Durban.
Rahul Dravid spent some quality time at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru and gave a pep talk to women cricketers ahead of their tour of Bangladesh.
Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed a blazing hundred but a gritty Nepal stretched Indian bowling unit to its limit before losing in the quarter-finals of the men's cricket event by 23 runs.
The opening Test between India and New Zealand at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera ended as a draw on the fifth and final day on Monday. The visitors, chasing 295 to win, had made 22 for one when play was called off.
Reader Kapil Chauhan sent us this picture from Nottingham.
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
The Indians reduced Sussex to 146 for 5 in their first innings after declaring on 388 for 7 on Day 2 of the four-day match.
Virender Sehwag justified the team management's decision not to play VVS Laxman in the second Test, saying had 'we played him we would have been even a fielder short'.
India captain Sourav Ganguly asserted that the team would field seven batsmen in Sunday's title match against Sri Lanka.
Paceman Shantakumaran Sreesanth has also been left out of the 12 as he is unwell.
Two ministers who raised the banner of revolt with former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot during the political crisis also find their names in the list.
He along with Sunrisers' bowling coach and spin legend Muthiah Muralitharan were seen engaging in an intense planning from the dug-out when Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers were batting in full-flow at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday. Sunrisers batting coach VVS Laxman may be disappointed with his team's defeat in the first game of IPL 9, but the legendary Indian batsman had special praise for U-19 star and RCB finisher Sarfaraz Khan. Laxman also feels that it was Sarfaraz, who took the game away from them, when the 'enormously talented' Mustafizur Rahman had pulled it back by dismissing AB and Watson in quick succession. Here is what Laxman had to say after the match.
India batting icons Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman tell Harish Kotian what opener Shikhar Dhawan must do to regain lost form.
Thackeray wondered why the BJP has not fielded any member of the Lokmanya Tilak family for the Kasba bypoll.
Sachin Tendulkar, who is still recovering after elbow surgery, was named in the squad for the two-Test series against Zimbabwe.
India has been struggling to find a reliable opening batsman in Tests.
'They must have thought that this kind of tapori language would please the common man, but they don't suit Hanumanji.'
There are 18 assembly constituencies in the border district which is a Lingayat stronghold and has been a BJP bastion in the last two decades.
Dinesh Karthik, who had a reasonably good Test series, made way for M S Dhoni in the team for the first two ODIs against Pakistan.
He is in Poona Hospital and is said to be in good condition.
The Hyderabad batsman is practicing on pacy pitches similar to the ones expected in Pakistan
'A lot of actors auditioned for Wagle Ki Duniya, but R K Laxman rejected them all.' 'He was the decision-maker, as the serial was based on his Common Man.' 'He wanted a natural, who looked like a common man.'
With this, the ruling BJP has so far declared candidates for 136 seats. Earlier, the BJP had announced 79 candidates, including two lists of 39 each, and another list of one nominee.
Uncapped Haryana seamer Joginder Sharma and Bihar wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni were named in the 15-member squad for the three-match ODI series.
Rahul Dravid was out for duck but his team beat Sehwag XI by five wickets.
The three seats fell vacant following the resignations of Baburao Chinchansur, R Shankar and Laxman Savadi to contest the assembly elections.
India abandoned plans to replace the injured batsman, after it became clear that they will only be able to call up a second-string replacement.
Veteran Indian batsman VVS Laxman rose seven places to a career-best sixth in the ICC Rankings for Test batsmen after playing two crucial half centuries in the drawn match against the West Indies in Bridgetown.
India are set to play Pakistan in the Asia Cup and the World Cup in the coming two months, and legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble said that the key will be to take it as just another game.
Laxman accompanied Team India as its coach during its two T20I match series against Ireland,
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VVS Laxman, who is recuperating from a back injury, has pulled out of Hyderabad's upcoming Ranji fixture against Bengal beginning at Eden Gardens from Saturday.
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