It is expected that Dinesh Karthik will open the innings along with Wasim Jaffer in the first Test.
India will experiment with different field settings to compensate for their bowling deficiencies at the Twenty20 World Cup, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said.
Soon after retaining Mahendra Singh Dhoni as India captain till the World Twenty20 Championships, chief selector Sandip Patil said the Board wanted to end speculations and "send a signal" to players as to who would be their leader at the mega-event to be held in India from March 8 to April 3.
Swapnil Kusale fought his way back to win the bronze in his very first appearance at the Olympic Games.
No sooner than the International Cricket Council asked fans to name their favourite captain of the decade, the name of Indian cricketing great Mahendra Singh Dhoni took social media by storm. The cricket fans went all out to back Dhoni, who has won two World Cups -- the World T20 in 2007 and the 50-overs World Cup in 2011, while also leading India to the Champions Trophy title in 2013 and the World No 1 ranking in Test cricket.
The favourites' tag will be the albatross around India's neck when Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team mates begin their quest for World Cup glory.
An injury-hit India produced a disciplined all-round performance to notch up an emphatic 21-run victory over South Africa in the only twenty20 international in Durban on Sunday.
India will be going into the fourth and final Test against Australia in Delhi on Friday with an eye on history. Never in their cricketing history have they whitewashed a team 4-0 in Test matches, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni has the golden opportunity to add another memorable chapter to his glorious career.
World champions India will resume their battle with World Twenty20 winners England to top the rankings in the ODI Championship table when the two sides lock horns in the One-day series starting in Hyderabad on Friday.
But Gavaskar's sharp wit and sarcasm was evident from what he said next about what exactly was Kohli expecting.
While he continues to be available as a wicketkeeper-batsman in ODIs and T20Is, the ICC Champions Trophy in England in June could be an indicator whether he would continue as a player till the 2019 World Cup.
The Indian squad, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, left by a morning flight to Bangladesh capital Dhaka to take part in the four-nation 11th Asia Cup starting on Sunday.
'He is still learning his craft. But he is learning quickly and will be a real handful in years to come.'
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's offer to step aside as India captain if a "better" candidate can be found is a noble gesture given the team's woeful run of test form, but several former skippers believe the wicketkeeper remains the best man for the job.
The two-pronged off-spin attack that India are using in the second cricket Test against England in Mumbai is a ploy that the hosts last used quarter of a century ago.
"Batting in the middle-order, he's someone who can really control a one-day innings. And that might be what you need in England," Ponting told Cricket Australia's official website.
A factfile of the teams ahead of the second quarter-final in the World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
West Indian legend Vivian Richards feels that Indian cricket team has improved in the fielding department in recent times and that increases the chances of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men lifting the World Cup.
West Indian legend Vivian Richards feels that Indian cricket team has improved in the fielding department in recent times and that increases the chances of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men lifting the World Cup.
Former captain Kapil Dev on Friday said there is no reason why India cannot win the forthcoming series in England but warned the team against getting complacent.
Gaikwad had scores of 15, 1, 46 and 26 in the first four games before striking big against KKR on Monday, which was his first half-century of the current season.
'I told Sachin that if both of you and Dravid do not want to lead the side, how will we go about things? Then Sachin told me that we have one more player in the country who could lead the side and his name is none other than MS Dhoni.'
A billion Indians, including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, are hoping Pakistan will take their game against Australia seriously and not look to experiment.
Batting and fielding averages from the recently concluded four-match Test series in Australia.
While Gavaskar thinks it's Kohli, former Australian opener Matthew Hayden feels it is former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott has questioned India's plummeting No 1 Test status, calling Mahendra Singh Dhoni's squad a "shadow of an average team".
Afghan, who retired from all formats on Sunday after the match against Namibia in the ongoing T20 World Cup, had captained Afghanistan to 42 wins out of 52 games.
The Indian cricket fraternity on Sunday hailed the team's elevation to the top of the Test rankings but warned Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men that staying at the summit is always tougher than reaching there.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir on Monday said that in the absence of Suresh Raina, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni should bat higher up the order for Chennai Super Kings in this year's Indian Premier League.
Still reeling from their narrow nine-run defeat in the opening ODI match, a struggling India will have to work on their bowling frailties and inconsistent batting as they take on England in the second one-dayer in Kochi with the pressure on the home team.
In scathing criticism of India's performance in the opening Test, former English captain Nasser Hussain said Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men don't seem to value their number one status given how underprepared they looked in the match.
Cheteshwar Pujara was unbeaten on 119 as India amassed 307 for 5 in 87 overs on Day 1 of the first Test against New Zealand.
The 15-member Indian squad for the ICC Champions Trophy commencing on June 6 left for London via Dubai on Wednesday.
The Australian team might be in "disarray" after the suspension of their four cricketers but former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has warned Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys against complacency ahead of the third Test starting in Mohali Thursday.
Mahendra Singh dhoni scored a masterful, unbeaten 91 as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final in Mumbai on Saturday.
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen says two-time World Cup-winning skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is arguably the greatest captain ever. India tasted huge success under Dhoni, winning the 2007 World T20 and the 2011 World Cup at home.
Relieved he might be after a consolation win against the seemingly unstoppable Australians, but Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni rued the fact that the ODI side lacks a settled bowling line-up.
Left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra will replace Praveen Kumar in India's squad for the first One-Day International against New Zealand on Sunday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Thursday.
Images from the ICC Champions Trophy second semi-final between India and Sri Lanka in Cardiff, on Thursday.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored a scintillating century as India crushed Australia by 99 runs in the second one-day international to level the seven-match series, at the Vidharbha Cricket Association stadium, in Nagpur, on Wednesday.
