"I have sent my good wishes to the Indian cricket team and I am hopeful they will perform well," Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said.
Former India all-rounder Yusuf Pathan has said that the Men in Blue are not out of the T20 World Cup just because they lost their first game against arch-rival Pakistan.
Having won the first game by three runs, another victory will give India a successive ODI series win in the Caribbean.
Thousands of fans from both countries have crisscrossed the globe to watch their team in action and trust rival captains Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam to tell you this is another 'match' for them, but all the 22 players and reserves know that this is 'The Match'.
Images from the Asia Cup final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Dubai on Sunday.
Jeswin Aldrin, who had already qualified for the championships, however missed the cut.
A lot of grey areas are yet to be addressed, but a young Indian team, with an admirable collective temperament, will start as favourites in the series-deciding fifth T20 International against South Africa, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.
Kohli made his international debut on August 18, 2008, against Sri Lanka
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
'A drought is like a fire. It licks everything in its wake - crop, trees, animals, humans...' The plains of the Ganga in Bihar have a raw, unmatched, beauty, but also bear the anguish of its farmers.
IMAGES of the T20 World Cup warm up match played between India and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane on Monday
Nadal said he did not expect to go all the way at Melbourne Park
h Ravi Shastri shared a picture with opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan on Sunday
'The Battle of Jamalpur was a turning point in the 1971 War because a small battalion of 700 men broke the back of the Pakistanis.'
Is it a divine, sacrosanct university, a holy cow, prohibiting human intervention?
264 remains the highest score in the 50 over format.
Straight talk from Femina Miss India Earth 2011 Hasleen Kaur.
The Birmingham Games will break new ground with more medals awarded to women (136) than men (134), a first for a multi-sport event.
Earlier, opting to bowl, the Indian bowlers led by debutant Harshal Patel (2/25) put on a brilliant display as the hosts restricted New Zealand to just 153/6.
'Only few are brave': Kohli tweets birthday greeting.
Rohit Sharma admitted that they failed to deliver, and thanked fans for their colossal support
Australia to open T20 World Cup defence against New Zealand.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Wednesday, Day 6.
'Now we are giving them a reason to pick up hockey, play the game and make the country more proud than this'
India's head coach Ravi Shastri congratulated his players 'for holding up and having a season of a lifetime in toughest of times across all formats and hemispheres against two of the best teams in the world.'
India will be donning their first ever 'away kit' for Sunday's match against England.
With no Jasprit Bumrah in the Indian line-up, the 'Men In Blue' are missing a trick. And despite Mohammed Shami's brilliance in the warm-up game against Australia on the other day in Brisbane, the bowling unit doesn't inspire much confidence.
'The PM of India was 20 km away from the Pakistan border and he is one of the persons under extreme threat from that country and they put his life in danger.'
'Thank you @incredibleindia for all the wonderful memories'
Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri was awarded the Mahavir Chakra, the second highest medal for gallantry for leading a small company of men against a massive Pakistani attack.
The move points to a growing need to cater to a younger customer base, one that wants designer clothes not just for big occasions but also wishes to make them a part of their day-to-day lives by interpreting individual pieces in individualistic manners.
Shamshera's problem is a shocking inability to support its bombastic ideas with gripping drama. The result is the wastage of not one but two Ranbir Kapoors, observes Sukanya Verma.
Prasanna D Zore discovered an electrifying atmosphere as the Yatra passed through Balapur in Maharashtra's Akola district.
''Why didn't you send a message to this cricketer? It would have been good for your career, for your PR and public image'.' Richa Chadha shares some shocking truths.
The opening ceremony has been created by British screenwriter Steven Knight, who had produced the famous crime drama 'Peaky Blinders'.
Rain is likely to play spoilsport in the third and final T20I of the three-match series between India and South Africa.
Armed to the teeth with mortar guns, assault rifles, riot-control weapons and bullet-proof vehicles, the personnel drawn from various battalions of the force are thrilled at the opportunity to don the UN's blue helmet.
Brahmastra is a work of star-struck ambition and high-octane energy whose razzle-dazzle hits many happy notes, observes Sukanya Verma.
We take a look at Team India's dominating performance against Pakistan in the World Cup
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