Following Shubman Gill's second fifty of the season, Australian great Matthew Hayden believes the youngster will dominate world cricket in the next decade.
Veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara slammed his second hundred of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, guiding Saurashtra to a comfortable 242 for four against Rajasthan on the opening day of their Group A match, in Jaipur on Friday.
Beleaguered Australian cricket coach Mickey Arthur on Tuesday deleted his Twitter account after being continuously ridiculed by fans in the wake of the team's woeful Test run in India.
India opener Murali Vijay, who scored a century on Sunday revealed that he decided to change his game and stick in there to avoid throwing away his wicket like he did in the 1st Test in Chennai.
When Ravindra Jadeja was selected to the Indian Test team in December last year the decision left many surprised because the Saurashtra all-rounder was considered as a limited overs specialist given his exploits in T20 cricket and ODIs.
Images from Day 1 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, at Mohali, on Friday.
If India toyed with the South Africans, it was mainly because of awesome performances from spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
With an estimated cost of over Rs 500 crore, BCCI is planning a massive upgrade to the stadiums, ahead of the ODI World Cup in October-November in India.
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.
Former India opener Navjot Singh Sidhu salutes VVS Laxman and the Indian team on their showing in the first Test against Australia at Mohali
Delhi registered a smooth eight-wicket win in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group E match in Dehradun on Saturday.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Saturday said he always feared being labelled as a player who excels only in domestic cricket and desperately wants success at international level.
The series starts with the first T20I in Mohali on Thursday, and Afghanistan will look to take inspiration from their impressive outing in the ODI World Cup in October-November last year to prepare in earnest for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland on Wednesday backed the team management that had axed four players, including then vice-captain Shane Watson, ahead of the Mohali Test against India in March on grounds of breach of discipline.
A round-up of the first day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country, on Tuesday.
Four consecutive Tests involving the West Indies have ended in three days, notes Rajneesh Gupta.
As per reports, the upcoming edition of the 2023 ODI World Cup is set to get underway on October 5 and the final is set to be held in Ahmedabad.
'Selectors should have a clear idea about him (Pujara). Do they need him to play Test cricket anymore or do they want to continue with youngsters and communicate it to him. Somebody like Pujara can't be dropped, then picked, dropped again and then picked. Same with Ajinkya Rahane also.'
Having missed the first two weeks of the Indian Premier League (IPL) due to a fracture on his hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Shikhar Dhawan is hoping to return to action "very soon" and is awaiting a clearance from the NCA.
Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir might not pair up as opening partners for the country again but the two senior players can still make individual comebacks, feels Sunil Gavaskar.
India captain Virat Kohli shot up 10 slots to reach a career-high fourth position in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after producing a man of the match performance in the second Test against England in Visakhapatnam.
India's master batsman Sachin Tendulkar moved into third position in the latest Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen, which were released on Wednesday. The 37-year-old from Mumbai scored 98 and 38 in the Mohali Test, which India won by one-wicket on Tuesday.
Virat Kohli, who is set to play his landmark 100th Test against Sri Lanka at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali, hit the nets on Sunday.
Yashasvi Jaiswal stole the limelight with a classy century on Day 2 of the first Test on Thursday.
The Mohali track, usually conducive to faster bowlers, is expected to be a tad different this time, thanks to the recent rain in the city. And the two captains seem to have prepared for the eventuality.
He was considered the key to India's chances prior to the match. Virender Sehwag needs to fire for India to win the Mohali Test, they said.
"Yes, I expected them to take nine New Zealand wickets by tea on the fifth day's play, but it just did not happen," says Kris Srikkanth.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the first Test.
Harish Kotian/Rediff.com explains why skipper Virat Kohli is backing his opening batsman to carry on the good form in the next two Tests of the series.
Out of the 7,500 tickets sent by the BCCI for the Mohali Test, only 3,000 were sold.
While India captain Anil Kumble will surely play at his favourite ground, the Kotla, in the third Test against the Aussies, Harbhajan Singh is suffering from a toe injury and there are question marks regarding his fitness.
VVS Laxman, who had a bad back during the Mohali Test, required three painkilling injections plus tablets at each break in the game to score his priceless 73 to snatch victory from jaws of defeat and make the Australians suffer once again.
'There will be an extended period of time out and we're just going to weigh whether that time falls potentially with an option to carry him through the front half of the World Cup.'
The British media on Wednesday lambasted Team India's tactics on the final day of Mohali Test, saying the hosts 'killed' the match with their 'myopic' thinking by allowing Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh to bat on in search of personal achievements at the expense of a result.
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