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.
'It's been fantastic to watch you over the years. Numbers will have their roles and but your real strength is being able to motivate the whole generation.'
Rishabh Pant had no doubt he would make it to top-flight cricket again, and even if that needed a miracle, he was sure he would pull off one.
Wahab Riaz is the ninth bowler in history of Pakistan to take a five-for on debut, recorded against England as he took 5/63 at The Oval.
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.
Images from Day 1 of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, at Mohali, on Friday.
The T20I squad for the upcoming three-match series against Afghanistan has been revealed, with key players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli included.
Four consecutive Tests involving the West Indies have ended in three days, notes Rajneesh Gupta.
Head coach Rahul Dravid on Wednesday admitted that Indian players will not get too many chances to play as a group ahead of the T20I World Cup, and said they needed to remain mentally flexible ahead of the marquee event in June.
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.
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.
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.
Punjab Kings batting coach Wasim Jaffer was left frustrated with the performance of his bowlers, saying they "didn't live up to the expectations" this IPL season.
Pant said at this point he feels emotionally overwhelmed while talking about his dynamics with the 2011 World Cup winner.
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.
Former India cricketer Ashok Malhotra apologised for his disparaging remarks in which he labelled the Assam players of his time as 'second-class citizens'.
"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.
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.
Will the young gun survive Virat Kohli's comeback?
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.
Following Shubman Gill's second fifty of the season, Australian great Matthew Hayden believes the youngster will dominate world cricket in the next decade.
Steve Smith might be taking a wee bit more time to adjust to sub-continental tracks but his poor returns in the first two ODIs against India is least of concern for the Australian team management, senior speedster Mitchell Starc said on Tuesday.
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.
Matthew Short has also been called up as an extra batter while Travis Head recovers from a fracture to his left hand.
Shubman Gill was discharged from hospital after recovering from a bout of dengue fever but is most likely to miss the World Cup match against Pakistan in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the first Test.
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.
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.
With Harbhajan Singh nursing a toe injury, Amit Mishra is likely to retain his place in the Indian team for the third Test against Australia, with Anil Kumble coming in for Harbhajan.
Australian opener Matthew Hayden was happy that the ongoing Test series between his side and the Indians was being played in good spirit on and off the field but said he would have been disappointed had Zaheer Khan not been punished for sending him off during the Mohali Test.
Dean Elgar criticises Mohali pitch, says it's is a bad wicket.
South African speedster Dale Steyn will miss the fourth and final test against India with a lingering groin injury that has limited his participation in the four-match series to a solitary contest in the series-opener in Mohali.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes was reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct after he was charged for making inappropriate comments during the opening day's play in the third cricket Test against India in Mohali on Saturday.
