India handed Manoj Tiwary his one-day international debut against Australia in the opening match of the tri-series.
Munaf Patel bowled a brilliant last over while Shane Warne overcame a hamstring injury to win his personal duel with Sachin Tendulkar as Rajasthan Royals edged out Mumbai Indians by two runs in an IPL edge-of-the-seat thriller in Durban on Thursday.
Paceman RP Singh was on Monday rewarded for his consistent performance in the ongoing IPL with a recall while fellow-speedster Munaf Patel was dropped from India's 15-member squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in England.
The India Test discard hit 127 as the three-day match between India 'A' and the Kiwis ended in a draw.
West Zone won the Deodhar Trophy in style, thrashing North Zone by 113 runs in a one-sided final in Dharamsala on Monday. It was a run-feast at the HPCA Stadium as West amassed a staggering 355 for four in 50 overs and then bowled out North for 242 in 42.2 overs to win the zonal one-day championship.
With no domestic cricket taking place for the next few months, it is imperative that the BCCI does a rethink of its decision to disallow players from traveling to England. After all, playing even a few competitive matches in the county circuit is better than just lumbering up in the nets at the NCA.
India won the toss and elected to bat. Batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh, and bowlers Irfan Pathan and Ishant Sharma were named in the side.
The selection committee, which met in Bangalore on Wednesday, also retained Anil Kumble captain for the Test series in Australia.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth One-Day International in Hamilton on Wednesday. The Indian team effected two changes in the squad, bringing in Rohit Sharma for the injured Sachin Tendulkar and replacing Munaf Patel with a fit-again Ishant Sharma.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the first One-Day International in Napier on Tuesday. For India, pacer Ishant Sharma was rested after injuring his shoulder during the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand. He was replaced by Praveen Kumar, while Munaf Patel took the place of Irfan Pathan. Sachin Tendulkar, who missed out on the last two one-dayers against Sri Lanka, also returns to the Indian team.
Paceman Shantakumaran Sreesanth has also been left out of the 12 as he is unwell.
Skipper Irfan Pathan led from the front with a four-wicket haul as Baroda dismissed Maharashtra for 207 in their second innings on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match in Pune on Thursday. Chasing a paltry 101 for victory, Baroda were 2 for 1 at the draw of stumps.
Kirsten is confident that barring any injuries in the next few days the Indian bowlers are capable of putting up a good showing in the upcoming Test series against Australia.
Ravindra Jadeja's gutsy 77 and Munaf Patel's brisk unbeaten 36 guided Rest of India to 260 in their first innings on the opening day of their Irani Trophy match against Ranji Champions Mumbai in Nagpur on Thursday.
India made two changes to their side with opener Virender Sehwag recalled for Praveen Kumar and S Sreesanth replacing Munaf Patel.
The victorious Indian team got a rousing welcome on Wednesday night when it arrived back home after the triumphant tour of New Zealand.
England included Kevin Pietersen, Mathew Hoggard and Gareth Batty in place of Owais Shah, Lian Plunkett and Sajid Mohammed for the fourth ODI.
India made one change in the team by bringing in Ajit Agarkar in place paceman Munaf Patel.
India rested key players Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan besides leaving out Rohit Sharma.
After being dismissed for a paltry 231 in the first innings, Maharashtra had Mumbai reeling on 20 for 2
The England tour is going to be a learning experience for the gangling young quickie from Delhi.
Delhi captain Virendra Sehwag has lodged a complaint against a Rest of India player for his ungentlemanly conduct during the ongoing Irani Trophy match in Vadodara. Match Referee Rajendra Jadeja confirmed on Friday that a complaint was lodged at the end of play on Day 2 of the match, but refused to divulge details. He said he would do so only after analyzing the complaint.
S Sreesanth replaced Munaf Patel, who is down with a stiff back, for the deciding fourth ODI against Sri Lanka.
India rung in two changes, Munaf Patel and Dinesh Kaarthick coming in place of VRV Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni respectively, for the third Test against South Africa.
They will look to continue the momentum by fielding an unchanged side in the second Test at Durban.
Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh will be among a host of former stars in the India Maharaja team which will take part in the inaugural edition of the Legends League Cricket (LLC), starting on January 20 in Oman.
A solid 78 by Rohit Sharma helped West Zone defeat North Zone by 120 runs in the Deodhar Trophy match in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
India made one change, bringing in leg-spinner Piyush Chawla in place of Munaf Patel for the first of the best of three finals.
India made two changes to the side that lost to Australia by 18 runs in Sydney on Sunday, Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel replacing Virender Sehwag and Shantha Sreesanth for the 11 ODI of the series.
Both teams retained the eleven that played in the drawn third Test at St Kitts.
India went in with two spinners and as many pacers in the first Test against Pakistan.
Sairaj Bahutule (4 for 96) and Wahid Sayyed (3) were the wreckers-in-chief as Maharashtra crushed Rajasthan by eight wickets on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Super league match, to open their account with five points.
'Batsmen were good, but if have to win overseas, we have to get players from the MRF Pace Foundation and the NCA coming through, try to prepare pitches to encourage these faster bowlers rather than dusty turners'
Also making it to the list was left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan.
The pacer had a bout of vomiting late on Tuesday night but recovered and took part in the training session today.
Captain Sairaj Bahutule's unbeaten 52 saw Maharashtra recover from 97 for 6 to 183 for 7 on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi.
Rookie paceman Ishant Sharma has been drafted in to the final twelve for the second Test against Bangladesh.
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