After being dismissed for a paltry 231 in the first innings, Maharashtra had Mumbai reeling on 20 for 2
Both teams retained the eleven that played in the drawn third Test at St Kitts.
Dhoni donned the gloves for a short while during Monday's practice, and the focus was on Dinesh Kaarthick, who kept receiving throws from Greg Chappell and the slip cordon.
Jaffer would replace Dravid in the squad which might also see Pathan give way to pacer Sreesanth.
Assistant coach Sitanshu Kotak believes the present Gujarat Lions line-up is much more balanced as compared to last year as the Suresh Raina-led team looks for a good showing in the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League starting next week.
Virender Sehwag got out cheaply twice during the Indian team's practice match in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Tendulkar reveals how his anxiety about the match against Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup kept him awake for nights.
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.
The former West Indies fast bowler also said he was impressed with the show of Munaf Patel.
Young VRV Singh will make his debut in the first Test against the West Indies.
India rested Irfan Pathan and Ramesh Powar and brought in Robin Uthappa and Munaf Patel in their place for the inconsequential fifth ODI against the West Indies.
India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat in the third one-day international against West Indies.
India won the toss and elected to field in the seventh and final ODI against England.
Venugopal Rao and VRV Singh were included in India's playing eleven for the sixth ODI against England.
Board President's XI beat England by eight-wickets.
Vikram Rajvir Singh and Munaf Patel, considered to be among the quickest bowlers in India, have been picked for the Board President's XI to play England.
Maharashtra bowled out Mumbai for 160 in their second innings to win the Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group 'A' match by 65 runs.
'Rahul Dravid let us down both in the batting front and captaincy.'
Also making it to the list was left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan.
Shreyas Iyer's 51-ball 86 run blitzkrieg helped Mumbai sail past a tall Vidarbha total to notch up a five-wicket win in the Super League phase of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Group A match in Mumbai. Chasing Vidarbha's score of 181 for four, built mainly around opener Jignesh Sharma's punishing knock of 56 off just 30 balls, Mumbai cantered home in 18.5 overs to register their second straight victory in as many days in the tournament, at the Wankhede Stadium. Iyer and skipper Aditya Tare (41 in 24 balls) steadied the Mumbai innings after the early loss of left-handed opener Akhil Herwadkar (4) through a brisk second-wicket partnership of 71 runs in 7.2 overs.
Nayan Mongia will be the wicketkeeper for the four-day league match against Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy.
Sairaj Bahutule took 4 for 42 to dismiss Hyderabad cheaply in their first innings on the first day of the Ranji Trophy semi-final.
Fine bowling by Munaf Patel and Nilesh Kulkarni helped West Zone register a comfortable win.
Replying to Central Zone's 549, West were 163 for 1 on day 3 in the Duleep Trophy match.
SL 'A' captain Russell Arnold expressed satisfaction at the way his side staged a comeback to win the match.
Off spinner Ramesh Powar (4-16) and speedster Munaf Patel (3-34) bowled Mumbai to an innings and 91-run win over Kerala
Kerala were bowled out for a paltry 165 on the opening day of the Group-A Elite Ranji Trophy match.
Murali Karthik claimed four wickets for 27 runs as the Indians beat Sri Lanka 'A' by an innings and 92 runs in the second Test.
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