Captain Virat Kohli has thrown his weight behind India's struggling openers but the tourists' defeat in Perth showed they have yet to find a solution to their top order woes.
In Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, India, says Haresh Pandya, has a bunch of exciting young batsmen who will go places, individually and collectively.
As expected, the Indian selectors decided to stick with the same 16-member squad, which beat Bangladesh in the one-off Test, for the first two matches of the forthcoming four-match Test series against Australia, starting in Pune, on February 23.
As torrential rains wreaked havoc in Chennai flooding major parts of the city. Indian team members R Ashwin and Murali Vijay, who hail from the city, sent heartfelt messages for victims of the flood.
The Tamil Nadu all-rounder, who was part of the team for two Tests during the Test series against Sri Lanka last year, said that sharing dressing room helped him learn a lot.
Images from the second's day play in the opening Test between England and India at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
After a five-year wait, opener Murali Vijay finally registered his maiden One-day International half-century, in the second match against Zimbabwe on Sunday. The India opener is now determined to make a mark in the 50-over format.
Ajinkya Rahane's wretched form will not be a big concern for the South Africa-bound Indian team, feels former captain Sourav Ganguly.
India have flown in pace-bowling all-rounder Stuart Binny but Shikhar Dhawan's absence is likely to force the team management to ask Murali Vijay, nursing a hamstring injury which kept him out of the Galle Test, to partner K L Rahul.
Pujara and Vijay added 209 runs for the second wicket to set a platform from where India would look to bat the Islanders out of the contest.
India scored a comprehensive seven-wicket win against debutants Afghanistan in their opening ICC World T20 match at Gros Islet (St Lucia) on Saturday.
Letting Indian batsmen build mammoth partnerships has hurt Australia the most in the series, visiting paceman Peter Siddle lamented.
Day 2 in the second Test between South Africa and India was all about the Dale Steyn, even as Murali Vijay missed out on a hundred.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel stole the show in India's record-breaking victory in the Rajkot Test.
Photos from Day 4 of the first Test match between India and England in Nottingham, on Saturday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 3 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
India's Shikhar Dhawan said that many big stands are in store with his opening partner Murali Vijay.
Former India pace spearhead Javagal Srinath has raised doubts about the team's bowling attack ahead of the upcoming ODI cricket World Cup though he has rated the defending champions' batting line-up as the strongest going into the showpiece event.
Robin Uthappa scored a blazing 94 and all-rounder Irfan Pathan a quickfire 43 as India Blue posted 235 for 9 against India Red in the opening match of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy tournament at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Thursday.
The Indian squad led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni departed for New Zealand from Mumbai on Sunday for a five-match ODI series followed by a best-of-two Test rubber against the hosts.
England pace bowler Stuart Broad swept aside the India middle order batting in an inspired spell on Sunday to propel his team to a crushing innings and 159 runs victory on the fourth day of the second Test at Lord's.
Team India discards -- Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra, and the Pathan brothers -- will get another opportunity to stake a claim in the national team at the annual NKP Salve Challenger Trophy which gets underway in Nagpur on Monday.
Team India did well to win the Mohali Test against Australia, despite a day being washed out. A progress report on the team.
Rohit Sharma and Hanuma Vihari will battle for a place in the Indian team for the first Test.
Abhinav Mukund hit a master class century as Rest of India (ROI) took full control against Mumbai in the Irani Cup. The fourth day's play ensured that ROI take a sizeable lead of 382 runs, thanks to the 227-run partnership between Mukund and Murali Vijay.
Photos of the day four play of the second Test between India and South Africa, being played in Durban
Images of the fourth and final Test between India and Australia being played at the Feroz Shah Kotla
Nathan Lyon scalped five wickets as the Indian batsmen were tested for the first time in the series on a crumbling track. The hosts still managed to take a slender four-run first-innings lead in the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia in New Delhi on Saturday.
Back in form with an impressive performance against South Africa in the recently-concluded Test series, Ravindra Jadeja is likely to make a comeback when the national selectors meet in New Delhi on Saturday.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored his second double hundred as Indian batsmen continued their run feast against Australia on the third day of the second cricket Test, in Hyderabad on Monday.
Images from the fourth day of the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka at the P Sara Stadium in Colombo on Friday.
Left-handed opener Abhinav Mukund was named captain of the Indian 'A' side that will take on England in a warm-up game in New Delhi on January 6.
Images from Day 4 of the first Test between India and South Africa in Nagpur on Tuesday.
Back in India's ODI squad after two years, opener Murali Vijay says he was expecting the call up for the Zimbabwe series after good performances in 32 Test appearances since 2008.
Photos of the Third Test between India and Australia being played in Mohali
India were eyeing a series-leveling win in the second Test by reducing Sri Lanka to 72 for two after setting the hosts a daunting victory target of 413, riding on Ajinkya Rahane's sparkling century.
Yuvraj Singh, on 19, completed his 500 runs in T20Is. He thus became only the second Indian batsman to do this after Gautam Gambhir, who has aggregated 556 runs from 20 appearances.
Images from Day 1 of the first Test between India and South Africa in Mohali, on Thursday.
Indian opener Murali Vijay said he won't feel dejected on missing out on a century at Lord's if his team goes onto win the second Test against England on Monday.
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