Brothers Krunal and Hardik Pandya revealed that they had brought the bag of their late father Himanshu in the Indian dressing room to feel his presence, during the first ODI against England in Pune on Tuesday.
Flamboyant Australian Glenn Maxwell is expected to be a favourite, despite his under-whelming record, along with England's spin bowling all-rounder Moeen Ali, while Kerala's batting sensation Mohammed Azharuddeen could be in hot demand during a condensed IPL players' auction, to be held in Chennai, on Thursday.
Sarfaraz Ahmed said that the PCB left it to the players to make the final call on travelling to England for the Test and T20 series.
The former India captain not just rejected the accusations thrown at him but also offered a gentle reminder to his critics -- much before becoming the BCCI boss, he was a celebrated India cricketer and played in a whopping 424 international matches -- 113 of them Tests.
The IPL Governing Council is planning to have an umpire assigned specifically to check no-balls after a number of howlers in the past few seasons led to heightened concerns about quality of Indian match officials.
'He has the mental strength and skill to play anybody and any attack.' 'He is a fearless cricketer.'
Waqar Younis and his deputy Mushtaq Ahmed have had a heart-to-heart to talk with the players.
A summary of Thursday's matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy limited-overs' tournament.
March 29 doubly special for Sehwag, as four years later, in 2008, he went on score his second triple century, this time against South Africa in Chennai.
All the injuries that happened to top Indian cricketers prior to and during the Australia series along with their current status.
Weapons and other incriminating material were recovered from the spot.
Both the spinners shared six wickets between them in England's first innings which ended at 219 in 70.3 overs. The duo bowled just 21.3 overs in the first innings.
Former Mumbai wicketkeeper Vinayak Samant has been reappointed as the coach of the senior Mumbai team for the upcoming domestic season.
The blushing bride and her husband made for very pretty pictures.
Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson and Manish Pandey have been dropped from the side while pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been rested.
Virat, Ishant set to return for England series starting Feb 5 as selection for first two Tests takes place on Tuesday.
There is a possibility that some of the senior India players may play against England Lions when they tour India for a full-fledged series in end January-February.
Captain Virat Kohli is unlikely to feature in the tournament because of his India commitments.
Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh wants BCCI president Sourav Ganguly to change the current selection panel and bring in "strong people".
Just as the superstars of Indian cricket only play IPL and international fixtures and ignore the Ranji and Mushtaq Ali trophies in domestic cricket, Narendra Modi should play a very limited role in state assembly elections, argues Sudhir Bisht.
'I have seen Bishan paaji get worked up when he felt the game was losing its character because of some individual.'
Who is Ruturaj and why has he won N Srinivasan's vote of confidence?
The sources further suggested that the two choppers remained in the Indian territory for about 10 minutes before heading back.
RCB will be strengthened further when the immensely-talented Devdutt Padikkal makes the team after his recovery from COVID-19.
Tamil Nadu all-rounder M Shahrukh Khan had a base price of Rs 20 lakh but Punjab Kings happily shelled out a huge sum to secure his services
Lesser known cricketers who could make waves at the IPL auction.
'If I was communal, I could have adjusted the practice timings according to our prayer timings but that's not the way I am.'
Having released 10 players ahead of the auction, the team management focussed on strengthening the batting and pace bowling units.
A host of issues with regards to state cricket was discussed with the BCCI president.
'I look forward to meeting David Warner and talking to him about batting.' 'Our mindset is the same. We both look to dominate the bowlers,' says Abdul Samad, the exciting 18-year-old batsman from the Kashmiri valley.
Dhawan was taken off the field in the fifth over of the game after he dived to save an Aaron Finch shot in the cover region, hurting his shoulder.
Meet Mehvish Mushtaq, the first Kashmiri girl to develop an Android app dedicated to the state of Jammu & Kashmir.
With 100-plus Tests and 400-plus wickets, most of them not exactly coming on rank turners, Harbhajan's name will always figure among true blue cricketing elites of India.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar registered remarkable figures of 2/15 in four overs, including 17 dot balls, in a high-scoring contest which saw over 400 runs being scored.
Shaw had hurt his left shoulder while trying to save an overthrow during Mumbai's match against Karnataka at the Bandra Kurla Complex a ground in North West Mumbai.
The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) has already informed its members that no tickets would be put on sale for the first two Tests between India and England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium as both the games will be played behind closed doors.
The attack by the LeT to free "hardcore" Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Mohammed Naveed Jhatt took place around 11.35 am inside the busy SMHS hospital complex in a high security area of Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital.
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