The former India leg-spinner announced his retirement from first class cricket after a career of nearly 23 years.
Hirwani, who played 17 Tests and 18 ODIs for India, will travel with the team on select assignments starting with the home series against South Africa in September.
Rajasthan Royals off-spinner Ajit Chandila, who claimed the first hat-trick in this year's IPL, attributed his success to former India spinner Narendra Hirwani for his encouraging words.
Former Test cricketers W V Raman, Narendra Hirwani and T A Sekar have been appointed on the coaching panel of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced on Wednesday.
Radha Yadav hailed the impact of bowling coach Narendra Hirwani after registering her career-best figures in India's seven-wicket ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 victory over Sri Lanka.
A young man was detained after he breached the security arrangements and hugged Virat Kohli on the field.
The new red-soil pitch at Chepauk perfectly aligned with Indian team's vision to give more practice to their pacers ahead of the all-important tour to Australia.
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is focused on making good use of the one-month break post the Indian Premier League to sharpen his skill sets at the National Cricket Academy under Narendra Hirwani before embarking on India's challenging tour of the United Kingdom.
RCB all-rounder Swapnil Singh, who entered the IPL in the second half and made an immediate impact, opened up on his "emotional" cricketing journey that saw him experience numerous ups and downs and his relationship with star batter Virat Kohli.
The spinner now has six five-wicket hauls against Windies, the most by an Indian.
Debutant Mohammed Shami produced a devastating spell of reverse swing to finish with a match haul of nine wickets as India beat the West Indies by an innings and 51 runs in the first Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday.
Having made an impressive Test debut by taking nine wickets, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said patience was the key to his success on an unresponsive wicket in the first Test against the West Indies, at the Ferozeshah Kotla, on Tuesday.
After announcing the 15-member squad for the forthcoming World Cup, selection committee chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth on Monday said that the selectors have picked the best possible combination for the quadrennial event, to be held in the sub-continent from February 19 to April 2.
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Former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth on Saturday became the new Chairman of the National Senior Cricket Selection Committee, replacing Dilip Vengsarkar at the helm of affiars.
Off-Spinner R Ashwin sizzled on his debut as he claimed six wickets in the second innings for wonderful match figures of nine for 128.
Statistical highlights on the third day of the first Test between India and West Indies at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Seven promising young South African spin bowlers will attend a two-week course on spin bowling in Mohali, Punjab, next week. The players will leave on June 3 for the sessions, to be conducted by Devendar Arora, Narendra Hirwani and Umesh Patwal.
India's chairman of selectors Krishnamachari Srikkanth clarified that it was purely Sourav Ganguly's decision to call it a day. 'I think it is the right decision. I hope now he plays with a free mind and scores a lot of runs and wins this series for India. I think he deserves it because he has done so much for the country,' he said.
Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his deputy Yuvraj Singh will represent different Air India teams in the September 1-8 BCCI Corporate Trophy.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra joined an exclusive club of Indian bowlers to take five wickets on debut, when he claimed five for 71 against Australia in the second Test at Mohali on Sunday.
MP were 155 for 4 four in reply to Andhra Pradesh's 361 on the second-day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match.
North Zone recovered from a mid-innings slump to beat Central Zone by five wickets in the Duleep Trophy match.
The hosts were 151 for 3 in reply to Vidarbha's first innings total of 387 on the second day of the Plate Ranji Trophy match.
'The concept of an MP IPL team is the brainchild of Kamal Nath.' 'If the Congress government comes to power in the state, he will assemble an IPL team for MP with the assistance of his business contacts.'
National Cricket Academy (NCA) head Rahul Dravid was the man behind the initiative and senior team support staff comprising Ravi Shastri, bowling Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar were a part of this interaction last week.
Pant climbs seven places for in career-best Test rank.
Odisha Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera has said that the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack is all set to regain its Test status after 21 long years having hosted a five-day game way back in 1995.
'Now that you have this self-belief, you can see where you have taken a game as a team.'
India's Test skipper Virat Kohli along with his limited-overs counterpart Mahendra Singh Dhoni had a special meeting with head coach Anil Kumble and U-19 coach Rahul Dravid in Bengaluru on Sunday. The meeting was also attended by chief national selector Sandeep Patil, GM (Cricket Operations) MV Sridhar, National Cricket Academy's batting coach WV Raman, spin bowling coach Narendra Hirwani, chairman of junior selection committee Venkatesh Prasad and team physio Andrew Leipus.
'When you looked at him even at that age, you could make out he was special.'
Harbhajan Singh is the first Indian to take a Test hat-trick. He achieved this feat while playing against Australia at Kolkata in March 2001 by dismissing Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist and Shane Warne.
Madhya Pradesh humbled domestic powerhouse Mumbai by six wickets in a one-sided final to win their maiden Ranji Trophy crown, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru on Sunday. It was an achievement of sorts for coach Chandrakant Pandit, who exorcised the ghosts of losing one at the same venue 23 summers ago. It was a record sixth national title for Pandit as a coach.
BCCI has decided that it will allow the former India captain to join his franchise Delhi Daredevils, who will start their preparatory camp for the forthcoming tenth edition of the Indian Premier League later this month.
COA Meet on Wednesday: Team management, selectors to discuss 'communication' issues, Australia tour
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 1 of the Chennai Test
India's leg spinner Poonam Yadav on how she stayed positive during her injury lay-off and return for the women's T20 World Cup.
No Indian bowler has had a better debut year in Test cricket than the young lad from the Gujarat and Mumbai Indians teams.
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