Following their comfortable win over Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson lauded the home team's attacking mentality.
Akshay Karnewar struck his maiden first-class century to hand Vidarbha a crucial 95-run first-innings lead before Rest of India, riding on a fighting partnership, erased the deficit in the Irani Cup.
Rohit Sharma will lead Mumbai against defending champions Rajasthan in their second Group 'A' Ranji Trophy league match in Jaipur from November 9 to 12. Ajit Agarkar, who was to lead Mumbai in the first four games, has to sit out of the match after suffering a calf injury.
Opener Murali Vijay's unbeaten 151 ensured Rest of India a crucial 75-run first innings lead on Day 2 of the Irani Trophy match against Rajasthan, at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore, on Saturday.
Pushed to the bottom of the heap after three successive losses, it will take an extraordinary effort from Royal Challengers Bangalore to overpower table-toppers Rajasthan Royals when the two sides clash in an Indian Premier League match in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Better weather is forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday, but India will have to quicken the pace of their innings if they are to drive home their advantage.
Harbhajan Singh, who was dropped for the ODI series against England, has been ignored for the first Test against the West Indies, beginning November 8 at the Ferozeshah Kotla, in Delhi.
Team management was always clear that once Rohit is fit and able to join the squad, he will be Rahane's deputy.
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Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Shane Watson will miss his team's opening Indian Premier League match against Delhi Daredevils to be played at the Feroze Shah Kotla in New Delhi, on Saturday.
India's new chief coach Anil Kumble will be keeping a keen eye on speedster Mohammed Shami's fitness along with the form of opener Shikhar Dhawan when the team begin its tour of West Indies.
'We're excited about Rohit coming back. Spoke to him yesterday, he's waiting to join the team.'
Images from Day 4 of the fourth Test between England and India, at The Oval, on Sunday.
He came out with a plan and that plan was to use his brute force to smash bowlers all around the park to take his team home to victory.
A day after their Test careers met with a dead end, veteran batters Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane on Friday soldiered on for Saurashtra and Mumbai respectively with contrasting results in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Bengaluru.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (919) continued to lead the batting charts, with the Australian duo of Steve Smith (891) and Marnus Labuschagne (878) rounding up the top three.
India went to the Caribbean with a new top order, an uncapped stumper, and a rookie pace attack for the two-Test series.
India opener KL Rahul made a leap of 18 slots, after his Player-of-the-Match effort that helped India defeat South Africa by 113 runs in the first Test, to reach No. 31 among batters in the latest ICC Test rankings.
Wasim Jaffer led from the front with an unbeaten 162 as Mumbai, with Sachin Tendulkar yet to bat, piled up 268 for one on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final match against Saurashtra in Chennai on Sunday. At stumps, Jaffer had Ajinkya Rahane (52) for company after the duo had completed their individual 1000 runs this season.
Rohit has joined an upbeat Indian team for the last two matches and Lyon is aware of the threat the batsman can pose with his wide range of strokes.
Images from Day 3 of the third Test between Australia and India, at the SCG, on Saturday.
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Images from Day 1 of the second Test between Australia and India, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Saturday.
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Images from Day 3 of the second Test between Australia and India, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Monday.
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The circumstances in which he has arrived in Australia don't make Rohit a certain starter at the top of the order.
Images from Day 3 of the ICC World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand, at The Hampshire Bowl, in Southampton, on Saturday.
India No 3 batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who ground it out on Day 1, scoring 43 off 160 balls, believes that the match is evenly poised after India ended the day at 233 for 6 but conceded that skipper Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane's dismissals in the final hour of the opening day will provide a 'little bit of advantage' to the hosts.
Hussey also expressed confidence in Rachin Ravindra's mental resilience despite recent misses, and said a good knock from the Kiwi may just be round the corner.
Washington Sundar claimed three wickets to help Rising Pune Supergiant outclass Mumbai Indians by 20 wickets and storm into the final of the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test between England and India, at Leeds, on Wednesday.
Australia racked up 469 in their first innings and then reduced India to 151/5 to put themselves in the box seat in the World Test Championship final.
Images from Day 1 of the one-off Test, between India and Afghanistan, in Bengaluru, on Thursday.
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He did admit in a roundabout manner that he was putting too much pressure on himself earlier, which has changed since he scored 91 and 61 at Leeds and Oval at a decent clip.
Mohit Sharma finished off CSK's hopes with an inspirational spell in the middle overs.
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