Syed Kirmani has lauded the manner in which the national cricket team has bounced back after losing the Test series in South Africa,
Fresh from his fantastic knock of 95 at Chester-le- Street, Parthiv Patel feels that the current ODI series is an ideal opportunity for the youngsters to step up and make best use of the opportunities.
Hanuma Vihari's role as an opener is a stop-gap one and he will be given enough opportunities in his preferred middle-order spot should he fail at the top, assured chairman of selectors MSK Prasad.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Sunday.
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma, who was adjudged player of the series in the recently-concluded one-dayers against the West Indies, on Sunday broke into the ICC ODI Rankings' top-50.
Delhi spinners Manan Sharma and Vikas Mishra took an hour to grab the remaining four wickets as the Ishant Sharma-led team beat Railways by an innings and 105 runs in their second Group A league match of the Ranji Trophy, on Tuesday.
Virat Kohli, who has given up the RCB captaincy, was retained along with Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and young pace bowler Mohammed Siraj.
# Brendon McCullum, with 240 runs (avg. 30.00) in eight matches, is the top run-scorer for Kochi in the IPL 4.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Kochi Tuskers Kerala in Kochi on Monday.
The cricketing fraternity, including players who could not make it to the World Cup squad, on Sunday extended their best wishes to the Indian team ahead of their high-voltage semi-final clash against Pakistan on March 30.
Defending champions India cruised into the final of the Twenty20 leg of the Emerging Players Tournament, defeating Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) and South Africa in its first two matches in Brisbane.
On Thursday Viru will enter wedlock, and cease to exist as a swashbuckling free spirit who was unfettered by anything around him.
Images from 5th ODI played between India and New Zealand in Chennai on Friday.
India crushed New Zealand by eight wickets in the fifth and final One-Day International, to complete a 5-0 series whitewash, at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai, on Friday.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday.
Yuvraj Singh feels it moved a bit more than SG Test ball while Robin Uthappa's observations varied from colour change to lack of reverse swing as the first set of inputs on the much talked about 'Pink ball' Day-Night experiment in the Duleep Trophy came to the fore.
A businesswoman from Gujarat tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar what she would like to see in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget.
Four consecutive Tests involving the West Indies have ended in three days, notes Rajneesh Gupta.
All rounder Abhishek Nayar's unbeaten century (102) and half centuries from Parthiv Patel, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja helped West Zone amass 425 runs for the loss of five wickets in 90 overs against North Zone on the opening day of four day Duleep Trophy match at Rajkot.
You be the selector and pick your eleven for the sixth ODI against New Zealand at Auckland, on January 11.
Estranged Pakistan team trainer-cum-doctor says that had Shoaib Akhtar got a normal elbow he would have bowled up to 176 kmph, and that he would still work with one of the world's fastest bowlers after the India series to enhance his speed.
West Zone breezed into the final of the Duleep Trophy on the basis of a huge 475-run first innings lead after their semi-final against North Zone ended in a tame draw in Rajkot on Friday. Resuming at the overnight score of 56 for 1, West Zone declared their second innings at 345 for 7, a few overs before the start of the mandatory overs.
West Zone were almost assured of a berth in the Duleep Trophy finals after they dismissed visitors North Zone for 294 and took a huge 475 run first innings lead on day three of the Duleep Trophy semi-final match at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket ground in Rajkot on Thursday.
India captain Anil Kumble won the toss and opted to bat in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Friday. Lanka called up uncapped pace bowler Dammika Prasad in place of Nuwan Kulasekera. India replaced wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik with Parthiv Patel.
Indian Test captain Anil Kumble is in no mood to lament cricket-weary Mahendra Singh Dhoni's absence from the squad and believes it is a gilt-edged opportunity for stumpers Dinesh Karthick and Parthiv Patel to prove their mettle.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has once again called for Rohit Sharma to lead India's T20 team instead of Virat Kohli.
Success is a result of hard work. Right? Yes, but players talk of a divine force which decides fate and feel that talent means little unless backed by muqaddar, writes Amrit Mathur.
Can India avoid the humiliation of a series whitewash, asks Harish Kotian.
An unbeaten 87 by middle order batsman Bhavik Thakkar and his 47-run unfinished eighth-wicket partnership with Rohit Dahiya helped Gujarat beat Mumbai by three wickets in a thrilling Ranji one-day match at the SCA stadium in Khanderi, Rajkot, on Monday.
IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played at Chepauk in Chennai on Saturday
Royal Challengers Bangalore have acquired Iqbal Abdulla from Rajasthan Royals as a part of the first Indian Premier League trading window, which was opened on October 6.
England's lower-order gave India a taste of their own medicine on a benign Chepauk track racking up a commendable 477 in their first innings on the second day of the fifth and final cricket Test in Chennai.
Once again, the Sunrisers bowlers did the job on a slow track.
He will be playing his first One-day International after nearly six and half years but Parthiv Patel is not ready to think about the years spent in wilderness.
I was destined to get a century
Though the cameras invaded the players' privacy, it was a mandatory move following the ICC ruling to prevent match-fixing.
Sourav Ganguly on Monday was not included in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy match against Ranji Trophy champions Delhi to be played in Baroda, starting on September 24. Yuvraj Singh and Rohit Sharma were also left out of the 15-man squad announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai.
The three teams -- India Red, India Green and India Blue -- will be captained by Mohammad Kaif, Parthiv Patel and Virender Sehwag respectively.
'When you are keeping wickets, you should concentrate 100 percent on your wicketkeeping,' says Parthiv Patel.
Centuries from Parthiv Patel and Aakash Chopra helped India A reach a healthy 354 for four against South Africa A.
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