Kohli follows Rohit into retirement: Can Next Gen stars emulate India's batting luminaries?
Indian captain Rahul Dravid identified areas for the team to improve.
Former captain Rahul Dravid heaped generous praise on ICC Champions Trophy winners' India saying their good showing had brought a lot of happiness to the fans, who were left in despair following the match-fixing saga in the Indian Premier League.
Rajat Patidar's astute captaincy has been apparent throughout this season, be it bowling changes or field placements, he has been spot on. Unlike other franchises where captaining big egos has not sat well with certain players, Patidar has commanded the respect of his senior India as well as international team-mates.
Coach John Wright wondered whether the twin responsibility of batting and wicketkeeping is affecting Dravid batting.\n\n
The tri-series, also involving South Africa, is slated to be played from August 14 to 29 in Colombo.
They represent a new tribe whose grace and skill-sets lie well beyond my comprehension, notes Sreehari Nair.
The skipper and wicket-keeper star in Reebok's new global campaign.
Injured medium pacer S Sreesanth in all likelihood will miss the first three games of Rajasthan Royals in the fifth edition of Indian Premier League.
Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid felt his young bowling attack's inexperience made the decisive difference in the low-scoring five-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL match in Kolkata.
Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid has brushed aside talks that temperamental pacer S Sreesanth was rested for the match against Mumbai Indians to avoid a possible confrontation with Harbhajan Singh, saying it was tactical move aimed at managing the workload of players.
Drained after hitting another one of his typically resolute hundreds, veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid said it was tough adjusting to the conditions in the ongoing first Test against the West Indies, in Kingston.
India's captain is among 13 players nominated for the Cricket of the Year award.
"But I must stress here that captaincy is tagged to the team's success," cautioned the Pakistan captain.
India's captain said the team is looking forward to playing good, attractive cricket to enthuse fans on both sides of the border.
"Watching the Soca Warriors, they had to battle 90 minutes for a draw. We had 98 overs to do it. That was the reason why we got out there and tried to do it," Brian Lara said after the drawn Test.
India's head coach Rahul Dravid had no hesitation in admitting that the ODI squad lacked balance with the likes of Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja unavailable to execute their all-round skills at numbers six and seven respectively.
Ganguly said Shiv Sundar Das, Gautam Gambhir and Wasim Jaffer would be in the reckoning for the openers' slots.
Pakistan has the upper hand in the Champions Trophy, winning three of the five matches against India.
Indian batting legend Rahul Dravid has said that he would have preferred to wait till the end of India's England tour to make changes to the support staff as such decisions could be "tough on everyone concerned".
Gambhir has ability to derive the best out of his players: Childhood coach Bharadwaj
Kohli's farewell came during a turbulent Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, a place once synonymous with his rise.
Suryakumar's high-risk, 360-degree batting has won him a lot of acclaim and success in T20Is.
India's captain is only the third Indian to achieve the landmark
'I'll say that I was worried in those two or three days but credit to the boys that they responded really well to that as well.'
India wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha retires from all forms of cricket
Having regained his captaincy, Ganguly hopes to make the Indian team a winning combination in Zimbabwe.
Rahul Dravid discusses India's rise to number one in Tests and why he believes bowling will hold the key to India's Test future in an in-depth interview with Senior Associate Editor Harish Kotian.
Former captain Rahul Dravid believes a settled middle order can ensure Indian Test team's success abroad.
Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid refused to believe that the heat would be on India alone in the crucial Melbourne Test.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday revealed the team think-tank is toying with the idea of dropping off-colour Rahul Dravid in the batting order but said it is in two minds fearing the ploy may boomerang in the second and final Test against England in Mohali. Dhoni, however, once again threw his weight behind the senior batsman and said once he manages to survive the early overs, things would be alright for Dravid.
Former captain Rahul Dravid says the spirit of the game has become more "relevant and important" in the wake of the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal that plunged Indian cricket into a credibility crisis.
I backed Sourav before the Zimbabwe tour but he looked pretty ordinary out there, said the former Pakistan captain
The former India stumper said Dravid must perform the dual role till India finds a wicket-keeper who can contribute with the bat as well.
The conversation kicked off with a curious Modi inquiring about the team's fielding drills, particularly referencing the spectacular catch taken by Suryakumar Yadav that turned the tide in the final match
