Watching a young Sachin Tendulkar excelling against spinners Arshad Ayub and Venkatapathy Raju on a rank-turner in a Ranji Trophy match convinced him about the bright future of his junior teammate, recalled former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar.
Indian middle-order batsman Rahul Dravid on Monday achieved a rare milestone in his career when he took his 200th catch in Test matches to stay on top of the list in the five-day format of the game.
The Indian captain said his team struggled to get used to the conditions in the Caribbean
Senior Indian batsman Rahul Dravid on Sunday became only the third player in history to score 12,000 Test runs when he reach 43 during the first match against South Africa in Centurion on Sunday.
Rohit Sharma acknowledged that there has been a lot of talk about KL Rahul's prolonged lean patch and that the batter needs to devise his own methods of scoring runs on slow turners.
India's captain said the 4-0 lead in the series against England offers the opportunity to try out the younger boys in the team.
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.
India head coach Rahul Dravid on Monday said the team management does not ask for rank turners while playing at home and it is tough to predict how a particular pitch would play out over the course of five days in a Test.
India's captain urged the World Cup debutants in his team to show no fear at the March 13-April 28 tournament.
The Indian captain said he is not worried by BCCI's stand to seek an explanation for his outburst against the team manager Chetan Desai.
Rahul Dravid, who sustained a jaw injury during the Bangladesh series, has been advised by his doctors to stay away from active sports for the next 15 days. The ace batsman, who had to prematurely retire from the just-concluded Test series which India won 2-0, underwent surgery on his jaw at the Manipal hospital in Bangalore on Friday.
Recently-retired Rahul Dravid indicated that he is open to the idea of coaching the Indian cricket team in future.
India head coach Rahul Dravid says he and skipper Rohit Sharma are pretty clear about the team for the T20 World Cup in Australia in less than eight months' time.
Modi and Home Minister Amit A Shah consoled the dejected Indian players.
The Indian captain said it is difficult to match somebody of Brian Lara's quality.
India's captain said the team's showing in the second ODI against Sri Lanka was 'exceptional'.
Former India cricket captain Rahul Dravid has been elected as the newest member of Laureus World Sports Academy, becoming the 47th member of the panel.
India's vice-captain, who scored a century in both innings in the second Test against Pakistan, said he had "read a lot about Steve Waugh doing that".
Chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, sprint queen P T Usha and football legend Bhaichung Bhutia are among the prominent sports personalities invited for Monday's ceremony.
Saha, who joined Tripura after a rift with some Cricket Association of Bengal officials in 2022, met Ganguly in Kolkata.
From Ivanka Trump to Deepika Padukone, everyone loved Rohit Bal's magnificent creations.
>Deep was picked ahead of Bengal team-mate Mukesh Kumar after his impressive performances for India 'A' against England Lions, when he took 13 wickets in three games and for his consistent performances for Bengal in domestic cricket.
The Indian captain was unwell and opted out of the net session on the eve of the second Test
BCCI said it would seek an explanation from Rahul Dravid for his outburst against the team manager Chetan Desai.
India's captain said the hype over the speedster's brief loss of form is only because of the high expectations following the success he has achieved.
The Indian dressing room looked a happy space as the team celebrated.
India coach Rahul Dravid admitted that there is a need to have a conversation with wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant regarding his shot selection.
While Cheteshwar Pujara's place in the Test side is not under any doubt, there are question marks creeping over whether he is the right batsman for the No 3 slot, especially overseas.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid believes that the on-field behaviour of cricketers has improved in the last few years but the increasing media reporting of incidences of code of conduct violation has made it look otherwise. Dravid said he does not consider sledging against the spirit of the game.
The Indian captain said the top order batsmen let the team down in the second Test against South Africa.
The curtains dropped on another exciting India vs England Test series, with the visiting side falling to a crushing defeat in the final match in Dharamsala.
Dravid recently coached the Indian team at the Under-19 World Cup. He was mentor of Rajasthan Royals in the last two seasons of the IPL before the franchise was suspended from the T20 tournament for two years by the Justice Lodha Committee in the aftermath of the spot-fixing scandal that rocked the sixth edition of the T20 tournament in 2013.
"History shows that over four and half runs on the final day has never been done," explained Dravid.
Indian captain Rahul Dravid promised the team would be bounce back to win the last two ODIs in the West Indies
Prominent among those missing from the 30-member list for the September 24-October 5 tournament in South Africa are Irfan Pathan and Robin Uthappa.
Nayar comes with a high reputation as a sharp cricket mind and a lifestyle/motivational coach who have worked with the likes of Dinesh Karthik and Rinku Singh.
India's captain is hoping his 100th Test in Mumbai will produce entertaining cricket and bring the team success.
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