Stand-in India captain Suresh Raina feels that the absence of senior cricketers during the One-day International series in the Caribbean will be an ideal opportunity for those who did well in domestic cricket to show their performance at the international level.
More experienced he might be, but Yuvraj Singh could still be forced to make way for an in-form Suresh Raina when India decide their playing XI for the opening cricket Test against England starting July 21 at the Lord's.
Indian limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Monday retained in Group A of the men's player contracts for 2015-16 by the BCCI.
Former India batsman V V S Laxman, who always reserved his best for the mighty Australia, feels that Suresh Raina 'needs a lot of clarity' as to how he would find a solution against short-pitched bowling.
Suresh Raina hit his maiden century in Twenty20 Internationals to guide India to a comfortable 14-run victory over South Africa in the ICC World Twenty20 in St Lucia, on Sunday. Raina played a splendid innings of 101 from 60 balls to guide India to a mammoth 186 for five in their 20 overs. In reply, South Africa struggled against the Indian spinners to finish with 172 for five.
Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina are the two Indians to figure in the list of top 10 in ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen, while India continue to hold onto the number three slot in the teams category, issued in Dubai.
Suresh Raina has been in red hot form in the last few months having scored four half-centuries on the trot in the ODIs against England and broken into the top 10 of the ICC ODI batting rankings for the first time in his career.
Congress Secretary Pankaj Sharma and Hindustan Times' political editor Pankaj Vohra are among 15 members of the new Central Board of Film Certification for three years.
The Chennai Super Kings are all set to retain their core group including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja for the upcoming 11th edition of the Indian Premier League next year.
Suresh Raina became the ninth Indian batsman to score a hundred in the first innings of his debut Test. He joins 11 others who scored centuries on their Test debut.
A depleted Indian team, sans senior players Sachin Tendulkar and regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, arrived in the Carbbean for a limited overs series against the West Indies, starting on Saturday.
Suresh Raina is baffled by Australian team's decision to opt for simulation training rather than play warm-up games ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy four-Test series.
India batsman Suresh Raina admitted that poor planning resulted in his team's recent Test series whitewash against England and Australia.
He will be replaced by Ravikant Shukla for the first two Deodhar Trophy one-dayers.
Video footage from India's tour of the West Indies.
With the series already in pocket, the Indian team management has decided to rest senior batsman Suresh Raina for the fifth and final ODI in Ranchi on Sunday.
Suresh Raina helped India claim first blood in the one-day international series against England, hitting an impressive century in the tourists' rain-affected 133-run victory in Cardiff.
India restored some pride with a consolation 77-run win over Bangladesh in third and final ODI to prevent the spirited hosts from securing a 3-0 series whitewash.
The Pinkvilla Screen and Style Icons Awards were held in Mumbai, and Bollywood suitably glammed up for the night.
Round up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played throughout the country.
Title contenders Chennai Super Kings put up yet another comprehensive performance as they thrashed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 77 runs to assert their supremacy in the Pepsi Indian Premier League in Uppal on Wednesday.
After two consecutive losses, the Indian team finally tasted success in Fed Cup as it outplayed Uzbekistan 3-0 in Pool A with Ankita Raina winning both her singles and doubles matches, in Hua Hin, Thailand, on Friday.
President Droupadi Murmu conferred 26 Shaurya Chakras (seven posthumous) to personnel of the armed forces, Central Armed Police Forces and state/Union Territory Police during a defence investiture ceremony.
India captain Virat Kohli, senior batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni and stylish left-handed batsmen Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, have found places in this year's ESPN World Fame 100 list that made its debut last year.
He finished a stellar T20 International career, registering the record for most by runs any player in T20 World Cups -- 1,292 runs in 35 matches.
Chennai Super Kings will launch their Indian Premier League (IPL) title defence against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday
Kanitkar feels playing in the U-19 World Cup provides the players with an insight into the senior level.
A second-string India's dominance in the ODI series against the West Indies has raised questions about the quality of the host team, leaving visiting skipper Suresh Raina livid as he feels this amounts to belittling his young side's good show.
Rediff.com takes a look at other instances where two players, their teams not facing each other, have scored their maiden Test hundreds on the same day.
Suresh Raina blasted a blistering century pulverising Kolkata Knight Riders into submission as Chennai Super Kings exacted a sweet revenge clinching the Oppo Champions League T20 in style with a eight-wicket victory in a thoroughly one-sided final, in Bangalore.
Senior players were rested as India on Sunday named a second-string squad with Suresh Raina as the captain and Virat Kohli his deputy for the low-profile Zimbabwe tour starting later this month.
A rejuvenated India clinched the One-Day International series against England as the hosts rode on the batting heroics of Rohit Sharma (83) and Suresh Raina (89 not out) to fashion a comfortable five-wicket victory in the fourth ODI and take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
Claiming to have done his bit to infuse some positivity into the beleaguered Indian team, ODI specialist Suresh Raina says the side will have to show character to get over the Test debacle and clinch the limited overs series starting in Bristol, on Monday.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that Virat Kohli has the edge over Suresh Raina to bat at number four going by the current form of the two players while also saying that he would want Yuvraj Singh in the playing eleven for the World Cup.
India's stand-in skipper Suresh Raina is so disappointed with his shot-selection in the last two one-dayers against the West Indies that he plans to work hard on his batting in the nets to improve himself before the Tests starting Monday.
"Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh are not 100 per cent fit, so we have kept a backup for them in the next two games," chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar informed in Mumbai on Monday.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina on Wednesday joined the Test squad ahead of the first Test against Australia in Mohali after completing their Champions League Twenty20 engagements for Chennai Super Kings in South Africa.
Suresh Raina was presented a golden opportunity to force his way back into the Test squad after being named captain of the Board President's XI, which will play the West Indies in a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Test series that follows the ongoing One-day internationals.
From Neeraj Chopra to PV Sindhu, India's top sports personalities hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for hosting a successful G20 Summit and taking "international diplomacy to a whole new level".
