When DDCA secretary Verma was contacted, he said that there hasn't been any wrong selections.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Monday made a comeback to the Indian team for the first two Tests against South Africa, replacing veteran Harbhajan Singh, who was the only casualty from the team which won the Test series in Sri Lanka last month.
The IPL has been held at only a few venues since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020
Axar Patel took two wickets before he smashed a swashbuckling 65 off just 31 deliveries in the second T20 against Sri Lanka in Pune on Thursday.
Following the debacle in the New Zealand ODI series, the selectors finally lost patience with the under-performing Suresh Raina and Ishant Sharma and axed them from India's squad for the Asia Cup later this month. Cheteshwar Pujara, who played two ODIs in Zimbabwe in August, made a comeback to the ODI squad.
The Indian cricket team will play 14 T20 Internationals and just four Tests at home between November 2021 and June 2022 as the BCCI announced its international itinerary for the upcoming home season, which features just three ODIs.
Australia have added D'Arcy Short to their one-day squad for next month's tour of India after seam bowler Sean Abbott was ruled out of the trip with a side strain, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Monday. Abbott suffered the injury playing for Sydney Sixers in Friday's Big Bash League match against Sydney Thunder and will be sidelined for up to four weeks.
India play five Tests that are part of the inaugural World Test Championship
National Cricket Academy coaches Sitanshu Kotak, Sairaj Bahutule and Munish Bali will be part of India cricket team's support staff, which will be headed by VVS Laxman, on the short tour of Ireland later this month.
Kuldeep reached to the 100 wickets milestone in his 58th match
The uncapped 26-year-old has an experience of 74 first-class matches with 4143 runs with a strike rate of over 100 in T20s.
'He needs to score runs and score pretty consistently. He hasn't done that in the IPL or in any T20 internationals.'
India will host England in a five-match Test series, the first of which starting November 9, in Rajkot. The series will be followed by a three-match One-Day International series and three Twenty20 Internationals respectively. The Test series will be followed by a three-match ODI series and three T20s respectively. England are scheduled to visit India for a long tour which is likely to end in the month of February.
He also reasoned why India haven't been as successful in the shortest format as compared to the other forms.
Rahul has shown a lot of flexibility in the series, first with the bat and then putting his hand up for keeping.
Rohit awkwardly dived to save a boundary at deep point when he hurt his left-shoulder in the 43rd over
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly feels India's humiliating 10-wicket defeat to Australia in the opening One Day International in Mumbai was "one bad day in office" and team has the capability to bounce back in the next two games.
IMAGES from the 3rd ODI between India and Australia played in Bengaluru on Sunday
Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram will host their first international matches -- T20 games - as the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced the schedule of India's home series against Australia and New Zealand beginning later this month.
India will host Australia for a seven-match ODI series and a one-off Twenty20 international in October-November this year, the BCCI announced on Wednesday.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday awarded three Test matches of the November-December home series against Sri Lanka to Kolkata, Nagpur and Delhi while the newly-constructed stadium in Barasapara, Guwahati was awarded a marquee T20 International against Australia in October.
South African speedster Anrich Nortje says he remains a work in progress and is constantly trying to find the 'missing ingredient' in his bowling after coming back from a long injury lay-off.
'I would have loved to see Dhoni play the first ever Test in Rajkot.' Fans from Saurashtra share their excitement with Haresh Pandya.
The first One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka witnessed important milestones being set and new records being made.
The No. 1 ranking in One-Day Internationals will be on the line when world champions India take on Australia in the limited over series starting with a one-off Twenty20 match in Rajkot, on Thursday.
They are determined to recapture the number one spot in the ICC ODI rankings but Australia skipper George Bailey said it would be "silly" to assume that the visitors would be able to thrash India by the requisite 6-1 margin in the seven-match series starting in Pune.
Rediff.com's Harish Kotian lists five reasons why Bhuvneshwar Kumar has struggled to make it to the playing eleven.
A typical batting-friendly wicket will be on offer when India and England square off in the third cricket One-day International of the five-match series in Ranchi on January 19.
Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina and Ramesh Powar were dropped for the first two Sri Lanka ODIs.
Former India and Bengal pacer Ashoke Dinda on Tuesday announced his retirement from all formats of cricket, bringing the curtains down on a career spanning one and a half decade.
India showed commendable character in Rajkot to level the series, proving that the panic buttons were pressed prematurely following the 10-wicket loss in Mumbai.
'If Hardik doesn't bowl, it disturbs the balance of the side hugely'
Yuvraj Singh, who lashed an unbeaten 138 in Rajkot on Friday, was declared fit as India and England retained the same teams from the first game.
'Rohit Sharma and David Warner are good at both sides of the ground.'
Josh Hazlewood was forced out of last month's Perth Test against New Zealand due to a low-grade hamstring tear.
Images from the 1st ODI between India and England, in Rajkot on Friday.
Ignored for India, Shaw sizzles with 61-ball 134
Ajit Agarkar and Yuvraj Singh, who missed the first two matches, will play in the third ODI against Sri Lanka.
Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Mohammad Kaif were left out of the first two one-day internationals against the West Indies.
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