Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja slammed centuries under pressure in a 204-run partnership as India recovered from a jittery start to pile 326/5 on the opening day of the third Test.
The WR is taking various measures including setting up disaster management rooms, help desks, and keeping relief trains ready.
Inspiring story of India's 'Helmet Man' goes viral.
England on Friday replaced Ahmed with Shoaib Bashir in their playing XI for the fourth Test.
Panesar acknowledged the significance of this milestone, coming on the heels of Ashwin's remarkable feat of securing his 500th wicket in the third Test at Rajkot.
India's emphatic win over England was a tailor-made series for the debutants. The absence of key players gave India the perfect opportunity to test their bench strength and boy, did the youngsters grab the chance with both hands!
'Stokes is an excellent player of fast bowling. He is hurried with Bumrah.'
The newly built Saurashtra cricket stadium in Rajkot is all set to host the India-England One-Day International next month and would soon be formally inaugurated, the body's honorary secretary Niranjan Shah said.
India will need to be ruthless and tactful in equal measure while dealing with an unpredictable England when the third chapter of a riveting Test series begins in Rajkot on Thursday.
'They are trying hard to get Virat Kohli to come back because the series is missing him.'
Shubman Gill on Monday played down the finger injury which kept him off the field on the fourth day of the second Test
The pitches might not have been entirely in their favour, but the Indian pacers' ability to strike at vital situations has made a sea of difference in the Test series against England, reckons top-order batter Shubman Gill.
India set England a huge target and then skittled the tourists out for 122 to romp to a 434-run victory in the third Test and go 2-1 up in the five-match series on Sunday.
After the end of the fifth and final Test match against India in Dharamsala, England head coach Brendon McCullum said that the visitors were more "timid" as the series went on.
England skipper Ben Stokes on Wednesday expressed relief after young leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed's visa issue was sorted in quick time due to the intervention of the Indian government and the BCCI.
'I feel Kuldeep Yadav is your automatic choice. But it seems like you are doing an injustice if you leave Axar out.'
All that Sarfaraz Khan wanted since the beginning of his cricket journey as a six-year-old was to become an international player in front of his father.
The last ODI played in Rajkot had to be abandoned due to crowd misbehaviour.
Sarfaraz Khan says his father Naushad, ingrained the importance of Test cricket in him.
A run-feast is expected when India take on Sri Lanka in the first One-Day International of the five-match series, in Rajkot, on Tuesday.
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Bairstow's highest score in the series so far was 37, posted in the opener in Hyderabad
The stakes are significant for the BJP in this round as the party had in 2019 won an overwhelming majority of these seats, including all in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, that will go to polls on May 7.
The touring England team will head back to their pre-series base, Abu Dhabi, for a much-needed break during which Ben Stokes and Co. will also indulge in some golf before returning to India in time for the third Test in Rajkot, starting from February 10.
Skipper Rohit Sharma stressed on the Indian team's ability to win games on any surface including rank turners, following its record 434-run win over England on a flat track in Rajkot on Sunday.
Rahul Dravid's contract ended after the ODI World Cup final last year, but he was asked to continue in his role.
India have an enviable record at home, not having suffered a Test series defeat in the last 10 years.
A consistent performer on the domestic circuit for Mumbai, Sarfaraz Khan has been in contention for national selection for the past few years.
Haryana will meet the winners of the second semi-final between Rajasthan and Karnataka to be played in Rajkot on Thursday.
According to Steve Smith, the key to India's victory was their partnerships in the middle.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has smashed 655 runs in four Tests against England with two fifties and as many centuries.
India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Wednesday said England are not a difficult side to beat and the hosts only need to get used to their ultra-attacking style of play to secure the five-match Test series.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra lashed out at off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for not being creative enough on the batting-friendly pitches as he has produced disappointing performances in the first two Tests against England.
The poster war continued in the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday with more pro-Sanjay Joshi posters and others apparently targetting Narendra Modi appearing in various parts of Rajkot city, the venue for the BJP's state executive meeting.
FHe is the only one among 17 ministers from the outgoing council of ministers who lost the Lok Sabha polls to be reappointed minister.
England batting mainstay Joe Root explained what made Ashwin, who combines a spinner's guile with a fast bowler's aggression, such a difficult bowler to play.
K L Rahul has been ruled out of after failing to recover from injury to his right quadriceps
How India's players fared in the England series.
Head coach Brendon McCullum revealed that pacer Ollie Robinson suffered an injury while batting during the visitors' first inning.
Ishan Kishan is set to make a comeback to competitive cricket for his employers Reserve Bank of India in Mumbai's D Y Patil T20 tournament.
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