Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test.
Rudra Pratap Singh and Piyush Chawla claimed two wickets each to help Uttar Pradesh take a vital 64-run first innings lead after Assam were bowled out for a mere 149 on the second day of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final in Guwahati, on Friday.
The 19-year-old Indian seamer may be tried out in India's second tour match, starting Friday.
Sourav Ganguly elected to bat on a dry surface at the Harare Sports Club against New Zealand in the final of the Videocon Cup tri-series
J P Yadav took 5 for 26 as North Zone were bowled out for a paltry 104 in their first innings on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy final.
Rudra Pratap Singh reckons varying pace would be the key against Australia and the Uttar Pradesh left-arm pacer says he has developed a slower ball that would prove quite a handful for Ricky Ponting and his men when they arrive for a Test series in India next month.
India pacer R P Singh reviews his first full season in international cricket and talks about the tough conditions he encountered in the two Tests he played against South Africa.
RP Singh, India's bowling hero in the 2007 edition of the T20 World Cup in South Africa, said he will prefer Arshdeep over Mohammed Siraj.
Uttar Pradesh pacemen skittled out Andhra Pradesh for 111 in the first innings of the Ranji Trophy tie.
Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra is not pleased with the experimentation and felt Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli did not require rest for this match.
BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) member Madan Lal said two new selectors will be in office by the time the national team's tour of New Zealand winds up early next month. Former India cricketers Rudra Pratap Singh and Sulkashana Naik are the other two members of the CAC, which has been tasked to find replacements for outgoing chairman of selectors MSK Prasad and his fellow panel member Gagan Khoda.
Shami is the leading wicket taker in the IPL with 17 scalps from nine games.
Rahul Dravid's tenure as India Head Coach, which ended gloriously with the T20 World Cup triumph in Barbados on Saturday, will remain a case study on how to be stately and understated at the same time in modern-day cricket coaching.
Round up of the Ranji Trophy games being played across the country
The dawn of a new era had begun under Sourav Ganguly's aggressive leadership. With Ganguly and Coach John Wright at the helm India had transitioned into a force to be reckoned with.
A gritty unbeaten half-century by Parvinder Singh helped Uttar Pradesh overcome a jittery start and post 206 for 5 in the first innings, on the second day of the three-day practice match, against the visiting West Indies, in Kalyani, on Friday. The West Indies scored a healthy 466 in their first innings, courtesy a patient 112 by veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul and an impressive 94 by Narsingh Deonarine.
Former India pacer Rudra Pratap Singh believes the defending champions have found form at the right time and sent out a warning to other teams in the ICC World Cup.
The world's most popular source for movie content, IMDb unveiled its list of the 10 Most Popular Indian Web Series, based on their page views on the site.
The DD scribe, Dhiraj Kumar said the horrific incident would never fade from his memory.
The breakdown in communication between national selectors, led by chairman Chetan Sharma, and the team management comprising skipper Virat Kohli over Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's contentious selection, is not the first such instance in Indian cricket.
Mahi, Palak and 2 other Indians enter final at Asian Youth & Junior Boxing C'ships
Gujarat batsmen have hogged the limelight for the entire season but their unheralded bowling line-up, sans India stars Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah, came to the party by dismissing defending champions Mumbai for a paltry 228 on the first day of the Ranji Trophy final, in Indore on Tuesday.
This is suspected to be a Naxal ambush for security forces. Maoists fired multiple rounds while attacking the vehicle-mounted team, the official said.
'In Australia, you will get extra bounce but there will only be lateral movement till the kookaburra seam doesn't flatten. It won't be like England where the ball swings all day. Once you get adjusted to the bounce, batsmen can hit you all day'
Defending champions Mumbai and Karnataka took the upper hand in their Ranji Trophy matches on Sunday.
Asked if Ganguly would be cornered at the meeting, he laughed and cited an example.
It has it all -- an iron-clad story, strong characters, more than believable performances and music you'll want to put on loop for days.
Celebrating its 89th anniversary, the Indian Air Force on Friday put up a dazzling show with 75 aircraft, drawn from its vintage and modern fleet, performing skilful manoeuvres also marking the platinum jubilee year of India's Independence.
'Maoists are enraged that the media is reporting the truth.' 'They want to physically isolate the media and psychologically isolate the villagers who have found the confidence to speak to the press about the real situation.' 'Like terrorism ended in Punjab, Naxalism will end in Chhattisgarh,' the AIIMS doctor-turned IPS officer and SP of Dantewada tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih.
The newly-inducted aircraft will carry out the 'Vertical Charlie' formation.
Apart from the chief minister and deputy chief minister, 13 cabinet and 10 ministers of state were allocated portfolios.
'Saaho is one of the biggest films I have worked in.' 'Recently, we shot one of the biggest action sequences you will see in Indian cinema.'
Orchha in Madhya Pradesh is among the many, many places in India where history comes alive. Lakshmi Sharath recollects her recent visit to the former princely state in Bundelkhand.
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A summary of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
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