Batting superstar Virat Kohli admitted that the aggressive Australian cricketing environment tested his resilience, but felt that standing up to it while playing a bold brand of cricket toughened his mind and shaped his career path, besides influencing his growth as an individual.
The Indians included both V V S Laxman and Yuvraj Singh, while Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were rested for the four-day tour match.
The six off Iain O'Brien was 50th for Sachin Tendulkar in Test cricket. He became the fourth Indian after Virender Sehwag (65), Kapil Dev (61) and Sourav Ganguly (57) to do so.
India left out Suresh Raina, S Sreesanth and Jai Prakash Yadav from the 15 while making Gautam Gambhir the supersub.
Barring Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, all players have declared their allegiances to IPL franchises over their respective countries' domestic sides ahead of the upcoming Champions League Twenty20.
Former England skipper Ian Botham believes Alastair Cook's decision to relinquish the captaincy could see him surpass legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's record as the all-time leading Test run-scorer.
Former captain Rahul Dravid believes a settled middle order can ensure Indian Test team's success abroad.
'Sachin and I will be tossing a coin in New York City... It will be part of history.'
On July 13, 2002, the Indian cricket team achieved an extraordinary victory on foreign soil by defeating a formidable England side in their own backyard to clinch the Natwest Tri-Series, which also featured Sri Lanka.
Shubman Gill's unbeaten 129 in Delhi wasn't just another century; it was history etched in numbers and intent.
Among his wards, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw and Hanuma Vihari have taken to Test cricket like duck to water, all-rounder Vijay Shankar is staking World Cup claims, while Shubhman Gill broke into the ODI team in New Zealand.
Virat Kohli reached the landmark in his 202nd innings, making him the fastest to get to the landmark.
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Virat Kohli has announced his retirement from Test cricket, bringing an end to a remarkable chapter in his illustrious career.
In what has been described as the start of a new innings, the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, former India captain Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman joined the BCCI in a newly-constituted advisory panel to guide the Board in all matters related to the game.
As Pujara gears up to play his 100th Test, here's a look at the list of the 12 cricketers who are a part of the 100 Tests club in India.
'Sourav wanted the whole team to take off their jerseys and wave it.'
Rajneesh Gupta throws up all the numbers from Test encounters between India and South Africa.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 3 of the India-England Test at Lord's.
Former England captain Tony Greig likened the historic Eden Gardens to a 'morgue' when the India-West Indies Test match began with just 1000 spectators in attendance on Monday. Classy Indian batsman Rahul Dravid too felt the old 'magic' was missing at the venue.
Ravichandran Ashwin's childhood coach Sunil Subramanian wished the experienced off-spinner ahead of his 100th Test as India is set to lock horns with England in the fifth and final Test of the five-match series at Dharamsala from Thursday.
Former India cricketer Kirti Azad feels the selectors discriminated against Sourav Ganguly by ignoring him for the Irani Trophy while retaining Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who were equally off-colour in the recent Sri Lanka tour.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the fourth Indian to reach the milestone of 10,000 runs in ODIs during the second match of the three-game series against England, in London, on Saturday.
Kohli has smashed 8,007 runs from 100 Tests at a remarkable average of 50.35.
'She knows everything that goes on behind the scenes.' 'I take pride in performing for the country. Feels amazing, the fact that she's here makes it more special.'
Images from the tri-series final between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, on Monday.
"It's upto the individual to decide when he wants to quit. I don't think Sachin, Sourav or Rahul are too old to continue. I quit at 38 and they are younger," former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq said.
Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and two other senior cricketers will attend a special meeting.
Images from the Day Two of the third Test match between India and New Zealand in Nagpur on Sunday.
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram reckons that trio of Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid gave India's batting line-up a 'monstrous' look in the just-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka.
Zaheer Khan's appointment as bowling consultant of the Indian cricket team is also tour specific, just like batting consultant Rahul Dravid.
Retired batting icon Sachin Tendulkar will be seen in cricketing gear again when he leads the MCC team against a Shane Warne-led Rest of the World at Lord's in a one-day game on July 5, to mark the bicentenary celebrations of the historic club.
India have won six ODI series on the trot. New Zealand have never won an ODI series in India.
Yashasvi Jaiswal's intense and innovative pre-tour training against short-pitched balls at the Thane Stadium contributed to his unbeaten 90 in Perth
The Sri Lankan off-spinner was left out of the team for the sixth one-dayer against India on Wednesday.
Cheteshwar Pujara's innings is the highest by a subcontinent batsman and third highest by any visiting batsman on the opening day of a Test in Australia, reveals Rajneesh Gupta.
De Villiers also recollected how Rohit took on fierce South African pacers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel during a Durban Test.
In one of his early battles with Sachin Tendulkar during the Sahara Cup in Canada, Saqlain Mushtaq thought it would be a good idea to sledge the champion batsman. As it panned out, the wily off-spinner sledged to never sledge the then Indian captain again. Many failed to read Saqlain's Doosra but he feels Tendulkar was probably the best when it came to reading from hands.
Between 2014 and 2019, he scored 21 centuries in just 55 Tests. Among these were seven double centuries, the most by an Indian in Test cricket. Remarkably, six of those double tons came within a span of just 22 Tests.
'Fan wars should never go this ugly a route. One should remember which country these players represent -- our country. So, then what warrants a cricketer getting booed?'
