Injuries to KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan have brought Gautam Gambhir back into the picture, and batting coach Sanjay Bangar says the Delhi batsman will be a vital cog in the Indian Test team in the long home season.
All-rounder Sanjay Bangar, who had opened the innings for India in the last seven Tests, has been dropped.
India's batting coach Sanjay Bangar feels that one should not read too much into Virat Kohli's failures with the bat in the opening two Tests against Australia and has also thrown light on how India views the DRS.
Railways ended day four on 362 for 8, to take a 408-run lead over Punjab in the Ranji Trophy final.
Central Zone tightened the noose around Bangladesh Cricket Board XI by bowling out the visitors for 146 in the first innings.
The Indian team is training hard ahead of their departure for the series in the West Indies. Led by skipper Virat Kohli, India will be playing a 4-match Test series in the Caribbean.
Railways nudged ahead of Delhi to Ranji Trophy semi-finals by scoring a seven-wicket win over Karnataka.
At least 28 people died in rain-related incidents Sunday as heavy downpours lashed north and northwest India, causing landslides, traffic chaos and house collapses, as well as a dam breach which inundated several villages in Haryana.
Tejinder Pal Singh played an important innings of 86 to take his team to 305 for nine against Bengal.
India's outgoing fielding coach R Sridhar finds himself extremely fortunate to have coached and interacted with 'amazingly talented cricketers' and said that every mistake made was a learning experience along the way.
Vineet Saxena came up with a gritty 65 as Railways crawled to 191 for 5 in their first innings against Bengal
Murali Karthik helped Railways restrict Mumbai to 367 in the first innings
Tons by Sridharan Sriram and Dinesh Karthik helped Tamil Nadu post 481 in their first innings against Railways on the second day of the Ranji Trophy semi-final.
Spinner Kulamani Parida claimed five wickets as Railways skittled out the visitors for a paltry 79 to take a crucial 109-run first innings lead on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match.
A 122-run stand between Yere Goud and Shreyas Khanolkar saw Railways recover to 237 for eight against Tamil Nadu
Defending champions Railways could only manage a draw against Karnataka in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match.
The bowlers dominated the second day of the West Zone vs Central Zone Duleep Trophy match with as many as 18 wickets falling on Saturday.
Amit Pagnis hit 142 and added 222 runs for the second wicket with Jyoti Yadav to help Central Zone post 299 for 3.
Skipper Sanjay Bangar hit a brave 51 as the former champions were bowled out for 137 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh.
Punjab skipper Pankaj Dharmani's gritty century could not prevent Railways from taking the first innings lead on day 3 in the Ranji Trophy final.
They beat North Zone by nine wickets in a low-scoring five-day final that ended in under two-and a-half days.
The star batsman will miss the first one-day international against New Zealand at Auckland due to a sprained ankle.
Lot of players can make it to the squad with some good performances in the upcoming IPL.
The wrist-spin duo of Kuldeep and Chahal have been a regular feature in India's ODI format confining finger spinner Ashwin to the sidelines and relegating Ravindra Jadeja as the third specialist spinner.
The duo enabled North Zone gain a 95-run first innings lead over Central in the Duleep Trophy match.
Irfan Pathan's blistering unbeaten 57 helped India Legends beat Sri Lanka. He displayed his batting skills, hammering six boundaries and three sixes.
Electing to bat, India scored 329 for the loss of six wkts in 50 overs in the Kenstar Asian 'A' teams' tournament.
SL 'A' captain Russell Arnold expressed satisfaction at the way his side staged a comeback to win the match.
Replying to Mumbai's first innings total of 388, Railways were 103 for 3 at stumps on day 2 in the Ranji Trophy match.
Tejinder Pal's 168 and his second wicket partnership of 201 with Sanjay Bangar helped the side pile on 311 for four against Punjab.
Hemant Kumar's fine century enabled Kerala take a 23-run first innings lead over Railways on the penultimate day of the Ranj Trophy match.
At stumps on day three, Andhra were 72 for one in their second innings, still needing another 102 runs to make Railways bat again.
Forced out of at least three World Cup matches, injured Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan on Wednesday hinted that it is not yet over for him.
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