India left out Sourav Ganguly and frontline bowlers Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. Young batsman Rohit Sharma, pacers S Sreesanth, and Praveen Kumar and left-arm spinner Murali Kartik came in.
Mumbai Indians continued their winning-run in the Champions League T20 tournament with a nail-biting one-wicket win over spirited Trinidad and Tobago at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Monday.
Dale Steyn claimed four wickets to put South Africa in control against India before bad light stopped play, on a rain-hit opening day of the second Test at Kingsmead in Durban, on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians pacer Munaf Patel was fined 50 percent of his match fee for making offensive gestures to opposition players in his side's Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab in Mumbai.
A magnificent batting effort by Rohit Sharma (87) and an equally impressive bowling performance by Harbhajan Singh (5-18) helped Mumbai Indians score a comfortable eight-run win over defending champions Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League match at the Wankhede stadium on Friday.
Opener Virender Sehwag was forced to miss the match after failing to recover from a shoulder injury, but pace bowler Zaheer Khan was declared fit and included in the team after missing the two warm-up matches.
The start of the first Test between India and Bangladesh at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium, in Chittagong, has been delayed due to fog and dew. Umpires Billy Bowden and Marais Erasmus will carry out an inspection at 0900 IST to decide when the toss will be held.
Mumbai Indians dished out a superlative bowling performance to eke out a one run win over Pune Warriors in a nail-biting Indian Premier League match on Thursday.
Relieved that his decision to bowl first had turned out to be correct in the final analysis, Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh said that unpredictability of the pitch made it a difficult choice at the toss as he was not sure what would have been a defendable total.
Ravindra Jadeja on Saturday became the second fastest Indian to reach 150 Test wickets, behind team-mate Ravichandran Ashwin, when he bowled Dhananjay de Silva during the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played at Chepauk in Chennai on Saturday
All-rounder Stuart Binny stamped his class by hitting a sparkling unbeaten century as Karnataka took firm grip of the Irani Trophy match against Rest of India (ROI) with a 189-run first innings lead in Bangalore on Monday.
India went in with two spinners and as many pacers in the first Test against Pakistan.
Images from the third One-day International between India and South Africa at Newlands, Cape Town on Tuesday.
Jacques Kallis hit his second century of the match as Harbhajan Singh claimed seven wickets to bowl out South Africa for 341 in their second innings on Day 4 in the third Test against South Africa on a high, at Newlands, in Cape Town, on Wednesday.
Both teams retained the eleven that played in the drawn third Test at St Kitts.
Andrew Symonds scored an unbeaten 137 as Australia rallied from 134-6 to 376-7 at stumps on the first day of the second Test against India.
India included two spinners in Harbhajan Singh and Ramesh Powar for their opening Champions Trophy match against England.
Statistical highlights of the third One-Day International between India and England at the Green Park, Kanpur, on Thursday.
'We had hoped that however behind we were, we could've shown more fight but we knew we needed exceptional performances. It was not a 469-run wicket. We gave away a lot of runs -- bowling was disappointing. We played some poor shots yesterday.'
Harbhajan Singh claimed his 400th Test wicket, while Ishant Sharma grabbed a five-fer as India bundled out West Indies for 204 before rain and bad light stalled the visitors' reply on day 2 of the third and final Test match in Roseau on Thursday.
India were bowled out for 246 in their first innings on the opening day of the first cricket Test against the West Indies in Kingston on Monday. At stumps on day one, the home team had scored 34 for one in reply.
Rohit Sharma scored a fantastic unbeaten 86 under pressure as India beat West Indies by three wickets to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match ODI series in Antigua on Saturday.
Virender Sehwag and Mohammad Kaif were once again left out of the team for the first ODI against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.
Discuss the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka.
India made five changes to the team that won in Cuttack for the third ODI.
India won the toss and elected to field in the seventh and final ODI against England.
A brave batting performance from India's lower order couldn't prevent World champions Australia from snatching a four-run victory in the first One-Day International at the IPCL stadium in Vadodara, on Sunday.
India clinched a comfortable five-wicket win over Australia in the first ODI of the three-match series.
Virender Sehwag shrugged off his batting woes with a blazing half-century to lead Delhi Daredevils to a four-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League match in Centurion on Thursday. Delhi consolidated their position atop the IPL standings with 20 points from 14 matches, while Mumbai ended their campaign in seventh position with 11 points.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to field against India in the first Twenty20 international at the AMI Stadium in Christchurch on Wednesday. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh returned to the Indian team, replacing all-rounder Ravinder Jadeja, who featured in India's last Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka.
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hit centuries to help India build a huge lead against Bangladesh on day two of the second and final Test against Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka on Monday. Harbhajan Singh fell off the last delivery of the day as India closed the second day on a comfortable 459 for five in 102.5 overs in their first innings to stretch their lead to 226 runs in reply to Bangladesh's 233.
Sachin Tendulkar (154 not out) registered his 38th century, extending his world record. It was his eighth against Australia, equal to the Indian record held by Sunil Gavaskar.
India made two changes in the line-up, Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth coming in place of VRV Singh and Irfan Pathan.
Zaheer Khan, the architect of India's morale-boosting draw in the first Test, could not help taking a dig at Ricky Ponting and his men; he dubbed them the most defensive Australian side he has come across.
Young VRV Singh will make his debut in the first Test against the West Indies.
Virender Sehwag returns to the side after missing last month's one-day series against the West Indies because of poor form.
Zaheer Khan ripped through the New Zealand top order to give India complete control of the third and final Test in Wellington, on Saturday. Zaheer took five for 65 to help bundle out New Zealand for 197 in reply to India's first innings score of 379. In their second essay, India reached 51 for 1 in their second innings, stretching their overall lead to 233.
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
England skipper Kevin Pietersen struck a majestic 15th Test century of his Test career before India fought back to take two late wickets on the third day of the second and final Test on Sunday.
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