Images from the first One-Day International between India and England, in Pune, on Tuesday.
Images from the 1st T20 match played between India and England at the Subrata Roy Sahara stadium in Pune on Thursday.
Yuvraj Singh came up with a brilliant all-round display as India finally brought about cheer to their fans with a comfortable five-wicket victory over England in the first Twenty20 International in Pune on Thursday night. Yuvraj took three wickets for 19 from his quota of four overs, as England were restricted to 157 for 6, and then blasted 38 off 21 balls to set up an easy chase, which the home team attained with 13 balls to spare.
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 1 of Pune Test.
Agarwal, on Thursday, became the fourth Indian to convert his maiden Test century to a double hundred and his former state-mate Uthappa recalled how the opener has improved by leaps and bounds since Vinay gave him a vocal tonic.
Kolkata Knight Riders breezed into the final of the Indian Premier League after scoring a thumping 18-run win over Delhi Daredevils in the first Qualifier in Pune on Tuesday.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir admitted that a loss against Mumbai Indians, in Mumbai, on Wednesday night, would have put his team under pressure ahead of their final league game of the Indian Premier League against Pune Warriors.
The Karnataka right-hander smashed an entertaining 87 off just 47 balls balls and was ably supported by skipper Gautam Gambhir, who made 62 off 46 deliveries, as two-time champions KRR thrashed Pune by seven wickets.
India captain Virat Kohli chalked up his seventh double hundred in Tests before his pacers claimed a few early wickets to leave South Africa reeling, on Day 2, of the second Test against South Africa at Pune.
Opener Mayank Agarwal stamped his authority on a struggling South African attack with a second successive hundred as India gained the upperhand on the opening day of the second Test.
A dominant India quickly wrapped up the last two wickets to win by a comprehensive margin of an innings and 202 runs and complete an emphatic 3-0 series whitewash against South Africa.
Images from the third One-Day International between India and England, in Pune, on Sunday.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir said it was the quality of his bowling attack rather than any devils in the wicket that reduced Pune Warriors to a meagre 118 in their Indian Premier League tie at the D Y Patil Stadium.
Kolkata Knight Riders kept their hopes of qualifying for the IPL play-offs on alive with a comfortable seven-wicket victory over out-of-reckoning Pune Warriors at the D Y Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday night.
Delhi Daredevils ended the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League at the bottom of the points table as their last league match against Pune Warriors was washed out, forcing them to split points in New Delhi on Saturday.
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said his team's brilliant fielding performance made all the difference in the 25-run win over Pune Warriors and the side would look to replicate the effort in the coming IPL matches as well.
Kings XI skipper Adam Gilchrist conceded after his team's resounding seven-wicket loss in their Indian Premier League lung-opener against Pune Warriors India that his side was playing catch-up cricket right through the match at the DY Patil Stadium.
Expressing happiness at his team's comprehensive victory over Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League debut at the DY Patil Stadium, Pune Warriors coach Geoff Marsh said it was a good all-round display from his boys that paid dividends.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Kings XI Punjab and Pune Warriors.
'I think, the Test probably shifted in their favour when we batted in the first innings. We were looking to bat better but I don't think there was enough application shown by us as a batting unit'
Kings XI Punjab skipper George Bailey rued making changes to the batting order, saying it played a part in their defeat to Rajasthan Royals in Friday night's IPL match in Pune.
Openers KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan slammed quickfire half-centuries as India outclassed Sri Lanka by 78 runs in the third and final T20 International to win the three-match series 2-0, in Pune, on Friday. Images from the third T20 International between India and Sri Lanka, at Pune, on Friday.
Shreyas Iyer scored a fine century to enable Mumbai take the first innings lead against Saurashtra on the second day of the five-day Ranji Trophy final, in Pune, on Thursday. The 21-year-old, who registered his sixth first-class century while scoring 117 off 142 balls, that included 15 boundaries and two sixes, singlehandedly guided Mumbai to 262 for 8 off 66 overs, in reply to Saurashtra's 235 all out.
Mitchell Starc smashed an unbeaten half-century to steer Australia to 256 for nine on a difficult pitch on the opening day of the four-match series in Pune on Thursday.
Terming Kolkata Knight Riders as a 'good chasing side', captain Gautam Gambhir says they back themselves to chase down any target.
Senior New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor is happy that centurion Tom Latham paid heed to his advice to play the sweep and reverse sweep, which disturbed the length of Indian spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal in the first One-Day International, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played between CSK and Rajasthan Royals in Pune on Friday.
'How I bowl depends on the batsmen. In the death overs, the batsmen is expecting yorkers or a slower ball but if you can also bowl a bouncer or a knuckle ball, it can surprise him. You to have to keep guessing the batsman'
Captain Rohit Sharma continued to lead by example as a thoroughly professional Mumbai Indians outclassed Pune Supergiants by eight wickets in an Indian Premier League encounter.
India produced a professional performance under pressure to crush New Zealand by six wickets in a must-win game and level three-match series 1-1 in Pune on Wednesday.
Rising Pune Supergiants will stand in the way of Kolkata Knight Riders's revival when they clash in an Indian Premier League T20 match?
Glenn Maxwell played a scintillating cameo hitting an unbeaten 32 off 14 balls under pressure to power Kings XI Punjab to a six-wicket win over Rising Pune Supergiants.
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami picked up a five-wicket haul while left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four in South Africa's second innings to hand India a convincing 203-run victory, in the opening Test.
Mumbai crushed Saurashtra by an innings and 21 runs in the final to win their 41st Ranji Trophy title, in Pune, on Friday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 2 of Pune Test.
Featuring Yusuf Pathan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Marcus Stoinis, Ashish Nehra.
Images from the 3rd ODI between England and India played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday
Tight bowling and fifties from Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik helped India secure a series-levelling six-wickets victory against New Zealand in the second One-Day International in Pune on Wednesday.
The convincing win gave India an unassailable 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
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