Sundar went on to play a knock of 62 runs in his debut Test
India's team for the Asia Cup was largely picked keeping the World Cup in mind, which meant gambling with players, who are not fully fit.
DC would have expected their bowling attack to fire on all cylinders, but that was not be.
Tough to look beyond Shreyas in WC playing XI, Gill will be main player for India, says Azharuddin
His talent has always been unquestionable but what has stood out for young Gujarat Titans southpaw Sai Sudharsan in this IPL is his impressive game awareness and decision making, traits he picked up during his maiden India stint in South Africa last year.
Jasprit Bumrah and Shikhar Dhawan are also back in both the squads, while pacer Mohammed Shami got a break from the T20 series.
India, who finished on 240-8, are missing key white-ball players who are in Australia for the Twenty20 World Cup.
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Rajasthan Royals cruised to a nine-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders to resurrect their play-off hopes.
Mohammed Shami was named as the replacement for the injured Jasprit Bumrah in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup.
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The BCCI top brass will be hoping to convince Rohit Sharma to lead the India team in T20 Internationals despite his reluctance.
How Rishabh Pant performs as skipper will be watched with interest
Pat Cummins' side stayed in control at the end of Day 2 of the WTC Final.
He should have played ahead of Shardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna in the Test series opener against South Africa but when Mukesh Kumar finally got his chance at Newlands, the Indian team realised what exactly it missed during the mauling in Centurion.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.
There won't be drastic changes in playing XI, says skipper Rohit Sharma
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji list the Most Valuable Players in the India-England ODI series.
How often have fielding errors turned matches around more often than performances with bat or ball and that is exactly what happened at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday.
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow slammed majestic centuries as England pulled off their highest-ever successful run chase in the longest format for a convincing seven-wicket win over India in the rescheduled fifth Test in Birmingham on Tuesday.
Images from the Indian Premier League Qualifier 1 between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings, in Dubai, on Sunday.
India has lost three finals and on four occasion it bit dust at the semifinal stage. It also made an exit at the preliminary stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Rajneesh Gupta lists all the important numbers from Day 5 of the 4th Test at the Oval.
KKR bowling Bharat Arun said they have to improve their batting and bowling in the first six overs of Powerplay.
Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy and Rahul Chahar, with his fast leg-breaks, will fight it out for the additional tweaker's slot when the selectors pick the Indian squad for next month's ICC T20 World Cup in the coming couple of days.
Punjab youngster Shubman Gill would be keen to prove his credentials during the upcoming five-match ODI series against South Africa 'A'.
India faces the dilemma of whether to provide more game time to their first-choice team or offer opportunities to fringe players ahead of the upcoming World Cup at home next month.
Reputations do go for a toss in the T20 format, but Delhi Capitals haven't been able to get past Chennai Super Kings in their last four meetings, and the margins of defeat -- 91, 27 and 77 runs respectively -- does paint a sorry picture.
Hardik, who last rolled his arms over in the Sri Lanka series in July, did not bowl a single over for Mumbai Indians in the second leg of IPL in the UAE.
Jayant Yadav will replace off-spinner Washington Sundar, who tested positive for COVID-19 during the camp in Bengaluru.
India have a real shot at winning their first ever away series against South Africa,
A desperate Indian team will pray for a rain-free third and final ODI against New Zealand on Wednesday in its bid to finish on an even keel in a series that neither had context nor any major takeaways.
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What would have been a six for Maxwell was kept down to just two runs courtesy of Samson's splendid work.
Virat, Ishant set to return for England series starting Feb 5 as selection for first two Tests takes place on Tuesday.
The selectors have decided to persist with struggling opener K L Rahul who has gone through a string of poor scores.
KKR CEO Venky Mysore justifies Mitchell Starc's huge pay check from skill-set standpoint
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will be vice-captain for the series.
The 18-year-old right-hander was named in a 12-man squad on Wednesday for the first of the two-Test series and is expected to open alongside Lokesh Rahul.
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