Rohit is on a paternity break and will miss the series-opener. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is captaining the Indian team in his absence.
Legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar said no bowler with suspect action is ever cleared for good and open to scrutiny at any time.
Cricket stars Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar have come under the scanner of Comptroller and Auditor General who has found that they have been given wrong benefit of income deduction as sportsmen.
'I don't want to say anything about it. I just need to try and do whatever I can do on the ground that says the best I can do'
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday clarified that cricketing reasons were behind his opposition to Pakistan's limited overs tour of India next month.
Former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi has backed Sunil Gavaskar in his feud with the Board of Control for Cricket in India over alleged non-payment of dues to him, saying the former opener was promised Rs 4 crore per annum.
'The best move for him would be to go back to opening the batting. The new ball will come on to the bat; he can try and score off it.'
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Sunil Gavaskar slammed the Indian team management for fielding an unchanged eleven in the dead rubber against Afghanistan, wondering whether the "fear" of bench players succeeding over current favourites prompted it to play the same team.
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.
SUnil Gavaskar said that Pant has been playing intelligent cricket.
KL Rahul has opened up about the impact that the Koffee with Karan controversy had on him
Legendary Sachin Tendulkar, presented the Championship trophy to the victorious Chicago Cricket Club as the National Cricket Championship ended on a memorable note.
Before the start of play every day an eminent cricketing personality will ring the bell in the pavilion, which signifies proceedings will commence in five minutes.
Dhoni turned back the clock with a match-winning half century against Australia in the second one-dayer in Adelaide
Rajneesh Gupta lists all the important numbers from day two of the Oval Test.
The MI captain has scored 197 runs and taken just four wickets in 10 games with his team languishing in ninth spot.
'At this stage, I want a senior cricketer to take up the captaincy and see the Indian team through this transition phase.'
Hardik, who amassed 487 runs and picked 8 wickets, was simply sensational in the final as Gujarat limited a formidable Rajasthan Royals batting unit to 130 for nine.
Three Indian cricketing legends -- Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi -- figured among the 55 former players named on Friday in the ICC's inaugural Hall of Fame list as part of its centenary celebrations. Launching the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in Sydney, Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said the initiative, in association with Federation of International Cricketers' Association (FICA), would provide the chance for the game to recognise its greatest achievers.
Gavaskar opened up on the moment that almost led India to forfeit the match they would famously go on to win.
Kohli took to Instagram to post a quote by Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu: Silence is a source of great strength'.
Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar on Wednesday said that the rumours of him rejecting Board of Control for Cricket in India's honorary position in the Indian Premier League's Governing Council are false.
'As a captain and a player, he never played for a draw, he always wanted to win.'
Gavaskar, however, said that concerns raised by head coach Ravi Shastri and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly while urging the senior player not to rush his comeback are also "valid".
For Gavaskar, if Pant doesn't do well, then Sanju Samson is the next best option.
Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd will succeed Sunil Gavaskar as chairman of the ICC's Cricket Committee after Pakistan withdrew Majid Khan's nomination for the high-profile post. Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board said Majid's nomination was withdrawn before the ICC meeting commenced in Dubai.
The surface displayed a cover of lush green grass, although it is worth noting that there are still a day remaining until the game begins.
Global sporting activities have come to a halt due the COVID-19 pandemic, jeopardising events like the 2020 T20 World Cup, scheduled in Australia from October 18-November 15. India are supposed to host the next edition in 2021. The IPL too has been indefinitely postponed but there is a possibility of it being held in September.
Rahul is the first overseas batter to achieve multiple Test centuries at Centurion, complementing his century in 2022.
'We have got the bowling to take 20 Australian wickets on 1 run less than what India has scored.'
A livid Sunil Gavaskar on Sunday lashed out at Indian seamer Munaf Patel for his lackadaisical attitude on the field and suggested he should not have been included in the side that lost to Australia in the tri-series one-dayer in Adelaide.
The world champions beat the hosts 4-2 in the seven-match series, which saw heated exchanges between players of both teams and racial taunts directed towards Australia's Andrew Symonds by spectators in Baroda and Mumbai.
- 'As Indian captain I was not supposed to act in that manner. In no way I can justify my act of defiance. Whether I was out or not, I should not have reacted that way' - 'I was too young at that time to react. But I can say one thing that we were all with the captain. Whether right or wrong, we backed our skipper'
While the team battles it out on the field, the duo is focused on improving their performance, with the Indian pacers, including Prasidh Krishna, providing tough challenges in the nets.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on Indian cricket's Kohli Dilemma.
'The joy of winning the World Cup cannot be compared with any amount of money!'
Virat Kohli is now the fifth highest run-scorer for India in Test cricket.
The former India captain said the tag of 'chokers in crunch matches' now belongs to them and not South Africa.
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