Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of the Indian Test squad for the South Africa series.
Reader Chander Ramanathan sent us these pictures from Melbourne.
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid will open the Indian innings.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's astute captaincy will be Chennai Super Kings' biggest weapon against a clinical Kolkata Knight Riders, whose troika of top-notch spinners promise to hold the aces in the high-octane Indian Premier League final in Dubai on Friday.
UP skipper Mohammed Kaif scored an impressive 71 on the fourth and final day to manage a draw with Punjab in their Ranji Super League Group 'B' match
Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes K L Rahul is most suitable for the number five position in the batting order in the ODIs but suggested that the team management must look for batsmen like Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh. KL Rahul had batted in the middle-order in the home ODIs against Australia in January earlier this year with success and then continued his good form in the limited-overs series in New Zealand.
Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan also wished their former India teammate.
A 91-run victory over India Green saw India Blue top the table with nine points and seal a place in Sunday's final of the Challenger tournament.
Ranjit Khirid came up with an all-round performance as Maharashtra reduced Uttar Pradesh to 234 for 8 after piling 394 runs.
Stressing on the fact that most of the Indian batsmen's form has been a big factor in India's success so far, former batsman VVS Laxman expects them to fire on all cylinders during the quarter-final stages as well.
Virat Kohli's elegant unbeaten 90 and some wily bowling by their spinners saw India secure a comprehensive 37-run victory over Australia in the first Twenty20 International at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. Rajneesh Gupta lists some interesting numbers from the match.
India included R P Singh in the eleven, while England omitted Matthew Hoggard for the first ODI.
Having outplayed Bangladesh 'A' in all the departments in the first unofficial ODI, an upbeat India 'A' will be looking to keep the winning momentum.
Struggling for runs in the ongoing ODI series against South Africa, under-fire Suresh Raina has got the much-needed backing of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who advised the middle-order batsman to give himself a bit more time before unleashing his big shots.
The 17-year-old leg spinner said it is an honour to even share dressing room space with stars like Tendulkar, Dravid and Pathan.
Also, he is the only Indian with two Test triple tons.
India made one change to their line-up, bringing in all-rounder Suresh Raina in place of left-arm spinner Murali Kartik.
'Let's be the strength of our nation and help it reach greater heights.'
India left out Suresh Raina, S Sreesanth and Jai Prakash Yadav from the 15 while making Gautam Gambhir the supersub.
India made five changes to the team that won in Cuttack for the third ODI.
With the World Cup round the corner, a couple of good knocks could see the Uttar Pradesh batsman make a spot in the middle order his own.
All-rounder Joginder Sharma comes in place of S Sreesanth, while Ramesh Powar replaces Suresh Raina.
Uttar Pradesh pacemen skittled out Andhra Pradesh for 111 in the first innings of the Ranji Trophy tie.
Pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar was promoted to Grade A, but Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir, who have lost favour with the selectors, were dropped from the list of BCCI's contracted players for 2014-15.
As Ashwin will now be sharing the dressing room with Buttler, Twitter enjoyed a field day.
Uttar Pradesh scored 420 to take a first innings lead over Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy tie.
Yuvraj shared a montage of 2011 World Cup memories and his thoughts on the title-winning journey in a Twitter video.
All the established players, barring Sachin Tendulkar, were named in a list of 36 probables for the upcoming triangular series.
We have two top performers from Thursday's match. It is the bowling duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ishant Sharma.
Gaikwad, a India 'A' regular, who tested positive a few days after Chahar, was being touted as the one to replace Suresh Raina, who pulled out of the IPL due to personal reasons.
Bhuvneshwar Kuma vindicated his captain's decision to invite Pakistan to bat first by bowling a tight line in what was an uninterrupted eight-over spell.
India's sporting fraternity on Monday led by cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir congratulated the Central Government for abolishing Article 370 that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was spotted at Ranchi's Birsa Munda Airport with his daughter, Zeva, strapped onto his shoulder in a baby carrier.
India gained the much-needed boost ahead of their ICC World T20 opener against Pakistan when they comfortably defeated England by 20 runs in their second and final warm-up game in Mirpur on Wednesday.
The Chennai Super Kings squad wore a relieved look as the players got together for breakfast at the Taj hotel in Dubai on Friday morning.
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