Ideal scheduling and a month growing accustomed to English conditions mean India will have a strong chance against the hosts in the test series, captain Virat Kohli said.
The South African opener took only 108 innings to reach the milestone, beating the previous record held by India's Virat Kohli, who took 133 innings for the same.
Sports stars extended warm wishes to their fans on social media as they get wrapped in New Year spirit.
'Sachin Tendulkar called him world's best fast bowler at the moment. Indeed he is, for the impact he has created. If you take Bumrah out of that India line-up, it's like you rip a heart out of the body'
With day-night matches seen as a possible solution to Test cricket's dwindling attendances, Australia are hopeful that India will agree to play one at the Gabba next year.
"You will always be our captain," is what an emotional Virat Kohli told Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Kohli backed Ravi Shastri to continue as India head coach
From Sachin Tendulkar to P V Sindhu to Virat Kohli to Mirabai Chanu to MC Mary Kom, India's sporting legends wished their fellow-countrymen on this special day.
Australian opener David Warner called time on a legendary ODI career on Monday. A look at his ODI career in numbers.
Win or lose, tournament won't end with Sunday's game: Kohli on World Cup clash with Pakistan
The Madame Tussauds Wax Museum at the DLF Mall, Noida hosts 50 waxworks of Indian and international celebrities.
Cricket legend Ajit Wadekar reflects on cricket's journey.
Centuries from openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan powered Titans to an emphatic victory against champions CSK.
Kohli's much-hyped stint at Surrey was eventually ruled out after he suffered a neck injury.
The last time Team India won an ICC World Cup was in 2011 in India. It was a 50-over ODI format that was won under the astute leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Virat Kohli is the sixth Indian batsman to register a hundred in his 50th Test, joining Polly Umrigar, Gundappa Viswanath, Sunil Gavaskar, VVS Laxman and Kapil Dev.
'We've tried a few different things. It hasn't really worked.'
Cinema owners elated with 'extraordinary' advance booking match screenings
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 5:
Taylor said if New Zealand can strike early, it will put tremendous pressure on the Indian middle-order.
More stars than they are in heaven were at the Sachin: A Billion Dreams premiere.
Statistical highlights of the cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and senior captain Virat Kohli were among millions who congratulated the Indian U-19 team for their World Cup winning effort.
India Test captain Virat Kohli has suggested Daniel Vettori's name for the position of the coach.
Besides, various representatives of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and their allies are also aiding in hand-delivering the invitations.
India's star batsman Virat Kohli says he has not batted better than the last two months but stopped short of calling the ongoing phenomenal phase as the peak of his career.
The Indian cricket team think-tank's urge to play more all-rounders in recent years has got a lot to do with the current crop of top-order batters not rolling their arms over unlike some of their illustrious seniors from the bygone era.
Rohit's men start overwhelming favourites but Shaheen, rain pose threat
But the Rohit Sharma-led team has it's fair share of problems in terms of picking an ideal playing XI.
Statistical highlights of the first ODI match between India and New Zealand, in Dharamsala, on Sunday.
Srikkanth seemed pretty happy with the composition of the 15-member squad for the World cup, which he believes has all the ingredients to emerge victors.
'What we ended up achieving as a team and the cultural change, for me that is always going to be a matter of pride because tournaments happen for a certain period of time but a culture happens over a long period of time, and for that you need consistency, for that you need more character than just winning a tournament.'
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly led the applause for Kuldeep Yadav after his match-winning hat-trick against Australia in the second One-Day International at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Thursday.
Virat Kohli became only the second Indian batsman after Sunil Gavaskar to score three Test hundreds in a series against Australia.
Virat Kohli once again proved why he is regarded as the king of run chases as his unbeaten 154 powered India to an easy seven-wicket victory in the third ODI against New Zealand, in Mohali, on Sunday. During this knock, Kohli also emulated Sachin Tendulkar's record of 14 hundreds in successful run chases in the history of ODI cricket. Former India captain and Sachin's opening partner Sourav Ganguly lauded Kohli for his batting exploits.
Selecting a talent like Virat Kohli early in his career would be considered a masterstroke by most but according to former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar, it ended his career as a national selector.
Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan is the MVP for the Asia Cup, while the in-form Virat Kohli finished second, but he is the best among the Indian players by a long way!
Statistical highlights after the second week of the ongoing Indian Premier League.
The world knows Virat Kohli as a prolific cricketer but for AB de Villiers, he is a friend, who has interests beyond cricket and is spiritual at one level.
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