Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was rewarded with the elite grade A plus retainership.
The Indian team is training hard ahead of their departure for the series in the West Indies. Led by skipper Virat Kohli, India will be playing a 4-match Test series in the Caribbean.
The Indian dressing room is 'noisier', Coach Ravi Shastri noted, after the 23 year old's return.
GT (10 points from seven matches) have been a well-oiled unit and looks set for a successive play-off berth, sitting behind leaders Rajasthan Royals on net run-rate with a match in hand.
Man of the match Rohit Sharma, a much improved Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur spoke about the victory.
Pacer Jaydev Unadkat returned to Test cricket after 12 years -- missing 118 games during that period.
Sheldon Jackson top-scored for Saurashtra with a 44-ball 64 as they overcame a late challenge from Kerala to win by nine runs and set up a last eight clash against Mumbai.
India's bowling coach Bharat Arun is confident that the team's speed merchants Varun Aaron and Umesh Yadav will take up the challenge to maintain speed as well as be accurate in the upcoming three-Test series against Sri Lanka, starting on August 12 at Galle.
The players' auction for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League is likely to see a lot of action with as many as 292 cricketers up for grabs, in Chennai, on Thursday.
The in-form Virat Kohli was on Monday rested for the forthcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka, while Delhi's left-arm spinner Pawan Negi was a surprise inclusion for the three-match series.
India edged closer to a comfortable win in the opening Test against Bangladesh
With two senior pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar (thigh injury) and Ishant Sharma (side strain) all but ruled out, Navdeep Saini will certainly be the fourth pacer after Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav.
This is India's second appearance in the WTC final after losing the inaugural game in 2021 to New Zealand.
A second-string West Indies which never looked like challenging India enough in this series, scored a modest 189 for nine, but sluggish batting by the visitors specially Mahendra Singh Dhoni (54 off 114 balls) turned it into a winning total.
LSG are sitting in second place with 14 point thanks to a stupendous show by Rahul
KKR bowling Bharat Arun said they have to improve their batting and bowling in the first six overs of Powerplay.
Another tough choice India need to make is in the wicket-keeping department.
He has been in tremendous form of late with one hundred and three fifties in his last six 50-over games.
Delhi Capitals will look to put the 'no-ball' controversy behind and gain much needed momentum against another side seeking course correction, the Kolkata Knight Riders, in the Indian Premier League.
Prasidh Krishna's performance hints at bare bench strength
What an over Umesh Yadav bowled!
IMAGES from Day 4 of the WTC Final played between Australia and India at The Oval in London on Saturday.
Pace bowler Prasidh Krishna has been added to India's squad for the fourth Test against England at The Oval, starting on Thursday.
Shashank Singh played the innings of his life to power Punjab Kings to a famous win.
Ishant said it's difficult for him to explain his recent purple patch.
India captain Rohit Sharma including mainstays Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have placed in the highest category of BCCI central contracts.
Rossouw was supported by opener Quinton de Kock (68 off 43) while David Miller came in with four balls left in the innings to smash three sixes, guiding the tourists to a competitive total of 227.
The Greenfield stadium has a capacity of 55,000 seats and the KCA said on Monday that 2,000 tickets for the opening T20I are still up for grabs.
Shardul Thakur's sizzling 109 and Tanush Kotian's unbeaten 74 offset R Sai Kishore's six-wicket haul, putting Mumbai in command
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the first Test against New Zealand, starting on Thursday?
Virat Kohli, during the pre-match press conference, made it clear that both Shubman Gill and KL Rahul are not in his scheme of things as of now.
The player will be in quarantine for a week, the franchise said in a statement.
Rohit-Kishan posted 65 runs for the opening wicket from just 29 balls.
Usman Khawaja hit an unbeaten century to give Australia the upper hand on Day 1 of the fourth and final Test against India in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Pacer Navdeep Saini and uncapped Saurabh Kumar were named as replacements for injured Mohammad Shami and Ravindra Jadeja.
The Indian team, set to play the second Test against Australia from Friday, had to switch hotels in New Delhi.
How the IPL teams have shaped up after the auction.
Saha took some exceptional catches behind the stumps in the last match
Should India consider bring in Umesh Yadav if the weather conditions in rain-hit Pune are conducive for pacers?
'It's a very tricky decision to make what kind of a bowling option you want to go with or you want to think whether that guy can contribute with the bat as well or not. Eventually you come to one decision and we backed that decision and we went ahead with it. Whether it comes off or not is a different thing.'
