Rookie paceman Ishant Sharma has been drafted in to the final twelve for the second Test against Bangladesh.
Calls grow for action against Aus captain, Gavaskar, Laxman urge match referee's intervention
Ambati Rayudu said that he has no regrets about his "3d" jibe at chairman of selectors MSK Prasad after being dropped from the World Cup squad.
He is one of the most successful Indian captain's. Now part of the BCCI cricket advisory committee alongside Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, Ganguly, 43, prefers to play with a straight bat to the team's response of Virat Kohli as Test captain and Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the ODI leader.
The Indian board has not done 'enough' to market Test cricket, revered by the purists, says former India opener Gautam Gambhir.
VVS Laxman believes that Team India can beat hosts Australia in the semi-final of the World Cup on Thursday if their bowlers continue their impressive form.
Former India batsman VVS Laxman joined calls for reviving bilateral series between India and Pakistan, stating India will be a safer bet as hosts.
In Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, India, says Haresh Pandya, has a bunch of exciting young batsmen who will go places, individually and collectively.
From the International Cricket Council to former India opener Virender Sehwag, a number of people took to social media to bestow wishes on Rohit on his special day.
Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar reckons that next year's IPL is going to be massive for Kuldeep Yadav, saying a good outing in the T20 extravaganza will earn the spinner a place in the T20 World Cup squad.
Former India star VVS Laxman feels AB de Villiers, without an iota of doubt, is the most complete batsman in the modern era, who has three to four shots in his repertoire for every delivery.
Virender Sehwag on Tuesday evaded questions on the controversial selection of the Indian team's head coach after being pipped by Ravi Shastri for the high-profile job.
An old social media post by India pacer Ishant Sharma lent credence to former West Indies captain Darren Sammy's allegation that a racist nickname was used to address him during his IPL stint with Sunrisers Hyderabad for which he is now demanding an apology. The two-time T20 World Cup-winning West Indies captain, while commenting on the protests over African-American George Floyd's death in the US, had spoken about being called 'Kalu' while he was in India.
Former Indian captain and under-19 cricket coach Rahul Dravid will deliver the fourth MAK Pataudi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi on Tuesday.
With the two teams arriving in Kolkata in the next 48 hours, all roads in the 'City of Joy' lead to the Eden.
Dravid had defended himself saying he has taken leave of absence from India Cements and he has nothing to do with the Chennai Super Kings. As per Rule 38 (4) of BCCI constitution, no individual can hold more than one post at the same time.
The hallowed venue, says Bikash Mohapatra, has inadvertently played its part in ensuring several special moments in the Mumbai batsman's fledgling career.
Former captain and BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee member Saurav Ganguly maintained that skipper Virat Kohli will be consulted over the selection but is not the main person to decide on the issue.
Standing in the first slip and observing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's match-reading skills convinced Sachin Tendulkar that he was ready for India captaincy, something he told the BCCI when he was asked for his suggestion back in 2007.
Apart from Kapil Dev, the panel comprises former women's captain Shantha Rangaswamy and former men's coach Anshuman Gaekwad.
Tendulkar, unarguably the greatest batsman in modern cricket, was coached by Achrekar at the Shivaji Park in Mumbai's Dadar as a child.
Let's have a look at some of Rahul Dravid's finest knocks in international cricket.
BCCI president Anurag Thakur has revealed that Anil Kumble was not the first choice to coach the Indian cricket team and the board had approached Rahul Dravid for the top job. Dravid is currently the coach of U-19 and India A teams and has also managed Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League.
Many India cricketers, past and present took to Twitter to extend birthday wishes for the spinner who has more than 600 Test wickets to his credit.
Former India cricketers Anil Kumble, Pravin Amre and Lalchand Rajput made their respective presentations as the Board of Control for Cricket in India's three-member cricket advisory committee held interviews to select a new coach at a city hotel in Kolkata on Monday.
He feels honoured to have shared the dressing room with Sachin Tendulkar for 16 years and VVS Laxman says the retiring senior batsman is remarkably special for never considering himself bigger than the game.
Mohammad Azharuddin's rehabilitation from life ban is more than complete in many ways but the former India captain says he "doesn't really know the reasons" for banning him in the first place. In December 2000, Azharuddin was handed a life ban by the BCCI for his involvement in match-fixing. However, after a long drawn out legal battle, Azharuddin saw the Andhra Pradesh High Court revoking the ban and terming it "illegal" in 2012.
The Indian T20 squad is an indication that selectors are looking at a specific short-term goal of winning the World T20 in March while the ODI squad is an indicator towards the core of the 2019 World Cup and Mahendra Singh Dhoni being a part of that side.
Gibbs back India, England as contenders for ODI World Cup
Sachin Tendulkar's greatness lies in his batting but former India teammate, VVS Laxman, considers the retiring legend as an under-rated and a clever bowler who has played his part in a couple of famous Test and ODI wins.
The 33-year-old last played for India in 2013 during Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test against the West Indies in Mumbai. He played 24 Tests between 2009 and 2013 during which he took 113 wickets.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated MC Mary Kom for winning a record sixth gold medal in the Women's World Championships on Saturday.
Kohli backed Ravi Shastri to continue as India head coach
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Eclipsing several other great individual knocks, VVS Laxman's masterly innings of 281 against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata has been rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has hit back at Ravi Shastri saying the former team director of India has made it 'very personal' and he was hurt by Shastri's 'immature comments'. Shastri had earlier said that Ganguly should 'take his job seriously' after the latter was absent at the time of his interview for the post of India's head coach.
The Kapil Dev-led ad-hoc committee on Wednesday emerged as the frontrunner to pick the next India cricket coach but a final decision on panel formation would be taken only after the next Supreme Court hearing.
"My feeling is that he is going to get a lot of runs," said the Indian captain ahead of the India-Pakistan series.
The Indian Premier League's Hyderabad franchise, now called 'Sunrisers', have appointed former Australia cricketer Tom Moody as the team's new coach, and former India cricketers Krishnamachari Srikkanth and VVS Laxman mentors.
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