Virender Sehwag returns to the side after missing last month's one-day series against the West Indies because of poor form.
India made two changes to the side that lost to Australia by 18 runs in Sydney on Sunday, Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel replacing Virender Sehwag and Shantha Sreesanth for the 11 ODI of the series.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit an explosive 86 and Irfan Pathan captured four wickets as India beat Sri Lanka Cricket XI by 61 runs.
Statistical highlights after the first day's play in the second Test between India and Pakistan at in Kolkata on Friday.
During his playing days, he was one of the most aggressive batsmen in world cricket and now Virender Sehwag is entertaining fans with his witty comments on Twitter and other social media platforms. Sehwag, who has also donned the role of a TV commentator, wishes that a movie is also made based on his life. Responding to biopic's made on teammates Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag said, "Let's see. Shayad koi mujh par bhi paisa laga de (I hope someone, somewhere, someday will invest in my biopic also)."
Shami bled 43 runs in his spell of 3.5 overs in the match and was later targetted by online abusers blaming him alone for India's loss.
It took me 365 days to go from 49 to 50 earlier this year. I hope you go from 49 to 50 and break my record in the next few days. Congratulations!!'
"The way we started was really amazing and we should have capitalised on it," Dhoni told reporters.
He went on to score 9 more ODI centuries, his highest being 183 not out against Sri Lanka.
With Anil Kumble opting out, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead India against the Australian Capital Territory XI in a warm-up match starting at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Thursday.
Selection committee chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth made it clear that opener Virender Sehwag and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan were not dropped but 'rested purely on fitness grounds'.
This is the fifth Test involving India and Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka to be affected by rain; the previous four were at Colombo (SSC) in 1985-86; Kandy in 1993; Colombo (SSC) in 1998-99 and Galle in 2001-02.
Pakistan face a do-or-die battle when they take on India in the third One-Day International.
Images from Tuesday's India-Sri Lanka tri-series match at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh.
India will look to secure a place in the final when they take on Sri Lanka in Dambulla on Sunday in what could be a highly-charged match in the cricket tri-series, which has been hit by a spate of bizarre controversies and inclement weather.
Legions of fans may adore him as god of cricket but Sachin Tendulkar insists that he is only a mortal who loves playing for his country.
Buoyed by Virender Sehwag's encouraging words and a determination not to repeat the mistakes he made in the West Indies, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is confident of doing well against Australia to cement his place in the One-day team.
Swann said he benefitted from legendary Shane Warne's advice on how to play on spin-friendly Indian wickets.
'That was just unbelievable from Glen Maxwell. Footwork is overrated.'
A 16-member Indian team, eager to ease the pain of their Twenty20 World Cup debacle, arrived in Port-of-Spain from London on Friday for a four-match ODI series against the West Indies, starting June 26. The visitors landed at the Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica without key players Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan.
'It's going to be very difficult to play all three forms -- and good luck to all the guys that want to keep playing -- it's challenging.'
Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels the appointment of Virat Kohli as India's vice-captain for the Asia Cup will "hurt" senior players such as Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag there can't be a better 'mentor' than Dhoni when it comes to young players, who are a bit introvert and need someone to guide them as they try to express themselves on the field.
The message is loud and clear. The out-of-form duo of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir have been put on notice after the selectors included Murali Vijay as reserve opener for the first two Tests against England.
Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were among those who slogged it out in the nets for batting practice while off-spinner Harbhajan Singh had a lengthy bowling drill as the Indian team went for two grinding training sessions for the second successive day in Bangalore on Sunday.
Sachin Tendulkar spilled out his dressing room secrets, while Virender Sehwag paid tributes to his wristy flicks as the duo wished former team-mate VVS Laxman on his 43rd birthday in their own unique styles, on Wednesday.
The Indians tumbled to 93 for 7 in their second innings after bowling out Rest of South Africa for 138 in their four-day tour match.
Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag offered to bear the educational expenses of children of all the CRPF personnel martyred in the dastardly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.
The Men in Blue also have kept their unbeaten streak against Pakistan in the World Cup as the side defeated them in the 2015 and 2019 50-over World Cup. ies.
'I have trained Ravish Kumar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan...' 'But if I approach somebody for work, I never get it.'
'And a day when nearly a dozen really wonderful cricketers were born. Happy Birthday to @Jaspritbumrah93,@imjadeja, @ShreyasIyer15 , @karun126, @rpsingh.'
'There was one senior player who wanted to spoil my name.'
South Africa have shrugged off accusations of negative tactics before the second and final Test against India which starts on Sunday.
Cheteshwar Pujara's innings is the highest by a subcontinent batsman and third highest by any visiting batsman on the opening day of a Test in Australia, reveals Rajneesh Gupta.
It was a starry night as India's top sports and Bollywood celebrities came out in large numbers to support Yuvraj Singh, who launched his own clothing line YWC in Mumbai, on Saturday.
Paceman Bhuvaneshwar Kumar followed up his team's superb collective batting effort with a four-wicket haul as India Blue lifted the NKP Salve Challenger Series Trophy with a convincing 50-run victory over Delhi in the final.
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