The 36-year-old Dhoni had a strike rate of 132 at the end of his innings, but the inability to rotate strike has prompted some to raise questions.
India had 'Fab 5' with the bat in early 2000s, now they have them with the ball: Nasser Hussain
India have flown in Dinesh Karthik as a stand-by player for injured Virender Sehwag as the visitors gear up for Tuesday's last league match of the Asia Cup against Sri Lanka.
Virender Sehwag on Thursday backed the inclusion of cricket in the Olympic Games and felt the T10 format will be ideal to be drafted into the quadrennial sports extravaganza.
India captain Anil Kumble on Sunday lauded rich tributes on Virender Sehwag for his blazing 319 in the first Test against South Africa, saying it is one of the best ever innings he has seen.
The stand-in India captain appealed to the fans to repose their faith in the team and promised a fight back.
Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar hit their second successive centuries before South Africa staged a late fightback on day two of the second and final Test, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on Sunday. At close, India were 342 for five in 76 overs, a lead of 46 runs after South Africa were bowled out for 296 in their first innings.
Opener Virender Sehwag will return to action in the Irani Cup, where he will lead Rest of India in the October 1 to 5 tournament in Nagpur. Sehwag, who missed the just-concluded tri-series in Sri Lanka due to a shoulder injury sustained during the Indian Premier League, will have S Badrinath as his deputy.
Not willing to blame the batsmen for India's sudden collapse, vice-captain Virender Sehwag said all of them fell to good deliveries though the wicket was playing well. "(Sachin) Tendulkar, Rahul (Dravid), Sourav (Ganguly) all fell to good balls, so you cannot do anything about it. They (Sri Lanka) have quality bowlers," Sehwag said after the first day's play, in which India lost its four batsmen in the space of 10 runs.
Virender Sehwag's omission from the squad for the Asia Cup took a curious turn on Thursday, with a media report claiming that the opener had requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India for rest because of back spasms.
Chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, sprint queen P T Usha and football legend Bhaichung Bhutia are among the prominent sports personalities invited for Monday's ceremony.
India opener Virender Sehwag has stormed into the top five of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after scoring a superlative double-century against Sri Lanka in the third Test in Mumbai.
Sahara India launched Sahara Care House, a single window service platform for global Indians.
The Indian team's way of handling senior opener Virender Sehwag and the player's own attitude in this ongoing World Twenty20 is certain to raise questions whether all is well in the Indian camp.
'People should realise he is an impact player, like Virender Sehwag.' 'You don't expect these players to score a 70-80 every time they bat, but whenever they score they will win matches for your team.'
'The best move for him would be to go back to opening the batting. The new ball will come on to the bat; he can try and score off it.'
In an injury scare, Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was on Sunday rushed to a local hospital in Chandigarh after being hit on his right wrist by a delivery during Board President XI's game against Australia only to be discharged later without any problem.
Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has asked struggling opening batsman Virender Sehwag to curb his attacking instincts and focus on consistency.
India has the wherewithal to defend the Twenty20 World Cup in England but openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will have to overcome the fatigue factor if the team is to achieve the goal, reckons Sachin Tendulkar.
India will be without explosive batsman Virender Sehwag in the upcoming One-Day series against Australia due to an injury while Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan have been rested.
Images from the tri-series one-dayer between India and Sri Lanka at Dambulla on Monday.
Former India players are united in their belief that Virender Sehwag's return from injury will stabilise the team's fragile batting order and lift morale in the remaining two Tests against a dominant England.
Virender Sehwag reckons that India now only have around '30 per cent chance' of making a comeback in the three-Test series against South Africa after losing the opening encounter by 72 runs.
India master blaster Virender Sehwag and champion batsman Sachin Tendulkar are the biggest movers in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Player Rankings after splendid performances in the recent series against New Zealand. Sehwag, who scored 299 runs against the Black Caps, has jumped nine places to sixth position in the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, which is still headed by India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Akhtar has often advised Pakistan's management to take cue from Indian management.
Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid hit contrasting centuries to give India the upperhand against New Zealand on Day 1 of the first Test, at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad, on Thursday. At stumps on the opening day, India were 329 for three in 90 overs, with Sachin Tendulkar on 13 from 47 balls and VVS Laxman on seven.
Virender Sehwag's superb innings of 119 powered India to a six-wicket win over Pakistan in the Asia Cup. Sehwag scored his ninth one-day hundred in a 198-run second wicket partnership with Suresh Raina (84) to guide India to 301 for four after 42.1 overs in reply to Pakistan's total of 299 for four.
Virender Sehwag gave fans and the other participating teams a glimpse of what to expect from him at the World Cup after a merciless assault on the Bangladesh bowlers in the opening match of the mega event in Mirpur, Dhaka, on Saturday.
If Virender Sehwag was anxious about his role as India skipper for the fourth Test against Australia and his continued poor run with the bat, he didn't show it to the world during the nets at the WACA in Perth on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old Gukesh's triumph was celebrated far and wide across the country with the PM joining the sports fraternity and others in lauding his incredible achievement.
Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar rose to fifth and tenth respectively in the ICC one-day rankings following good performances in India's first two matches at the World Cup.
Virender Sehwag suffered an injury scare in World Cup practice on Friday when he was struck on the left side of his ribs in the nets and collapsed to the ground.
Former chairman of selectors Sandeep Patil feels John Wright's approach of giving a free-hand to players led to his successful coaching stint with India
This was the right-hander's 13th century in Tests in India -- his first after 30 innings. He last hit a hundred two years ago, when he smashed 173 against New Zealand at this same venue last year.
New Zealand cricketers have expressed relief that swashbuckling Indian opening bat Virender Sehwag will not feature in the tri-series in Sri Lanka and in the upcoming Champions Trophy in South Africa because of a shoulder injury.
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