Images from Day 2 of the second Test between India and England, at the M A Chidambaram stadium, in Chennai.
Five times has Virat Kohli aggregated 2,000 or more runs in international cricket in a calendar year, thus equalling Sachin Tendulkar's Indian record.
Their fate hanging in balance, a loss in the penultimate league round match may virtually sound the death knell for one of the two teams.
The Delhi Police on February 20 arrested five corporate executives.
The 37-year-old posted an emotional message on his Twitter page to bid adieu to the game, almost 12 years after he last played for the Indian team, standing out as much for his acrobatic fielding as for his effective middle-order batting.
Rest of India meet Ranji champions Mumbai in the Irani Trophy match from September 18 to 22.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit an explosive 86 and Irfan Pathan captured four wickets as India beat Sri Lanka Cricket XI by 61 runs.
'It's absolutely a crime.' 'You cannot threaten a woman on social media or anywhere else.'
Twenty-one sportspersons, including cricketer Virender Sehwag, footballer I M Vijayan and hockey player Gagan Ajit Singh, have been named for the Arjuna awards 2002.
"He (Kohli) is a fantastic captain. I don't know what he does inside dressing room or what he does tactically, as I'm too far away (from the team). I don't know what he speaks in team meetings but the way he looks after his players is remarkable," Ganguly said during a book launch in Kolkata.
Yuvraj Singh says the thought of not being able to play for India again has crossed his mind and added that it will be very depressing if he fails to make a comeback into the Indian cricket team.
K Jyothikumaran has been appointed as one of the four judges for the elite nations hockey tournament.\n\n
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 2.
The India opener was specially harsh on Kartik, hitting him for five sixes and one four in one over.
Out of favour for more than four years, veteran leg-spinner Amit Mishra staged a comeback to India's Test squad for the three-Test away series against Sri Lanka, starting August 12.
Virender Sehwag will play for Leicestershire while off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath will represent Lancashire and Durham respectively.
Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the stats and facts around the sensational Virat Kohli.
Yuvraj scored 60 with seven boundaries and four sixes to lead North Zone to a seven wicket win over South Zone.
All-rounder Sanjay Bangar, who had opened the innings for India in the last seven Tests, has been dropped.
Take a look at the statistical highlights of the fourth ODI in Kolkata on Thursday.
But there is still a question mark over Virender Sehwag and Ashish Nehra.
The dashing Indian opener hit 30 off 21 balls as Leicestershire scored 72 for 1 against Warwickshire's in the County championship.
Yuvraj Singh made it back to the Indian team for the limited overs series against Australia but seniors Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were again ignored.
Readers present their views on a joint India-Pakistan team to take on the mighty Aussies, and list their eleven.
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India 'A' declared their second innings on 297 for five, setting the seniors a target of 387 runs to win.
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.
India chose Virender Sehwag and Akash Chopra as their openers leaving out Anil Kumble and S Ramesh from the XI.
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