Out of favour India cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan have returned from an intense six-week long overseas training camp to get their form and fitness back in order to regain their spots in the national squad.
Injured fast bowler Ishant Sharma has been virtually ruled out of the second One-Day International against England in Indore on Monday, while a final call on whether Yuvraj Singh can play will be taken before the match. Ishant had also missed the opening one-dayer after failing to recover from his ankle injury.
Former chairman of national selection committee Sandeep Patil called Yuvraj Singh 'God's gift' to Indian cricket but said form and fitness will hold the key to the seasoned campaigner's participation in the 2019 World Cup.
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Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik will lead India Blue and India Red respectively, while India Green will be captained by Subramanium Badrinath when Airtel Challenger Series for NKP Salve Trophy commences in Indore from October 8-11.
Yuvraj Singh returned to form to help India heap more misery on Australia, steam-rollering them by 73 runs in a lop-sided Group Two match at the World Twenty20 on Sunday.
Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj came out in defence of his son, saying the left-handed batsman, who struggled for his 11 runs off 21 balls, should not be singled out for India's loss in the ICC World T20 final.
Images from the World Cup match between India and West Indies.
Yuvraj Singh said he would prepare for the new role with a changed mindset and utilise the opportunity to score big knocks.
'By God's grace, I was successful. I'm still 7 on 10, still more work to do.'
Sachin Tendulkar hit 103 and Yuvraj Singh 85 as India overhauled the fourth highest target in Test history to be England by six wickets in the first Test.
The team could even experiment by having Virender Sehwag play in the middle order in the fourth ODI against the West Indies.
Riding on vice-captain Yuvraj Singh's explosive 172, India on Friday defeated Lankan XI convincingly by 92 runs in a practice match in Colombo ahead of the five-match one-day series against the hosts.
The Punjab southpaw will go through a eight-week rehabilitation programme to get him fit in time for next year's World Cup.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a statistical look on Yuvraj Singh's showing in Tests since making his debut against New Zealand in 2003.
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.
'Rising to the occasion once again and playing a well-balanced knock!'
Virtually assured of a berth in the playoffs, Chennai Super Kings will aim to tighten their grip on the No 1 position in the points' table when they take on out-of-contention Delhi Daredevils in Tuesday's IPL match in Raipur.
Pakistan has the upper hand in the Champions Trophy, winning three of the five matches against India.
India's hero at the 2011 World Cup believes Hardik Pandya will be the one to watch out for in the 2019 World Cup.
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A visibly disappointed Pune Warriors captain Yuvraj Singh blamed it on "poor fielding" which resulted in the sixth loss for the franchise in the Indian Premier League after Rajasthan Royals defeated them by six wickets.
North Zone were 304 for 7 at close of day 1 in the Duleep Trophy final against East.
Former cricketer Irfan Pathan has heaped praise on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bowling allrounder Shivam Dube and suggested that India selectors should keep a close eye on 30-year-old for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Half-centuries by senior pro Yuvraj Singh and the talented Unmukt Chand helped North Zone cruise to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Central Zone and enter the Deodhar Trophy final, in Guwahati, on Monday. North will meet the winner of Tuesday's second semi-final, between South and West Zone.
After winning his battle against a rare germ cell cancer, India's World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh will be the cynosure of all eyes when he starts his journey back to international cricket with the first Twenty20 match against New Zealand in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
Delhi Daredevils beat Kings XI Punjab by five wickets in their Indian Premier League match in Pune on Wednesday. It was Delhi's first win in 12 matches and their first against Punjab after four straight defeats.
Reader Ankur Bhatnagar sent us a picture of Sachin and Yuvraj from Melbourne.
Statistical highlights of the Twenty20 International between India and Australia in Rajkot.
Eyeing an international comeback after falling out of favour due to poor form, Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh said his passion for the game has kept him motivated.
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Yuvraj Singh showed why he is regarded as India's biggest match-winner as he blasted an unbeaten 77 to propel India to a six-wicket victory over Australia in a high-scoring one-off T20, in Rajkot, on Thursday.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly says the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan can still make a comeback to India's national team but they need to be 'hungry' for that.
"I am thankful to god that I got my life back," declared Indian cricket ace Yuvraj Singh, at his first media interaction after undergoing treatment for a rare germ cell cancer, conceding it will take at least two more months before he returns to the field.
The Punjab all-rounder admits it will be tough breaking into the Test side with the likes of Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman in the middle order.
Yuvraj Singh was left out of the Indian squad for the forthcoming Test series against Australia next month. His place in the team was taken by Saurashtra middle order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who has been one of the most successful batsmen in domestic cricket in the last few years.
India will go in with the experience of VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh the first Test against Pakistan.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will have captain written against his name one last time when the talismanic wicketkeeper-batsman leads out India 'A' against England in the first practice match, in Mumbai, on Tuesday.
Ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against Bangladesh on Thursday, Yuvraj wanted to be in a zone which is miles away from any kind of negativity.
