Perennial under-achievers Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab will look to recover from opening losses and put their campaign back on track.
Zaheer Khan's 10-wicket match haul sunk Bangladesh in the second Test, and he believes that that a relaxed approach has helped him immensely.
Karnataka medium pacer Abhimanyu Mithun and Uttar Pradesh's Praveen Kumar have been named as their replacements.
Agarkar is to undergo a fitness test on Nov. 10, three days before the team's departure.
India fast bowler Zaheer Khan was more relieved than happy after his match-winning performance against Ireland, in Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Wednesday.
Left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan said India will have to win the day with the bat on Day 3 to get back in the second Test.
Former India pacer Zaheer Khan was also pleased with Rinku this season.
Former India bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad said that Zaheer Khan's second spell is becoming a 'struggle' for the veteran left-arm pacer and also stated that none of the current India bowlers have the required variations to bowl with new field restrictions in ODI cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar has termed playing under Aunshuman Gaekwad as some of the "better years" of his cricketing career and that the former India coach was someone who could always be trusted.
With a pace attack led by two injury-prone bowlers, things are not looking too good for India ahead of the gruelling Test series against Australia, feels fast bowling legend Glenn McGrath.
With a gruelling four-Test series against Australia ahead, India pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, on Thursday, said he is prepared for the challenge and determined to get in the "best state of mind".
After an impressive comeback on India's tour of South Africa, pacer Zaheer Khan is hoping to inspire Mumbai in the crucial Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Maharashtra, starting Wednesday.
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.
There is still time before the Test series gets underway but the banter has started with India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan taunting Andrew Strauss, saying the English skipper's decision to play for Somerset in a practice match highlights the "element of doubt" in his mind.
Cites 'being in rhythm' as factor for success
Former captain Rahul Dravid feels it is time for Zaheer Khan to start deliberating on his future.
'Zaheer was brilliant. We need players who can come ahead and play like him,' said India's captain after the seven-wicket victory over England in the second Test.
India pace spearhead Zaheer Khan is likely to play in Mumbai's next two Ranji Trophy games -- against Orissa at Cuttack later this month and Saurashtra at Rajkot next month. The selectors will monitor his progress in these two games before taking a final call.
Kagiso Rabada is already in the pantheon of great South African fast bowlers, but if the Proteas play only a limited number of Tests a year, he can never surpass Dale Steyn's record of 439 wickets, reckoned Makhaya Ntini on Tuesday.
Kirmani said with adequate rest and medication, both were expected to be back to business before the tour to Pakistan.
India won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid on Tuesday backed out-of-favour players like Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir who have been included in the India 'A' squad against visiting West Indies 'A' to get back to form and return to the Indian Test team.
The opening day of the first Test between England and India at Lord's saw the visitors seize the initiative early on and let it slip, courtesy some patchy bowling and inept fielding, as the day progressed.
Disruptive pacer S Sreesanth was recalled to the Indian Test squad for the first two Tests against Sri Lanka, beginning in Ahmedabad, next week. Pacer Zaheer Khan, having recovered after shoulder injury, also returned to the side as expected.
The former India paceman returned with figures of 5-27 as Worcestershire bowled out Northants for 67 in the first innings of the County Championship Division 2 match.
Despite four Indian batsmen scoring centuries, Zaheer Khan stole the show in Dhaka.
They claimed four wickets each to bundle out Uttar Pradesh for a lowly 148 before Rest of India were reduced to 131 for seven.
On his injury, Zaheer Khan said he would return to South Africa soon for the second part of his rehabilitation and vowed to return to the field stronger and fitter.
The Indian selectors named left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan in the 17-member squad for the tour of Australia, which begins on December 26, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
Worcestershire's Indian left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan destroyed Essex with a nine-wicket haul in the first innings of the County Championship Division Two match.
A bowler transformed in England's second innings, Indian pacer Ishant Sharma credited his senior partner Zaheer Khan for the turnaround during which he grabbed four wickets in the ongoing first cricket Test at Lord's in London on Sunday.
In good news for India, their bowling spearhead Zaheer Khan and fellow pacer Ishant Sharma appeared to be fit to play in the opening Test against Australia beginning in Melbourne, on Monday.
The Indian selectors named left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan in the 17-member squad for the tour of Australia, which begins on December 26, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
India's iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar and fast bowler Zaheer Khan returned to the top 10 of the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship after the two-Test series against Bangladesh in Mirpur on Wednesday. Tendulkar, who started the second Test in 13th position, jumped four places to ninth after hitting his 45th career century.
The ace fast bowler said bagging Tendulkar's wicket was special.
Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has suggested that the national hockey team should be withdrawn from the World Cup in India to protest the "humiliating" treatment meted out to the country's cricketers at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan will leave for South Africa on Tuesday night to speed up his recovery from a heel injury.
Zaheer Khan was fined 80 per cent of his match fee on Tuesday after breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during India's record 320-run victory in the second Test against Australia in Mohali. At a hearing in front of match referee Chris Broad, Khan pleaded guilty to a Level 2 charge under clause C1 of the ICC Code of Conduct which states that players "shall at all times conduct play within in the spirit of the game as well as within the Laws of Cricket".
Shastri is not in favour of coaches taking breaks.
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