He played 85 first class games and scored nearly 4500 runs(4376) at an average of 35 plus and seven hundred including a double ton.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni missed the cut in the ICC World Cup XI but the India skipper has been selected by noted cricket writer Peter Roebuck in his squad of 12 players, which also has iconic Sachin Tendulkar.
Opener Gautam Gambhir's injury will certainly keep the Indian team management worried ahead of the second Test match against South Africa which will start at the Kingsmead from Sunday.
While Pandya had a back surgery earlier this year, Bumrah too has been out of action due to issues in his back.
The Indian squad led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni departed for New Zealand from Mumbai on Sunday for a five-match ODI series followed by a best-of-two Test rubber against the hosts.
The military establishment is in no mood to forgive or forget Imran's anti-military utterances, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RAW, India's external intelligence agency.
Former India cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin with his wife Sangeeta Bijlani on the second day of India Couture Week '08 in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Cracking the whip on errant Indian cricketers, the BCCI on Monday decided to issue show cause notice to the players for their involvement in a pub bawl in St Lucia soon after the team's humiliating exit from the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.
The Mumbai Indians team for the Champions League T20, which kicks-off in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday, September 10.
Harbhajan Singh and pace ace Zaheer Khan plotted a dramatic South African collapse to give India a vital 74-run lead in a topsy-turvy second cricket Test, which seemed headed for a nail-biting finish in Durban on Monday.
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The absence of Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth provides the young pacers in the squad an opportunity to prove their worth in the Test series against Sri Lanka, says India captain M S Dhoni.
Former pace spearhead Javagal Srinath says young pacer Ishant Sharma should be India's strike bowler with Ashish Nehra in the absence of injured frontline speedster Zaheer Khan.
England pacer Jofra Archer expressed his delight at joining five-time champions Mumbai Indians even though he won't available to play in the IPL this season as he continues his recovery from injury.
Delhi Daredevils, looking to get back to winning ways after two straight defeats, face a stern test against formidable Sunrisers Hyderabad in Thursday's IPL match, in Hyderabad.
Vice-captain Virender Sehwag is likely to miss India's opening encounter of the ICC World Twenty20 against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Saturday. Coach Gary Kirsten indicated that he is yet to fully recover from a Grade 1 tear in his shoulder.
Images from the fourth day's play in the second Test between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on Wednesday.
Images from Day 3 in the second Test between India and Sri Lanka in Kanpur on Thursday.
Quizzed on the pressure to perform in the first Test against Sri Lanka, home side captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said, "Indian team and pressure go hand in hand. I have not played a series where we are not under pressure. So we are not bothered too much about that."
With the return of Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan, Mumbai is undoubtedly the superior side on paper, but Saurashtra skipper Jaydev Shah said he and his young teammates are determined to give the former champions a run for their money in the four-day Ranji Trophy semi-final match commencing on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians celebrated the end of their quarantine with a game of volleyball in the pool at the St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort in Abu Dhabi.
Talented Mumbai batsman Rohit Sharma made a comeback to the Test squad for the West Indies series, which will also mark the farewell and landmark 200th Test of batting icon Sachin Tendulkar, next month.
CoA member Diana Edulji and BCCI acting Secretary Amitabh Choudhary are the other members of the Committee which will meet on July 19. This was decided after a CoA meeting today.
Statistical highlights of Day 2 in the first Test between India and Australia, at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Friday.
Why Nita and Mukesh Ambani hosted Radhika Merchant's arangetram.
Zaheer Khan on his rehabilitation programme since injury on the tour of Australia put him out of the team.
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Pacer Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian to claim 100 wickets in One-day Internationals, reaching the mark in the opening match against New Zealand in Napier.
Rajya Sabha member and celebrated batsman Sachin Tendulkar and spin legend Anil Kumble are among those who have called on the Indian Prime Minister.
As the Australian bowlers worked on adjustments to catch up Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma, pacer Mitchell Johnson has been identified as the front man to prepare the ball to extract reverse-swing early in the game.
Veteran Sachin Tendulkar dropped out of the batting top-10 to the 13th spot, while pace spearhead Zaheer Khan slipped a spot to 10th in the bowling chart as India's misery in the Test series against Australia reflected in the latest ICC rankings issued on Sunday.
Delhi, chasing 378 runs for victory, were 113 for 3 in their second innings at the end of the third day in the Irani Trophy match against Rest of India. Gautam Gambhir was unbeaten on a fine 51.
Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma invited their friends from the industry over for their annual Eid party.
Film-maker Raj Kaushal succumbed to a heart attack in the early hours of Wednesday, June 30. He was 49.
India have decided to leave out injured S Sreesanth and pacer Zaheer Khan from the playing XI.
The Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils was more than just a contest between teams looking to break into the top four and make it to the knock-out stage of the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament. It reunited some of the heroes of India's World Cup-winning team of 2011.
Images from Day 1 in the second Test between India and Australia in Bangalore.
Former New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe feels the Kiwis have a fair chance of winning the upcoming ODI and Test series if they prepare pitches that would assist seamers.
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