Kings XI Punjab scored their fifth win in a row when they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday.
Robin Uthappa's innings of 70 runs off 41 balls (SR-170.73) is the third best by any batsman scoring at least a fifty against West Indies
Sachin Tendulkar, who is still recovering after elbow surgery, was named in the squad for the two-Test series against Zimbabwe.
Sachin Tendulkar moved up to 17th, while Sourav Ganguly too climbed a place to 18th in the latest ICC Test rankings.
Message board on the Indian team to South Africa.
The Indian skipper said Akram's tips would be useful because the side has quite a few left-arm fast bowlers.
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma says the former India spin ace has played a lot of games in the IPL, knows the format, the opposition well.
The newly-appointed selection committee chairman said he will try and see that there is no zonal bias in team selection.
But the former Pakistan captain added that the young visiting team was not a pushover.
India went in with two spinners and as many pacers in the first Test against Pakistan.
Left-arm spinner Murali Kartik is to take Harbhajan's place while Praveen Kumar looks certain to win his maiden one-day cap.
The ace Indian leg spinner claimed 5 for 80 as Surrey bowled out Worcestershire for 304 in the County Championship.
The former Pakistani leg-spinner said the absence of a second spinner snatched victory from the home side in the Mohali Test.
Harbhajan Singh was left out of the Indian line-up because of an injury he sustained during the nets on Friday evening.
The southpaw is in London for a six-week stint with Northamptonshire as a stand-in for Aussie batsman Chris Rogers.
Captain Rahul Dravid will be rested for the warm-up one-dayer against England Lions on Saturday.
Zaheer Khan says the thought of not being selected again never crossed his mind.
Paul Nixon and former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams have come out in support of the Indian wicketkeeper.
After losing their last six batsmen for 23 runs, England reduced India to 145 for 4 at close on Day 2 of the first Test.
Manager Chandu Borde defends the team's mediocre showing on Day 1 in the first Test against England.
Twelve out of 17 leading players signed for graded payments.
Struggling teams Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab take on each other in an Indian Premier League match in Mohali on Sunday as they desperately seek to get back to winning ways to stay in the hunt for a play-offs berth.
Virushka's wedding was, of course, the biggest Indiansports shaadi of the year, but other athletes too tied the knot this year.
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Producer Madhu Mantena got married to yoga guru and Rediff.com Contributor Ira Trivedi on June 11 in Mumbai, and threw a star-studded reception to celebrate with their friends.
New Zealand would look to a Test loss to try and salvage a victory against India in the third and final Test at the Basin Reserve, batsman Ross Taylor said on Saturday.
Andhra Pradesh finished the day at 57 for 3 in reply to Baroda's 262.
Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit half centuries, and Zaheer Khan claimed five wickets, as India beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the third ODI.
Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical analysis of the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Margao.
Discuss the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka.
India won the toss and elected to field in the Rajkot match.
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India made five changes to the team that won in Cuttack for the third ODI.
Chasing 402 for victory, South Africa were 163 for 5 in their second innings at close on the third day of the first Test.
'Players want a lot of games to stay in touch. You take them away from the game and they lose touch.'
