Veteran pacer Zaheer Khan is eyeing a comeback to competitive cricket for Mumbai Indians during Champions League T20 in early October. However, he was non-commital about his chances of making it to the World Cup squad in 2015.
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.
India, needing 73 runs to win the second Test against England, were 10 for no loss at close on the penultimate day.
Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan have not only made a successful comeback to the Indian cricket team, but are also bagging new sponsorship deals.
Mumbai will take on Maharashra in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group B tie in Nasik.
India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan will leave for South Africa on Tuesday night to speed up his recovery from a heel injury.
Left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt took three wickets for India 'A' but opener Kraigg Brathwaite's patient half-century helped West Indies 'A' reach 283 for six in 90 overs after opting to bat on day one of the second unofficial four-day 'Test' in Shimoga.
Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has suggested that the national hockey team should be withdrawn from the World Cup in India to protest the "humiliating" treatment meted out to the country's cricketers at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.
Shastri is not in favour of coaches taking breaks.
Statistical highlights on Day 1 of the first Test between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Monday.
India's out-of-favour seniors Zaheer Khan and Virender Sehwag have been omitted from the Board of Control for Cricket in India's contracted players' list for 2013-14. The retiring Sachin Tendulkar, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin are the five players in Grade 'A', and will pocket Rs 1 crore for the 2013-14 season.
Delhi Daredevils are expected to get a boost ahead of their IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday with pacer Zaheer Khan.
Defending champions India proved too strong for Ireland, winning the last group stage match of the World T20 by eight wickets.
The fastest man on earth Usain Bolt is all set to make his date with India on Tuesday as he features in a friendly cricket match with India's star players Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan.
Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan have been dropped for the fourth Test in Nagpur.
Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez completed Spain's domination of the race walks at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday.
Navdeep Saini, who made a comeback to the Indian Test squad, will miss three matches for his English county side Worcestershire.
Zaheer Khan's incisive spell helped Mumbai pull off a stunning seven-run win over Madhya Pradesh in what turned out to be the most interesting Ranji Trophy group league encounter of this season in Indore.
A glimpse of who turned up to cheer for the Lakme Fashion Week x FCDI designers on Day Two of the fashion extravaganza.
The trio of Pathan, Balaji and Zaheer will be at the MRF Pace Foundation for a month, from May 28.
Statistical highlights from Day 1 of the opening Test between India and New Zealand in Auckland on Thursday.
Veteran speedster Zaheer Khan, who will be spearheading the Indian pace attack in the two-Test series, feels that one needs to make some adjustments on the "hit the deck" kind of surfaces in South Africa having done bulk of the bowling on the sub-continental featherbeds.
While Bollywood could not attend Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra's destination wedding in Rajasthan, they did line-up for another union in aamchi Mumbai.
'It'll be a great honour to represent the country as the leading strike bowler,' the left-arm bowler said.
Still non-committal about Zaheer Khan's first appearance for Delhi Daredevils, Yuvraj Singh hinted at the left-arm pacer's inclusion in the playing eleven during the team's last home encounter against Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League in New Delhi, on Friday.
Rohit Sharma celebrated his 36th birthday on Sunday, April 30, with his Mumbai Indians team-mates.
The Bengaluru connection that's shaping Indian cricket.
The out-of-favour opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were handed a lifeline by the national selectors on Tuesday when they were included in the India 'A' squad for the second and third four-day matches against the touring West Indies 'A' later this month.
Indian pace spearhead Zaheer Khan has said the upcoming tour to West Indies would be a good opportunity for the youngsters to cement their place in the national squad.
India's premier bowler Zaheer Khan was dropped was dropped from the squad for the fourth Test. Rediff.com's Harish Kotian delves on the the reasons and consequences of this bold move by selectors and asks if this means it's the beginning of the end for India's speedster?
Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma threw a party for Salman Khan at their residence, bringing in his birthday on December 27.
Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, who missed the first two matches due to injury, on Thursday, returned to the Indian team for the next three games of the ODI series against New Zealand while the selectors decided to rest batsman Suresh Raina and pacer Sreesanth, ahead of the upcoming South Africa series.
'It is something special and I am enjoying it,' the left-arm pacer said after claiming 5 for 91, his sixth five-wicket haul, in the first Test against Australia in Bangalore on Friday.
Opener Kraigg Brathwaite continued his good run with another splendid century while Narasingh Deonaraine cracked a flamboyant 93 as the second unofficial Test between India 'A' and West Indies 'A' ended in a tame draw in Shimoga
After welcoming Him into their home, it was time for Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma to say farewell to Bappa.
A special screening of Satram Ramani's movie Double XL, starring Huma Qureshi and Sonakshi Sinha, was held in Mumbai.
The Indian squad is packed with quality players but either wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal or Washington Sundar should have found place in the home team's line-up, reckons 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh.
Salman Khan missed attending the year's numerous Diwali as he was suffering from dengue.
A look at how India have fared in their World Cup opening games.
Zaheer Khan, who underwent a shoulder surgery in mid-July, is to return to cricket action during the West Zone Twenty20 league to be held at Pune from October 20-25.
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