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.
Zaheer Khan feels that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's form will be key to India' title defence as they get ready to face arch-rivals Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup in less than a week's time.
Salam, who hails from Kulgaam district, was picked up by Mumbai Indians for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Hardik suffered an acute lower back injury five months ago and underwent a surgery in London, following which he has been rehabilitating at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Hardik Pandya hit four towering sixes and ran swiftly between the wickets at the DY Patil T20 Cup as chief selector MSK Prasad closely monitored his fitness.
The uncle of the missing youth, who is suspected to be in Iraq fighting for the ISIS, denies that Arif Majeed wrote the alleged letter expressing his disillusionment with his family and his wish to migrate to 'Allah's land'.
The wedding ceremony witnessed members of Indian Premier League side Mumbai Indians in attendance.
Back in the top half of the league table after a convincing win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils will look to build on the winning momentum when they take on defending champions Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League match in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
'Everyone takes their own time to discover themselves, everyone's way of feeling that expression of freedom on the field comes at a different time. The important thing is he is stepping up.' India star Zaheer Khan assesses Ishant Sharma, Bhuvanesh Kumar and Mohammad Shami's bowling in England so far.
Selection committee chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth made it clear that opener Virender Sehwag and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan were not dropped but 'rested purely on fitness grounds'.
India's premier fast bowler Zaheer Khan feels that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's form will be key to India' title defence as they get ready to face arch-rivals Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup in less than a week's time.
Former Indian women's team captain Anjum Chopra has been awarded an honourary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) along with former men's team stalwarts Zaheer Khan and Virender Sehwag. She is the first Indian woman cricketer to get the prestigious life membership of MCC.
Gearing up for the second phase of his rehabilitation, senior Indian pacer Zaheer Khan is hopeful of making a comeback through the Champions League Twenty20 in September before the home series against West Indies.
Mohammad Azharuddin's rehabilitation from life ban is more than complete in many ways but the former India captain says he "doesn't really know the reasons" for banning him in the first place. In December 2000, Azharuddin was handed a life ban by the BCCI for his involvement in match-fixing. However, after a long drawn out legal battle, Azharuddin saw the Andhra Pradesh High Court revoking the ban and terming it "illegal" in 2012.
A special screening was held at Yash Raj studios, and quite a few film folk attended it.
Zaheer Khan became first Indian pacer to take three five-fors against New Zealand. He was earlier at level with Javagal Srinath with two such instances.
A little charm from the debuting actors and Notebook would actually be worthy of note.
'When my school principal heard that I took science in college, he slapped me hard.' 'I had once told him I was interested in arts.' 'He asked me if I wanted to be a doctor.' 'When I said no, he asked why I took science then.' 'My father said he would change his name if I survived science for more than two months.'
Shardul Thakur knows that opportunities in a settled limited overs line-up won't come easily and that's the reason he is ready to 'step up' in an unenvious role of India's stop-gap third seamer in absence of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named the captain of the all-time India Test XI chosen by cricket magazine Wisden. The celebrated team has been picked ahead of India's 500th Test which will be played against New Zealand in Kanpur from Thursday. The openers in the side are Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag, followed by Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, all-rounder Kapil Dev and Dhoni the wicket-keeper batsman.
Images from Day 2 of the first Test between India and Australia, in Melbourne, on Tuesday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday said injury-prone pacers Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma are expected to be fit for the first Test against Australia.
Harbhajan Singh spoke about his journey and also the infamous 'Monkeygate'
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly, on Monday, said that unlike football, cricket is a 'captain's game' and the coach should take a 'back seat'.
Ranveer and Kabir get ready to party!
India, replying to Australia's first innings of 428, were 110 for 2 at stumps on Day 2 of the first Test.
Here's the complete list of which team bagged who, and for how much!
Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers of the Pakistan team from cricket World Cups.
Gujarat Lions and Delhi Daredevils will look to salvage pride when they clash in the Indian Premier League in Kanpur on Wednesday.
The selectors face a tricky task of striking up the right bowling combination when they meet in Mumbai on Friday to pick India's Test squad for Sachin Tendulkar's farewell series against the West Indies next month.
BCCI on Tuesday appointed Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team's bowling coach, ending days of drama surrounding the position.
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.
Cool red carpet fashion, right here.
'The guilt and shame that comes just from the fact that you are a woman and you want to buy a condom is ten times more.' 'You are put through ten times more shame and guilt just because you are a woman!'
A supremely confident Delhi Daredevils return to their den and have a struggling and injury-ravaged Rising Pune Supergiants in their firing line up next in the Indian Premier League, in New Delhi, on Thursday.
Having crowned themselves the number one team in Test cricket, India would look to assert their supremacy in the shortest form of the game, when they clash against Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 International in Nagpur on Wednesday.
Workload management of pacer Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Hardik Pandya will be the focus when Mumbai Indians take on a renamed Delhi Capitals in their first match of the 12th Indian Premier League in Mumbai on Sunday.
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