According to a source in the BCCI, Kumble said: 'He doesn't want to continue with the team'
Viswakanth Ankireddy, one of the two Indian Infosys employees held hostage by an Iranian-origin gunman at a popular cafe in Sydney, said on Thursday that he was recovering from his trauma and was getting better every day.
The tri-series in Australia, India's final ODI engagement before the World Cup, gets underway on January 16, says Chandresh Narayanan, casting a fascinating look at the survivors from earlier World Cups.
Defeated Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq is of the view that India has an advantage of playing their World Cup semi-final against Australia on a Sydney Cricket Ground pitch that will assist spinners.
Three days after another Indian was attacked in Australia, India on Wednesday noted that though such incidents have not stopped completely, their number has come down and advised the Indian community to seek help from the Consulates whenever such assaults take place.
Bruised and battered by Australia, India will have to regroup their forces when they take on Spain in a crucial Pool B encounter of the hockey World Cup in New Delhi on Thursday.
Concerned over the on-going attacks on its students in Australia, India on Friday issued guidelines for those wishing to study there which included immediate registration with the Indian High Commission or Consulate and seeking details of local security situation.
'It is an unpleasant fact of history that stronger nations dominate the power play and the only way it can be mitigated is through recourse to diplomacy,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan feels India must fulfill its promise of 'rewarding' Pakistan for its support for the 'Big Three' governance system introduced in the International Cricket Council (ICC) last year.
Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa put India in contention for a top-five finish at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup of Golf after combining for a brilliant seven-under 65 in the third-round four-ball in Shenzhen, China on Saturday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the stunning numbers about Rohit's dazzling feat.
Ahead of the second one-day international against Australia, India's combative off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has predicted a five-two score line in favour of his team, and added that India will top ODI rankings at the end of the seven match series.
Ahead of Foreign Minister S M Krishna's maiden visit to Australia, India has said it was still concerned over the safety of its students studying in the country, though New Delhi did not want the issue to 'infect' bilateral relations. Hoping that the attacks on Indian students will not affect the Indo-Australian relationship, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said that the matter will only die down when the attacks stop or become rare.
Nathan McCullum gets recall into Kiwi set-up for World T20; Nicholls gets call-up after good showing in series vs Pakistan
Pakistan cricketers heaped rare praised on Sourav Ganguly, after the batsman announced he would retire following the Test series against Australia.
Un-Indian is a romantic comedy, slated for release this year.
Statistician Rajneesh Gupta has interesting numbers from the second One-dayer, in Brisbane, on Friday. Check them out.
ESPN Star Sports will shell out nearly $1 billion (570 million pounds) for the commercial and marketing rights for the Twenty20 Champions League.
The ICC is giving cricket fans across the world an opportunity to bid for an official piece of the 2015 World Cup history.
Debut writer Mohammed Hanif and former winner Salman Rushdie were among 13 writers selected for the longlist of this year's Man Booker Prize for fiction. The judges chose writers from Australia, India, Ireland, Pakistan and the UK from 112 entries.
Currently placed at number three behind South Africa and Australia, India have an opportunity to jump to the top in the ICC ODI team rankings if they win the upcoming five-match one-day series against Sri Lanka 4-1 or better.
Images from the 5th ODI between India and Australia, played in Nagpur on Sunday
Not quite impressed with Mahendra Singh Dhoni's batting in the ongoing ODI series against Australia, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said the wicketkeeper-batsman is "struggling but shouldn't be singled out" for criticism just yet.
The Governing Council of the Champions League T20 tournament confirmed, on Wednesday, that the T20 cricket competition will be discontinued with immediate effect.
India received a cheque of US $265,000 for finishing third on Tuesday, while South Africa pocketed US $475,000 for claiming the top position in the ICC Test Team Rankings at the April 1 cut-off date. While South Africa finished as the number one team, Australia, as the No 2-ranked team, won US $370,000.
However, India's one-day skipper urged his players not to exceed their limits during the upcoming tri-series in Australia.
During their talks, the two leaders decided to significantly expand their ties in several key areas including defence, trade, energy and education.
However, the former Australia captain, admitted that a good start by the Indian batsmen might pose a threat to Australia.
Jennifer Rawson, from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told a Senate Estimates Committee that officials from the four nations had met recently for preliminary discussions, The Age reported on Monday.
India may discard their five-bowler theory and recall Virender Sehwag when they take on Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Australia and India are set to play three, and possibly five, matches in Belfast, Northern Ireland this June.
'It is very difficult to pick one team to win the World Cup but there is going to a whole lot of pressure on the teams in the knock-out stage'
Virender Sehwag had a special session with new India coach before his remarkable knock of 151 in the fourth Test at Adelaide.
Though India go in as world champions, they have a tough task at hand when they take on Australia in the Twenty20 match in Mumbai.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes the twin dismissals of Rahul Dravid and his own -- both umpiring howlers -- cost India the acrimonious Sydney Test against Australia.
The study paper by Melbourne-based think-tank Australia India Institute titled 'The G20: Challenges and opportunities Ahead', said following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US and his talks with US President Barack Obama, India may finally sign the agreement.
It may be Kumar Sangakkara's farewell game but the Indian team is all focused on previous match's centurion Dinesh Chandimal with leg-spinner Amit Mishra vowing not to allow a repeat show by the Sri Lanka batman in the second Test, starting in Colombo on Wednesday.
England pacer James Anderson reclaimed the number-one ranking from India's Ravichandran Ashwin in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers released on Monday after the end of the Edgbaston Test.
The George Institute for Global Health has launched a nutrition application in India for this, called FoodSwitch.
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