Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje are expected to spit fire on a track that will offer steep bounce as India's top-order gears up for its toughest test in adverse conditions against a top-notch South African side in the T20 World Cup on Sunday.
Afghanistan will face England in the first Super League semifinal on February 1.
Saurashtra secured a place in the Ranji Trophy final for the fifth time in the history of the tournament, defeating Karnataka
Ravi Shastri said MS Dhoni set a new bar in wicketkeeping despite not being 'natural'.
Recognition in their own country will be enough for the players who fund their trips for all international tournaments
Dhoni is yet to come up with match-wining knock and his ability as a finisher has came under the scanner.
However, Rohit maintains that he hasn't taken a call on his T20 future.
Having taken up Test captaincy from M S Dhoni in the middle of a series in Australia back in 2014, Virat Kohi changed the way India played the five-day game.
Saurashtra were 317 for 5 at close on day two in reply to Bengal's 174 all out.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup semi-final match played between India and England in Adelaide on Thursday.
The Indian women's team advanced to the the summit clash and Virat Kohli was quick to congratulate the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side for reaching its maiden final of the T20 World Cup in Australia
The opener's efforts in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup helped Australia win the tournament for the first time.
Saha has seen him in the Bengal dressing room and believed Ganguly as BCCI chief will be an added 'plus point' to the cricketers.
IPL had already been postponed to April 15, is on the verge of cancellation with the country in a 21-day national lockdown. MS Dhoni's childhood coach Keshav Ranjan Banerjee remains hopeful that the ageing cricketing hero will find a place in India's T20 World Cup.
MSK Prasad has just completed an eventful tenure during which he successfully oversaw the transition of leadership from Mahendra Singh Dhoni to Virat Kohli.
Skipper Arpit Vasavada hit a double century as Saurashtra took a crucial 120-run first innings lead against Karnataka
Shoaib Akhtar said he hopes MS Dhoni gets a resounding farewell despite his resolute silence on what the future holds. Dhoni, who has not played a competitive game since the World Cup semifinal in July, was preparing to make a much-anticipated comeback with the IPL, which is now unlikely to take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Tuesday backed outgoing India head coach Ravi Shastri's view that competing regularly in bio-bubbles is not easy for the players as it can leave them 'disturbed and uncomfortable'.
India have reinforced the fact that they are undisputed leaders at the under-19 level
At the end of it all, Dravid's one-year report card doesn't paint a rosy picture and a meticulous planner like him will sit back and think hard about the tough calls he might need to take before the ODI World Cup in a year's time.
Eulogising the charismatic Mahendra Singh Dhoni, West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says the former India skipper had the quality to absorb pressure and handle tough match situations without panicking.
Irfan Pathan, who played under Dhoni as part of both the 2007 World Cup-winning team and the 2013 Champions Trophy-clinching side, said the years, as they went by, changed Dhoni the captain in more ways than one.
Indian women's team will have to learn from the repeated mistakes
Ganguly said there was 'absolute clarity' among the team think-tank on how to deal with Dhoni's future.
"After playing for so many years, probably I had everything, except that one World Cup. In 2021 again I am going to give another try," says Mithali Raj
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match between Pakistan and Netherlands, in Perth, on Sunday
India's 1983 World Cup hero Yashpal Sharma died on Tuesday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest in New Delhi.
India's KL Rahul dropped a place to sixth but Virat Kohli retained his eighth place in the latest ICC men's T20 International rankings issued on Wednesday.
The road to the knockout stage for Sarfaraz Ahmed and his men is just an improbable mathematical calculation and that too provided Pakistan win the toss and bat first.
Dhoni's future has been widely speculated ever since India lost to New Zealand in the World Cup semifinal on July 9
Skipper Mayank Agarwal scored an unbeaten century as he rescued Karnataka from a poor start
Dhoni started training with his state team Jharkhand from Thursday with an eye on IPL comeback for Chennai Super Kings.
The CoA chief refused to divulge any further details on the review meeting.
Proven names such as Tom Moody, Dav Whatmore and Venkatesh Prasad are some of the options the Indian Cricket Board has at the moment
The broadcasters have sent the proposal but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to give permission.
There were speculations regarding Dhoni's participation in this year's T20 World Cup in Australia, which was postponed to 2022 due to the global health crisis.
India will be keen to go one step ahead and claim the title that has eluded them
England entered their first World Cup final since 1992 after decimating five-time champions Australia by eight wickets, riding on a fearless knock of 85 from Jason Roy on Thursday.
When India coach Ravi Shastri was asked about the much-speculated future of MS Dhoni, he said that none can 'mess around with' Dhoni if he decides to be in contention for next year's T20 World Cup
Dhoni's future has been a subject of intense speculation since India's World Cup semifinal loss to New Zealand on July 9.
