Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat in the fifth one-day international against India in Colombo on Sunday. Spinner Pragyan Ojha and pacer Praveen Kumar made way for debutant Ravindra Jadeja and Laxmipathy Balaji.
Temperamental speedster S Sreesanth, who missed the ODI series against Sri Lanka because of swine flu, and Bengal pacer Ashok Dinda were included in the ODI squad for the Tri-series announced by the BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan after a selection committee meeting in New Delhi.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and opted to bat first against Sri Lanka in the second one-day international in Colombo on Saturday. The visitors, who won the first game by six wickets in Dambulla, made two changes to their team, opener Virender Sehwag returning from injury in place of Rohit Sharma and seam bowler Praveen Kumar replacing the injured Munaf Patel.
Cricketers Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Praveen Kumar escape unhurt as spectators hurl stones during prize distribution ceremony at a festival cricket match.
Images from the tri-series final between India and Sri Lanka in Dambulla on Saturday.
A brave batting performance from India's lower order couldn't prevent World champions Australia from snatching a four-run victory in the first One-Day International at the IPCL stadium in Vadodara, on Sunday.
What was lacking in India's dismal showing against New Zealand? Why is the team not consistent? Can they come back stronger against the Lankans, who they take on Monday? What must Dhoni do to get it right? If you have the answers, tell us.
A feasibility study undertaken by an international consultant on introduction of high speed trains in the country with the speed of above 250 km per hour would be completed in six months.
The Samajwadi Party and Congress have announced that they will contest together under the INDIA bloc.
Images from the Tuesday's Asia Cup league match betweeen India and Sri Lanka, in Dambulla.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat in the fifth and final one-day international against India in Colombo on Friday. Having already won the series, India left out Subramaniam Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar and drafted in Pragyan Ojha, R P Singh and Irfan Pathan.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field. India made two changes, bringing in Ishant Sharma for Praveen Kumar, while Ravindra Jadeja made way for Abhishek Nayar. West Indies fielded the same team that won the second one-dayer at Sabina Park, Kingston.
Images from Indian Premier League match between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bangalore on Thursday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the first One-Day International in Napier on Tuesday. For India, pacer Ishant Sharma was rested after injuring his shoulder during the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand. He was replaced by Praveen Kumar, while Munaf Patel took the place of Irfan Pathan. Sachin Tendulkar, who missed out on the last two one-dayers against Sri Lanka, also returns to the Indian team.
India handed Manoj Tiwary his one-day international debut against Australia in the opening match of the tri-series.
The decision to defer the recruitment process was in response to a request by the Home Department. Activists of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike had started an agitation on January 3, when the recruitment process began in Hubli, Bangalore and Mysore, alleging that Kannadiga youth had got a raw deal in the recruitment, as a majority of candidates came from Bihar, Jharkhand and other states. The Railways had rejected the allegation of the Vedike.
The Asian women's champion was beaten by C Praveen Kumar in the Parsvnath International chess tournament.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni felt India lost the first ODI against Australia in the five overs of Powerplay when three wickets fell while scoring just 32 runs.
India left out Sourav Ganguly and frontline bowlers Zaheer Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. Young batsman Rohit Sharma, pacers S Sreesanth, and Praveen Kumar and left-arm spinner Murali Kartik came in.
While the Aam Aadmi Party is contesting on four seats, the Congress has fielded candidates for the remaining three seats.
The police have registered a case against a woman and three others after she allegedly levelled a "fabricated" gang-rape charge in an attempt to grab property.
The top order wobbled again but skipper S Badrinath led with example and hit a sedate unbeaten 69 to fashion India A's comprehensive five-wicket win against their New Zealand counterparts in the Tri-Series cricket tournament in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
India registered a three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring second ODI to level the five-match series 1-1.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field in the second one-day international of the five-match series against Sri Lanka in Dambulla on Wednesday. Praveen Kumar has come in for Pragyan Ojha while Subramaniam Badrinath is making his debut, replacing Gautam Gambhir, who was ruled out due to a stiff neck.
Back in the Indian World Cup squad due to injury to his pace colleague Praveen Kumar, Kerala speedster S Sreesanth on Tuesday said he will look to do justice to the opportunity given to him.
The player draft for the much-awaited Global T20 Canada 2023 was held in a hybrid-form in Mumbai.
As the IPL second season reaches its half-way mark, it's time to take our own strategic break and identify every team's best and worst performers so far.
Nelli Praveen Kumar, aged about 25, a first semester student of Master of Fine Arts course of Department of Fine Arts, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, was found hanging from ceiling in the room at about 4.15 am
Statistical highlights of the second ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Pallekele.
Jharkhand: 3 extremists killed in encounter
Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar picked four wickets each as Sri Lanka were dismissed for a paltry 179 in 47.1 overs. India hit up the runs with 17.4 overs to spare, in Tuesday's tri-series match.
India made two changes to their side with opener Virender Sehwag recalled for Praveen Kumar and S Sreesanth replacing Munaf Patel.
After an eight year gap, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad swept the student union elections in the University of Hyderabad for 2018-19, winning the top six posts.
India fended off a spirited challenge by Sri Lanka to snatch a thrilling 15-run victory in the second one-dayer and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series, in Colombo on Saturday.
'The flow of water in the nullah was intense. My house vanished as if it never existed'
OneRoof revealed its vision of making every village in South India Internet savvy, via the social franchise route.
Praveen Kumar's brilliant six wicket-haul helped Uttar Pradesh defeat Hyderabad by 132 runs in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match in Hyderabad on Friday.
Heads have started rolling over the violence in Muzaffarnagar with the Uttar Pradesh government today transferring top police officials, including Saharanpur DIG, SSP Muzaffarnagar and SP Shamli.
Baroda amassed 318 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their first innings on Day One of the Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow on Saturday.
