Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting revealed that he was approached by the BCCI to coach India before Rahul Dravid was chosen for the coveted job.
The opening round of Ranji Trophy matches will begin from February 17 following a five-day quarantine and the squad size, including support staff, has been capped at 30.
Rishabh Pant's brute power will be put to test against Rashid Khan's bagful of tricks in an IPL encounter where Delhi Capitals will start as favourites against SunRisers Hyderabad due to their better bowling resources.
Madhya Pradesh humbled domestic powerhouse Mumbai by six wickets in a one-sided final to win their maiden Ranji Trophy crown, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru on Sunday. It was an achievement of sorts for coach Chandrakant Pandit, who exorcised the ghosts of losing one at the same venue 23 summers ago. It was a record sixth national title for Pandit as a coach.
'You can't be leading when you're batting at number 7.'
India has a talented squad of young players who have played exceptionally throughout the course of the tournament
Uttar Pradesh comfortably beat Delhi by 46 runs to reach Hazare semi-final.
KKR are heading into the contest after an embarrassing batting performance against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Images from Sunday's IPL match between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians, Abu Dhabi.
While DC made a superb start under new captain Rishabh Pant, RR suffered a four-run defeat against Punjab Kings
Images from Wednesday's IPL Eliminator between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals, in Visakhapatnam.
Capitals were the best team in the league and their 20-point finish at the group stage was an indication of their consistent performances which didn't dip due to the COVID-19 forced break. CSK, over the years, have been in final eight times and won on three occasions which speak volumes of the team's ability to lift their game just when it's required most.
Delhi Capitals showed remarkable resilience to overcome the COVID-19 crisis in their camp and hand Punjab Kings a nine-wicket thrashing in the Indian Premier League match at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
'These are the heroes that are appreciated inside the dressing room for us at Delhi Capitals and Ricky Ponting is very particular about that. When you get appreciated, people want to stick to their roles.' 'Delhi Capitals' bench good enough to be another IPL team.'
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting revealed that Prithvi Shaw refused to listen to his advice to bat in the nets after he hit a bad patch in the IPL last year.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, in Sharjah, on Saturday.
Back to winning ways, a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad will be forced to tinker their successful combination following all-rounder Washington Sundar's injury as they face Kolkata Knight Riders.
Delhi Capitals have made the perfect start to IPL, with two morale-boosting victories, while SunRisers Hyderabad are the only side yet to register a win in the tournament, having lost both their games.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday.
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant says his team needs to quickly sort out the 'pattern' of losing wickets in a bunch and play less dot balls in the middle overs to turn things around after suffering successive defeats in IPL 2022.
As the three-day practice game against New Zealand XI came to an end on Sunday, India captain Virat Kohli had his fans bursting with laughter as he posted a funny picture on social media. Kohli posed along with his team mates Prithvi Shaw and Mohammed Shami as the trio were seen giving goofy expressions in the picture.
'War is never a solution. It's nothing but real estate business I am against any kind of violence.'
Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore go into the virtual quarter-final, having lost four and three games on the trot respectively
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals, in Pune, on Saturday
KL Rahul has been ruled out of the Border-Gavaskar series after spraining his left wrist while batting in the nets.
Natarajan was added to the Test squad for the remaining two Test matches against Australia on January 1.
New Zealand pace bowler Kyle Jamieson enjoyed a dream start to his Test career on the opening day of the first match against India as he captured three wickets and also took a catch in the deep as the tourists limped to 122-5 after rain washed out the entire post-tea session. Ajinkya Rahane was on 38 at stumps at the Basin Reserve on Friday, while the recalled Rishabh Pant was 10 not out, with the 2.03m tall Jamieson tormenting batsmen with his ability to get the ball to rear off a length.
Be it the punch off the back foot off Mohammed Shami or a cracking drive through covers off Chris Jordan, 'Gabbar' was a sight to behold.
In the absence of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul was named vice-captain of the ODI and T20I teams. He also makes a comeback to the Test team, as Shikhar Dhawan was named only in the limited-overs' side.
In an act of gamesmanship, pacers, right-arm quick Harshit Rana (1/27 in 3 overs) and left-arm seamer Kuldip Yadav (2/27 in 3 overs) also wasted time, either faking cramps or tying shoelaces or not delivering the ball even after completing the action.
According to Jaffer, Axar can leave his mark as English batsmen tend to struggle against left-arm spinners.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians in Mumbai, on Sunday
Blow for Bengal's Ranji preparation as 7 members test COVID positive
The team will play three intra-squad games in Colombo as preparation for the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka.
It is understood that the controversy has not gone down well with the travelling team and it is not amused with how Cricket Australia has so far handled the issue.
Delhi Capitals, who finished the IPL 2021 league stage on the top of the points table, have beaten Chennai Super Kings in both their league matches.
Mayank made his longest format debut against Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 26, 2018.
Help Captain Kohli and Head Coach Shastri pick India's XI for the Rajkot Test.
Whether it was promoting Sam Curran to the opener's slot or finishing pacer Deepak Chahar's quota upfront while using seven bowlers to dry up runs, every move produced desired result.
