Skipper Rohit Sharma stressed on the Indian team's ability to win games on any surface including rank turners, following its record 434-run win over England on a flat track in Rajkot on Sunday.
The world's number one batter Suryakumar Yadav has had to change his game due to the nature of the wickets in the T20 World Cup, but he is expecting the surfaces in the Caribbean to be a lot better for stroke-play.
Rohit's pitch inquiry, Kohli and Jadeja bat with high intensity
Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya seemed to be at a loss for words to explain the reasons for his team's disastrous showing in IPL 2024 so far.
With over 50,000 ardent fans proudly sporting their Team India jerseys, the atmosphere was electric as they rallied behind skipper Rohit Sharma and his team
Moved by the youngster's stories and the emotions surrounding it, Rohit said he was "lost in their debuts".
'I knew it wasn't going to be an easy series. Three more to go. We'll keep our check on it and make sure we do most things right.'
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin broke yet another record in the ongoing home series against England.
A dominant India ended England's title defence by handing them a 68-run thumping in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup.
Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden also wants Kohli to bat as much as possible in the powerplay.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh, played in Chennai, on Friday.
Virat Kohli has hardly ever set foot at the Bengaluru-based National Cricket Academy for any fitness-related rehabilitation work, said Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who wants aspiring cricketers to follow the ace batter's exemplary work-ethic.
'It was a lot of hard work. We had to clear our minds and make sure that we believed.'
M S Dhoni had a brief conversation with Ishan Kishan at the iconic Wankhede Stadium.
Ravindra Jadeja, one half of India's most successful Test bowling pair, is backing his long-time colleague, Ravichandran Ashwin, to reach 500 career wickets in the first match against England.
Was Anil Kapoor giving Mumbai Indians Skipper Rohit Sharma a pep talk before the game against the Gujarat Titans at the Wankhede
India skipper Rohit Sharma said he is not ready to lose faith in Prasidh Krishna's ability to withstand the rigours of five-day cricket despite his lacklustre debut in the opening Test against South Africa.
Yashasvi Jaiswal will aim to add his bit to the combination conundrum with a handy contribution while Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj need to put their best foot forward during India's only T20 World Cup warm-up game against Bangladesh ahead of their tournament opener on June 5.
Following their training session, some lucky fans got the chance to get up close and personal with members of the Indian team.
Ravi Shastri backed the duo of Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan to come back stronger
'We came in the day before yesterday and we just eased into our routines here, the players are just getting used to the time zone.'
'And for some reason, I don't want to jinx it, but I think there's a big one coming up.'
India skipper Rohit Sharma admitted it wasn't easy playing on a two-paced newly-laid drop-in pitch at the Nassau County ground in New York and the team had to battle it out till the end to win each of their three matches in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Glimpses of the Indian team's training session at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
Winning their last T20 World Cup Super Eight match against Australia was not a 'breeze', says India skipper Rohit Sharma. He had to tweak his batting to take the wind out of the 2021 champions' sails
Jasprit Bumrah was magnificent in India's six-run victory over Pakistan with figures of 3/14.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 8 Group 1 match between India and Bangladesh in Antigua, on Saturday.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan were handed their Test debut caps as India took on West Indies in the first match.
Jaiswal's fiery start saw India score 50 in just 6.3 overs -- making it their fastest fifty in the first innings in 245 Tests since 2000!
'Yashasvi has not put a foot wrong, he has taken to Test cricket like a fish to water.'
'It's a big thing for me to make my ODI debut in the Asia Cup and get T20I and ODI call-up in the same year.'
'Our two (spinners) bowled well but in hindsight, probably should have bowled Moeen in our innings with the way spin was playing.'
Virat Kohli is the highest run-getter in the IPL with 6844 runs.
For India, this series serves as the perfect platform for the coming World Cup to be played at home in October-November.
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma feels most teams, including his own, are taking risks in the ongoing IPL and it is paying them rich dividends.
Home lad KL Rahul's innings led the celebrations at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium with a cracking century.
England succumbed to the pressure of standing up to a world-class band of Indian spinners
Indian batters are not known for their sweeping skills but they made a conscious effort to practise that shot in their opening net session ahead of the second Test against England beginning in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
IMAGES from the Group 1 Super 8 match, played between India and Afghanistan, in Barbados, on Thursday.
Yuvraj Singh says he would pick Rishabh Pant over Sanju Samson as the preferred wicketkeeper to ensure left-handed variety in the batting line-up.
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