Yuvraj Singh made it back to the Indian team for the limited overs series against Australia but seniors Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were again ignored.
A scrappy India will have to lift their game by several notches against an improving Australia when the two fierce rivals clash in a virtual quarter-final cricket match of the ICC World Twenty20, in Mohali, on Sunday.
Unfazed by the Test debacle as he was not a part of the team, Indian middle-order batsman Suresh Raina said his side will play some "different cricket" to give a better account of itself in the shorter formats starting with a Twenty20 match against Australia on Wednesday.
'Ngidi won't be available. He won't be arriving in time for the next game'
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was spotted at Ranchi's Birsa Munda Airport with his daughter, Zeva, strapped onto his shoulder in a baby carrier.
Shubham Pundir top-scored with 42 to take J&K to 139 for eight in 20 overs.
A good performance in the inconsequential fourth and final Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval will be a shot in the arm for the demoralized Indian team ahead of the triangular One-day series to be held next month, said middle-order batsman Suresh Raina on Thursday.
Virat Kohli's fluent century and Suresh Raina's quickfire 71 led India to a convincing five-wicket victory over Australia in the second One-Day International, at the Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy stadium, in Visakhapatnam, on Wednesday. India cruised to 292 for five in 48.5 overs in reply to Australia's 289 for three, winning with seven deliveries to spare. The victory enabled the hosts maintain their unbeaten record at the venue.
Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma was on Wednesday named as the co-owner of the Pro Wrestling League team UP Warriors.
India's captain Virat Kohli expressed happiness after the rushing 143-run victory over Ireland in the second Twenty20 international, in Malahide, on Friday to win the series 2-0.
Suresh Raina feels India will get their mojo back in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka with the return of Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh, two vital cogs in the ODI Cup triumph last year.
Suresh Raina's blazing half-century helped Chennai Super Kings crush Royal Challengers Bangalore to storm into the final of the Champions League Twenty20 in Durban, on Friday.
India's stubborn refusal to adopt the Decision Review System (DRS) will result in controversy sooner than later in the high-profile Test series against England, feels England coach Andy Flower.
India's former and current players took to social media to wish ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on his 40th birthday, on Friday.
Former Australia and Chennai Super Kings batsman Matthew Hayden said meeting Dalai Lamai is among the most special moments of his Indian Premier League career.
A superb all-round showing from Lendl Simmons helped Trinidad and Tobago crush a formidable Chennai Super Kings by nine wickets to clinch a semi-final berth in the Champions League T20.
Congratulatory messages poured in for 37-year-old Gambhir from fellow cricketers on social media.
Former India coach Greg Chappell might have been forced to make an unceremonious exit after failing to produce desired result in World Cup 2007 but Suresh Raina believes the Australian did a great service to Indian cricket as far as promoting the youngsters is concerned.
Virat Kohli and Yusuf Pathan emerged India's star batsmen, while off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was the most economical bowler, in the five-match ODI series against South Africa, which they lost 2-3.
Ricky Ponting feels Ajinkya Rahane has done a great job for India 'to pick up the pieces' from the Adelaide debacle
An unbeatable 3-0 lead in hand, India will now aim for a cleansweep while trying out new players when they take on a demoralised West Indies in the inconsequential fourth game of their five-match one-day international series to be played in Antigua on Monday.
A second-string India's dominance in the ODI series against the West Indies has raised questions about the quality of the host team, leaving visiting skipper Suresh Raina livid as he feels this amounts to belittling his young side's good show.
India's stand-in cricket captain Suresh Raina backed the decision of top players such as Sachin Tendulkar to skip the tour of the West Indies, saying the seniors "deserved a break".
India rode on stroke-filled half centuries from Suresh Raina (80) and Virat Kohli (86) as they recovered from an early jolt to post a comfortable six-wicket victory over England and take 4-0 lead in the five-match ODI series, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Stand-in India captain Suresh Raina feels that the absence of senior cricketers during the One-day International series in the Caribbean will be an ideal opportunity for those who did well in domestic cricket to show their performance at the international level.
Suresh Raina will India in the ODI series against the West Indies next month after both Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were ruled out on account of injury.
The India cricket team recorded a comprehensive 37-run win over Australia in the first T20 at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday, and take a 1-0 lead in the three match T20 series. Here are the statistical highlights of the match...
A young India finally broke its prolonged losing streak as they trounced England by 126 runs in a lop-sided first cricket one-dayer in Hyderabad on Friday.
Gautam Gambhir will lead India in the ODI and T20 series on the upcoming tour of the West Indies after regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni asked to be rested. Suresh Raina will be Gambhir's deputy.
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said a tired lot of players, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina, and the inability to adapt quickly on a new track were the reasons for thedefending champions' early exit from the Champions League Twenty20 in Chennai.
Uttar Pradesh clinched their maiden Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy with a thumping 38-run win over two-time champions Baroda in the final under flood-lights at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Images from the World cup match between India and Pakistan at Adelaide.
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings rode on a 137-run partnership between Michael Hussey and Suresh Raina to easily defeat Rajasthan Royals and maintain their unbeaten record at home in the fourth season of the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.
# Suresh Raina has registered 11 fifties in the IPL -- a tally exceeded only by Jacques Kallis (13).
He has relished the role of a finisher in One-dayers but given a chance, Suresh Raina won't mind batting higher up the order.
Brendan Taylor and Craig Ervine gave Zimbabwe a morale-boosting six-wicket win over India in the first match of the triangular ODI series at Bulawayo on Friday.
Statistical highlights of the fourth one-dayer between India and England at Lord's.
Washington Sundar smashed a fifty and scalped two key batsmen to put India Red in the driver's seat against India Blue on the second day of the Duleep Trophy final, in Lucknow, on Tuesday.
Statistical highlights of the fourth Indian Premier League opener between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai on Friday.
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