Virender Sehwag's career best 319 against South Africa catapulted him to the 12th spot in the ICC Test Rankings.
Virender Sehwag on Tuesday evaded questions on the controversial selection of the Indian team's head coach after being pipped by Ravi Shastri for the high-profile job.
The South Zone team will face the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy match at Vadodara from October 20 to 23.
The veteran right-hander said India's goal is to be the best Test team in the world and that starts with the home series against South Africa. He believes that if India performs as it did in Australia there is no way why they cannot achieve it.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh were on Saturday promoted to grade 'A'.
VVS Laxman, the captain of the Hyderabad team in the IPL, said the presence of Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds was a big asset.
As India and Sri Lanka clash in a three-Test series, here's a look at the career records of the Indian players.
India is slated to play three ODIs and two Tests in Bangladesh.
The dropped catch of VVS Laxman in the Adelaide Test was the moment which compelled Adam Gilchrist to decide that it was time quit.
Brad Hogg has made Sourav Ganguly his bunny by dismissing him four times in the current series, but he is eager to take Sachin Tendulkar's wicket on Friday after the unbeaten centurion roughed him up on the first day of the fourth and final cricket Test.
It was touted as a pacer's paradise but a slow WACA has left both the Indian and Australian teams a bit surprised and the two sides say the one-time 'fastest track in the world' is now aiding spinners more than the quickies.
India Test captain Virat Kohli has suggested Daniel Vettori's name for the position of the coach.
After his third successive Test century at the Sydney Cricket Ground, VVS Laxman on Thursday said he had a special relationship with the venue which helped him produce his best on the famous turf.
Paceman VRV Singh and opener Wasim Jaffer have been included in the squad for the four-Test series.
"I had to bat at five or sometimes six and I missed quite a few hundreds because we did not have wicketkeeper-batsmen like Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik earlier," Ganguly told TV channel CNN-IBN.
VVS Laxman returned to the top 20 of the ICC Rankings for the first time in three years after his scintillating performance against Pakistan in the first Test in Delhi
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said the wicket of Mahendra Singh Dhoni was a very vital for his team.
VVS Laxman substituted grit for flair as he helped India recover to 228 for six against Pakistan in the first Test.
India went in with two spinners and as many pacers in the first Test against Pakistan.
India will go in with the experience of VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh the first Test against Pakistan.
Tendulkar praised Team India and said in every session there was a new hero who stepped up to the occasion to deliver for his side.
Rahul Dravid said he was looking forward to coaching the India 'A' team.
Former captain and BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee member Saurav Ganguly maintained that skipper Virat Kohli will be consulted over the selection but is not the main person to decide on the issue.
VVS Laxman struck a fine hundred to help Lancashire gain a 205-run lead against Warwickshire on the second day of the Division one county match at Old Trafford.
India head coach Ravi Shastri and his support staff, whose contracts end with the conclusion of the World Cup, will be given a 45-day extension by the Committee of Administrators.
Dinesh Karthik was out on 91 as India ended Day 1 in the third Test against England on 316 for 4.
Dinesh Karthik was out on 91 as India ended Day 1 in the third Test against England on 316 for 4.
Tributes poured in for AB de Villiers after the South African batter on Friday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, with Indian maestro Virat Kohli aptly summing up his greatness by calling him the "best player of our times".
Suspense over a role for former captain Rahul Dravid in the BCCI continued with Board secretary Anurag Thakur saying that his services would be sought at an appropriate time.
Social media was all abuzz on Tuesday as Virat Kohli turned 31.
'It will be a bit challenging (for the players) to set the body clock'
Congratulatory messages poured in for 37-year-old Gambhir from fellow cricketers on social media.
Both teams retained the eleven that played in the drawn third Test at St Kitts.
VVS Laxman praised off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who became the fastest Indian to scalp 200 Test wickets.
Wasim Jaffer and VVS Laxman scored half-centuries in their return to the Indian team.
Several former players, including India's Harbhajan Singh and VVS Laxman, on Thursday said that the turning Motera pitch, on which India defeated England by 10 wickets inside two days, was not ideal for Test cricket, an opinion that was not shared by the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.
The Indian captain was picked ahead of VVS Laxman and Chris Rogers as the second overseas player by the English county.
Being on the fringes of Indian cricket team for years can be a tad frustrating but Manoj Tiwary has learnt to live with it and is now preparing for the upcoming challenge in Zimbabwe.
