Ahead of their must-win encounter against Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Raipur on Friday, Delhi Daredevils assistant coach Praveen Amre emphasised that the team needs to improve their batting.
Virat Kohli heads the list with a total base of 4,870,190 fans, which is higher than Sachin Tendulkar's 4,869,849 fans.
Sachin Tendulkar, who is still recovering after elbow surgery, was named in the squad for the two-Test series against Zimbabwe.
Sunil Gavaskar completed 50 years of his association with Indian cricket on Sunday -- five decades in which he has remained ever-relevant taking on a variety of roles.
Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Jaffer, Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan have been picked in the 31-member team.
Agarkar is to undergo a fitness test on Nov. 10, three days before the team's departure.
Sri Lanka 'A' were all out for 325 on the first day of the four-day Duleep Trophy match against West Zone.
Before the selectors meet again to finalise the squad, you can take on the role and pick 15 players from the 30-member probables list you feel are best to represent the country at the 2015 World Cup.
They claimed four wickets each to bundle out Uttar Pradesh for a lowly 148 before Rest of India were reduced to 131 for seven.
Sourav Ganguly's hopes of returning to the Indian team suffered a setback as he was not picked in the Rest of India team for the Irani Trophy tie against Uttar Pradesh.
The Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) is still mum on whether it would arrange a felicitation ceremony for the retired legend Virender Sehwag, with their standard answer being "no communication from BCCI".
'In the future, you will get pacers who will bowl even faster than the current lot because these guys are currently setting new standards.'
The 40-year-old Australia fast bowler joined the Indian team Down Under as bowling coach.
Variation in any bowling attack makes it lethal and that's precisely the reason why bowling coach Bharath Arun is in search of a potent left-arm speedster, who enables Indian team to have all bases covered.
Ashish Nehra is not a man with too many regrets as he missed the final with a finger fracture but April 2 is a day which better half Rushma ensures that he 'better not forget'.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly, on Monday, said that unlike football, cricket is a 'captain's game' and the coach should take a 'back seat'.
Indian paceman Zaheer Khan came back strongly on the third day of the Division Two county championship match against Surrey claiming three wickets for 142 runs.
The left-arm paceman is optimistic of earning a call-up for the premier one-day competition.
Zaheer Khan picked up three wickets to help Worcestershire gain a vital 120-run lead over Glamorgan in a four-day game.
Andhra Pradesh finished the day at 57 for 3 in reply to Baroda's 262.
The former Pakistani leg-spinner said the absence of a second spinner snatched victory from the home side in the Mohali Test.
The left-arm speedster ripped through the Central Zone batting and helped West Zone take control on the first day of the Duleep Trophy match.
He has been Virat Kohli's go to bowler on unresponsive Indian tracks and seasoned pacer Umesh Yadav credits his "enormous mental strength" for keeping him in the game despite a stop-start international career for the past 10 years. The 32-year-old Vidarbha speedster with more than 250 international wickets (259) across formats, doesn't feel the need to respond to perceptions of being a Test specialist as the time spent away from the 22-yard pitch is more about honing skills and remaining battle-ready.
The out-of-favour opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were handed a lifeline by the national selectors on Tuesday when they were included in the India 'A' squad for the second and third four-day matches against the touring West Indies 'A' later this month.
Worcestershire's Indian left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan destroyed Essex with a nine-wicket haul in the first innings of the County Championship Division Two match.
The left arm seamer is suspected to have sustained a hamstring injury in his right leg.
Twelve out of 17 leading players signed for graded payments.
Indian left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan will play for Worcestershire this season as a replacement for Australian paceman Nathan Bracken.
Bangladesh looked unlikely to get 285, so their pressure index (PI)* at the start was well above 150.
Kirmani said with adequate rest and medication, both were expected to be back to business before the tour to Pakistan.
The BCCI on Tuesday named Ravi Shastri as the new chief coach of the Indian cricket team with former fast bowling great Zaheer Khan being appointed the bowling coach for a period of two years.
Former Australia speedster Dennis Lillee said some 'Sikh boys and a few others are really good and look to be long-term future prospects'.
The 15-member squad included under-19 spinner Piyush Chawla and pacer S Sreesanth.
S Sreesanth and Murali Karthik will travel to Pakistan for the five-match ODI series.
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