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Clean sweep on cards as West Indies trail by 423 runs; Vihari, Rahane shine

The West Indies were 45 for two at stumps and with their batsmen showing very little application in the series, the hosts are unlikely to get anywhere close to the massive target

Bumrah's hat-trick, Vihari's maiden ton put India on top; WI reel at 87-7

Bumrah became only the third Indian after Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan to register a hat-trick in Test cricket

Ind vs WI 2nd test Day 2: Virat, Mayank stand tall as India post 264-5

At the draw of stumps, Rishabh Pant and Hanuma Vihari were batting on 27 and 42 respectively

Arjuna award will always motivate me to give my best for India: Jadeja

Jadeja is among the 19 sportspersons who were presented with the Arjuna award this year

Test ton after 2 years made me a bit emotional, says Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane played match-winning knocks of 81 and 102 in the first Test against the West Indies which India won by a huge margin of 381 runs in Antigua

Dhoni has given us time to prepare WT20 team, selector on exclusion

The national selector said that it was indeed surprising to see how the former skipper's position is debated every other day and it was time that all rumours were put to rest

BCCI congratulates Ravindra Jadeja, Poonam Yadav on Arjuna honour

Vinod Rai, who heads the three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) running BCCI right now, said both the cricketers have raised the bar with their on-field performances

Ambati Rayudu does a U-turn on retirement, willing to play for Hyderabad

Rayudu, who announced his retirement after being ignored for the 2019 World Cup, wrote to Prof Ratnakar Shetty of the BCCI

Rohit has to wait for a spot in Indian Test eleven: Gautam Gambhir

Rohit was not picked for the first Test with Rahane and Vihari doing well in the series opener, it is unlikely he will feature in the second and final Test

Virat Kohli on verge of becoming India's most successful Test captain

A win in the second Test, starting at Sabina Park on Friday, will take Kohli's number of Test victories as captain to 28 - the most by any Indian captain

Ind vs WI 2nd Test: Focus on Rishabh Pant as India eye another clean sweep

Having won the first Test by 318 runs, India are runaway favourites going into the second and final match at the Sabina Park against Windies

Dhoni unlikely to play in India's T20 home series against South Africa

The team for the series is expected to be picked on September 4

Steve Smith remembered late Phillip Hughes after being hit on the neck

Smith, who missed 3rd Test due to concussion, was initially cleared to resume his innings on day five following the nasty blow before he started feeling a 'little bit under the weather'

Windies bowler to retire at 85 after 7,000 wickets in a 60-year career

Cecil Wright, who also played with Richards and Joel Garner, will bring down the final curtain on his career on September 7

Workload management most important thing in ICC Test Championship: Kohli

Kohli said they wanted Bumrah to be fresh for the Test matches as he is going to be a 'key factor' for them in the Test Championship.

Bringing BCCI under NADA is big achievement for Indian sports: Kiren Rijiju

The BCCI was earlier this month forced to come under NADA's ambit, a landmark development that has opened up possibility of cricket board becoming a National Sports Federation as per government norms

Ashes 2019: Stokes is the 'Special One' for England cricket, says Botham

Until Stokes lit up Headingley on Sunday with his series-saving 135, Botham's titanic 149 not out in the second innings of the 1981 Test against the Australians had been the benchmark

Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium to be renamed after Arun Jaitley

The renaming will take place on September 12 at a function where a stand at the Kotla will be named after India captain Virat Kohli as announced earlier

Fried chicken and chocolate bars fuel Ben Stokes's Ashes fireworks

All-rounder Stokes was 61 not out, with England on 286-9, when he was joined out in the middle by last man Jack Leach

Ben Stokes travels rocky road from zero to hero in just over a month

Stokes became a national hero for the second time in just over a month when his astounding 135 not out saw England to an incredible one-wicket win in the third Ashes Test at Headingley on Sunday