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2nd Test preview: Sans Ishant, India looks to fight back vs New Zealand

The highly-rated Indian batting line-up, which boasts of having the likes of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rahane, would want to fire on all cylinders after being caught napping in Wellington

ICC Test rankings: Steve Smith displaces Kohli to become No.1 Test batsman

Kohli, who has 906 points, slipped to the second position in the list which also features Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwl at the eighth, ninth and 10th place respectively

Ind vs NZ: We were not competitive enough, says Kohli after 10-wkt loss

Sent into bat after New Zealand won the toss, India were bowled out for a dismal 165 in its first innings, which eventually proved to be decisive on a Basin Reverse pitch that assisted the seamers

Delhi Capitals IPL 2020 schedule: Check fixture, match timing and venue

The Shreyas Iyer-led side will play its last IPL 2020 match against KXIP on May 16 in an away fixture at Mohali. Delhi's last home-leg match will be played on May 13 at Arun Jaitley stadium

BCCI releases central contract list, former skipper M S Dhoni dropped

The BCCI announced the central contracts for the period of October 2019 to September 2020. Dhoni was in the A category, which fetches a player Rs 5 crore, until last year

IPL 2020 auction: Full list of players retained, released by Delhi Capitals

While DC have released six players to the auction pool, they have retained the core of the team in Dhawan, Shaw, Iyer, Pant, Rabada, Ishant, Lamichhane and Amit Sharma

IPL 2020: Full players' list of Delhi Capitals, and salary of each member

In a bizarre decision, DC bought England opener Jason Roy in IPL 2020 auction, despite having three opening batsmen - Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw - in their squad

Ind vs SA 2nd test: Mayank's ton, Kohli's 50 help India to 273/3 on Day 1

Pujara, too, brought up his second successive fifty before Rabada had him caught by du Plessis for 58 off 112 balls

IND vs BAN 1st Test: Mayank's double ton helps India score 493-6 on Day 2

Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav were unbeaten on 60 and 25 respectively at the close of play

IPL 2020 auction: List of players retained, released by Rajasthan Royals

The Jaipur franchise have traded Ajinkya Rahane, their long-time captain and leading run-getter, to Delhi Capital, in return for Mayank Markande and Rahul Tewatia

ICC Test rankings: Virat Kohli top batsman, Bumrah slips to sixth position

Cheteshwar Pujara (791) and Ajinkya Rahane (759) held on to their fourth and sixth spots respectively.

Rahane may play for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2020; team in talks with Royals

If the move does go ahead, it will be a major coup for DC who have tried their best to revamp the team ever since the JSW Group came onboard in 2019

IPL: Rahane likely to move to Delhi Capitals from Rajasthan Royals

Rahane, who has been trying to get back into India's limited overs set up, established his T20 credentials as an opener after moving to Royals from Mumbai Indians in 2011

IPL 2020: From Rahane to Steyn and Shakib, players released by teams so far

Sunrisers Hyderabad has released Deepak Hooda, Martin Guptill, Ricky Bhui, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan.

IND vs BAN 2nd Test: India dominate Bangladesh with pink ball, fine batting

The city turned pink, the crowd responded to the brainchild of its favourite son Sourav Ganguly, who arranged a first-of-its-kind match in less than a month's time

Visibility at twilight could be an issue during day-night test: Pujara

The pink ball will be used for the first time in India during the India-Bangladesh day/night match at Eden Gardens from November 22

IND vs SA Ranchi test: Centurion Rohit and Rahane pile agony on Proteas

While Rohit scored his third hundred of the series, reaching the three-figure mark with a six, Rahane brought up another fifty as the score read 205/3 at Tea

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

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

Dedicated to people who backed me through times: Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane scored 81 and 102 -- his first Test hundred in two years during India's 318-run victory, which also earned him the 'Man of the Match' award