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Bhuvneshwar urges ICC to come up with artificial way to shine balls

India fast-bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar feels ICC needs to come up with some other way for players to shine the ball as the use of saliva has been banned in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

Ganguly changed mentality of India, Dhoni took it forward: Lalchand Rajput

Lalchand Rajput, who was Team India's manager during their victory at the inaugural edition of the WT20, gave an insight into wicket-keeper-batsman MS Dhoni

Krunal Pandya resumes outdoor training after 3 months of Covid-19 break

The Baroda cricketer, elder brother of Hardik Pandya, had represented India in 18 T20 Internationals till date.

2014 Adelaide Test will remain a very important milestone for India: Kohli

In the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played from December 9-13, Team India gave a tough fight to Michael Clarke and his team

Aaron Finch in awe of Virat Kohli's consistency in all the three formats

The weight of expectations in a cricket-mad country like India is huge but Virat Kohli has done an exceptional job leading the side, says Australia's limited overs skipper Aaron Finch. Finch said all players are expected to endure some bad time but players like Kohli, Steve Smith, Ricky Ponting and batting great Sachin Tendulkar are exceptions. "Every player, regardless of who it is, has a bad series. But very very rarely do you see Kohli, (Steve) Smith, even going back (Ricky) Ponting, Sachin (Tendulkar), these guys they don't have two bad series in a row," Finch said on the Sony Ten Pit Stop show. "The pressure of playing for India is one but also leading India is another and the way he (Kohli) has done it, so consistently for a long time. "And taking over from (MS) Dhoni , the leadership, that is huge. The expectations were high and he kept delivering and I think that that is the most impressive thing," he added. Finch was impressed with Kohli's consistency as a batsman too. "

Rohit Sharma is one of greatest ever ODI openers, reckons Srikkanth

Out of his 29 ODI centuries, 11 times Rohit has scored in excess of 140, including three double hundreds

Dreams can't just be configured in the head, says Mayank Agarwal

Motivation can be hard to find during Covid-19 times. But Mayank Agarwal has chosen to share his thoughts about dreams which the India opener feels cannot be 'configured in the head'

Outstanding fielder: Harbhajan shares montage of Dravid's great catches

In a short clip, Dravid can be seen taking different types of catches while fielding at different positions like forward square leg, in the slip cordon and at point among others

Viswanath reveals how his career came to end after Pak Tests in 1982-83

Along with Sunil Gavaskar, he was one of the minstays of the Indian battling line-up through the 1970s, playing some fine knocks against the best pace attacks of that era

Always strive to be the best but in the right way: Virat Kohli to Pandya

You have the hunger to be number one by your own hard work and not by pushing anyone else down, is the advice that Indian captain Virat Kohli gave to his teammate and all-rounder Hardik Pandya.

Rahul Dravid taught me the importance of switching off from cricket: Pujara

Often compared to Dravid, who was considered the 'wall' of Indian cricket, Pujara said he is thankful to Dravid for teaching him how to keep personal and professional lives separate

Vijay Shankar recalls his first experience of an India-Pakistan match

Shankar also revealed how the Indian players were abused by a Pakistan fan before their group-stage match against the arch-rivals on June 16 at the Old Trafford

Will be interesting to see India pace attack plans against Smith: Atherton

Smith was serving one year ball tampering suspension when India toured Down Under in 2018-19 and won its maiden Test series 2-1 with David Warner also among list of banned players

This day 21 yrs ago, Mithali Raj made international debut with a classy ton

Playing against Ireland in an ODI game at Milton Keynes, Mithali opened the batting alongside other debutant Reshma Gandhi

Rohit Sharma starts outdoor training, says 'good to be back on the park'

Star India opener Rohit Sharma has hit the greens and as per his social media post India's white-ball vice-captain had his first outdoor training session post relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown.

India celebrates 37th anniversary of 1983 WC; here's what cricketers said

There is no pressure on the current Indian team, in my opinion, they are doing well, it's not like that you need to win a World Cup to be called a good team, says Kapil Dev

After declaring 2011 WC final fixed, SL minister says it's his suspicion

After asserting that the 2011 World Cup final was "sold" by "certain parties" in Sri Lanka to India, the island nation's former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has now called his claim a "suspicion" that he wants investigated. The Lankan government has ordered an enquiry into the matter and a special Police investigation unit recorded Aluthgamage's statement on Wednesday. He told the team that he was only suspicious of fixing. "I want my suspicion investigated," Aluthgamage told reporters. "I gave to the Police, a copy of the complaint I lodged with the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 30 October 2011 regarding the said allegation as then Sports Minister," he said. Aluthgamage has alleged that his country "sold" the game to India, a claim that was ridiculed by former captains Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who demanded evidence from him. Set a target of 275, India clinched the trophy thanks to the brilliance of Gautam Gambhir (97) and then skipper Mahendra

This day 37 yrs ago, a historic win for Kapil's boys, iconic Lord's image

India had entered the World Cup with zero expectations and nobody really considered them as a title contender, considering the inexperience the team had of playing ODI cricket

Ishant Sharma returns to training after three-month coronavirus hiatus

He has played 97 Tests for India and scalped 297 wickets including 11 five-wicket hauls

Pujara back at nets, says his mental strength kept him going in lockdown

The Rajkot-based cricketer got back to training at the nets this week, three months after helping Saurashtra win their maiden Ranji Trophy title.