KL Rahul earns maiden call-up, Raina back in India Test squad

KL Rahul earns maiden call-up, Raina back in India Test squad © Getty Images Suresh Raina last featured in a Test match more than two years ago against New Zealand.KL Rahul and Karn Sharma were the two new faces in India's Test squad, while Suresh Raina and Umesh Yadav were recalled as the selectors named a 19-member squad for the tour of Australia next month. There was no place for Stuart Binny, Gautam Gambhir, Pankaj Singh...

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Rahul reaps the reward for consistency

Rahul reaps the reward for consistency © PTI For his ability to score heavily on the big stage, KL Rahul has been rewarded with a maiden India call-up. The Duleep Trophy final played at the Feroz Shah Kotla couple of weeks earlier was a proving ground for several players to get themselves noticed for the India selection. While all eyes were on Robin Uthappa, who had scored a brilliant 120 during the Duleep Trophy semi-final...

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Selectors look to the future with India's Test squad

Selectors look to the future with India's Test squad © Getty Images As far as the reserve opening batsman's slot goes, in blooding the talented KL Rahul the selectors are looking at the future.They don't speak much in public and only a terse media release lists those picked by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's selection committee. On Monday, the BCCI release on the team chosen to tour Australia for...

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India Cements to demerge CSK into subsidiary

India Cements to demerge CSK into subsidiary © Sportzpics The CSK subsidiary will now be able to borrow funds in its own name. India Cements, the company owner of Chennai Super Kings, has decided demerge the CSK division into a wholly-owned subsidiary. CSK is currently controlled by the sidelined BCCI president and current ICC chairman N Srinivasan. India Cements will however, continue to own the...

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Raina: Dhoni's faith makes it easier

Raina: Dhoni's faith makes it easier © Sportzpics Suresh Raina is yet to miss a game for the Chennai Super Kings. After having played a key role in winning India a bilateral ODI series on England soil after a gap of 24 years, Suresh Raina is gearing up for his next assignment - the upcoming Oppo Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) where he will don the Chennai Super Kings jersey. The left-hander spoke to TOI on his recent international...

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Zaheer likely to miss CLT20

Zaheer likely to miss CLT20 © BCCL Zaheer Khan's fitness issues have been well-documented in the past. Zaheer Khan's plans of participating in the Champions League Twenty20 has suffered a major setback. The injury-hit veteran India fast bowler, who damaged his tendon in his bowling arm during the IPL earlier this year while playing for Mumbai Indians, said that he has just started bowling and...

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BCCI requests ICC to appeal Anderson verdict

New Delhi: The ICC has confirmed that it has received a request from the BCCI to appeal against Gordon Lewis' decision on the Ravindra Jadeja-James Anderson spat. The game's governing body will now consider the written report submitted by Lewis that found both the players not guilty in the hearing.As per the ICC Code of Conduct, when the person in question has been acquitted of all charges, the right of appeal rests only with the chief executive...

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ICC warns Dhoni over Anderson-Jadeja row

ICC warns Dhoni over Anderson-Jadeja row © AFP ICC has urged MS Dhoni and Alastair Cook to show respect for judicial process.  Dubai: The International Cricket Council on Sunday accused India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni of "undermining" its disciplinary process by condemning a fine handed against team-mate Ravindra Jadeja. Dhoni said Saturday that Jadeja had been the target of "hurtful"...

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Exclusive: Sourav Ganguly's five tips for MS Dhoni to win

Exclusive: Sourav Ganguly's five tips for MS Dhoni to win © Getty Images MS Dhoni has been positive in England and must ensure the players remain hungry.  Share Viafacebookgplustwitterlinkedin There are five things that MS Dhoni needs to do to keep the consistency going in the third Test match. Number one, he needs to do is to keep his players hungry. Indian teams in the past have been in this situation and got carried...

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Engineer: Dhoni's ploy of standing back to Jadeja baffling

Engineer: Dhoni's ploy of standing back to Jadeja baffling © AFP Mahendra Singh Dhoni later clarified that his ploy of standing back to Ravindra Jadeja was more a run-saving move than a strategic catching move.  London: Former Indian wicket-keeping great Farokh Engineer has questioned skipperMahendra Singh Dhoni's ploy to stand back against spinner Ravindra Jadeja during the second Test at Lord's.India won by 95 runs to take...

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Binny and other freakish spells

Binny and other freakish spells © Getty Images Sunil Joshi's 5/6 remains the best bowling against South Africa by any bowler in ODIs. Stuart Binny produced a freakish spell against Bangladesh at Mirpur, where his match figures of 4.4-2-4-6 broke the 21-year old record of the best bowling figures by an Indian in ODIs. Following this sensational effort, gocricket.com looks at other freakish...

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Smith and Faulkner steal epic heist

Smith and Faulkner steal epic heist © IPL Smith, along with Faulkner produced an astonishing partnership, scoring 65 runs off the last 17 balls of the match. Chasing 191 was always going to need something special, and Rajasthan Royals got it from Steven Smith and James Faulkner, who is fast becoming the embodiment of the modern-day ice man. In a counter-attacking partnership of 85 in just 38 balls that came from the depths of 106...

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Brilliant Jadeja helps CSK defend a modest total vs RR

Brilliant Jadeja helps CSK defend a modest total vs RR © IPL Jadeja put up an allround show guiding CSK to a close win.  While the Indian Premier League is having a hard time in the Supreme Court having to defend itself against allegations of betting, the two most affected teams by the scandal - Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals - played out a classic with CSK coming out on top by seven...

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CSK play like champions

CSK play like champions © IPL It was a clinical display by CSK after their loss in the first match against KXIP.  After failing to defend 205 in the first game against Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings arrived for this game against the Delhi Daredevils with a hint of vulnerability.At the start, the going was tough for the CSK openers. On a pitch which had a fair covering of grass and some...

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