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Prithvi Shaw injury: Here are 4 players who can replace the opener in Australia Test

Prithvi Shaw's injury has opened up a spot in India's top order for the Adelaide Test and here are 4 players who have a realistic chance of filling that vacancy.

Nov 30, 2018

Prithvi Shaw ruled out with ligament injury; huge setback for Kohli & Co ahead of 1st Test

Prithvi Shaw suffered a lateral ligament injury on his left ankle while fielding in India's practice game against Cricket Australia XI and has now been ruled out of the first Test.

Nov 30, 2018

KL Rahul no longer a young man, needs to be more responsible: Batting coach Sanjay Bangar

KL Rahul drove rather loosely to a pitched-up ball and offered a tame catch to mid-off. This irked the batting coach Sanjay Bangar, who said that the right-hander keeps finding new ways to get out.

Nov 29, 2018

India vs Australia: Ricky Ponting believes this Aussie batsman will outscore Virat Kohli

Ponting also predicted that Australia will win the series 2-1 thus extending their 40-year unbeaten Test run at home against India.

Nov 29, 2018

Mithali Raj-Ramesh Powar row: All you need to know about ongoing feud in Team India

A brief timeline, with comprehensive details, of the controversy between Mithali Raj and Ramesh Powar that started with Mithali being dropped from the India team for the Women's World T20 semi-final.

Nov 29, 2018

India vs Australia: Virat Kohli must make tough call after dramatic batting collapse in practice match

In the ongoing practice match against Cricket Australia XI, the Indian lower order collapsed to lose 5 wickets for 11 runs and Rahul once again failed to score.

Nov 29, 2018

India vs Australia: Sunil Gavaskar identifies India's biggest strength, picks his bowling attack

The legendary batsman also picked Murali Vijay ahead of KL Rahul to partner young Prithvi Shaw as the opener. He advised the Indian management to play six specialist batsmen in the first Test match.

Nov 29, 2018

My patriotism doubted, darkest day of my life: Mithali Raj responds to Ramesh Powar's report

Earlier, Powar had filed a report to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and General Manager of Cricket Operations Saba Karim, and had accused the right-hander of "blackmailing" and "pressurising coaches".

Nov 29, 2018

'Selfish' Mithali Raj led to India's World T20 semi-final loss, made threatening phone calls, says coach Ramesh Powar

Ramesh Powar has replied to Mithali Raj, and among other things, said that she puts personal milestones ahead of the team and does not have the fitness or skill to play shots.

Nov 29, 2018

Don't consider India favourites, says Adam Gilchrist fires warning salvo

India have not been too successful in the country, but Gilchrist gives a big thumbs up to Kohli as a leader and says that he will keep his troop motivated.

Nov 28, 2018

Virat Kohli in Australia: India captain does a sweet gesture on rain-washed day

Virat Kohli played PlayStation with youngsters Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant after hitting the gym with Murali Vijay and Ishant Sharma on a rain-hit day at Sydney.

Nov 28, 2018

Was MS Dhoni's appointment as India captain a 'regressive step'? Here's how a BCCI official felt - report

It has also come to light that a senior BCCI administrator is behind the contract upgrade of a player who continues to be a part of the national side despite failures.

Nov 28, 2018

Olympics gold my dream, training hard for it: Mary Kom

Mary Kom won the world title in the 48kg category but for the Olympics, she will have to bulk up to the 51kg division.

Nov 28, 2018

Have moved on from Test snub: Shikhar Dhawan opens up on future plans

Dhawan was India's first-choice opener in the series against South Africa and England, but a string of low scores saw him fall down in the pecking order and is no longer in India's scheme of things.

Nov 28, 2018

India vs Australia: Ishant Sharma sends warning to Australia, speaks about team balance

Ishant said that despite the scoreline in South Africa and Australia, there was no dearth of motivation in the Indian side to win a series in overseas conditions

Nov 28, 2018