India have refused to play the Adelaide Test against Australia later this year under lights, inviting criticism from a number of players, including Mark Waugh and Ian Chappell.
Known for his straight talking, the 36-year old left-hander put forth his point in presence of CoA chief Vinod Rai and CEO Rahul Johri.
The legendary cricketer provided air tickets and financial support to the players of India's wheelchair cricket team for their recently concluded tour of Bangladesh.
Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar on Friday supported Virat Kohli's decision to prefer County stint over next month's one-off Test against Afghanistan to prepare for the challenging England tour.
The decision to announce the squad in advance is to ascertain who all are available for the Afghanistan Test with likes of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma set to miss the historic Test against Afghanistan due to their county commitments.
After joining as Afghanistan's head coach in January, Simmons has achieved goal number one by guiding the fast-rising national side to its second World Cup qualification.
Yuvraj says juggling between roles can be difficult at times for a professional cricketer and it takes a dedicated team to ensure he is on track.
Having earned its Test status alongside Ireland in June last year, Afghanistan is set to take on India in its historic debut in Bengaluru from June 14.
Fletcher took over from Kirsten after India's 2011 World Cup triumph and in the next four years saw doyens of Indian cricket such as Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan walk into the sunset.
After going unsold at the IPL auction, the 29-year-old pacer was signed by Sussex for the first two months of the English County season.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag feels that the men in blue can lift the 50-over World Cup title in England and Wales next year.
Pandya, who is currently preparing for the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was embroiled in a controversy after a fake Twitter account bearing his name lashed out at Ambedkar for introducing reservation policy.
The 37-year old off-spinner owes a lot of credit to the former India captain Sourav Ganguly under whom he achieved many laurels while representing Indian team.
With Vidarbha pacer Rajneesh Gurbani (4/70) doing the primary job of dismissing the top-order, left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate (3/97) polished the lower-order despite Hanuma Vihari's gutsy 183 for Rest of India.
Shami's wife Jahan has alleged that the Indian cricketer had taken money from a Pakistani woman named Alishba on the insistence of an England-based businessman, Mohammad Bhai.
Former India wicketkeeper Kirmani and all-rounder Madan Lal also inspired the visually challenged cricketers with the stories of their 1983 triumph against all odds.
Dhoni and Ashwin have been bracketed in the A category along with Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and Wridhhiman Saha.
In the last one year, Kuldeep has emerged as a trump card for the Indian cricket team especially in the limited-overs format where he has dominated the opposition batsmen with his brilliant skills.
The proposed Test match between India and West Indies became a contentious issue after COA chief Vinod Rai complained of being kept in dark about the plan.
The former Indian wicket-keeper also said Ashwin is the pride of Tamil Nadu and India and is also a role model for the present day youngsters.
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