Hanuma Vihari

Warwickshire have completed the signing of Hanuma Vihari and the English county side on Thursday said the India all-rounder is likely to feature in the early part of the championship, after undergoing six days of quarantine.

The cricketer talked about Venky Kudumula's film in a recent interaction with R Ashwin.

Prolific batter Hanuma Vihari will lead the Rest of India side against 2019-20 Ranji Trophy champions Saurashtra in the Irani Cup clash, which is returning to the calender after three years. The BCCI announced a 15-man squad for the red-ball tournament, which is set to be held in Rajkot from October 1-5. The Irani Cup could not be played in the previous two seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Back in March, the Andhra Cricket Association issued a show-cause notice to Hanuma Vihari following his accusation that the governing body had removed him from the captaincy without due ceremony. In response, Vihari had declared his intention not to represent the state again. Vihari last played for India in the Test format in 2022, having participated in 16 Test matches.

Hyderabad batter Hanuma Vihari will lead the South Zone team in the Duleep Trophy which gets under way next month. Opener Mayank Agarwal, from Karnataka, will be his deputy. The team has three others from Karnataka.

Skipper Hanuma Vihari and Prasanth Kumar hit superb centuries to take Andhra to a commanding position against Tripura in a Ranji Trophy Group C match on Monday.

Hanuma Vihari, who sustained a broken wrist after being hit by a short delivery by pacer Avesh Khan, retired hurt on 16 in Andhra's first innings. When Andhra lost 9 of their batters, Vihari once again came out to bat. He batted left-handed and played some one-handed shots.

India batter Hanuma Vihari was on Friday added to the India 'A' squad for the upcoming South Africa tour scheduled to start from November 23 in Bloemfontein.

During Friday's Group B match between Andhra and Mumbai in the ongoing Ranji Trophy, senior batsman Ricky Bhui assumed the captaincy role after Hanuma Vihari stepped down. Vihari's decision, reported by the media, was driven by personal reasons, with a focus on elevating his batting performance. In the season's opening Ranji game against Bengal, Vihari contributed 51 runs as the match ended in a draw, with Andhra securing three points for taking the first-innings lead.

Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv Patel and Shubman Gill were on Thursday named captains of India A, India B and India C teams respectively for this year's Deodhar Trophy. The teams were picked during the senior selection committee in Mumbai. The Deodhar Trophy will be played at Ranchi from October 31 to November 4.

India's Test specialist Hanuma Vihari has hit the nets in a bid to stay in the groove amid the COVID-19 lockdown which has forced cricket to stay put for a long time in this part of the world.

Cricketer Hanuma Vihari at a painting exhibition at Muse Art Gallery in Hyderabad

Half centuries by skipper Karun Nair and Hanuma Vihari enabled India A to finish on a comfortable 214 for 3 chasing a tricky target of 321 against West Indies A in the second four day 'Test', on Thursday.

India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the opening Test of the two-match series in Mohali on Friday. It is Virat Kohli's 100th Test, while Rohit starts his journey as Test captain with this match.

Haryana restricted Andhra to 217 for six on day in their Group C Ranji Trophy match at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.

Vidarbha allrounder Harsh Dubey grabbed his biggest wicket so far in the Chennai league when he castled big-fish Hanuma Vihari of Nelson Sports Club on Sunday.

Indian batter Hanuma Vihari said the team got the chance to learn and improve during the three four-day games against South Africa A ahead of the Test series.

Bidding for a Test comeback, batsman Hanuma Vihari will lead South Zone in the upcoming Duleep Trophy, which will involve six teams from different zones, and will be played in a knockout format in Bengaluru from June 28.

Vihari struck his 15th first-class hundred as the hosts recovered from early jitters to consolidate their position reaching 322/4 at stumps on the opening day of the second four-day unofficial Test in Bengaluru.

Hanuma Vihari and Deepak Hooda slammed a century each as the Duleep Trophy match between India Blue and India Red ended in a draw on the fourth and final day on Saturday.

Days after India batter Hanuma Vihari vowed to never play for Andhra in domestic cricket following political interference in him being forced to leave captaincy, the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) has alleged that the rest of the team were threatened to sign the letter in favour of the right-handed batter. Following Andhra's four-run loss to Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Monday, Vihari shared that he had to step down from the captaincy just after the first round not due to personal reasons, but because of political interference.

India’s middle-order batsman Hanuma Vihari will lead the South zone team in the upcoming Duleep Trophy tournament. Karnataka’s Mayank Agarwal has been named his deputy. The 15-member squad also features two players from Hyderabad — Ravi Teja and Tanay Thyagarajan.

A seasoned campaigner who has played 114 first-class matches, Hanuma Vihari is all too familiar with the pressure tactics used by opposition teams. As such, North Zone 's time-wasting strategies came as no surprise for the 29-year-old.

Stand-in India captain KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against South Africa, here on Monday.

Happy to be a Test specialist, India batsman Hanuma Vihari says being snubbed by IPL franchises this season has neither made him sad nor affected his belief that he is good enough for the shorter formats as well.

Check live cricket score, scorecard and ball by ball commentary of the Day 2 of the second and final Test match between India and West Indies on Times of India

Clearly tired of being unsold in the IPL auctions, India's Test specialists Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari have skipped IPL 2023 mini-auction, which will be held in Kochi on December 23. Altogether, 991 players (TOI has a copy of the list) have registered for the auction, and Pujara and Vihari's names are missing in this list.

Wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha is back in the scheme of things for India in the longer format after being named in the A squad for the West Indies tour comprising five one-dayers and three four-day games beginning July 11.

Hanuma Vihari believes India should not worry about Virat Kohli's recent lean patch. Despite an underwhelming year, Vihari expects Kohli to regain form and excel in the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. Before that, Kohli will aim to score runs in the ongoing Test against Bangladesh and the upcoming series against New Zealand.

The in-form Prithvi Shaw on Monday took another step towards an India comeback after being named in the A squad for the tour of New Zealand. Shaw has been in sublime touch since returning from an eight-month doping ban last month. The youngster made a spectacular double hundred in Mumbai's Ranji Trophy-opener against Baroda.