Sudeep Tyagi

Rookie Uttar Pradesh pacer Sudeep Tyagi, the lone new face in the Indian squad for the ODI series against Australia, considers pacer Zaheer Khan as his role model and said he would try to justify the selectors' decision if he gets an opportunity to play.

India pacer Sudeep Tyagi has seen enough ups and downs. Frequent injuries may have been roadblock for him but the fit-again Tyagi is raring to go.

Former India pacer Sudeep Tyagi on Tuesday announced retirement from all formats of the game.

Rahul Dravid was dropped while the dashing duo of Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh returned to the 15-member squad for the first two ODIs against Australia.

Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath was named captain of the Indian team for the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia with Virat Kohli as his deputy.

Star players of the Indian cricket team including Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag among others will play a day-and-night friendly match at Reliance Refinery in Moti Khavdi in Jamnagar on Tuesday.

Wasim Jaffer hit a classy 68 but seamers brought Rest of India back in the game by restricting Mumbai to 200 for six on day two of the Irani Cup.

Indian bowler Sudeep Tyagi, who recently retired from all forms of the game, arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday ahead of the inaugural edition of Lanka Premier League (LPL).

Saurashtra nose ahead as 16 wickets fall on second day

Hyderabad were in a comfortable position after winning the toss and fielding first against TNCA President's XI in the final of the Kalpathi AGS Buchi Babu tournament at the SSN College ground on Thursday.

The Indian team under S Badrinath began their campaign with a bang, crushing local favourites Australian Institute of Sports by six wickets in their first match of the Emerging Players Twenty20 Tournament.

Middle order batsman Mohammad Kaif was retained as the skipper of Uttar Pradesh Ranji team for 2007-08 as a 14-member squad was announced here on Sunday.

Virender Sehwag will return to action in the Irani Cup and will lead the Rest of India team in the October 1 to 5 tournament in Nagpur.

Cricketer Ambati Rayudu would lead the HCA XI Cricket team in the All India Coromandel Kng Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Cricket Tournament to be held here from August 22 to 31.

Fitness has played a huge role in India’s current pace attack. The likes of Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have taken the India pace bowling to a different level and that’s one of the reasons that they are better than many talented Indian pacers in the past.

Under former India pacer, Venkatesh Prasad, UP played some ruthless and competitive cricket this season where they topped points table with 33 points.

Shaken to the core by a BCCI suspension for unruly behaviour, Indian pacer Praveen Kumar is remorseful and has vowed not to repeat the incident in future.

Unlike last year, when most of the Indian stars were busy with the inaugural Champions League, this year's Challenger Trophy has increased significance.

The second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 tournament will be held in a bio-secure environment between July 30 and August 22, the game's governing body in the country said on Tuesday.