Bharat Sundaresan

It was only Arzan Nagwaswalla's third first-class match to boot, and by the time he got his chance with the ball, fellow left-armer Roosh Kalaria had already knocked over the Mumbai openers with an impressive spell of seam bowling.

Under cricket laws, these can be awarded on various grounds. Two of these came into play last week

Jalaj Saxena scored a ton opening the innings and took eight-wickets to fashion Kerala’s win against Andhra Pradesh.

India go into the tour of Australia having lost two crucial Test series against South Africa and England earlier in the year.

Neither the British nor the most colonial of all sports could make an inroad into Nagaland; at long last, cricket has planted its flag here.

Sunil Gavaskar’s maiden visit to the town saw thousands gather at the Garrison Club ground to see the legendary Indian opener in the flesh.

Meghalaya played their first Ranji match at home since 1948, but not many seem to care in the sport’s traditional outpost.

India collected 13 medals at the Youth Olympics, leaving powerhouses such as Britain and Germany in the shade but is the big haul a pointer to a golden future?

Virat Kohli scored a third consecutive hundred but his teammates floundered as India lost the third ODI against West Indies by 43 runs.

India welcome back their premier limited-overs fast bowlers in Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the third ODI against West Indies

Following the debacle in England - based on the eventual scoreline anyway- Murai Vijay and Rohit Sharma have forged their way back for the Test tour to Australia later this year.

His career has hit many roadblocks — mostly self-created — but Ambati Rayudu is on his way to sealing a spot in the Indian batting line-up.

With every year, Virat Kohli kept elevating his game, eventually culminating in him scaling the 10k peak in ODIs faster than anyone else.

The young West Indian batsman Shimron Hetmyer gave a glimpse of his prodigious talent with a ton in the first ODI against India.

Oshane Thomas, the 21-year-old from Jamaica, bowls at 150 kmph and has impressed Chris Gayle. He could make his debut in the first ODI against India.

In front of the stumps, Rishabh Pant is rapidly becoming a force to reckon with; behind the stumps, however, there’s scope for improvement

Jason Holder had to miss the opening Test in Rajkot owing to injury, a gargantuan loss for his team. And he’d made his presence felt enormously in Hyderabad.

Umesh Yadav, a walking manual of fast bowling on Indian pitches, picks up 10 wickets in Hyderabad as India rout West Indies to win the series 2-0

After the regular Test keeper, Shane Dowrich went off the field owing to an injury, it was intriguing that the visitors opted to bring in Jahmar Hamilton cold rather than giving the gloves to Shai Hope.