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Every hundred is a retribution for Satish, for he was blamed throughout his career for not converting starts to hundreds, hundreds to daddy hundreds.

Vidarbha 22-year-old’s virtues of control and precision shone through as he acheived a career-best 7/55 against Delhi.

He wasn't expecting a call-up either because he hadn't played for the country since March last year, after failing to follow-up his 81 against Afghanistan U-19 in the quadrangular U-19 series.

Wasim Jaffer’s wristy grace and composure under pressure keeps Delhi attack at bay on a low-scoring Day One at Kotla.

Fuelled by their blazing ambition, 15 youngsters travel to South Africa, braced to defend the U-19 World Cup crown. The Indian Express pens the brief profiles of these talented young cricketers from diverse backgrounds and geographical divide. Meet the boys who could be household names soon.

Non-white players were under-represented in the SA team for the first two Tests against England, reopening merit vs quota discourse.

Back-up fast bowler impresses with raw pace as he teams up with Thakur to leave SL in tatters.

Pragmatists and romantics get locked in an intense debate as cricket officials get serious about shrinking Tests.

Hyderabad bounced back from 97 for 6 in the morning when an innings defeat was looking a mere eventuality.

Simarjeet Singh and Ishant Sharma roll out Hyderabad for 69 in the first innings, visitors lose two more after following on.

As Kotla toggled between bursts of sunshine and gloom, it was engrossing to watch Dhawan curb his natural instinct while scoring his 25th first-class hundred, his first in 18 months. His unbeaten 137, in Delhi's total of 269/6, was the only narrative on Day 1 at Kotla.

Sorely missed by skipper Virat Kohli, India’s Most Valuable Player returns for series against Sri Lanka and Australia.

Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant engineered a remarkable rescue mission, battling their instincts and cravings, fighting their inner demons and demonstrating an unseemly composure, thus furnishing hope of ending India’s anxious quest of middle-order stability.

India vs West Indies: Often rebuked for his uncontrolled aggression, Hetmeyer silences critics with a coming-of-age ton.

At Chepauk Stadium, MS Dhoni's spiritual home, Pant will have nowhere to hide if he has a bad game

Next week’s IPL auction and next year’s World T20 lend context to the India-West Indies fifty-overs series

Test match struggles a thing of past as opener hits undroppable form in shorter version .

Chandigarh, a union territory with a rich heritage of being home to some of the country’s greatest cricketers and a hub supplying players to Haryana and Punjab, will make a giant stride when it makes its Ranji Trophy debut this season. Along with the Union Territory Cricket Association, a number of players across teams too will embrace new beginnings.

Old guards Pollard, Simmons and Ramdin — once resigned to the inevitability of not representing West Indies — return for India tour