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India A vs Australia A: India hit Test mode with first warm-up game

Sony SIX HD/SD will live broadcast the India A vs Australia A live match from 5:00 AM IST on December 6 onwards

AUS vs IND: Rahane, Pujara and Ashwin enjoy day out with kids in Sydney

Ahead of the four-match Test series against Australia, the Indian Test specialists Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Ashwin are enjoying some quality time with their families Down Under

India vs Australia 2020-21: Pujara hits nets to prepare for Test series

India Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara hit the nets to prepare for the longest format of the game which gets underway at the Adelaide Oval on December 17

Training camp for Indian cricketers unlikely at Motera ahead of IPL 2020

The top Indian cricketers are unlikely to have a national camp at Motera prior to the Indian Premier League, taking into account their health and safety amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. There is a high possibility that all the centrally contracted cricketers, save Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari (who don't feature in IPL), will be joining their respective IPL teams training camp in Dubai from the start. While BCCI Apex Council had zeroed in on the state-of-the-art Motera Stadium for the conditioning camp, the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) is yet to get any formal intimation from the BCCI. "There were media reports that camp will start from August 18 and go on till September 4 but we have no formal intimation from the BCCI till now," a GCA official told PTI on conditions of anonymity. It is learnt that there has been discussions on the issue that players travelling multi city -- from their homes to Ahmedabad and then Dubai -- can expose themselves to more healt

Can't wait to get back into that dressing room: Cheteshwar Pujara

Pujara last played for India in their second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch in March.

Rahul Dravid taught me the importance of switching off from cricket: Pujara

Often compared to Dravid, who was considered the 'wall' of Indian cricket, Pujara said he is thankful to Dravid for teaching him how to keep personal and professional lives separate

Pujara back at nets, says his mental strength kept him going in lockdown

The Rajkot-based cricketer got back to training at the nets this week, three months after helping Saurashtra win their maiden Ranji Trophy title.

Our bowlers will be raring to go: Pujara on pink-ball Test in Australia

India played its first-ever day-night Test match last year against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata

Visibility of pink ball is very different from traditional one: Pujara

Although it is still the same format, but the (pink) ball's pace and visibility is very different and ss a batsman you need to get used to it, says Cheteshwar Pujara

In a first, Indian cricketers get Nada notice; BCCI cites 'password glitch'

Five centrally contracted Indian cricketers including Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul have been issued notices by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing to disclose their whereabouts as the BCCI cited "password glitch" as the reason for delay. The other players to have received the notice include women stars Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma, who are among the five cricketers in the 110 strong National Registered Testing Pool (NRTP). Speaking to PTI, NADA DG Navin Agarwal confirmed that BCCI has sent an official explanation for their five NRTP players' failure to submit whereabouts. "There are two ways to fill up the whereabouts form in the ADAMS (Anti Doping Administration & Management Systems) software. Either athlete does it himself or association fills it up on his or her behalf," Agarwal said. "Now athletes in some discipline aren't educated enough or do not have access to internet and find themselves unable to handle the whereabouts clause of the ...

Kohli, Rohit have set new paradigms, but Pujara also important, says Dravid

The former captain also pointed out that with more than 300 ODIs under his belt, he wasn't just there to guard the wicket either

Ishant's 'thirst for knowledge', Pujara's work ethics impress Gillespie

It was difficult to get both of them out, but Sachin Tendulkar was a bit harder to dislodge than Brian Lara, says former Australia pacer Jason Gillespie

From Kohli to Tendulkar: Cricket fraternity backs PM's 21-day lockdown

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly also urged all to stay at home and said that citizens across the world should listen to what their government says

NZ wins series 2-0, moves to 3rd spot on ICC Test Championship points table

With a solid 120 points, New Zealand's tally has risen to 180 on ICC world test championship points table leaderboard; India stays on top for now with 360 points

India humbled as New Zealand win Christchurch Test, clinch series 2-0

After bowling out India for a mere 124 in their second innings, New Zealand chased down the target in the second session on Day 3 losing three wickets

2nd Test preview: Sans Ishant, India looks to fight back vs New Zealand

The highly-rated Indian batting line-up, which boasts of having the likes of Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rahane, would want to fire on all cylinders after being caught napping in Wellington

ICC Test rankings: Steve Smith displaces Kohli to become No.1 Test batsman

Kohli, who has 906 points, slipped to the second position in the list which also features Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwl at the eighth, ninth and 10th place respectively

BCCI releases central contract list, former skipper M S Dhoni dropped

The BCCI announced the central contracts for the period of October 2019 to September 2020. Dhoni was in the A category, which fetches a player Rs 5 crore, until last year

Ind vs SA 2nd test: Mayank's ton, Kohli's 50 help India to 273/3 on Day 1

Pujara, too, brought up his second successive fifty before Rabada had him caught by du Plessis for 58 off 112 balls

IND vs BAN 1st Test, Day 1: India 86/1 at stumps; Bangla bundled for 150

Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara were unbeaten on 37 and 43, respectively, at the close of play