“Everyone offers different things, and you add Bumrah to it, so they are well placed to mount a challenge for the World Cup. I think England are the obvious favourites, but India won’t be far behind,” he insisted. read more

Former skipper Dhoni, playing in his 334th ODI, cooly guided India across the line with four balls to spare to back up a dazzling century from captain Virat Kohli. read more

India vs Australia: Bhuvneshwar, who was a part of the Test squad, wasn’t picked in the playing XI during the four-match series and did look rusty during the slog overs of the opening ODI. read more

“I didn’t practice that for almost a month now because in Tests, we hardly needed that. And I didn’t play a match. Going into an ODI or T20I series, you need that (yorker) thing. So I was practising that,” he said. read more

Ind vs Aus: On a high after the maiden Test series triumph on Australian soil, India have been hit by an unsavoury off-field controversy due to Pandya and K L Rahul’s controversial comments. read more

Tendulkar heaped praise on youngsters Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Agarwal and even Kuldeep Yadav, who played big roles in India’s first Test series win in Australia. read more

Jasprit Bumrah was one of the stand-out performers for India in the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. read more

Sachin Tendulkar was impressed with the style of play dished out by the Indian team, saying the brand of cricket produced by Virat Kohli and his men in the four-Test series was “magnificent”. read more

Bumrah, who picked up 21 wickets at an average of 17 and strike-rate of 44.9 in the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy, leads the ICC ODI rankings for bowlers with 841 points. Kohli has 899 points. read more

India vs Australia ODIs: India, who play three matches against Australia and five against New Zealand, could reach 125 points and within one point of England if they are able to win all eight matches. read more

Cricket itself frowns upon such comparisons. Purists sneer at these because cricketers are unique products of circumstances and standalone situations. It’s therefore incorrect to square off players who played years apart. read more

Virat Kohli looked in good mood as he posted a picture of himself on Twitter while relaxing in the hotel room and he captioned the post - “Bliss”. read more

India vs Australia: Former Australian captain Ian Chappell feels the Virat Kohli-led side is India’s best in pace bowling and fielding but it is nowhere close to being the best in batting. read more

India vs Australia: Talking about the brilliant start that Bumrah’s Test career has got, former India captain and coach Anil Kumble said that the Gujarat pacer was always on the radar for Test cricket. read more

Attention now turns towards the three-ODI series starting in Sydney on Saturday. Katich said that Australian batsmen must grab opportunities before the return of banned David Warner and Steve Smith. read more