Former India spinner Nilesh Kulkarni has recalled the time when he became the first Indian to take a wicket off the first ball in Test cricket and revealed that he was not supposed to bowl but Sachin Tendulkar asked him to do so. He added that he was more terrified of the prospect of batting.

Ian Chappell has reckoned that the players of India and Australia will be able to have some challenging practice from the IPL in the lead up to the bilateral series in December. To prove his point, he gave the example of Ravi Bopara who scored 2 consecutive hundreds in Tests after a stint in IPL. 

A BCCI official has revealed that Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who announced on Thursday that he is all set to become a father, is likely to tour Australia for the four-Test series despite the expected birth of his first child. India are scheduled to tour Australia for four Tests, starting December.

Former BCCI President N Srinivasan has revealed that MS Dhoni was in line to get sacked as the ODI captain just months after the 2011 World Cup, and he leveraged his power as the President to protect Dhoni’s captaincy. Srinivasan expressed his relief in such a scenario not coming to fruition.