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India skipper Virat Kohli had been seen as too aggressive by the Australia camp, following words exchanged between him and counterpart Steve Smith on Day 3 of the second Test. (INDIA vs AUSTRALIA LIVE)

Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli had been seen as too aggressive by the Australia camp, following words exchanged between him and counterpart Steve Smith on Day 3 of the second Test.

There was a brief repeat episode on Tuesday as the Australia skipper arrived at the crease and spent a few edgy early moments against pacer Ishant Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin.


The Australian captain was given a send off after Umesh Yadav trapped Smith LBW with an ankle-high delivery.

The Indians didn’t seem too happy when Smith mulled a review. Australia, chasing 188 for a win on a difficult wicket, were 74 for 4 when Smith left.

Ishant Sharma making monkey faces at Steve Smith during the Australian first innings had gone viral, but the bowler was his calmer self this time. But some words seemed to have still said on the field.

At the end of one Ishant over, the bowler walked away but Smith walked up to Virat Kohli, walking in from first slip, exchanging words. The umpire was soon there and the two walked away.


Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin celebrate the wicket of David Warner in Bangalore on Tuesday.
India versus Australia cricket matches have been high-pressure affairs and seen plenty of skirmishes on the field over the years.

After the match, a dejected Smith refused to read much into it.

“Australia and India playing there are always emotions flying around. As long it’s kept on the field, that’s all good. Some interesting banter between the two oppositions. I think it makes for a great contest.

 “Me and Virat were just having a chat out there. Not much in it. Just a bit of fun, a bit of banter. These are things that happen in the game. It’s nice to occasionally engage in such conversations on the field and it was all in good fun.

“Emotions sometimes get the better of you on the field but I don’t think anyone crossed the line.”

DRS in Cricket

The Umpire Decision Review System is a technology-based system used in the sport of cricket. The system was first introduced in Test cricket, for the sole purpose of reviewing controversial decisions made by the on-field umpires as to whether or not a batsman had been dismissed. The system was first tested in an India v Sri Lanka match in 2008, and was officially launched by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 24 November 2009 during the first Test match between New Zealand and Pakistan at the University Oval in Dunedin. It was first used in One Day Internationals (ODI) in January 2011, during England's tour of Australia. The ICC initially made the UDRS mandatory in all international matches, but later made its use optional, so that the system would only be used if both teams agree. The ICC has agreed to continue to work on the technology and will try to incorporate its use into all ICC events.

In October 2012, the ICC made amendments on lbw protocols, increasing the margin of uncertainty when the ball hits the batsman's pad. In July 2016, the rules were amended once again, reducing the margin of uncertainty. The updated rules were first used in the ODI match between Ireland and South Africa in September 2016.

In September 2013, the ICC announced that for a trial period starting in October 2013, a team's referrals would be reset to two after 80 overs in an innings in Test matches. Previously each team had a maximum of two unsuccessful reviews in an innings.

In February 2017 the ICC agreed the use for all future ICC World Twenty20 tournaments, with one review per team. The first T20 tournament scheduled to use the technology will be the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. It was used in Knockout stages of Pakistan Super League 2017 It was the first time DRS used in a T20 league.

There are three components in UDRS. The use of Snickometer was suspended but was reintroduced in 2013. Ultra Edge was introduced in 2016, as a better option to Snickometer.

Hawk-Eye, Eagle Eye, or Virtual Eye: ball-tracking technology that plots the trajectory of a bowling delivery that has been interrupted by the batsman, often by the pad, and can determine whether it would have hit the stumps.
Ultra-edge, which is termed as Hot Spot's enhanced version of Snickometer When the ball has hit the batsman's pads, Ultra Edge creates four frames and automatically uses all the frames to give precise result. It is able to differentiate more clearly over sounds created by bat, pads or clothing.
Hot Spot: Infra-red imaging system that shows where the ball has been in contact with bat or pad. Improved cameras were introduced for the 2012 season.
Real-time Snickometer, which uses directional microphones to detect small sounds made as the ball hits the bat or pad.

IPL 2017 Full Schedule

The 10th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on April 5, and the opening ceremony of the cash-rich league will be held in the den of the defending champions — Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In the first match of the tournament, Hyderabad will lock horns against Virat Kohli's much-fancied Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
A total of 60 matches will be played in the tournament which will be spread over a span of 47 days, with the final also scheduled to be played in Hyderabad on May 21.

The season will also witness IPL returning to Indore for the first time since 2011.
Among the other teams, Rising Pune Supergiants will take on Mumbai Indians on April 6 in Pune, while Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Gujarat Lions on April 7 in their opening match of the campaign at Rajkot.

Delhi Daredevils will take on RCB in Bengaluru on April 8 in their opener and on the same day, Kings XI Punjab host Pune for their first match at their second home in Indore.

Full Schedule :

Match 1: SRH vs RCB, April 5 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 2: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Mumbai Indians, April 6 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 3: Gujarat Lions vs KKR, April 7 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 4: Kings XI Punjab vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 8 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 5: RCB vs Delhi Daredevils, April 8 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 6: SRH vs Gujarat Lions, April 9 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 7: Mumbai Indians vs KKR, April 9 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 8: Kings XI Punjab vs RCB, April 10 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 9: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Delhi Daredevils, April 11 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 10: Mumbai Indians vs SRH, April 12 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 11: KKR vs Kings XI Punjab, April 13 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 12: RCB vs Mumbai Indians, April 14 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 13: Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 14 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 14: KKR vs SRH, April 15 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 15: Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, April 15 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 16: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Lions, April 16 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 17: RCB vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 16 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 18: Delhi Daredevils vs KKR, April 17 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 19: SRH vs Kings XI Punjab, April 17 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 20: Gujarat Lions vs RCB, April 18 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 21: SRH vs Delhi Daredevils, April 19 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 22: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, April 20 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 23: KKR vs Gujarat Lions, April 21 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 24: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, April 22 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 25: Rising Pune Supergiant vs SRH, April 22 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 26: Gujarat Lions vs Kings XI Punjab, April 23 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 27: KKR vs RCB, April 23 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 28: Mumbai Indians vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 24 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 29: RCB vs SRH, April 25 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 30: Rising Pune Supergiant vs KKR, April 26 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 31: RCB vs Gujarat Lions, April 27 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 32: KKR vs Delhi Daredevils, April 28 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 33: Kings XI Punjab vs SRH, April 28 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 34: Rising Pune Supergiant vs RCB, April 29 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 35: Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians, April 29 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 36: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, April 30 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 37: SRH vs KKR, April 30 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 38: Mumbia Indians vs RCB, May 1 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 39: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Gujarat Lion, May 1 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 40: Delhi Daredevils vs SRH, May 2 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 41: KKR vs Rising Pune Supergiant, May 3 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 42: Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions, May 4 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 43: RCB vs Kings XI Punjab, May 5 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 44: SRH vs Rising Pune Supergiant, May 6 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 45: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, May 6 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 46: RCB vs KKR, May 7 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 47: Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions, May 7 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 48: SRH vs Mumbai Indians, May 8 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 49: Kings XI Punjab vs KKR, May 9 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 50: Gujarat Lions vs Delhi Daredevils, May 10 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 51: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, May 11 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 52: Delhi Daredevlis vs Rising Pune Super Giant, May 12 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 53: Gujarat Lions vs SRH, May 13 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 54: KKR vs Mumbai Indians, May 13 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Match 55: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Kings XI Punjab, May 14 2017, 4:00 PM IST

Match 56: Delhi Daredevils vs RCB, May 15 2017, 8:00 PM IST

1st Qualifier: May 16 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Eliminator: May 17 2017, 8:00 PM IST

2nd Qualifier: May 19 2017, 8:00 PM IST


Final: May 21 2017, 8:00 PM IST

Rahul Dravid Training Under 19 Team

As long as they learn, I don't care about much else," Dravid says. "Even if you fail, if you go back with the right feedback, you're better off than having succeeded and not reflected on it. I was at an Under-17 camp and Hanumant Singh used to tell me, "don't focus on results at this stage, focus on developing your career". I feel so similarly about this.

"The more they fail, as long as they reflect upon it and recognise these are the shortcomings and this is what you need to improve on. That's our job, to make them aware of the things they need to work on and become better players. No magic pill; I can't give them a formula that will make them successful. It's up to them to go back and put in the work.

"Even if some of them don't make it to the [Under-19] World Cup, I want them to feel they've had an opportunity in and around the group. And they've got some level of feedback, exposure at this level so that it can only benefit them when they go back to play."

Under-19 Cricket World Cup

The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth World Cup, it was not staged again until 1998. Since then, the World Cup has been held as a biennial event, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The first edition of the tournament had only eight participants, but every subsequent edition has included sixteen teams. Australia and India have both won the World Cup three times, while Pakistan have won twice and England, South Africa, and the West Indies once each. Two other teams – New Zealand and Sri Lanka – have made a tournament final without going on to win. In June 2016, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided that Indian players could only play in one under-19 tournament, regardless if they still meet the age criteria for another edition.

Ranji Trophy

The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between teams representing regional cricket associations. The competition currently consists of 27 teams, with 21 of the 29 states in India and Delhi (which is a Union Territory), having at least one representation. The competition is named after first Indian cricketer who played international cricket, Ranjitsinhji, who was also known as "Ranji". He played for England and Sussex. Gujarat is the current Ranji Trophy champion, having beaten Mumbai by 5 wickets in the final of the 2016–17 season held in Holkar Stadium, Indore.

why cricket is the most famous sport in India!

India is a multi-sporting nation where a variety of games are played on a daily basis. Football, hockey, badminton, tennis are the mainly followed and played. Out of these cricket holds the majority share, both in terms of man following and playing numbers.

To play the game of cricket, you just need a bat and a ball and a minimum of two players can easily play the game. It can be played even in the smallest of smallest dimensions, like a road, a street ally or even in a room!

Reality check, in India the sport is so horribly popular amongst kids that they frequently play ‘gully cricket’ even in most congested streets!


Compared to other sports, cricket has more number of coaching centres in the entire country. This factor is hugely responsible in drawing more and more young children, who aspire to be future cricketers.

Similarly, almost in each and every state there is at least one world class cricket stadium present whereas if we take a peek into football and hockey, there are only a few FIFA accredited stadiums and genuine astroturfs respectively, present in India.

This important factor also contributes to the increased participation and popularity of the sport.


India till now has won two ICC Cricket World Cups, two Champions Trophies, one T20 World Cup. Moreover, with years India’s performance in the cricketing arena has improved remarkably which undoubtedly makes India a reckoning force in today’s cricketing fraternity.

On the other hand, India used to excel in the game of hockey once but the country’s performance in the sport has dwindled gradually. If we talk about football, India could never really make any mark in the world of football. The current FIFA ranking of India is 156 out of the 208 FIFA accredited nations which is more than enough to signify the the poor state of Indian soccer.

India’s cricketing brand value is a huge reason of attracting a huge number of fans.

A major reason why Indians are unable to compete with other countries in sports like football, hockey, athletics or tennis is that we are not gifted with significant physical strength, good height and substantial match fitness. The obvious reason behind this is the genetics which ultimately makes a big difference in these sports which are physically gruelling.

Thankfully, our cricketers have more than enough strength and fitness in them body which enables them to play cricket at its highest level.

India over the years have produced a bunch of world class cricketing legends who at some point or the other have taken the cricketing world by storm. Batsmen, bowlers, all-rounders, captains consisting the likes of Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh to name a few. Their pictures and posters are pasted over walls and are idolized by numerous boys and girls.

Each of them are alone enough to inspire millions to join the game.

Cricket in India is governed by BCCI, which is an efficient, rich, well-organized and systematic council. The BCCI, over the years have taken several constructive steps to protect and prosper the cricketing interests of India. It has been highly successful in establishing itself as a dominant body in world cricket.

On the other hand, the governing bodies like AIFF, HI, IHF, etc are highly disorganized and unmethodical when comes to functioning, and are often busy dealing with internal hassles. Their financial structures are also petty weak if compared to the BCCI.

A strong backing helped cricket to emerge as the most popular sport in the country.

Money and cricket have almost become synonymous. Cricketers in India have always been the richer breed of sportsmen compared to their peers. Be it the salary, prize money or government initiatives. The cricketers have always been ahead in the money race. With the advent of IPL, it was just another opportunity for them to get even richer.

By virtue of being rich, the cricketers can afford to have a better lifestyle , rather a lavish and posh one. This unfortunately has not been the case with the players, involved with other sports in India.

Money is the most important requirement in any individual’s life. So whenever a career choice in sports is in question, it climbs autometically towards cricket!


Cricket is that sport in India which always has attracted a wide range of sponsors and advertisements as its the mostly viewed game. Even cricketers have made fortunes for themselves by endorsing several products and appearing in numerous commercials. Ever wondered why this happens in cricket and not in any other sport?

A subtle thing it is, the few seconds break which is obtained repeatedly in between the starting and ending of overs or when a wicket falls, our television screens are flooded with heaps of advertisements. This period of discontinuity is not available in football or hockey or any other sport as they are continuative in nature.

Thus companies run after cricket and cricketers so that they can use those few seconds for publicity and ready to pay any amount of money for that !

In 2008, when Lalit Modi first introduced this T20 extravaganza, it instantly became a huge sensation. Since then IPL has proved to be a game changer as well as a great money-spinner in the sporting history of the country. All the best cricket players from the world assembled in India to play this elite competition. Moreover it gave the platform to the relatively unknown players to become a hero. And the amount of money and glamour involved in the competition, would draw any budding cricketer towards itself. The IPL has amplified the popularity of cricket to a gigantic level amongst the Indians as for now every budding cricketer wants to be a part of the greatest cricket show on earth.

Although now we have several parallel leagues like ISL, Hero Indian Hockey League, Indian Badminton League and so on, but they are nowhere near the fame or popularity of IPL.

And finally Sachin Tendulkar

‘If cricket is my religion, Sachin is my god’

If you have the ‘god’ of cricket in our own very country, its quite natural that Indian people will remain hooked to the game.Whether he is playing or not, his presence can always be felt when cricket is being played, seen or heard.

Rahul Dravid Family

Rahul Dravid with His Family

ICC

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.

The ICC has 105 members: 10 Full Members that play Test matches, 39 Associate Members, and 56 Affiliate Members.The ICC is responsible for the organisation and governance of cricket's major international tournaments, most notably the Cricket World Cup. It also appoints the umpires and referees that officiate at all sanctioned Test matches, One Day International and Twenty20 Internationals. It promulgates the ICC Code of Conduct, which sets professional standards of discipline for international cricket, and also co-ordinates action against corruption and match-fixing through its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU). The ICC does not control bilateral fixtures between member countries (which include all Test matches), it does not govern domestic cricket in member countries, and it does not make the laws of the game, which remain under the control of the Marylebone Cricket Club.

The Chairman heads the board of directors and on 26 June 2014, N. Srinivasan, the former president of BCCI, was announced as the first chairman of the council.The role of ICC president has become a largely honorary position since the establishment of the chairman role and other changes were made to the ICC constitution in 2014. It has been claimed that the 2014 changes have handed control to the so-called 'Big Three' nations of England, India and Australia. The current ICC president is Zaheer Abbas,[3] who was appointed in June 2015 following the resignation of Mustafa Kamal in April 2015. Kamal, the former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, resigned shortly after the 2015 World Cup, claiming the organisation operated both unconstitutionally and unlawfully. The current CEO is David Richardson, who succeeded Haroon Lorgat.

BCCI

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. It is a consortium of state cricket associations and the state associations select their representatives who in turn elect the BCCI officials

Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar  (born 10 July 1949) is an Indian former cricketer who played during the 1970s and 1980s for the Bombay cricket team and Indian national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. He held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005. He was the first person to score centuries in both innings of a Test match three times, but unlike Ricky Ponting and David Warner (who also achieved the feat twice like Gavaskar) after him, none of his games yielded a win. He was the first Test batsman to score 10,000 Test Runs in a Career and now stands at number 12 on the group of 12 players of with 10,000 Test Runs.

Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack regarded as the most vicious in Test history. His captaincy of the Indian team, however, was less successful. Turbulent performances of the team led to multiple exchanges of captaincy between Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, with one of Gavaskar's sackings coming just six months before Kapil led India to victory at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Gavaskar is a recipient of the Indian civilian honours of the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan. In 2012, he was awarded the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for Cricket in India.

On 28 March 2014, Supreme Court of India, appointed Gavaskar as the Interim BCCI President primarily to oversee 7th Season of Indian Premier League. The Court also directed him to relinquish his job as a Cricket Commentator.

Ricky Ponting

Ricky Thomas Ponting, AO (born 19 December 1974), nicknamed Punter, is an Australian former cricketer who was captain of the Australia national cricket team during its 'golden era'; between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler. Ponting holds the record of being the only cricketer in the history of Test cricket to be a part of 100 Test match wins. He was named "Cricketer of the decade 2000". He led Australia to victory at the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and was also a member of the 1999 World Cup winning team under Steve Waugh.

He represented the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket, the Hobart Hurricanes in Australia's domestic T20 competition the Big Bash League, and played in the Indian Premier League with the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008. He is widely considered by many to be one of the best batsmen of the modern era, alongside Sachin Tendulkar of India and Brian Lara of the West Indies. On 1 December 2006, he reached the highest rating achieved by a Test batsman in the last 50 years.

Ponting made his first-class debut for Tasmania in November 1992, when just 17 years and 337 days old, becoming the youngest Tasmanian to play in a Sheffield Shield match. However, he had to wait until 1995 before making his One Day International (ODI) debut, during a quadrangular tournament in New Zealand in a match against South Africa. His Test debut followed shortly after, when selected for the first Test of the 1995 home series against Sri Lanka in Perth, in which he scored 96. He lost his place in the national team several times in the period before early-1999, due to lack of form and discipline, before becoming One Day International captain in early-2002 and Test captain in early 2004.

After being involved in over 160 Tests and 370 ODIs, Ponting is Australia's leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket. He is one of only four players (along with Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis) in history to have scored 13,000 Test runs. Statistically, he is one of the most successful captains of all time, with 48 victories in 77 Tests between 2004 and 31 December 2010. As a player, Ponting is the only cricketer in history to be involved in 100 Test victories. Ponting also holds the record to have been involved in the most ODI victories as a player, with 262 wins.

On 29 November 2012 Ponting announced his retirement from Test cricket, the day before he would play in the Perth Test against South Africa. This was his 168th and last Test appearance, equalling the Australian record held by Steve Waugh. Ponting retired on 3 December 2012 with a Test batting average of 51.85. He continued to play cricket around the world. In February 2013 it was announced that he would be captaining the Mumbai Indians team in the Indian Premier League. and in March 2013 he was announced as the first international franchise player for the Caribbean Premier League. Later that month it was revealed by Ponting that this would be his last season playing cricket, as at the end of the competition he would be retiring from all forms of the game.

Glenn Maxwell

Glenn James Maxwell (born 14 October 1988) is an Australian cricketer who plays One Day International and Twenty 20 International matches for Australia. In 2011, he set the record for the fastest ever half-century in Australian domestic one day cricket, scoring 50 runs off 19 balls. In February 2013, the Indian Premier League team the Mumbai Indians bought him for $1 million US, and in March he made his Test debut against India in the second Test at Hyderabad.In 2015, Maxwell signed with County cricket team Yorkshire.

Maxwell was first signed by the Delhi Daredevils in 2012 as a replacement player for Travis Birt who withdrew from the squad. At the 2013 IPL auctions, Maxwell was the most expensive player as Mumbai Indians bought him for 1 million US dollars. He was out of the Mumbai Indians retention team 2014 as per IPL 2014 retention rules.

In 2014, he was bought by Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 6 crore. In his team's opening match against Chennai Super Kings, he scored 95 runs from 43 balls (with 15 fours and two sixes) to chase down a target of 206 in 18.5 overs. In the second match against Rajasthan Royals, he hit 89 off 45 balls with eight fours and six sixes, which included frequent reverse shots, helping his team win against a high target. In the third match, Maxwell scored 95 runs from 43 balls with 9 sixes and 5 fours against Sunrisers Hyderabad and was awarded Man of the Match for the third time in a row. In the 29th match of the IPL on 7 May 2014 against Chennai Super Kings, Maxwell scored 90 runs off just 38 balls with 6 fours and 8 sixes and picked up the wicket of Suresh Raina while bowling, winning the Man of the Match award for the fourth time in the season. Punjab went on to post a massive score of 231, the highest innings score of season. In 16 games he had the season's 3rd highest aggregate of 552 runs at an average of 34.50.

He was retained by Kings XI Punjab for 2015 IPL Season. He failed to impress in that season, not making a score higher than 43 and being dropped from the team, making an overall 145 runs in 11 games at an average of 13.18.

Glenn McGrath

Glenn Donald McGrath ( born 9 February 1970)[1] is a former Australian international cricketer and a commentator for Channel Nine's cricket coverage. He was a fast-medium pace bowler and is considered one of the greatest bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domnation of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century.

Known throughout his career for maintaining an accurate line and length, McGrath's consistency enabled him to be one of the most economical and dangerous fast bowlers of his time. McGrath holds the world record for the highest number of Test wickets by a fast bowler and is fourth on the all-time list, with the top three wicket takers Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, and Anil Kumble all being spin bowlers. He has also taken the seventh-highest number of one day international wickets (381), and holds the record for the most wickets in the Cricket World Cup. McGrath announced his retirement from Test cricket on 23 December 2006, with his Test career coming to an end after the fifth Ashes test in Sydney in January 2007, whilst the 2007 World Cup marked the end of his one-day career, in which he won the man of the tournament award for his outstanding bowling which was instrumental in Australia winning the tournament. McGrath later played for the Indian Premier League team of the Delhi DareDevils, and was one of the tournaments' most economical bowlers during its first season, but he saw no action in the second season, ultimately having his contract bought out.

McGrath is the director of MRF Pace Foundation, Chennai, replacing Dennis Lillee, who served for 25 years.He currently serves as the Co-Founder and President of the McGrath Foundation, a breast cancer support and education charity he founded with his deceased first wife, Jane.

Glenn McGrath, along with Rahul Dravid, was honoured during the seventh annual Bradman Awards function in Sydney on November 1, 2012.He was inducted into ICC Hall of fame in January 2013.

3rd Test Match India vs Australia

3rd Test Match India vs Australia is scheduled at Ranchi on March 16 to 20.

IND VS AUS 2nd test match

4 wickets down for Australia.good chance for India to level the Series.

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA 2ND TEST MATCH

India 213/4 at stumps on Day 3 vs Australia in 2nd Test in Bangalore

Day 3

For the first time in this Test, Indian team went without losing a wicket in a session as India batted out courtesy Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane to extend their lead after completing out Australia’s Lead of 87 runs. At stumps, India lead was by 126 runs for the first time the batting applying itself and standing strong. Josh Hazlewood still causing issues with three wickets.

Hope India will try there best to save this test match from losing, If India puts some 300 odd runs on the board , India as fair chance of winning this match as pitch will show turn on day 4 and 5.

Let us hope for the best from Day 4 and Day 5 of the match.

South Africa in England T20I Series, 2017

June 2017

21 WED
South Africa in England T20I Series, 2017
England v South Africa at Southampton, 1st T20I

22 THU23 FRI
South Africa in England T20I Series, 2017
England v South Africa at Taunton, 2nd T20I

24 SAT25 SUN
South Africa in England T20I Series, 2017
England v South Africa at Cardiff, 3rd T20I





July 2017

6 THU
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2017
England v South Africa at Lord's, 1st Test - day 1

7 FRI
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2017
England v South Africa at Lord's, 1st Test - day 2

8 SAT
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2017
England v South Africa at Lord's, 1st Test - day 3

9 SUN
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2017
England v South Africa at Lord's, 1st Test - day 4

10 MON
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2017
England v South Africa at Lord's, 1st Test - day 5

ICC Champions Trophy - 2017

JUNE 2017
1 THU
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
England v Bangladesh at The Oval, Group A

2 FRI
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
Australia v New Zealand at Birmingham, Group A

3 SAT
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
Sri Lanka v South Africa at The Oval, Group B

4 SUN
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
India v Pakistan at Birmingham, Group B

5 MON
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
Australia v Bangladesh at The Oval, Group A (day/night)

6 TUE
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
England v New Zealand at Cardiff, Group A

7 WED
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
Pakistan v South Africa at Birmingham, Group B (day/night)

8 THU
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
India v Sri Lanka at The Oval, Group B

9 FRI
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
New Zealand v Bangladesh at Cardiff, Group A

10 SAT
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
England v Australia at Birmingham, Group A

11 SUN
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
India v South Africa at The Oval, Group B

12 MON
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Cardiff, Group B

13 TUE14 WED
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
TBD v TBD at Cardiff, 1st Semi-final

15 THU
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
TBD v TBD at Birmingham, 2nd Semi-final

16 FRI17 SAT18 SUN
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017
TBD v TBD at The Oval, Final

Indian Cricket team matches till May 2017

March 2017

6 MON
Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Bengaluru, 2nd Test - day 3

7 TUE
Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Bengaluru, 2nd Test - day 4

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Galle, 1st Test - day 1

8 WED
Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Bengaluru, 2nd Test - day 5

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Galle, 1st Test - day 2

South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, 1st Test - day 1

Afghanistan v Ireland T20I Series, 2016/17
Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, 1st T20I

9 THU
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Galle, 1st Test - day 3

South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, 1st Test - day 2

England in West Indies ODI Series, 2016/17
West Indies v England at Bridgetown, 3rd ODI

10 FRI
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Galle, 1st Test - day 4

South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, 1st Test - day 3

Afghanistan v Ireland T20I Series, 2016/17
Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, 2nd T20I

11 SAT
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Galle, 1st Test - day 5

South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, 1st Test - day 4

12 SUN
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, 1st Test - day 5

Afghanistan v Ireland T20I Series, 2016/17
Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, 3rd T20I

13 MON14 TUE15 WED
Afghanistan v Ireland ODI Series, 2016/17
Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, 1st ODI

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 2nd Test - day 1

16 THU
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 2nd Test - day 2

South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, 2nd Test - day 1

Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Ranchi, 3rd Test - day 1

17 FRI
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 2nd Test - day 3

South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, 2nd Test - day 2

Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Ranchi, 3rd Test - day 2

Afghanistan v Ireland ODI Series, 2016/17
Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, 2nd ODI

18 SAT
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 2nd Test - day 4

South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, 2nd Test - day 3

Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Ranchi, 3rd Test - day 3

19 SUN
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), 2nd Test - day 5

South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, 2nd Test - day 4

Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Ranchi, 3rd Test - day 4

Afghanistan v Ireland ODI Series, 2016/17
Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, 3rd ODI

20 MON
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, 2nd Test - day 5

Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Ranchi, 3rd Test - day 5

21 TUE22 WED
Afghanistan v Ireland ODI Series, 2016/17
Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, 4th ODI

23 THU24 FRI
Afghanistan v Ireland ODI Series, 2016/17
Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, 5th ODI

25 SAT
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, 3rd Test - day 1

Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Dharamsala, 4th Test - day 1

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Dambulla, 1st ODI (day/night)

26 SUN
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, 3rd Test - day 2

Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Dharamsala, 4th Test - day 2

Pakistan in West Indies T20I Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown, 1st T20I

27 MON
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, 3rd Test - day 3

Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Dharamsala, 4th Test - day 3

28 TUE
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, 3rd Test - day 4

Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Dharamsala, 4th Test - day 4

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Dambulla, 2nd ODI (day/night)

29 WED
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, 3rd Test - day 5

Australia in India Test Series, 2016/17
India v Australia at Dharamsala, 4th Test - day 5

30 THU
Pakistan in West Indies T20I Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Port of Spain, 2nd T20I

31 FRI

APRIL 2017
1 SAT
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (SSC), 3rd ODI

Pakistan in West Indies T20I Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Port of Spain, 3rd T20I

2 SUN 3 MON 4 TUE
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka T20I Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), 1st T20I (night)

Pakistan in West Indies T20I Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Port of Spain, 4th T20I

5 WED 6 THU
Bangladesh in Sri Lanka T20I Series, 2016/17
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), 2nd T20I (night)

7 FRI
Pakistan in West Indies ODI Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, 1st ODI

8 SAT 9 SUN
Pakistan in West Indies ODI Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, 2nd ODI

10 MON11 TUE
Pakistan in West Indies ODI Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Providence, 3rd ODI

12 WED13 THU14 FRI15 SAT16 SUN17 MON18 TUE19 WED20 THU21 FRI22 SAT
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1st Test - day 1

23 SUN
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1st Test - day 2

24 MON
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1st Test - day 3

25 TUE
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1st Test - day 4

26 WED
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1st Test - day 5

27 THU28 FRI29 SAT30 SUN
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown, 2nd Test - day 1

 MAY 2017
1 MON
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown, 2nd Test - day 2

2 TUE
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown, 2nd Test - day 3

3 WED
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown, 2nd Test - day 4

4 THU
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown, 2nd Test - day 5

5 FRI
Ireland in England ODI Series, 2017
England v Ireland at Bristol, 1st ODI

6 SAT 7 SUN
Ireland in England ODI Series, 2017
England v Ireland at Lord's, 2nd ODI

8 MON 9 TUE10 WED
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Roseau, 3rd Test - day 1

11 THU
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Roseau, 3rd Test - day 2

12 FRI
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Roseau, 3rd Test - day 3

Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2017
Ireland v Bangladesh at , 1st Match

13 SAT
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Roseau, 3rd Test - day 4

14 SUN
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 2017
West Indies v Pakistan at Roseau, 3rd Test - day 5

Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2017
Ireland v New Zealand at , 2nd Match

15 MON16 TUE17 WED
Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2017
Bangladesh v New Zealand at , 3rd Match

18 THU19 FRI
Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2017
Ireland v Bangladesh at , 4th Match

20 SAT21 SUN
Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2017
Ireland v New Zealand at , 5th Match

22 MON23 TUE24 WED
South Africa in England ODI Series, 2017
England v South Africa at Leeds, 1st ODI

Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2017
Bangladesh v New Zealand at , 6th Match

25 THU26 FRI27 SAT
South Africa in England ODI Series, 2017
England v South Africa at Southampton, 2nd ODI

28 SUN29 MON
South Africa in England ODI Series, 2017
England v South Africa at Lord's, 3rd ODI

30 TUE31 WED

Asia Cup 2018

The 2018 Asia Cup will be a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament scheduled to be held in India in 2018. It will be the 14th edition of the Asia Cup, and the second time the tournament will be hosted by India. India had previously hosted the 1990–91 Asia Cup.

On 29 October 2015, following the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Singapore, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary stated that the 2018 edition of the tournament would be held in India.

David Miller

David Andrew Miller (born 10 June 1989) is a South African cricketer.

He is an aggressive left-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler who plays domestic cricket for Knights and is the former captain of the Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and has represented South Africa in both One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals.

AB de Villiers

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a South African cricketer who currently captains the South African One Day International (ODI) team. He is also a former captain in T20I and Test cricket for South Africa. De Villiers is regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and a legend in the modern cricket world.

De Villiers holds many batting records, including world's fastest 50, 100 and 150 in ODI cricket, the fastest Test century by a South African and the fastest T20I 50 by a South African. His match winning ability and lethal innings across all formats rated him as number one batsman in several occasions.

He made his international debut in a Test match against England in 2004 and first played an ODI in early 2005. His debut in Twenty20 International cricket came in 2006. As of 2016, he has passed 8,000 runs in both Test and ODI cricket and has a batting average of over fifty in both forms of the game.

Though he began his career as a wicketkeeper-batsman, but later played most often purely as a batsman. He has batted at various positions up and down the order. Noted as an innovative batsman in modern game, AB De Villiers is noted for many unorthodox strokeplays behind the wicketkeeper and slips. He is considered to be the most explosive batsman of all time. He has the record of the fastest ODI score of 100 and 150.

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Khan Afridi ( born 1980) is a Pakistani professional cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He also holds a record of taking most wickets (97) and most player-of-the match awards in Twenty20 International cricket.

He is known for his aggressive batting style, and previously held the record for the fastest ODI century in 37 deliveries. He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket, Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 350 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is leading the chart of most T20I wickets with 92 wickets from 92 matches. Afridi currently is the President for PSL team Peshawar Zalmi which is owned by his cousin Javed Afridi.

Afridi is a philanthropist and owner of the Shahid Afridi Foundation. In 2015, Afridi was named among the top 20 most charitable athletes in the world by Do Something.

On 19 February 2017, Afrdi announced his retirement from international cricket.

Misbah-ul-Haq

Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi  (born 28 May 1974,Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer who leads the Test Pakistan national cricket team, and was also the One Day International (ODI) captain until his retirement from ODI cricket after the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He is a middle-order batsman best known for his composure with the bat whilst also having the ability to be an aggressive big shot player when required. He is the top scorer in ODI cricket among those players who haven't scored a century in ODI. He has the world record of scoring most runs without century in ODI career. Misbah holds the record of the fastest test half century and shared the record for fastest test century with Sir Vivian Richards, which was later broken by Brendon McCullum. Misbah has an MBA degree in HRM from the University of Management and Technology in Lahore, Punjab.

Steve Smith

Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian cricketer who represents Australia, New South Wales Blues, and Sydney Sixers. He is currently the captain of the Australia national cricket team across all the three formats. Although he was initially selected for Australia as an all-rounder who could bowl right-arm leg spin, Smith now plays primarily as a batsman, and is also known for his 'fly swat' celebration after scoring a century. On July 16, 2015 he reached a Test batting rating of 936, the 10th highest of all time.

As of December 2016, Smith is the top-ranked Test batsman in the world, according to the ICC Player Rankings.Smith was the leading run scorer in 2014–15 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. In 2015, he won the Allan Border Medal for the best player in Australian Cricket. In June 2015, he was moved up to the coveted no. 3 spot in the Test batting order for the series against the West Indies and the 2015 Ashes series, a position previously held by Ricky Ponting. After taking over full-time captaincy of the national team, Smith generally batted at no. 3 until recently, as that position is currently occupied by Usman Khawaja. Though Smith covered for him again in the inaugural day-night Test match in Adelaide, he moved back to the no. 4 spot in the batting order, following Khawaja's return from injury.

On 23 December 2015, Smith was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for being named the ICC Cricketer of the Year as well as Test Cricketer of the Year for the 2014–15 season.

In 2014, Martin Crowe called Smith as one of the young Fab Four of Test Cricket alongwith Joe Root, Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli.

David Warner

David Andrew Warner (born 27 October 1986) is an Australian cricketer and the current vice captain of the team in all 3 formats of the game. An explosive left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket. He currently plays for New South Wales, the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Sydney Thunder. He became vice-captain of Australia across Test and ODI formats of the game, in August 2015. He predominantly fields at slip, but has moved to midwicket after thumb injuries in 2016. On the 23rd of January 2017, he became the fourth player to win the Allan Border medal more than once and also win the award in consecutive years.

Currently, he is ranked fifth in the list of top 10 Test batsmen in the world, according to the official ICC Player Rankings, published in December 2015. He is the first Australian and sixth overall to reach 1,500 T20I runs. He is also the first Australian batsman to score 7 ODI centuries in a calendar year.

Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Aaron Starc (born 30 January 1990), is an Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues. He is a left-arm fast bowler and a capable lower order left-handed batsman. He was a prominent member of the victorious Australian squad that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup and was declared Man of the Tournament as a result of his consistent performances.

Starc then became the fastest bowler to take (over) 100 ODI wickets on August 21, 2016 against Sri Lanka, doing so in 52 innings and breaking Saqlain Mushtaq's 19-year-old record, of taking 100 wickets in 53 innings.

On December the 30th against Pakistan in the Boxing Day test, he broke Andrew Symonds' record of the most sixes at the MCG in one innings, hitting 7 sixes.

Parvez Rasool

Parveez Rasool Zargar (born 13 February 1989) (nick name : parray) is a cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for Jammu and Kashmir. A right-hand batsman and offbreak bowler, Rasool is the captain of the Jammu and Kashmir team and a regular member of India A. He was bought for ₹95 lakh (US$140,000) by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2014 IPL auction. Rasool was the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to have played in the IPL.

Rasool received his maiden call-up for the national team in 2013 for the Zimbabwe tour. Rasool finally represented the national team against Bangladesh on 15 June 2014 at Mirpur. Parveez Rasool got his first chance to play his maiden T20 against England in 2017 where he dismissed Eoin Morgan and got his first T20 International wicket.

Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh Plaha ; born 3 July 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India), commonly known as Harbhajan Singh, is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of IPL team Mumbai Indians and Punjab state for the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy season. A specialist spin bowler, he has the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off spinner, behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan. Harbhajan made his Test and One Day International (ODI) debuts in early 1998. His career was initially affected by investigations into the legality of his bowling action, as well as several disciplinary incidents. However, in 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble injured, Harbhajan's career was resuscitated after Indian captain Sourav Ganguly called for his inclusion in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy team. In that series victory over Australia, Harbhajan established himself as the team's leading spinner by taking 32 wickets, becoming the first Indian bowler to take a hat trick in Test cricket. He is also an Officer in the Punjab Police and has held the rank of a Superintendent of police (India), reporting to Punjab Police HQ at Barnala.

A finger injury in mid-2003 sidelined him for much of the following year, allowing Kumble to regain his position as the first choice spinner in Tests and ODI's. Harbhajan reclaimed a regular position in the team upon his return in late 2004, but often found himself watching from the sidelines in Test matches outside the Indian subcontinent with typically only one spinner, Kumble, being used. Throughout 2006 and into early 2007, Harbhajan's accumulation of wickets fell and his bowling average increased, and he was increasingly criticised for bowling defensively with less loop. Following India's first-round elimination from the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Harbhajan was replaced by other spinners in the national squad for both formats. He regained a regular position in the team in late 2007, but became the subject of more controversy. In early 2008, he was given a ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for racially vilifying Andrew Symonds. The ban was revoked upon appeal, but in April, Harbhajan was banned from the 2008 Indian Premier League and suspended from the ODI team by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for slapping Sreesanth after a match. He appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Indian promotion, Ring Ka King. He was in the World Cup-winning team of 2011 Cricket World Cup.

He was conferred the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009.

Amit Mishra

Amit Mishra : (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. He is an attacking right-arm leg-break bowler and right-handed tail-ender batsman. He plays for Haryana in the domestic Ranji Trophy and currently appears for the T20 franchise Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League. In addition, he has represented India in Test, ODIs and T20s.

He plays for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra chahal (born 23 July 1990 in Jind, Haryana) is a cricketer who plays for Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. He is a leg break bowler.

Chahal is the only player to represent India in chess and cricket. His name is listed in World Chess Federation’s official site. Chahal is one of only two players in T20 Cricket history to have taken a 6 wicket haul. Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka is the other bowler to have achieved the feat, not once but twice.

He also plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He was selected in the squad for the three match T20I series against England in 2017. He was the part of Indian Under 16 chess team.

Umesh Yadav

Umesh Kumar Tilak Yadav (born 25 October 1987) is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for Vidarbha cricket team and Indian national team. A right-arm fast bowler, Yadav has played for Vidarbha at domestic level since 2008 and is the first player from the team to have played Test cricket. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in May 2010. The following year, in November, Yadav made his Test debut against the West Indies. He was the highest wicket taker for India in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Ishant Sharma

Ishant Sharma : born 2 September 1988) is an Indian cricketer who has represented India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is a 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) tall right-arm fast-medium bowler.

At the age of 18, Sharma was called to join the Indian squad for the tour of South Africa in 2006–07. However, after receiving the call and organising travel arrangements, it was decided not to send him on the tour. In reference to his height and lean physique in his Under-19 days, the bowler was nicknamed Lambu. In 2011, he became the fifth youngest player to take 100 Test wickets. Against South Africa in 2013, Ishant Sharma became the fifth quickest Indian to grab 100 ODI wickets. While being a "rhythm" bowler, he still is considered one of the fastest Indian bowlers having bowled in excess of 150 km/h on several occasions in international cricket as well as the IPL, his fastest being 152.2 km/h bowled to Ricky Ponting on Boxing Day Test in 2011.

Mohammed Shami

Mohammed Shami Ahmed (born 3 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who represents Bengal in domestic cricket. He is a right-arm fast-medium swing and seam bowler, who bowls consistently around the 140kmph mark, which makes him a deceptively potent fast bowler. He is also known as a "reverse swing specialist". He made his ODI debut against Pakistan in January 2013 where he bowled a record four maiden overs. He picked a five-wicket haul on his Test debut against West Indies in November 2013.

Ashish Nehra

Ashish Diwansingh Nehra : born 29 April 1979) is an Indian cricketer (left-arm medium fast bowler) who has represented India at the international level since 2017 He embodies various virtues of a left- handed bowler- pace, accuracy, strategic variations in line and length, and the ability to swing the ball both ways. He has been particularly effective with the new ball and at the death overs. Due to fitness issues, he has been absent from the national scene for extending stretches, but has been a part of the Indian team in two largely successful World Cup campaigns, two Asia Cups, and three Champions Trophies. He has also been particularly effective in the IPL, in which he has represented five different teams.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (born 5 February 1990) is an Indian international cricketer. He plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket, and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Kumar is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who swings the ball both ways efficiently, especially adept at creating late swing, and a useful lower order right-handed batsman. His talent was first noticed in a T20 match against Pakistan, where he successfully took a three-wicket haul. In the ODI series that followed, he bowled a magic delivery to Mohammad Hafeez - cleaning up his stumps and thus ensuring his place in the Indian squad for the rest of the series. He later proved to be a match winner for India.

Kumar's maiden wickets in each of the three formats of international cricket (Twenty20, One Day International, and Test cricket) were bowled.

Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah (born 6 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast-medium bowler for the Indian national cricket team.

After a couple of moderately successful seasons with the Mumbai Indians at the Indian Premier League, and with his domestic team Gujarat, he was named in India's squad for its 2015–16 series against Australia, as a replacement to an injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He consequently made his debut in One Day Internationals & Twenty20 Internationals in 2015–16 series against Australia. Jasprit Bumrah holds the record for maximum wickets (28) in Twenty20 International in a calendar year