Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders appointed veteran top order batter Ajinkya Rahane as their captain for this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday.

Indian selectors named a 15-man squad led by skipper Rohit Sharma for the title clash at The Oval on June 7-11

Despite a blistering 61 off 26 by Jason Roy and a valiant half-century by Rinku Singh, Kolkata fell 49 runs short in front of 60,000 fans at a noisy Eden Gardens stadium to suffer their fourth straight defeat

Members of the Indian cricket team, led by skipper Virat Kohli, go on a nature hike to soothe the pain of their heavy defeat to Australia in the first Test.

Bangladesh reached 41 for 1in 14 overs after India declared their first innings at 687 for 6 on the second day of the Test match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad today.

The weather gods give West Indies a lifeline in their quest to avoid defeat in the second Test against India when rain wash out the final session of day three in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday.

South Africa beat India by 214 runs in the fifth ODI to win series 3-2 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India.

This was a return to what Sri Lanka do really well: runs to play with, in-and-out fields so they are both attacking and defending at the same time.

The world will sit up and notice, if Bangladesh manage to whitewash India by winning the 3rd game of the series on June 24. India will be desperate to avoid being blanked 3-0.

After starting off as a batsman while playing with the tennis ball in his locality, Mustafizur Rahman took on board the advice to start bowling fast.

Bangladesh’s left-arm fast-bowler Mustafizur Rahman picks up five wickets on his ODI debut against India during the first game of the 3-match series at Mirpur today.

The 54th match of IPL 2015 between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders at Brabourne Stadium could well be a contest between Royals' batsmen and Knight Riders' spinners.