Kumar was promoted due to his excellent performance in the Test series against England
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced that pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been upgraded from a Grade B to a Grade A contract for the 2014-15 season.
Patel has played three ODIs thus far
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India left-arm spinner Akshar Patel has been brought in for the last two ODIs against the West Indies.
Ali was England’s hero once again
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England all-rounder Moeen Ali took four key wickets to deliver the knockout blow to India and hand his side a 2-1 lead in the series.
Broad dismissed Gambhir, Pujara, Ashwin, Kumar, Dhoni and Singh
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England pace bowler Stuart Broad bulldozed through India with his six-wicket haul to help his team end the day in a dominant position.
Ali ripped through India’s batting line-up with relative ease
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England all-rounder Moeen Ali took a career-best 6-67 to help his side not only pulverise India by 266 runs, but also level the series at 1-1.
Bell demolished India’s bowling attack during his magnificent knock of 167
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England batsman Ian Bell scored a sparkling 167 and debutant Jos Buttler smashed an entertaining 85 as the hosts continued to batter India on the second day of the third Test in Southampton.
Ballance celebrates after bringing up his third Test century
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England batsman Gary Ballance scored a spectacular century and captain Alastair Cook ended his scoring drought with a superb 95 to put India under the cosh on the first day of the third Test in Southampton.
Gambhir’s last Test for India came in December 2012
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Following his superb performance in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), the national selectors have decided to reward opening batsman Gautam Gambhir by including him in India’s Test squad for their upcoming tour of England.
Maxwell was the lone millionaire amongst all the players sold
The 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction promised to be one full of surprises, and no doubt it delivered just that as numerous players went under the hammer to learn which of the nine franchises they would be lending their services to for this year’s edition of the star-studded Twenty20 tournament, which gets underway on April 3.
