IPL 2017

The IPL captaincy merry-go-round

May 2, 2017: Karun Nair's appointment as Delhi Daredevils captain is the latest in the tournament's history of franchises appointing captains with limited experience

India news

I was playing with a fractured wrist - M Vijay

Apr 18, 2017: The India opener returned from London after having surgery on his injured wrist, which had limited his ability to bat during the long home season

IPL 2017

All-time IPL XI: The Openers

Apr 5, 2017: Pick your two openers for an all-time IPL XI and help put together the team with our panel of experts

IPL 2017 news

Ashwin to give IPL a miss, Vijay doubtful

Mar 31, 2017: The offspinner will be out of action for six to eight weeks, but is expected to regain full fitness ahead of India's title defence at the Champions Trophy in June

India news

Jadeja, Pujara and Vijay given top BCCI contracts

Mar 22, 2017: Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara and M Vijay have been included in Grade A category of annual contracts announced by the BCCI today

India v Australia, 3rd Test, Ranchi, 3rd day

Vijay rues playing a good shot at a bad time

Mar 18, 2017: M Vijay, in his 50th Test, made 82 runs at the top of the order to help India respond solidly to Australia's 451 but fell on the stroke of lunch on day three in Ranchi

Australia in India 2016-17

The fascinating and frustrating Vijay experience

Mar 13, 2017: M Vijay approaches his 50th Test having played important innings for the side all over the world, yet he has not quite dominated a series like his peers in the India team

Countdown: 28 days to go

It takes two to tango

Mar 8, 2017: Leading up to the tenth IPL, a look at the ten most successful batting pairs in the tournament's history

Australia in India 2016-17

India look to solve catching jinx

Mar 1, 2017: India's slip cordon has seen a number of combinations in the last couple of years but they have not settled on one yet even as more catches are being dropped by close-in fielders in Tests

India v Bangladesh, only Test, Hyderabad, 1st day

Pujara and Vijay give India insurance

Feb 9, 2017: They are old-fashioned Test batsmen with a contrasting approach, but the sight of the two doing well together in a partnership is the sign that the India Test team is doing well

India v Bangladesh, only Test, Hyderabad, 1st day

Vijay, Kohli hundreds headline India's dominance

Feb 9, 2017: Cheteshwar Pujara contributed with 83 and broke the record for most runs in an Indian first-class season

Inter-State T20 tournament 2016-17, South Zone

M Vijay set to return from shoulder injury

Jan 30, 2017: M Vijay has been named in Tamil Nadu's squad for their remaining matches in the south zone leg of the inter-state T20 tournament

India

The golden boys

Dec 29, 2016: Just about everything came up roses for India in 2016

Karnataka v Tamil Nadu, quarterfinal, Ranji Trophy 2016-17

Vijay, Ashwin ruled out of Ranji quarterfinal

Dec 21, 2016: R Ashwin and M Vijay are suffering from a sports hernia and a shoulder injury respectively, and have been ruled out of Tamil Nadu's Ranji Trophy quarterfinal clash against Karnataka

India v England, 5th Test, Chennai

Bittersweet homecoming for Vijay and Ashwin

Dec 15, 2016: Two local boys will be savouring a Test in Chennai for the first time since 2013, though it comes against the backdrop of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Vardah

India v England, 4th Test, Mumbai, 3rd day

Gameplan is to attack spinners - Vijay

Dec 10, 2016: M Vijay acknowledged his failings against the short ball and said his gameplan was to back his core game after striking his eighth Test century on the third day of the Mumbai Test against England

India v England, 4th Test, Mumbai, 3rd day

Kohli tour de force earns India lead

Dec 10, 2016: India's captain batted through the third day to remain 147 not out to carve out a 51-run advantage over England on a turning pitch in Mumbai

India v England, 4th Test, Mumbai, 2nd day

Vijay lays down gauntlet, England retreat

Dec 9, 2016: The duel between Adil Rashid and M Vijay was set up to be a tantalising one - but one blow for six tipped things India's way

India v England, 4th Test, Mumbai, 2nd day

Vijay frustrates England with unbeaten 70

Dec 9, 2016: India's opener, Murali Vijay, anchored his side's reply to England's first-innings total of 400, by adding a 169-ball 70 on the second day of the fourth Test in Mumbai on Friday.

India v England, 4th Test, Mumbai, 2nd day

Vijay, Pujara anchor India's reply to England's 400

Dec 9, 2016: The duo put on their seventh century stand in Test cricket as the hosts finished the second day 254 runs behind in the Mumbai Test