Dec 4, 2014: Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh have been omitted from the 30-member preliminary squad for the World Cup chosen by India's selectors on Thursday

ESPNcricinfo staff

Series review

Australia v India 2007-08

Aug 20, 2008: A series review of Australia v India, 2007-08

Greg Baum

India in the lights

Mar 12, 2008: Their tour of Australia showed that India's time has come, both on the field and off it

Peter Roebuck

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

Turning to the talisman

Mar 12, 2006: Abetted by the bounce that makes him such a fearsome proposition in the final stages of a Test, Kumble was back in his element. Not surprisingly, with their talisman to the fore, so were India

Dileep Premachandran in Mohali

India v England, 1st Test, Nagpur, 4th day

Taken to the cleaners

Mar 4, 2006: Today showed that `the boys got their flannels dirty' is no longer a barometer of a side's fielding

Rahul Bhattacharya at Nagpur

India v Sri Lanka, 3rd Test, Ahmedabad, 5th day

'We're enjoying our cricket', says Sehwag

Dec 22, 2005: 'We had a bad phase last year, but have recovered well,' Virender Sehwag told the media

Dileep Premachandran at Ahmedabad

Marks out of ten - India

Few crumbs of comfort

Feb 2, 2005: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan marks India out of ten