2 https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espncinew.png https://www.cricinfo.com/ https://www.cricinfo.com/ Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features. (c)Cricinfo en-gb He represented India in seven Test matches, including in the 2023 WTC final https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/375900/375961.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1539679.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1539679.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ks-bharat-announces-retirement-from-international-cricket-1539679 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:33:08 GMT Bengal, Chandigarh, Andhra, UP, Baroda, Delhi, MP, Saurashtra, Mumbai and Vidarbha made it to the knockouts https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/359000/359061.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1463700.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1463700.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/smat-bhuvneshwar-kumar-takes-hat-trick-ajinkya-rahane-smashes-95-for-mumbai-1463700 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:50:22 GMT Baroda felt Hardik's absence while Naman Dhir continued to impress in the fifth round of SMAT 2024 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/380400/380417.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1463100.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1463100.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/smat-2024-round-five-highlights-saurashtra-continue-ascent-karnataka-knock-out-tn-punjab-stay-on-edge-1463100 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 06:54:56 GMT Bhui, Padikkal and Bharat also scored fifties as India D ended the opening day on 306 for 5 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/365700/365730.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1451665.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1451665.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/duleep-trophy-2024-25-sanju-samson-89-drives-india-d-after-shreyas-iyer-bags-another-duck-1451665 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:21 GMT India coach says that one of KS Bharat or Dhruv Jurel will play as wicketkeeper against England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/374500/374500.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1417752.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1417752.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/kl-rahul-wont-be-indias-wicketkeeper-in-england-tests-1417752 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:52:28 GMT It's a strong-looking squad, to be led by Abhimanyu Easwaran, with the likes of B Sai Sudharsan, Sarfaraz Khan and Navdeep Saini in the mix https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/350500/350546.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1415823.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1415823.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/manav-suthar-and-pulkit-narang-are-india-as-lead-spinners-for-first-two-england-lions-games-1415823 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 02:55:25 GMT Shreyas Iyer, meanwhile, will leave the ODI squad after the first game to prepare for the Test series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/361300/361324.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1413015.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1413015.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/india-in-south-africa-mohammed-shami-ishan-kishan-to-miss-tests-deepak-chahar-unavailable-for-odis-1413015 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 11:04:24 GMT Ajinkya Rahane, who was vice-captain on the West Indies tour earlier this year, has been dropped https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/342000/342029.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1411122.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1411122.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/bumrah-rahul-and-shreyas-back-in-india-test-squad-for-south-africa-1411122 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:57:16 GMT Sunday's training session gave no possible answers to Bharat vs Kishan and how many spinners India will pick https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/361100/361134.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1379849.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1379849.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wtc-final-2023-india-keep-their-options-open-as-oval-build-up-intensifies-1379849 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 05:33:07 GMT The former head coach also suggested that R Ashwin and Umesh Yadav are contesting one spot in India's XI https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/360900/360995.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1379371.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1379371.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/wtc-final-2023-ravi-shastri-ks-bharat-vs-ishan-kishan-could-hinge-on-bowling-combination-1379371 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:34:52 GMT Rohit Sharma will lead a team that has named six specialist batters https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/332400/332431.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1371229.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1371229.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ajinkya-rahane-returns-to-india-test-squad-for-wtc-final-1371229 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:07:58 GMT Prithvi Shaw is back in the T20I squad, while KS Bharat gets a maiden call-up to the ODI squad https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/352200/352205.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1353714.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1353714.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/rohit-sharma-and-virat-kohli-left-out-of-india-squad-for-new-zealand-t20-series-1353714 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 04:29:46 GMT Sumon Khan and Musfik Hasan picked up two wickets each for the hosts https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/349900/349972.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1348467.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1348467.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ban-a-vs-ind-a-2nd-unofficial-test-abhimanyu-easwaran-144-srikar-bharat-77-cheteshwar-pujara-52-give-india-a-control-1348467 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:18:19 GMT Jaydev Unadkat's all-round performance kept Saurashtra in the fight, but they couldn't recover from their first-innings collapse https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/347000/347012.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1338079.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1338079.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/irani-cup-mukesh-kumar-sarfaraz-khan-kuldeep-sen-play-starring-roles-as-rest-of-india-beat-saurashtra-1338079 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:07 GMT The keeper-batter on an official India debut: "There are no shortcuts to get there" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/345700/345712.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1334429.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1334429.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ind-a-vs-nz-a-ks-bharat-india-a-experience-prepares-players-for-international-cricket-1334429 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 17:56:40 GMT Umran Malik, Tilak Varma, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sarfaraz Khan also make the cut for the three four-day games https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/334200/334283.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1330449.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1330449.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ind-a-vs-nz-a-2022-kuldeep-yadav-prasidh-krishna-part-of-india-a-squad-to-face-new-zealand-a-1330449 Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:28:04 GMT The visitors were 81 for 5 at one stage, with Roman Walker bagging five wickets and Prasidh Krishna bowling with menace https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/333100/333143.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1321145.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1321145.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/leics-vs-indians-tour-game-ks-bharat-70-steadies-indians-after-early-wobble-1321145 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:20:03 GMT Virat Kohli will miss the first Test, meanwhile, and return to lead the side in the second https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/283900/283937.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1288926.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1288926.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-nz-2021-22-rohit-sharma-rishabh-pant-jasprit-bumrah-and-mohammed-shami-to-sit-out-new-zealand-test-series-1288926 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:14:47 GMT "You can't just go bang-bang at every ball. You have to take your time, work out the angles, the opponents, the running between the wickets" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/328400/328471.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1282283.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1282283.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/rcb-vs-dc-ipl-2021-how-ks-bharat-redefined-his-whole-strategy-to-turn-his-t20-career-around-1282283 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 16:13:40 GMT Batting slowdown costs Delhi Capitals, after their solid opening https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/328400/328473.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1282174.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1282174.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/rcb-vs-dc-ipl-2021-ks-bharat-last-ball-six-powers-rcb-home-glenn-maxwell-fires-again-1282174 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 05:19:28 GMT Saha has just recovered from Covid-19, which he contracted during the IPL https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/280000/280022.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1263629.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1263629.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-ind-2021-ks-bharat-named-as-standby-for-wriddhiman-saha-for-england-tour-1263629 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pant didn't keep wicket during the series opener in Mumbai, after sustaining a concussion https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/280000/280021.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1213287.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1213287.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1213287 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT KS Bharat called up as wicketkeeping cover for Wriddhiman Saha https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/296600/296675.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1207362.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1207362.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1207362 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shaw, Agarwal, Gill and Vihari are also part of the shadow squad that will tour the West Indies shortly before the senior India team's trip to the Caribbean https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/278500/278530.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1184491.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1184491.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1184491 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Priyank Panchal's fluent double-century and his 196-run stand with centurion KS Bharat tamed England Lions' bowling attack on the third day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/285400/285422.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1174109.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1174109.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1174109 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India A add 205 for last five wickets to open up a sizable lead to give hosts chance of a series-levelling win https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/280000/280022.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/1158980.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/1158980.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1158980 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT M Vijay, Mohammed Shami and Wriddhiman Saha will play for India A in their third and final four-day match to prepare for the first Test against England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/272000/272028.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1145845.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1145845.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1145845 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav will also feature in the 50-overs tournament while Ravindra Jadeja has been chosen to play for Rest of India in the Irani Cup https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/255800/255850.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/1138087.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/1138087.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1138087 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andhra consolidated their position at the top of the Group C table after bagging three points from the fifth-round fixture against Tripura https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/261900/261913.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/1125890.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/1125890.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1125890 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andhra fell 20 short in their chase of 218 after B Aparajith's ton and fifties from Abhinav Mukund and M Vijay set up a declaration for Tamil Nadu https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/168300/168339.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/1123358.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/1123358.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1123358 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy Group C matches on October 17, 2015 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/200300/200391.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/929851.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/929851.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-929851 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:20 GMT A round up of Ranji Trophy Group B matches on October 9, 2015 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/175500/175525.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/927473.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/927473.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-927473 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Last season, Maharashtra qualified for the Ranji Trophy knockouts from the bottom rung - Group C - and made a dream to the final; Andhra will be hoping to pull of something similar this time https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/177900/177991.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2014-15/content/story/830931.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2014-15/content/story/830931.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-830931 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT "I can see you playing like Sehwag," Andhra captain Mohammed Kaif had kept telling Srikar Bharat and the 21-year old lived up to the praise, becoming the first wicketkeeper to make a triple-century in the Ranji Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2014-15/content/story/827347.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2014-15/content/story/827347.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-827347 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up for the Ranji Trophy Group C games on February 6, 2014 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152400/152473.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2014-15/content/story/827001.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2014-15/content/story/827001.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-827001 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group C matches played on December 17, 2014 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2014-15/content/story/811235.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2014-15/content/story/811235.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-811235 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group C matches on December 10, 2014 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/171200/171295.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2014-15/content/story/809115.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2014-15/content/story/809115.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-809115 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches on November 11, 2014 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2015/content/story/798361.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2015/content/story/798361.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-798361 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the third day's play of the eighth-round Group C games of the Ranji Trophy 2013-14 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/168400/168487.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/703607.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/703607.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-703607 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the first day's play of Group C's fifth round matches from the Ranji Trophy https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/172600/172675.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/694157.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/694157.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-694157 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the fourth day's play of Group C matches from the third round of the Ranji Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/689589.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/689589.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-689589 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the first day's play of Group C matches from the Ranji Trophy https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/157400/157453.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/688627.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/688627.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-688627 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the third day's play of Group C's second round matches from the Ranji Trophy https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/148600/148689.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/687123.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2013-14/content/story/687123.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-687123 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the Vijay Hazare Trophy games that took place on Monday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2013/content/story/605410.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2013/content/story/605410.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-605410 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT