Sidharth Monga

A tour of the Gray-Nicolls factory in Robertsbridge, Sussex, leaves our correspondent wondering about psychology's role in the hitting power of modern bats

Ahead of the first ODI against England, MS Dhoni has categorically said Duncan Fletcher will coach India into the World Cup

With no wins in South Africa or New Zealand, questions over two of their young but experienced batsmen and uncertainty over the bowling, India have plenty to sort out in their ODI side

Nearly two months into the tour, two ducks and four other single-figures scores later, Virat Kohli registered his first fifty, leading the Indians to a win in their only warm-up one-day match before the ODI series starts on Monday

The lack of intensity in India's tour matches before the Test series might have come in for question and criticism, but India are not likely to deviate anytime soon

A day after being "given a break" by the BCCI, fielding coach Trevor Penney had the ignominy of conducting what could well be his last training session with the team

Ravi Shastri has plenty of cricketing nous and can help jolt players out of their comfort zones, but his appointment should be the first of many decisions for the BCCI

Why does the man who is possibly England's greatest fast bowler occasionally turn into Mr Hyde on the field?

A gutting loss to England, after leading the series 1-0, has thrown up some glaring inadequacies in the Indian team but there is little being said or done in terms of improvement

India's marks out of ten after their 3-1 defeat in the Tests against England

The details of India's capitulation at The Oval did not bear repeating as even their Man of the Series, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, gave up the fight

Asked whether he might resign India's Test captaincy following defeat to England, MS Dhoni said: "You'll have to wait and watch"

Umpires are simply not watching for the no-ball closely enough and it is creating trouble for bowlers. When an umpire fails to call your foot faults, he is basically omitting to tell you all is not right

Trevor Penney admitted India were still working on getting their slip cordon right after a series beset by poor catching

A five Test series has brought challenges this India side have not faced before and, after the high of Lord's, it has found out many of them, whether technically, physically or mentally

Manchester may be cold but there's music and memories, trams to take and ales to drink

MS Dhoni maintains that India have made progress in England and will continue to focus on processes rather than results. But they might ask 'Did we give it our all?' at the end of the Oval Test

After being ruled out of the last two Tests with a leg injury, India's premier seamer could return in place of Pankaj Singh, while Gautam Gambhir looks set to keep the opening slot at The Oval

Not enough respect, or too much respect? India have got themselves in a right mess when it comes to facing Moeen Ali when keeping the game simple would have been the best method

It rained all day in Manchester on what would have been the fourth day of the fourth Test, had India not thrown away their wickets on Saturday