Rohit Sharma and his wife Ritika Sajdeh welcomed their second child last week, a baby boy.
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Hardik Pandya led Baroda to an emphatic five-wicket win over Gujarat in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Indore.
For a couple of days from morning till late evening, Jaiswal was stationed at the Thane stadium near his home, roughly facing 200 overs of throw-downs with a concrete slab positioned on an inclined plane.
Harshit Rana picked up three wickets on Test debut, and has been backed by his former KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir.
India captain Rohit Sharma is not part of the team for the 1st Test in Perth, having stayed back in Mumbai for the birth of his second child.
The announcement of the schedule for the marquee event has been delayed after BCCI has conveyed its inability to send the Indian team to Pakistan for the tournament.
Australia failed to take a single wicket in the final two sessions of Day 2, as Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul stitched a 172-run unbeaten partnership.
India dominated Day 2 to put themselves in the driving seat for a win in the first Test against Australia.
Irfan Pathan had a hilarious take on the way the Perth Test strip changed in just two days of play during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series opener between India and Australia
At stumps on Day 2, Yashasvi Jaiswal was batting on 90 off 193 balls against Australia.
Jaiswal became the batter to hit the most sixes in Test cricket in a single calendar year.
Jasprit Bumrah's sensational spell left fans stunned on social media, who accused the pacer of chucking.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul played sensible cricket, with some able assistance from Australia's sub-par fielding, and took India to a 150-plus total.
Sunil Gavaskar, in a video, has quashed the article as being a fake one and demanded apology
India's A-lister Jasprit Bumrah has earned a place among the best of all time on the back of his flamboyant performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series opener in Perth against Australia
Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh believes with a strong batting display in the second innings, India can stamp their authority against Australia with a victory in Perth
Tilak Verma surpassed Shreyas Iyers previous record of 147 as the best T20 score by an Indian