The way he paced his innings, it never really seemed the Irani Cup in February 2019 was the last time he had played a red-ball game...

“I hardly played in the last couple of months. Nice to get back onto the park”...

The Wall brings back the practice of handing over caps to debutants by former India players...

The 21-year-old is said to have been named after two icons of the sport, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar...

The debutant was batting at 75 while another youngster Shubhman Gill scored 52 to give India a steady start...

The 26-year-old admits he’s short on red-ball experience in Indian conditions...

The Black Caps were hammered in the last Test in Kanpur, back in 2016, with Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja accounting for 16 of the 20 wickets...

Going into this two-Test series, the Indian captain has been in fine rhythm with four 50s in five matches for Mumbai in the just-concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy...

In other words, the current form of Ashwin, Jadeja and Axar is good enough to give Ajinkya & co. the edge...

Skipper Ajinkya Rahane confirmed the Mumbai batsman will make his Test debut in Kanpur on Thursday...