India opening batsman Murali Vijay says the team is as close as they've ever been, and feels that the many overseas tours they've had in the past two years have done a lot to keep them positive in the face of defeats.
The South Africa bowlers are stepping up their preparation and intensity ahead of their bumper tour of India starting in less than two weeks, according to bowling coach Charl Langeveldt.
With a Pakistan political delegation headed to India this week for talks to ease tensions between the nations, the Pakistan Cricket Board are hopeful of a resumption of play between them and the BCCI.
The BCCI has announced that Ravi Shastri will stay on as the India team director until the conclusion of the World T20, which India will host in March-April 2016.
India opener Murali Vijay says he will be fit in time for the Test series against South Africa next month, and has resumed training as he recovers from his hamstring injury.
India batsman Ajinkya Rahane says he will bat in any position that the team requires him to after he was shifted up and down the order in the recent Test series in Sri Lanka.
India have included fast bowler Mohammed Shami and spinner Pragyan Ojha in their training camp squad ahead of the South Africa series, with Shami back in the fold for the first time since March.
Day three of the third and final Test between Sri Lanka and India was a festival of wickets, as 15 batsmen departed on the day and India reached stumps on 21 for three, leading by 132 runs.
India's batting coach Sanjay Bangar says batsman Rohit Sharma has contributed to the team's Test cause even though he has critics that questions his place in the longest format of the game.
England legend Ian Botham says the Indian Premier League should be scrapped, saying it is not good for world cricket and has increased corruption in the game.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan is hopeful that India will one day agree to play them in a bilateral series, but says Pakistan can 'survive' if that doesn't come to pass.
Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has told the Pakistan Cricket Board to stop running after their India counterparts in an effort to resume bilateral series between the countries.
India spinner Amit Mishra was a key reason for his side's Test series win over Sri Lanka recently, and he says it was vital that he did well, as he was in Last Chance Saloon, as it were.
Come 2018 and beyond, when India, England, and South Africa go to Perth to face Australia, they will play at the newly-built Perth Stadium in Burswood, instead of at the historic WACA ground.
With England batsman Ben Stokes finding himself given out for obstructing the field against Australia in the second ODI, we got to thinking about other such instances, and a few other bizarre dismissals.
India batsman Ajinkya Rahane has played down his side's poor performances against spin in the Tests against Sri Lanka, saying they are well prepared to face the slow bowlers South Africa will present.
Sri Lanka batting legend Mahela Jayawardene is against the staging of day/night Test cricket, saying that it goes against all the traditions of the game.
India legend Rahul Dravid says Ajinkya Rahane will be 'really good' at number four or five in the Test side after he was shuffled around in the batting order in the recent Test series against Sri Lanka.
Former India captain Bishan Bedi has blasted fast bowler Ishant Sharma for his 'pathetic display of aggression' in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka which ended on Tuesday.
Cheteshwar Pujara has broken into the top 20 of the ICC rankings for Test Batsmen for the first time in his career, following the conclusion of the Colombo Test, which India won by 117 runs to clinch the series 2-1.
Three Sri Lanka players and India's Ishant Sharma have been found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct in two separate incidents during the penultimate day's play in the third Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo.
India captain Virat Kohli has hailed his team's bowlers after they pulled off a 117-run victory in the third and deciding Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday.