Rahul Sharma said he had always believed he would come out of the drugs scandal that threatened to derail his career in 2012

A strong display in all three departments led India A to a 93-run victory over West Indies A in the unofficial T20I in Bangalore

Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar will face off in the opening match of the Champions League

B Aparajith, in his first match of the series, made a composed half-century, but his dismissal all but ended India A's hopes of victory as West Indies A recorded a 45-run win to seal the series

Mumbai Indians will rely on their batsmen to fire with their seam attack weakened by Lasith Malinga's absence

Kirk Edwards' run-a-ball 104 powered West Indies A to a series victory over India A in the third unofficial ODI in Bangalore

With his team having come a full circle after a comprehensive mauling on Tuesday, Yuvraj didn't look for excuses

West Indies A squared the series against India A, thanks largely to Jonathan Carter's 133

Yuvraj Singh hopes his 89-ball 129 sparks a new beginning after scoring a first century in nine months after a lay-off in France and the NCA to work on his fitness

A sure-shot way of putting bums on seats for the relatively low-profile, non-international games played at capacity venues like the Chinnaswamy Stadium is the presence of big stars

West Indies A coach Junior Bennett said Powell could captain the senior side in five years

A lot of expectations were heaped on Zimbabwe as they sat on the threshold of a rare series win against a top side, but they couldn't summon the temperament to beat Pakistan

Mohammad Hafeez led the way with an attacking, unbeaten 136 to lift Pakistan to 299, and although Zimbabwe had their moments in the chase, they failed to stretch Pakistan over a sustained period in the second ODI

Coming off a disappointing T20 series, where Zimbabwe failed to figure out how to close out a chase, they held their composure and applied themselves better despite the short turnaround time

Zimbabwe had their moments where they stretched Pakistan with a confident start in their chase of 162, but tackling the spinners in the middle overs was always going to be the bigger proposition

In a relatively quiet month for international cricket, save for the ongoing marquee Test series in England, Zimbabwe and Pakistan have managed to shoehorn a series to fill a gap in the calendar

Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath are confident that the growing cricketing infrastructure around the state will help Karnataka win Ranji Trophy titles and produce more India cricketers

India went on to achieve their first 5-0 ODI series sweep away from home following another one-sided contest at Bulawayo

Unless Zimbabwe put one across India on Sunday, this series may fade from memory faster than it normally would

In what has been a disappointing home season for West Indies, with the twin failures in the tri-series and a 3-1 defeat in the one-day series to Pakistan, the hosts have a chance to salvage pride in a format that hasn't let them down in recent months