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Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced his retirement from test cricket with immediate effect, BCCI announced on Twitter. News Alert - MS Dhoni has chosen to retire from Test Cricket with immediate effect #MSD #Captain — BCCI (@BCCI) December 30, 2014 The 33-year-old wicket-keeper has decided to retire from Test match cricket in order to concentrate on One Day Internationals and T20 formats. Dhoni, who has established himself as one of the India's most successful wicket-keeper batsman of all time - has scored 4876 runs in 90 Tests at an average of 38.09 for his country. During his captaincy, he played 60 Tests with a winning record 27 matches while losing 18 and drawing 15 also helped India to claim the No. 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli will now lead the Indian Test Team for the Fourth and Final Test against Australia in Sydney. News Alert - Virat will be the captain for the 4th and Final Test against Australia #MSD #Aus...

Left-handed opening batsman Gautam Gambhir earned a recall to the Indian Test squad for the series against England , starting this summer, while the veteran left-arm fast bowler Zaheer Khan was left out due to a hamstring injury. Gambhir has been in an excellent form in this Ranji season and with his decent performance in the ongoing Indian Premier League has helped the 32-year-old to be included in an 18-man squad for the five-Test match series of England which starts in July. Eng: MSD (C), Vijay, Dhawan, Gambhir, Pujara, Virat, Rahane, Rohit, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvi, Shami, Ishwar, Ishant, Binny, Aaron, Saha, Pankaj — BCCI (@BCCI) May 28, 2014 The Kolkata Knight Riders skipper, Gambhir has scored 4,021 runs along with nine centuries in 54 Tests for his country. India will arrive in England in the third week of June, will play two warm-up matches against the County clubs - Leicestershire and Derbyshire before the first Test starting at Trent Bridge on July 9. India S...

The announcement of Indian cricket team for Australia tour in the Next month has been announced on Saturday. Best performance in the test series against West Indies, Off-spinner R Ashwin and left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has been selected in the test team. Whereas, Harbhajan Singh and all-rounder Yuvraj Singh both were dropped out for tour of Australia. Rohit Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha and Zaheer Khan have been selected in the seventeen-Member test team. Squad : MS Dhoni (Capt. &wk), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Praveen Kumar, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha and Zaheer Khan. 10 DEC UPDATE: Abhimanyu Mithun will replace injured Praveen Kumar Vinay Kumar replaces injured Varun Aaron

Kolkata, Friday, October 28, 2011 National selectors has been finally excluded off-spinner Harbhajan Singh from Indian test team, Whereas, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh has been included in the test team squad. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, pragyan Ojha and young leg spinner Rahul Sharma has included in the team. However, leg spinner Amit Mishra has been discharged from the test team squad. Virender sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh have been out of his injuries and are included in the team. Selectors gave a new look to fast bowling Department Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron has been in for the test squad in place of Praveen Kumar and S. sreesanth Great performances against the England Ajinkya Rahane reserve a place in the team for opener. Virat Kohli has earned a place in team and replaces Suresh Raina . Indian Test Team : M S Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Rahul Drav...