India's cricket board may have rediscovered a love of Test cricket but with youngsters preferring the thrills of Twenty20 the decision to host 13 Tests this season represents something of a gamble.

Fast bowlers Tim Southee and James Neesham ran through India's middle order to help New Zealand to a 19-run series-levelling win in the fourth one-day international Ranchi on Wednesday.

Skipper Virat Kohli struck form with a gritty century as India ended the opening day's play on a commanding 267 for three

India's bowlers propelled the hosts to a comprehensive 178-run win over New Zealand in the second Test Monday, to clinch the series and reclaim the top spot in the world rankings.

India celebrate their 500th Test in style when they overcome New Zealand's final dogged resistance with mesmeric spin and masterful swing to claim the series opener by 197 runs.

Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev will be among the icons celebrating India's 500th Test in Kanpur this week as Virat Kohli's team begin their quest to regain the top spot in the world rankings against a dangerous New Zealand.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni wants more matches in the United States despite a chaotic Twenty20 clash against the West Indies on Sunday ending in a rain-hit no result.

Heavy rain forced the second Twenty20 international between West Indies and India at the Central Broward Regional Park on Sunday to be abandoned as a no-result.

India defeat the West Indies by 237 runs in the third Test at St Lucia on Saturday to claim an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha complete centuries before India's lower order caved in and were dismissed for 353 against the West Indies.

India will play a historic one-off Test match against Bangladesh at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad from February 8 next year.

The weather gods give West Indies a lifeline in their quest to avoid defeat in the second Test against India when rain wash out the final session of day three in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday.

Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin torments the West Indies again to claim a second consecutive five-wicket innings haul and dismiss the home side for 196 at the stroke of tea on the opening day of the second Test.

West Indies on Wednesday call-up uncapped teenage fast bowler Alzarri Joseph to their squad for the second Test against India.

India captain Virat Kohli acclaim a "complete performance" by his team after they thrash West Indies by an innings and 92 runs inside four days in the first test in Antigua on Sunday.

Virat Kohli becomes the first Indian captain to post a Test double century overseas as the tourists play their way into a virtually unbeatable position on the second day of the first Test against West Indies.

Devendra Bishoo snares wickets at both ends of the afternoon session but India progress to 179 for three at tea on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni says spinners would play a key role in India's upcoming four-match Test series in the West Indies, despite the Caribbean's reputation as a paceman's paradise.

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has hit out at "misogynistic" online trolls after she received abusive social media messages over her reported on-off relationship with Indian Test cricket captain Virat Kohli.

Dinesh Karthik has been out of the Indian side for about two years now, but the wicketkeeper batsman is not losing sleep over it.