Ganguly ran into the field and lifted him after his blistering 78 runs steered Delhi Capitals to a six-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals and the pole position in the IPL.

One of the main BCCI selectors MSK Prasad said that Dinesh Kartik was preferred over Rishabh Pant due to his wicket keeping skills. He also made clear that Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Kartik only had chance to play if MSD gets injured.

"World Cup selection will be a dream come true. I want to win matches for India and be more consistent and finish more games for the country," told India Today in an interview.

India batted steadily in their second innings to take the upper hand at lunch on the fourth day of the first cricket Test against Australia here on Sunday.

India will be eyeing for a perfect start to their two-month long Australia tour with the first T20 International contest between the two sides coming up at the Gabba here on Wednesday.

India thrashed the West Indies by nine wickets in the fifth and final One-Day International to clinch the series 3-1 here on Thursday.

Rishabh Pant will be making his ODI debut against West Indies as he has been picked up for the 14-men Team India squad for the first two ODIs. Virat Kohli is also making a return while frontline quick bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested.

Delhi Daredevils rode on some clinical hitting from Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson to thrash Gujarat Lions by seven wickets in a high-scoring Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Thursday.

Delhi's young Rishabh Pant enforced his name to the record books as he blasted the fastest century in Ranji Trophy. The left handed batsman slammed a century off just 48 balls against Jharkhand in Trivandrum.