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Checkout the video of 100th run by Cheteshwar Pujara

Saurashtra's Cheteshwar Pujara slammed maiden Test ton on Thursday while playing against New Zealand in Hyderabad. Cheteshwar Pujara replaced the legendary Rahul Dravid at No 3. 'Chintu' Pujara is still unbeated at 119 at the end of days play, and will be looking to continue from there on on a fresh note.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was not invited to a party which former test player V.V.S. Laxman hosted here for some senior members of the team at his residence In Hyderabad. When Dhoni was asked at the pre-match press conference if he was invited by Laxman, he replied in a clear "No". Laxman trained very hard for this series, but due to some internal issues, he was forced to retire. However he was selected to play the 2 test against New Zealand, starting August 23, 2012. It is rumored that Dhoni was not in favor of picking up Laxman.

V V S Laxman will retire from International cricket after the New Zealand series in August 2012. V V S Laxman, often referred as Very Very Special Laxman, has been instrumental in winning many test matches for India. His most memorable innings are against Austalia in Eden Gardens. He has scored 8781 test runs with 17 Test centuries in 134 Test matches. He has a Test average of 45.97. He has also played 83 ODI matches scoring 2338 runs with six centuries

Yuvraj Singh who has just recovered from rare germ cancer, has been selected for next month's T20 Wold Cup in Sri Lanka. Yuvraj Singh has been practicing hard to make a place in the team. The selectors were keen to get Yuvraj in the playing squad. Complete Squad: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, L Balaji, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Ashok Dinda

Indian companies showed great interest in inaugural edition of Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL). All the seven franchisees were bought by Indian companies, though Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) does not allow its players to participate in Sri Lankan Twenty20 league. Here is the list of owners who bought the SLPL teams - Wadhawan Holdings bought Wayamba Wolves - Number One Sports Consulting bought Kandurata Kites - Success Sports bought Uva Unicorns - Pearl Overseas bought Ruhuna Rhinos - Indian Cricket Dundee bought Basnahira Bears - Rudra Sports bought Uthura Oryxes

'Tendulkar to Centurykar' - a book contains all the records, statistics and interesting trivia about Tendulkar who recently achieved the distinction of scoring 100 international centuries in both form of cricket (ODI & Test). The book is conceptualized by Kiran Mahadeokar. The book was launched by BCCI Vice President Sudhir Dabir. Former BCCI Official Rajan Nair was the guest of honour.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza defeated the Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gozalez 7-6, 6-1 in the French Open final on Thursday to win their second mixed doubles title together. It was double delight for Mahesh Bhupathi as he turned 38 years on Thursday itself.

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar will take oath as Rajya Sabha member on Monday 4th June 2012 Sachin was nominated along with film actress Rekha and industrialist Anu Aga in April 2012. Sachin has wait for IPL 5 to finish. Tendulkar is the first active sportsperson and cricketer to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha. Sachin Tendulkar is very positive about his new role as Rajya Sabha Member, and plans to support and upgrade Cricket. eBharat.IN congrats Sachin for this new beginning. Good Luck.

Gautam Gambhir cleared from his point that he is ready to lead Team India in Test Matches. Gambhir's leadership skills were lauded when he helped Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 5. Bret Lee praised Gautam Gambhir. When Team India suffered humiliating loss of Australian team earlier this year, Mahendra Singh Dhoni hinted that he is enable to lead the side in Test matches. Dhoni received many criticism from top cricketer around the world for his captaincy. Dhoni has been hugely successful in T20 and ODI formats of cricket.