Images from the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Their opponents New Zealand, who effectively knocked India out of the World Cup, have reached Jaipur on a chartered flight from Dubai with little time to reflect on their loss to Australia in the title clash.
Despite three half-centuries being scored, Rajasthan's bowlers emerged on top, having reduced Baroda to 324 for eight at the end of the third day's play in the Ranji Trophy Super League final in Vadodara on Thursday. At stumps, on the third day of the five-day match, Baroda still trail by 70 runs, in reply to the visitor's 394.
Srikar Bharat's splendid hundred and his century stand with Kuldeep Yadav put India A in command over Australia A in the second unofficial Test at Alur, Bengaluru, on Monday.
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The Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper-batsmen showed his class with an outstanding exhibition of strokeplay leaving the hapless Chennai Super Kings bowlers stunned, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Lungi Ngidi bowled the most economical figures of this season's IPL to uproot Punjab's innings.
Images from Friday's Indian Premier League between SunRisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings in Dubai.
'My lines to the players was that we have got good runs on the board but let's be humble'
As coach Ricky Ponting pointed out, he would expect a better "on his feet" thinking from the young captain.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the Chennai Super Kings record in the IPL over the years.
Kings XI Punjab face the uphill task of not only pulling the rug from under the feet of formidable Chennai Super Kings but also boosting their net run-rate in the last IPL round-robin match to salvage hopes of sneaking into the play-offs.
Rising Pune Supergiant look to build on gains against Kings XI Punjab.
After the gruelling league phase of the ongoing IPL, the stage is set for the play-offs with CSK and MI clashing against each other for a place in May 12 final.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar looks set for a long injury lay-off after it emerged that the pacer had been carrying sportsman's hernia all along which the doctors failed to notice, according to media reports. He is now scheduled to undergo surgery for sports hernia -- which he has been carrying for over a period of three months -- after which he will have to undergo a two-month recovery period.
Delhi Daredevils will play table-toppers Chennai Super Kings in a crucial Indian Premier League match, in Pune, on Monday.
KL Rahul, Virat Kohli's collaborator in a century stand, made 62 but the India captain completed a clinical chase,
Jos Buttler finished unbeaten on a whirlwind knock of 70 from 48 balls, which included seven fours and two sixes, to keep Royals's hopes of making it to the play-offs alive
Riding on scintillating centuries by Prithvi Shaw and Hanuma Vihari, India A scored a crushing 203-run victory over West Indies A to make the final of the Tri-Series one-day tournament, in Northampton, on Friday.
Mayank Agarwal could likely to make his ODI debut as the first of the three-match ODI series kicks off in Chennai on Sunday. But all eyes will be trained on under-fire Pant who will have to work to prove his worth in the squad.
Having outsmarted England in challenging conditions, a confident India will back themselves to win the series-decider in Ahmedabad on Saturday and take another firm step towards finalising their core for the T20 World Cup.
India are unlikely to tinker with the winning combination save the return of star white-ball opener Rohit Sharma
Besides KL Rahul, another individual who would like to answer his critics with solid performances is Pant.
Referring to India's problem of plenty in pace bowling, Kohli said, as a captain, he couldn't have been happier.
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Chahar, who also became the first male cricketer from the country to take a T20 International hat-trick, has been one of the Chennai Super Kings' successful new ball bowlers, used judiciously by franchise captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Images from the third Twenty20 International between India and Sri Lanka, in Dharamsala, on Sunday.
Sri Lanka beat India by four wickets to draw level in the three-match series.
L Balaji has said recovering from COVID-19 is like experiencing an episode of Man vs Wild.
The only problem for India in the Asia Cup so far has been lack of batting time for the likes of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav and Dinesh Karthik.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni says the first six days in quarantine were very difficult.
Chopra also said that of all the eight franchises currently in the IPL, CSK is the one that needs a mega auction to happen ahead of the next year's IPL. Currently, it is not known whether CSK will stick to the players which played this year.
The 10 teams in the league will be bidding heavily for the Indian players in a list of 590 cricketer
KXIP's chances of a top four finish took a serious hit after Rajasthan Royals handed them a seven-wicket loss,
His exit from the IPL attributed to personal reasons this season, all-rounder Suresh Raina's stint with Chennai Super Kings seems in jeopardy even next year as the franchise might part ways with him before the 2021 edition.
In the absence of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul was named vice-captain of the ODI and T20I teams. He also makes a comeback to the Test team, as Shikhar Dhawan was named only in the limited-overs' side.
Rajneesh Gupta previews Qualifier 2 in IPL 2019: Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals.
Kohli appeared to enhance his formidable reputation of anchoring successful chases but his dismissal in the 47th over injected fresh drama into the contest.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was effusive in praise of his side, describing the victory over SunRisers Hyderabad, in the IPL match in Dubai, as a near-perfect show.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings, in Dubai, on Thursday.