New Zealand captain Kane Williamson believes India, with several match winners in their squad and the advantage of playing in home conditions, are definitely one the favourites at the World T20.
Martin Guptill will play in his seventh T20 World Cup and Devon Conway will keep wickets in addition to his batting duties at the tournament
Matt Henry shrugged off the disappointment of missing out on selection for next month's World Twenty20 with a hostile spell of pace bowling that helped New Zealand ease to a 159-run win over Australia in the first one-day international on Wednesday.
Although A B de Villiers is still the front-runner for the MVP crown of the 2015 World Cup, a new and serious challenger has suddenly appeared out of the blue -- New Zealand opener Martin Guptill.
Neesham said there was no awkwardness from contracted team mates about he and Boult's place in the New Zealand set-up.
Glenn Maxwell's outrageous double-century to beat Afghanistan at the World Cup was quickly hailed as the greatest ODI innings of all-time.
Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) have signed Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) stars players for the inaugural season of the MLC, as per ESPNcricinfo.
New Zealand have a team capable of winning the T20 World Cup.
Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra scoring centuries in the same game is the first instance of two Kiwi batters scoring a century each in a World Cup match. It was also the first time two Kiwi batters scored a century each on World Cup debut.
The World Cup opener is set to be another barnstorming meeting between two of the favourites -- and a fitting way to start a cricketing feast.
Captain Kane Williamson says New Zealand were tested by a spirited Scotland in their T20 World Cup Super 12s match in Dubai on Wednesday and they need to learn from the outing.
India's T20 series opener against New Zealand was washed out on Friday without a ball being bowled, following steady rain at the Sky Stadium in Wellington.
'You play according to the conditions that are in front of you'
Kohli becomes leading run-getter in T20 World Cup history
LA Knight Riders and MI New York have roped in top international stars for the debut season of the Major League Cricket.
Pakistan's wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan, who had hit 42 sixes last year.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between Australia and New Zealand, in Dharamsala, on Saturday.
Australia's One-Day International cricket captain Aaron Finch will retire from the format's international matches following Sunday's final game of a three-match series against New Zealand, Cricket Australia said on Saturday.
England's phenomenal success in white-ball cricket has forced rivals to consider different set of players and coaches for the limited overs game and Tests but New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson feels only a team with a big talent pool can afford to take that route.
New Zealand registered a 13-run win over the West Indies in the first T20I to take 1-0 lead.
Images from the second T20 International between India and New Zealand, in Ranchi, on Friday.
Rohit Sharma becomes first player to score 3500 runs in T20Is
Images from the first T20 International between India and New Zealand, in Jaipur, on Wednesday.
Chasing 142 for a win in the dead rubber, Bangladesh never looked comfortable as they lost two wickets in the first over, thanks to brilliant bowling from skipper Southee.
Game 24 of the Super 12 competition in the T20 World Cup will see New Zealand take on Namibia at the Sharjah cricket stadium beginning 1530 IST.
Kohli reached the landmark in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 against England
Suresh Raina was not picked by any franchise
Images from the third T20 International between India and New Zealand, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on Sunday.
Afghanistan's premier leg-spinner Rashid Khan picked up his 400th wicket in competitive T20 cricket during the team's T20 World Cup match against New Zealand on Sunday.
New Zealand thrashed Bangladesh by eight wickets in the first ODI on Saturday.
Virat Kohli now has highest fifty-plus scores in T20I history
There is no stopping Suryakumar Yadav in the shortest format of the game in 2022
Martin Guptill felt that India once again out-batted them on a difficult track.
Virat Kohli has 3794 runs in T20 Internationals, 927 of those have come in T20 World Cups, the third-highest by a batter in the competition.
There is still enough pull to play for New Zealand: Ferguson on players giving up contracts
Zampa picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in one-day internationals to help the hosts defeat New Zealand
Cameron Green braved cramps to smash a career-best 89 not out and secure Australia's nervy two-wicket victory against New Zealand in the opening one-day international in Cairns on Tuesday.
In the T20 batting chart, India batsman KL Rahul lost a place to be at the third spot but skipper Virat Kohli retained his sixth position.
Images from the T20 World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia, in Dubai, on Sunday.
They can measure the speeds at which bowlers hurl the ball, they can measure the distance when batsmen slam sixes, so we ask why can't they measure the height at which bowlers jump when they take a wicket or as in the instance below to catch a ball off their own bowling?
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