The ever-milling modern-day sport does not allow extended celebrations and India, in the immediate aftermath of their T20I series triumph, will have to hit game-mode and treat the fifth match against Australia in Bengaluru on Sunday as a workshop to fit two key pieces in their grooves ahead of an exacting assignment.
Yashasvi Jaiswal said being 'fearless' while playing his natural game is his mantra for success.
Rahul Dravid's tenure as India Head Coach, which ended gloriously with the T20 World Cup triumph in Barbados on Saturday, will remain a case study on how to be stately and understated at the same time in modern-day cricket coaching.
As much as Ishan Kishan has done his bit, India will need Iyer, the proverbial slayer of spin bowling in the middle overs during the World Cup.
Social media platforms erupted as the replays clearly showed Pandya's bat was in the air at the moment the bails were dislodged.
Shubman Gill to reach Ahmedabad on Wednesday but remains doubtful for Pakistan game
The Indian team management will try to keep cards close and assess defending champions England's batting depth when the home team takes field for its first World Cup warm-up match game, in Guwahati on Saturday.
Former fast bowler RP Singh on Friday backed Suryakumar Yadav to be India's option at No 4 during the ICC World Cup.
India dropped three catches within the first Powerplay in the must win game against Nepal.
Apart from Kishan, Sri Lanka batter Dinesh Chandimal was also taken to the hospital after he endured a thumb injury while fielding.
Shaheen Shah Afridi ripped apart India's batting line-up as he took 4/35 to bowl them out for 266 in 48.5 overs
Cameras caught the heartening sight as Kishan honoured his camaraderie with Pant by using the Delhi Capitals captain's bat.
Shaheen Shah Afridi returned with a four-wicket haul, but picked Rohit Sharma's wicket as his prized scalp.
K L Rahul has managed just 38 runs in three innings in the ongoing Test series against Australia.
'Honoured to have hosted my Mumbai Indians family at my home for dinner. It was a wonderful night that my family and I won't forget.'
"According to me, he (must have been) dropped from white-ball cricket. There has never been enough clarity. This word called 'rest' is great to have; it wasn't there when we were playing. Either we were dropped or selected."
Marcus Stoinis struck a half-century as LSG picked up their sixth win of the season.
Pant ignored the selectorial snub to celebrate the year-end holiday season with Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Samson is outdoing his competition, sitting at the fourth spot in the IPL 2024 run charts with 385 runs at an average of 77.00 and a strike rate of 161.08
It started pouring again with only 3.3 overs bowled and no more play was possible.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah has opined that centrally-contracted India players should play domestic cricket to make themselves available for the selection for the national team.
Head Coach Rahul Dravid and his support staff kept a keen eye as the players went through their paces on a sunny day on the Caribbean island.
Mumbai Indians once again showcased their batting prowess and proved why they are one of the most dominant teams in IPL.
Yash Thakur's exuberant celebration added another layer of excitement to the match.
Returning from injury, Sandeep Sharma shone with the ball for hosts Rajasthan Royals.
Ravi Shastri believes that K L Rahul's inclusion for the Asia Cup could be 'asking a little too much' of the wicketkeeper-batter.
Asked who's to compare Kohli with Tendulkar, Ganguly said: "It's a difficult question to answer."
India head coach Rahul Dravid was delighted to see the players identify themselves with Rohit Sharma's leadership principles.
Hardik Pandya turned in his best figures of the ongoing IPL season.
DK has taken his batting to a new level and displayed some astonishing power-hitting to strike at a rate of 205-plus.
Images from the second One-day International between West Indies and India at Kensington Oval, Barbados, on Saturday.
The Pat Cummins-led side is in the midst of an intense battle between multiple teams who are bidding for spots in the final four, with Rajasthan Royals (16 points), Kolkata Knight Riders (14 points) and Lucknow Super Giants (12 points) placed above SRH.
K L Rahul is set to be included in India's 15-member provisional World Cup squad, which will be announced by Tuesday.
India aim to seal series as Tilak Varma looks for quality batting time
India skipper Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar were all ears as the great man offered insights on the game inside the pavilion named after him.
India's young bowling unit will have to push behind the timid show in the series opener and find its flow against a forceful Australian batting line-up in the second T20 in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.
Gujrat Titans will be striving for much needed consistency when they meet Delhi Capitals in an Indian Premier League match in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
The selectors have decided to rest David Warner for the five-match T20 series in India following Australia's ODI World Cup triumph.
Gaikwad has played one ODI and nine T20s.
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