Suryakumar Yadav and captain Hardik Pandya held their nerves to guide India to a hard-fought six-wicket victory over New Zealand
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup match played between England and New Zealand in Brisbane on Tuesday.
'I thought it was probably one of the worst bowling displays that we've put on for a very long time'
Glenn McGrath captured six wickets as Australia bowled out New Zealand for 433 on the second day of the first Test in Christchurch on Friday.
"Indian politics needs more like her," Ramesh said.
Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel claimed a career-best 4-16 as New Zealand kept alive its Twenty20 series against Bangladesh after a thumping 52-run victory in the third game, in Dhaka, on Sunday.
New Zealand bowler and Mumbai Indians pace spearhead Trent Boult said he would love to play in the remaining matches of Indian Premier League, which is scheduled to be held in the UAE later this year.
'We have seen both teams not having played Test matches for a couple of months. So, it is a one-off. Anything can happen. I will sit on the fence'
Trent Boult's double wicket maiden first over saw Rajasthan Royals humbled Sunrisers Hyderabad by 72 runs in the IPL 2023 match in Hyderabad on Sunday.
As Mohammed Shami walked back to the top of his run-up, Virat Kohli geed the fans at the Wankhede Stadium to go full throat with their chants - Shaamii! Shaamii! They obliged merrily.
In preparation for the upcoming season of the IPL, former champions Chennai Super Kings will get their pre-season camp underway in the city from Friday.
New Zealand cricket chief Martin Snedden said there should be no knee-jerk reaction.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, which had decided to host its first day-night Test against visiting New Zealand, has acknowledged that it could not go ahead with the plan without testing the waters in the Duleep Trophy.
'We are looking forward to the game against India, had the first warm-up game and have got a game against England in a couple of days. I guess these games care for nothing'
Ahead of their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Lockie Ferguson backed Andre Russell to put on a strong show with the willow.
In the IPL opener, Gujarat Giants were dealt a big blow as Kane Williamson walked off the field following a nasty knee injury.
New Zealand have never appeared so well-united as they do currently. 'Individually and collectively, under Brendon McCullum's astute leadership, they seem a formidable lot.'
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has been awarded Sir Richard Hadlee medal.
Stuff said on Friday both the Ministry of Health and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) had confirmed the report.
CSK have made it to the last four stage of 12 out of 14 tournaments -- the most by any team in the IPL.
Gill said his team has learnt plenty from the disappointing defeat against the Kiwis.
Ravichandran Ashwin has maintained the top spot among bowlers
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and coach, Mike Hesson, opined that it will be a "bit of scrap" for the batsmen to face Ravichandran Ashwin & Co. while their own spinners need to adapt quickly to the SG Test from kookaburra ball.
The last time Team India won an ICC World Cup was in 2011 in India. It was a 50-over ODI format that was won under the astute leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
The Kiwi media has said that a greedy India with regard to the menace of match-fixing is the real enemy of the sport of cricket and slumdog billionaires are ruining the show.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said 'losing wickets against the run of play' while chasing a tricky target led to the home team's defeat against New Zealand in the second ODI, in New Delhi, on Thursday.
New Zealand, considered perennial dark horses, know how to punch above their weight.
New Zealand's cricket team will fly out of Pakistan in a chartered flight on Saturday, even as the cricket community is fuming over the sudden and unilateral decision of the visitors to abandon the tour due to a security threat.
Images from the World Cup final between England and New Zealand, at Lord's on Sunday.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson said his team were 20 to 25 runs short when they slipped to a seven-wicket defeat in Wednesday's World Twenty20 semi-final against England.
'We wanted the sixth bowler to come in, so Sanju Samson missed out'
'I do believe India is very strong because lately we have been winning outside the country. I think our batting is stronger, in bowling they are at par.'
'We are focusing on playing good cricket in the next two games. Pressure is always there on us as Indian cricketers. The need is to focus on the game and not on the pressure and challenges from the other side.'
"Everybody has different tags and rankings that go up and down throughout the year, and I suppose they end up with different names. But you come into a tournament on any day, anything can happen, especially looking across all these teams with match winners throughout."
Photos from Day 2 of the 3rd Test played at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday
India and New Zealand will fight it out for the inaugural title at Southampton's Ageas Bowl
Chasing targets has been their Achilles heel throughout the tournament. The same batters who've plundered the bowling and scored daddy hundreds batting first, have resembled pale shadows of themselves chasing targets.
New Zealand Cricket said the 30-year-old felt tightness in his right calf after a training session and an MRI scan ahead of their tournament opener against Pakistan on Tuesday revealed a grade two tear which would rule him out for up to four weeks.
