Another tough choice India need to make is in the wicket-keeping department.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 37 World Cup 2023 games.
Lyon surprised virtually everyone in the ground when he hobbled out to bat at number 11
Cites 'being in rhythm' as factor for success
Australia's pacemen Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins ripped out England's top order with a masterclass of textbook bowling to put their side in sight of a 2-0 Ashes lead on Saturday.
Travis Head struck a belligerent half-century to give Australia the upper hand on day one of the series-opening Test against South Africa after the home side's bowlers dominated on a green Gabba wicket on Saturday.
The major highlights from the deadline day as teams announced their retention list for IPL 2024.
Starc had wiped out the entire top order in powerplay
Here are a slew of records that were scripted on Wednesday...
On Tuesday, Warner, one the finest all-format players, became the 10th man in Test cricket's history to score a century in his 100th match, and the second to score a double ton.
Mitchell Starc's first ball of the match was as good as Steve Harmison's was poor, a full yorker which went behind the legs of hapless England opener Rory Burns and swung into the base of his stumps
The opening day of the first Test between India and West Indies belonged to senior Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
Suryakumar Yadav has managed just 16 runs from his first three games in IPL 2023.
Heading into the third and fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Australia will see a series of changes and Peter Handscomb discusses whether the side will benefit from the withdrawals.
The left arm pacer had dismissed Virat Kohli with a snorter on day two. With the pitch playing tricks, he felt he got lucky.
India have already secured the Border-Gavaskar trophy and they will now be playing for a record-extending 16th straight series win at home
Mitchell Starc is likely to link up with skipper Pat Cummins in Australia's pace attack for the second Test against India.
'It's going to have take something pretty serious to have me miss a game.'
Australia declared their first innings on 556 for nine and then skittled out Pakistan for 148 to seize control of the second Test in Karachi on Monday.
'That's a standard we want to keep going with for the rest of tournament.'
Former ICC elite umpire Simon Taufel said people cite the 'spirit of the game' when they don't like a dismissal under the laws of cricket.
It's been more than a decade since India lost a Test series at home - they had lost to England 1-2 in 2012.
Pat Cummins' side stayed in control at the end of Day 2 of the WTC Final.
Australian batter Steve Smith on Thursday said his bowlers reaped the benefits of relentlessly targeting the off stump.
Sent in to bat on a grassy MCG pitch on Sunday, England were skittled for 185
Australia has recalled all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, along with paceman Kane Richardson and spinner Ashton Agar, for the T20 series against England in the lead-up to the World Cup.
India has lost three finals and on four occasion it bit dust at the semifinal stage. It also made an exit at the preliminary stage of the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Pat Cummins will not play the third Test against India in Indore starting March 1
Agar is the latest Australian to return home midway into the tour, with the visitors having lost the first two Tests of the four-match series.
Navigating their way through extreme pressure moments in their tournament opener, India will be eyeing a perfect game against a sprightly Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup match in Delhi on Wednesday.
Ahead of the WTC final between India and Australia, Ricky Ponting picked Australia's playing XI.
Ravindra Jadeja's absence from the T20 series was expected to weaken India but the hosts found an able replacement in "outstanding" Axar Patel, said Australia coach Andrew McDonald.
'I really hope we've inspired a new generation.'
'I'd really like to see Alex Carey bat at six and Australia pick five bowlers'
Sri Lanka fined 40 percent of match fee for slow-over rate in second T20 against Australia
As Starc put on bowling exhibition, India must have missed their star pacer Jasprit Bumrah.
The kit showcaseS Australia's indigenous heritage.
Captain Rohit Sharma's return will certainly give solidity to the top order in the second ODI against Australia.
With a massive 1,608 runs in the WTC 2021-2023 cycle, Khawaja was the major reason Australia qualified for the WTC final.
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