Monty Panesar feels England would be making a mistake if they don't play the experienced Moeen Ali alongside left-arm spinner Jack Leach in the first Test against India, beginning in Chennai on Friday.
Du Plessis, who was also part of CSK in the Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2011 to 2021, except for 2016 and 2017, when the team was suspended, was recently roped in by the Johannesburg franchise.
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England have included five uncapped players for their Twenty20 series against Australia, and Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Matthew Potts and Jamie Smith have been named for the One-Day Internationals, the country's cricket board said on Monday.
The mega auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season is expected to be held in Riyadh at the end of this month, according to sources.
Silverwood also said that opener Haseeb Hameed is making a "very strong case" for a Test recall.
Centuries from openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan powered Titans to an emphatic victory against champions CSK.
Cricket Australia are to seek clarification from their English counterparts about an incident in which England all-rounder Moeen Ali says he was called "Osama" by an Australian player during an Ashes test in 2015.
Ali was dropped after a poor performance in the opening Test in Edgbaston
IMAGES from the IPL 2024 match between Gujarat Titans vs Shubman Gill at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Pakistan lost Mohammad Rizwan for a duck in the first over when Moeen Ali had him caught and his opening partner Saim Ayub holed out in the deep to leave the tourists reeling at 14-2.
Cricket can be a game of fine lines but England fans were irked that Moeen Ali was judged on the wrong side of a bulging one when the all-rounder was stumped on day four of the series-opening Ashes test on Sunday.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali's self-imposed Test exile was prompted by excessive criticism of his performance every time the team under-performed, the 32-year-old has said. The spin-bowling all-rounder announced a break from Test cricket in September after losing out on a central contract for the longest format for the 2019-20 season.
Phil Salt said the convincing eight-wicket victory over the West Indies in their Super Eight clash has given his side 'confidence and momentum' at the right time
Ravindra Jadeja had played a major role in CSK's IPL triumph last year.
Chris Woakes and rookie pacer Olly Stone will be vying for a final spot in the playing eleven.
Moeen Ali said it will be a massive challenge for England bowlers to get the better of India captain Virat Kohli, who he says doesn't have 'any sort of weakness'.
England captain Joe Root lauded off-spinner Moeen Ali's match-winning effort of nine wickets terming his performance in the 60-run win as the best ever for the national team.
The more he has been dropped down the order - for this Test the former opener came in at number eight - the more he has accepted that his primary role is to take wickets.
Moeen lost his place in England's World Cup winning team before being dropped from the Test side after the defeat in the first Ashes Test.
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England bowled India out for 184 on Sunday to win the fourth Test by 60 runs and wrap up the series with a match to spare.
Moeen Ali had announced a break from Test cricket in September last year after losing out on a central contract for the longest format for the 2019-20 season.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali is a doubt for the second Ashes Test against Australia as he struggles to recover from a cut on his index finger, captain Joe Root said.
India's batsmen would have to watch out for variable bounce more than prodigious turn on a Rajkot wicket which was at its best for batting on the first two days, England centurion Moeen Ali said on Thursday. Following Joe Root's century on Wednesday, Moeen and Ben Stokes completed their hundreds on the second day as England piled up 537 runs in their first innings after winning the toss.
Rohit has put his team in a commanding position on a track that is deteriorating pretty fast.
England beat Sri Lanka by 211 runs inside four days in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series at the Galle International Stadium on Friday.
Defending champions England stormed their way to a crushing eight-wicket victory over the West Indies.
A dominant India ended England's title defence by handing them a 68-run thumping in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup.
Shreyas Iyer, who led KKR to the IPL 2024 title, could be headed for the players' auction after failing to make a breakthrough in negotiations, while K L Rahul is also unlikely to be retained by LSG.
'The World Cup squad will fly to the Caribbean on May 31 ahead of England's opening group match against Scotland at the Kensington Oval, Barbados, on Wednesday, June 4.'
David Miller's outstanding fielding effort earned Gujarat Titans an early wicket.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali has no sympathy for Australia's banned cricketers and finds the whole team "rude".
Former Indian cricketer Sarandeep Singh believes India's bowling attack holds the key to victory in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa
E A S Prasanna, whom Ian Chappell rates as the greatest off-spinner ever, tells Harish Kotian what worked for Moeen and what didn't for Ashwin.
Rohit Sharma has now led India to the third global final in last 12 months.
Shakib back in Bangladesh fold, Mashrafe out of ODI mix.
Moeen Ali capitalised on an early reprieve to score his fifth Test century and steer England to 284 for four on the opening day of the fifth and final Test against India on Friday. - Scorecard: Opting to bat, England slumped to 21 for two before Moeen added 146 with Joe Root to steady the innings and shared a stand of 86 with Jonny Bairstow to keep the touring side on course for a big total at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
As expected, fast bowler Jofra Archer was included in the 12 and looks poised to make his Test debut in the absence of England's record wicket taker James Anderson.
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