Senior India opener KL Rahul was on Tuesday ruled out of the two-Test series against New Zealand due to a muscle strain in his left thigh.
'In the last two years, we had prioritised T20s a lot as there were two World Cups. In the next 8-10 months, we will be prioritising ODI cricket. It is not easy to juggle three formats.'
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that India's High Commission in New Zealand is in touch with local authorities for more information.
Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santer may have not picked up a wicket in New Zealand's thumping win over India but his tidy spell helped immensely in putting pressure on the opposition batters, said teammmate Ish Sodhi.
Middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav was left out of India's important T20 World Cup game against New Zealand on Sunday after he 'complained of back-spasm', leading to a forced change in the playing eleven.
a red-ball warm-up game will be the most welcome distraction for Virat Kohli and his men as a precursor to the two-match Test series starting next week.
Teenage pace bowler Tim Southee was added to an otherwise unchanged New Zealand squad for the third Test against England, beginning in Napier on Saturday.
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Peter Siddle has been brought into Australia's squad while uncapped fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has been called into the New Zealand squad.
Experienced opener Martin Guptill is a doubtful starter for New Zealand's T20 World Cup match against India in Dubai on Sunday after he suffered a toe injury during their clash against Pakistan.
India need to put up an improved batting show in their second ICC Women's World Cup league stage game
The inaugural edition will see top nine Test teams -- Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies -- fight for the top honours in 72 Test matches across 27 series over the next two years
Suzie Bates blasted 79 not out on her home ground of Dunedin as New Zealand earned a nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022.
New Zealand batsman Devon Conway attributed their strong start to the second Test against England to a positive mindset which allowed them to bat more aggressively on Friday.
Stead also revealed that former paceman Bond has been hired by his country's cricket board to "work specifically" with the national team's spinners ahead of the T20 World Cup.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has given permission to the Bank of Baroda to begin trading in the country, making it the nation's 19th registered bank.
Spinner Ish Sodhi recorded the most economical figures in New Zealand men's domestic cricket on Monday with his 2/5 from his four overs securing a six-wicket victory for Northern Brave over Auckland Aces in the Super Smash Twenty20 competition.
India felt the absence of experienced pacer Jhulan Goswami as they suffered a three-wicket defeat in the second women's ODI against New Zealand in Queenstown on Tuesday.
Statistical highlights from the fourth day's play of the first Test between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the first One-Day International in Napier on Tuesday. For India, pacer Ishant Sharma was rested after injuring his shoulder during the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand. He was replaced by Praveen Kumar, while Munaf Patel took the place of Irfan Pathan. Sachin Tendulkar, who missed out on the last two one-dayers against Sri Lanka, also returns to the Indian team.
Mayank Agarwal and Shreyas Iyer grabbed their chances with centuries, but seniors like Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma had a forgettable series.
'They have got tremendous depth in their squad, the big guns are back and they are a quality outfit under the leadership of Virat Kohli.'
Daryl Mitchell won the award for his gesture of refusing to take a single in the high-pressure T20 World Cup semi-final against England in Abu Dhabi on November 10, 2021.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the fifth and final One-Day International against New Zealand which was reduced to a 43-overs-a-side affair due to rain in Auckland on Saturday. India went into the match without any change to the squad that crushed New Zealand in the previous match at Hamilton, while the hosts brought in veteran Scott Styris at the cost of Ewen Thompson.
The declaration may have come a tad too late owing to the team management's assessment of the Green Park pitch as unresponsive but debutant Shreyas Iyer backed his spinners to secure an Indian victory on the final day of the opening Test.
The India series starts on August 4. Vaughan reckons England must get better at playing the "long game" on good wickets.
The 22-yard strip at Green Park in Kanpur, which will be used for the first Test between India and New Zealand, may be devoid of any grass but won't show ready signs of wear and tear, insists local curator Shiv Kumar.
It is learnt that Shubman has been told that he would bat in the middle-order in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur, where Ajinkya Rahane will lead the team in the absence of Virat Kohli, who is on a break.
With the win on Sunday, India won the three-match series 3-0 and Santner pointed out that New Zealand were good in patches and failed to get wickets upfront.
Eleven people were arrested near Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata ahead of India's T20 cricket match with New Zealand on Sunday for allegedly selling tickets illegally, police said.
England are second-bottom in the World Test Championship standings, above Bangladesh.
Spectator Michael Morton earned NZ$100,000 for grabbing a spectacular catch during the fifth One-Day International between West Indies and New Zealand on Wednesday.
The chief curator of the Abu Dhabi cricket stadium, Mohan Singh, died hours before Sunday's T20 World Cup game between Afghanistan and New Zealand.
Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme made themselves unavailable for selection due to the prospect of further time in bio-secure bubbles and Managed Isolation.
the PM said, "Hatred and violence have no place in diverse and democratic societies."
Trent Boult has seen how Shaheen Afridi swung the ball to wreck India's top order at the Twenty20 World Cup and the New Zealand pace spearhead is plotting something similar in Sunday's crucial contest against Virat Kohli's men.
Bangladesh looked to be closing in on a shock victory over world Test champions New Zealand after Ebadot Hossain's three-wicket burst in the final session of the fourth day reduced the hosts to 147-5 in the opening Test.
Boult, De Grandhomme cleared to travel to Perth for first Test against Australia
Cairns was one of the best all-rounders of his era, especially in the shorter formats. His father Lance also represented New Zealand in cricket.
Devon Conway celebrated his return from injury with a sparkling 122 on Saturday to propel New Zealand to 258/5 against Bangladesh on the opening day of the first Test in Mount Maunganui.
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