Modi met Biden for all three days between June 21 and June 23 during the Indian prime minister's state visit to the US.
Legendary Brian Lara's tips on situational awareness of the game will greatly help the West Indies batters during the two-Test series against India beginning on July 12, feels skipper Kraigg Brathwaite.
Smith said he expects the Indian attack to pose a stiff challenge irrespective of the combination they go with.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden will have a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday before holding high-level talks to further boost the growing Indo-US strategic relations in areas like defence, space, clean energy and critical technologies.
'His attention to detail, keenness to understand the 'why' and 'how' of things being done will one day make him as good a diver as a cricketer which he undoubtedly is.'
Rahane stands at crossroads in his comeback Test
Cheteshwar Pujara, leading Sussex, scored a century in the first innings against Durham in the the County Championship Division Two match.
KL Rahul's Successful surgery brings hope for speedy return to Indian cricket team
Hazlewood makes the cut as Australia confirm WTC final squad
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 second day's play in the third Test between England and South Africa at The Oval will not take place on Friday following the death of Queen Elizabeth, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Thursday.
The final will be played at the Oval from June 7-11.
India qualified for the World Test Championship final after New Zealand edged Sri Lanka by two wickets off the final ball in a dramatic finish to the first Test in Christchurch on Monday.
'You are playing a World Test Championships final, and you don't pick the number one bowler in Test cricket.'
ICC said it docked points and fined both England and Australia for maintaining slow over-rate during the recently-concluded Ashes series.
Pat Cummins produced a vicious bowling onslaught to leave India battered and bruised as Australia took a 296-run lead on day three.
Travis Head likes the way England skipper Ben Stokes and Head coach Brendon McCullum are leading the English Test team.
Pujara says getting dropped from Indian team left him frustrated and with a bruised ego
Australia is looking to chase down their first overseas Ashes victory since 2001 by breaking the record for the second-largest successful fourth innings chase in Ashes history on Day 5 of the fifth Ashes Test.
This is India's second appearance in the WTC final after losing the inaugural game in 2021 to New Zealand.
'Once he failed in the Australia series at home, there was very little chance for him but selectors didn't want to change things ahead of WTC final.'
The BCCI on Saturday provided an update on injured players Jasprit Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer.
Has any cricketing legend asked the all-powerful BCCI Secretary Jay A Shah how selections are taking place without a chief selector in place for the last four months? Who takes all the important decisions at selection meetings?, asks Harish Kotian.
Rahane's comeback after 15 months was on predictable lines
Hayden advises Team India to forget about outcome in WTC final
The structure of the nine-team WTC remains intact with each side playing three home and as many away series over a two-year period culminating in the final of a one-off Test.
Gill accepted the sanction so there was no need for a formal hearing
India lost seven wickets for the addition of just 70 runs as they crumbled in the first session itself. Here's how the Day 5 panned out.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma should take a break from IPL 2023 and instead prepare in earnest for the WTC final against Australia next month, said batting great Sunil Gavaskar.
India pacer Mohammed Siraj on Thursday said the team planned to bowl only bouncers to Travis Head irrespective of the outcome.
Test cricketers from England and South Africa paid tributes to Queen Elizabeth II as they wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence ahead of start of Day 3 of the third and final Test match at The Oval in London.
Australia dominated the proceedings on the opening day of the ICC World Test Championship final at the Oval.
With Australia completely dominating the proceedings on Day 1 of the WTC Final, many questioned why R Ashwin was picked in the playing XI.
After becoming the first batter to score a century in the WTC Final, Travis Head said he enjoyed batting with Steve Smith.
Trailing 0-1 in the series England captain Michael Vaughan believes his side can once again rise to the occasion and level the three-match contest with a great performance.
Modi and Biden will have a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday before holding high-level talks.
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India's last ICC title win came a decade ago in the 2013 Champions Trophy, but Rohit said there was no point in dwelling on past disappointments.
Boland experienced English conditions on a tour with an Indigenous team of cricketers in 2018 and Cummins said he was convinced the 34-year-old would not need to overhaul his bowling approach to succeed.
India goes into the fourth Test against England on a track that is batsman-friendly, swing-less, as compared to other English grounds, and will assist spinners as the game progresses, says Bikash Mohapatra.
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