Defending champions Mumbai got their Ranji Trophy campaign back on track with an emphatic nine-wicket win over Maharashtra in their second group A league game in Mumbai on Monday, offsetting the heavy loss to Baroda in the opening game.
Mumbai's run machine Sarfaraz Khan was ruled out of the match because of injury.
LSG skipper KL Rahul fined Rs 12 lakhs for maintaining slow overrate
Patidar or Rinku set for debut; India look to seal series
Among other developments, middle order batter Shreyas Iyer will miss the next three Tests due to injury.
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan -- the top-five ranked teams in the ICC T20I rankings are the top seeds and have been granted direct entry into the quarter-finals.
Suryakumar Yadav has been named captain for India's upcoming T20I series against Australia.
Rabada, Boult or Maharaj? Who is your pick?
Both teams will be looking to get out of the danger zone as eight teams remain in the play-off contention.
Brad Hogg hailed youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal and said that the best of him will be seen in the upcoming season.
Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the upcoming two-Test series in South Africa on fitness grounds
KL Rahul has struggled at the top of the order, managing just 36 runs at a strike rate of 90 in the first two matches against Pakistan and Hong Kong.
RR could not have asked for a better start to the season, registering four consecutive wins from as many games.
During Monday's net session, Bumrah repeatedly made short work of the batter often sending his off-stump cart-wheeling for fun
The 39 year-old has played 86 Tests, 117 ODIs and 44 T20Is for South Africa with a total of 544 international wickets.
KKR's Rinku Singh was unlucky not to make it to India's 15-member T20 World Cup squad as he made it as one of the reserves.
Did Rashid's cameo outshine all the other knocks?
India's in-form spinner Kuldeep Yadav missed Sunday's game due to a sore thumb and it remains to be seen if he is available for selection.
Dhawan will be leading Team India in the three-match ODI series, with Ravindra Jadeja as the vice-captain.
IMAGES from the second T20I in Gqeberha played between India and South Africa on Sunday
The three-match T20 series will begin on July 7 in Southampton.
It is understood that Kuldeep, who had lost his mojo in the Kohli-Ravi Shastri era, has been called back as the current team management and selectors feel that he has the X-Factor to contribute to team's cause.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will aim to shed the over-reliance on their celebrated top-order when they face a belligerent Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL match in Lucknow on Monday.
The bids on Rishabh Pant could well soar like his audacious no-look six in the ongoing Perth Test, as he seems poised to become the highest paid player among the 577 who will go under the hammer at the two-day IPL mega auction, starting in Jeddah on Sunday.
Varun Chakravarthy was the second highest wicket-taker in IPL 2024 with 21 wickets in 15 games as he played a major role in KKR's title triumph.
Samson was part of the squad in the recently concluded ODI series that the team won 3-0 and scored a half-century in the second game.
'...there is every possibility that Shreyas will travel for the three-match ODI series in Sri Lanka. The last ODI that India played was in South Africa and he scored a half-century (52). He had 500 plus runs (530) in the World Cup and averages just around 50. Can you drop him?'
Jaiswal's 213 off 259 balls was well complemented by opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's 154
Royal Challengers Bangalore will expect more runs from their batters and discipline in 'death' overs bowling when they take on high-flying Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL match in Bengaluru on Monday.
India's journey into their ODI future will hit its first stop during the opening match against South Africa on Sunday.
'All smiles with the boys after an intense workout session. Making the most of the extra rest days with boys @BCCI.'
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the first T20 International against England?
India will enter the upcoming limited overs series against England on a positive note, having beaten Northamptonshire by 10 runs after an impressive display by the bowlers in their second warm-up T20 match in Northampton on Sunday.
A desperate India seek to restore parity against South Africa and remain consequential in the World Test Championship.
Both Prasidh and Avesh Khan lack variety and innovation as they keep pitching the ball at the same length. Both bowl in late 130s or early 140s but consistently pitch it back of the length and the nature of Indian tracks make it a cannon fodder for batters.
Who do you think bowled the best spell in the LSG-RR game?
Rishabh Pant last played a Test match in December 2022 before a serious car crash saw him sidelined for nearly two years.
Central Zone bowlers led by captain Shivam Mavi (4/43) silenced the big guns in the West Zone batting line-up to restrict them to 216 for 8.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances