Delhi Capitals spinner Axar Patel has credited captain Shreyas Iyer for helping him adjust to his new IPL team smoothly after spending half-a-decade with Kings XI Punjab. The 26-year-old was picked up by the Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2019 Players' Auction for Rs 5 crore and picked up 10 wickets apart from scoring 110 runs in his first season.
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Chawla said the 'tricky' pitch in New York brought the best out of 'good teams' such as India.
The sight of a pitch with a fair smattering of grass and premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah putting in hard yards at nets might be the early signs of India sticking to the three pacers theory for the first Test against New Zealand
The Indian team will have a five-day training camp in Chennai ahead of the Test series.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India selectors on Sunday included left-arm spinner Axar Patel in the Indian squad for the last two one-dayers of the ongoing series against Australia and dropped Ravindra Jadeja.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians in Mumbai, on Sunday
The BCCI video captured Rohit Sharma, Axar Patel and other players touching down in Guyana and being warmly welcomed by a dedicated group of Indian fans.
Rohit Sharma was named the captain of the T20 World Cup 2024 Team of the Tournament after leading India to their second T20 World Cup crown.
'We are prepared. Afghanistan are a very dangerous side'
A final decision by the team's think-tank will be taken after the final practice session on Friday.
Rohit Sharma, while facing left-arm throwdown specialist Nuwan Seneviratne, got hit on his left thumb by a delivery that lifted from the back of a good length area.
While the pace department needs some urgent solutions, the spin has a slightly different landscape.
Suryakumar is placed second with 821 rating points behind Australia's Travis Head, who has 844 rating points.
'Even scorecards in T20 matches read better than the one we saw in Ahmedabad.'
Heinrich Klaasen is the most expensive retained player in IPL history.
Images from Day 3 of the fourth Test between India and England, at the Narendra Modi stadium, in Motera, Ahmedabad.
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.
IMAGES from the 3rd ODI played between Sri Lanka and India, in Colombo, on Wednesday.
The BCCI's retention and auction rules ensure that franchises will have to make careful decisions to balance retaining star power with building depth across their squads.
'Sundar is the front-runner behind Ashwin right now. He's done well in whatever limited opportunities he's got and I feel he will get his due first before going to anybody else.'
Pace sensation Mayank Yadav is expected to unleash his raw speed while the absence of India's T20 regulars will provide another opportunity to the fringe players in the three-match series against Bangladesh, beginning in Gwalior Sunday.
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Pant has scored 31 runs off 30 balls and has been dismissed three times by the leggie. Also, his strike rate against the KKR spinner is just 103.3.
India will look for the right balance as they aim for a series-levelling victory against a spunky New Zealand in the must-win second Test.
Captain Suryakumar Yadav smashed a brilliant half-century as India overpowered Sri Lanka by 43 runs in the first T20 International.
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Green pocketed just one wicket, but his tight overs put the necessary pressure on the DC scoreboard as the match slipped away from the visitors.
Images from the T20 World Cup Group A match between India and Pakistan in New York on Sunday.
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India's star batters have lost a lot of confidence over the years by playing on rank turners, with their home averages taking a beating and affecting their careers adversely, feels former off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
Virat Kohli will be expected to hit his straps after a lean run
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Wellalage was the star of the show with a five-wicket haul inflicting a dent that the Indian team could never recover from.
Suryakumar Yadav will miss the first round match after suffering a a sprain to his right thumb.
The Bangladesh bowlers have the ability to spice up things but against India's formidable lineup, they would need plenty of runs on the board.
India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was ruled out of the upcoming Duleep Trophy because of illness.
The best part of Yashasvi Jaiswal's entertaining unbeaten 76 was the manner in which he completely unsettled England's troika of spinners, India's left-arm slow bowler Axar Patel reckoned after opening day's play in the first Test.
'Because of the Impact sub rule, everyone gets one more batsman so they think that they will use the batsman in case the batting unit doesn't go well.'
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