Trent Boult, Jimmy Neesham and Daryl Mitchell had everyone in splits as they danced on a Bollywood hit from the last decade.
Skipper Rohit Sharma will look to feast on a Zimbabwe bowling attack in his bid to play an innings that is long overdue in a must-win game of the T20 World Cup match in Melbourne on Sunday.
'In the last six games we've done most things right in ODIs. We're consistent in our approach with the bat and ball.'
Hardik Pandya will be expected to begin his full-time T20 captaincy tenure on a bold note as the Indian team prepares to start its life beyond Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul.
CAT is worth a watch, recommends Deepa Gahlot.
RCB bowling RR out in 10.3 overs was the second shortest all-out innings in the IPL.
The cricket world and its aunt and uncle may pass daily judgment on Virat Kohli's poor run of form this year, but the man himself seems untroubled, clearly confident that his return to the majesty and magnificence of old is just a couple of games away.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after Game 61.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the first T20 International against Australia at Mohali on Tuesday?
After the T20 World Cup disappointment, the Indian team got to business straightaway as they prepared for the three match T20I series in Wellington, New Zealand.
The local train traffic on the Central and Western Railway routes was mostly normal though the trains were running a few minutes late, railway officials said.
Rohit Sharma has backed Ravichandran Ashwin's idea of an early start in the ODI World Cup to negate the dew factor. India's captain does not want any team to gain undue advantage in a major event.
India's team for the Asia Cup was largely picked keeping the World Cup in mind, which meant gambling with players, who are not fully fit.
'Our positivity rate is in single digit now with nearly 44,000 tests. Perhaps, Mumbai is the only city in India with a single digit positivity rate with high testing,' Mumbai municipal commissioner Iqbal Chahal claimed
'Whenever I walk out to bat, people assume I just took that decision and came out, but that's a role given to me.'
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni termed the lull period in the middle overs as the reason for his team's three-run defeat against Rajasthan Royals.
The current Indian team up is yet to identify its core set for players with the World Cup just weeks away.
India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was on Friday ruled out of the Asia Cup after he sustained a knee injury.
Explosive knock from Heinrich Klaasen powered South Africa to a four-wicket win over India in the second T20
The second One Day International between India and West Indies will be played at Ahmedabad starting 1330 IST this afternoon.
Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli slammed half-centuries as India edged Australia by six wickets in the third and final T20 International in Hyderabad on Sunday, to claim the series 2-1.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the first T20 International against England?
Rajasthan Royals unveiled the jersey for IPL 2022 with an action-packed video featuring FMX legend Robbie Maddison.
A clinical India outplayed South Africa with both bat and ball to register a comprehensive 48-run victory in the third T20I in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday and keep themselves alive in the five-match series.
India were expected to try out a bunch of players after another World Cup debacle but if the team combination for the second T20 was any indication, they seemed reluctant to start with a clean slate.
While Ishan Kishan has done well so far, Ruturaj Gaikwad (23, 1) has pulled the team down with questions being raised over his technique against quality pacers and his ability to force the pace early on.
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.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after Game 42.
Bumrah was on Thursday ruled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup due to a back stress fracture.
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson was effusive in praise of Yashasvi Jaiswal, saying the team knew the opener was due for a long innings.
In his last five innings including the first practice match against Western Australia, Rohit has scored just 63 runs, including two ducks in the T20I series against South Africa.
Dhanashree Verma turned out in pink (the colour associated with the Royals) and cheered her husband's side through the encounter.
Amid the crackdown on 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh and his aides, four accused were detained in Ludhiana on Wednesday, and were sent to jail, informed the police.
The Greenfield stadium has a capacity of 55,000 seats and the KCA said on Monday that 2,000 tickets for the opening T20I are still up for grabs.
How India's players rated in the three-match ODI series.
Praising Suryakumar Yadav, Laxman, who featured in 134 Tests, 86 ODIs for India, said the 30-year-old right-hander has the potential to be a part of the World T20 squad.
Miller smashed three sixes in a row to book their place in Sunday's final on their home ground in Ahmedabad.
The Indian team had a gruelling nets session in Mohali as they prepared for Tuesday's opening game in the three-match T20I series against World Champions Australia.
Hope is the fourth West Indies batter to achieve this accomplishment
India went in with five bowling options against Pakistan on Sunday and it did not work out in their favour
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