England pace bowler Jake Ball has sent an injury scare through his team in their Ashes run-up after injuring his ankle.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI against Pakistan on Sunday?
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke will get his first taste of coaching at the elite level against Sri Lanka later this month after being put in charge of the Prime Minister's XI for a Twenty20 match in Canberra.
Harshit Rana could pose a strong challenge to senior teammate Prasidh Krishna as they battle it out for the third pacer's slot in the India playing XI for the opening Test against Australia in Perth.
Tough to look beyond Shreyas in WC playing XI, Gill will be main player for India, says Azharuddin
The Women's World Cup that was staged in England from June 20, 1973, was the first-ever World Cup to staged in cricket.
Virender Sehwag credits Axar Patel and Mitchell Johnson for the victory.
A Web series Bandon Mein Tha Dum will chronicle the Indian cricket team's historic Test series win in Australia last year.
Shubman Gill dispelled all doubts about his thumb injury with a stylish fifty even as skipper Rohit Sharma kept cards close to his chest by coming in at No. 4 in India's curtailed pink-ball warm-up game against Prime Minister's XI in Canberra on Sunday.
Suryakumar Yadav's participation in the upcoming Duleep Trophy is in doubt after he injured his hand while fielding during the Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament.
Cricket Australia Chairman's XI captain Ryan Broad said that his side would look to unsettle the star-studded Indians in the first two-day warm-up game starting in Canberra on Thursday.
With the series locked at 1-1, Brisbane could well decide the course of the rubber and whether Rohit's men would continue to be the master of their fate in the ongoing World Test Championship.
After their best-ever show at IPL 7, Kings XI Punjab will look to continue their aggressive brand of cricket when they start their campaign against Hobart Hurricanes in a Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 in Mohali on Thursday.
Former England batsman Graeme Hick and bowling coach Troy Cooley will pit their wits against the tourists when they mentor a Cricket Australia XI in a four-day Ashes tour match in Townsville next month.
Kings XI Punjab's bid to remain in contention for the play-off berth in the Indian Premier League received a major blow when their premier batsman Shaun Marsh was ruled out of the tournament due to a back injury. The Australian batsman had picked up a niggle in his back during the six-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders on April 19, which reportedly worsened in subsequent matches. Marsh is the third Australian in as many days to be heading home early from the competition, following younger brother Mitchell (side) and captain Steve Smith (wrist).
It may be recalled that India had played a Test each against England and Australia at Mumbai in December last year, winning them by 347 runs and eight wickets respectively.
West Indies have lost their last four Tests, two to Australia and two to Sri Lanka, and have not enjoyed a single win in Australia since the 1996-97 tour.
History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a 4-part series.
As IPL 2025 enters a crucial phase, both Rohit Sharma and SRH's misfiring stars are running out of time and excuses.
'I faced Ashwin a couple times in IPL before this, so don't have much experience of playing him in Test cricket. But we have batsmen who can play spin well'
'The stakes are too high and it would have been a complete embarrassment had Bumrah broken down in a match.'
Bumrah also said that the team has finalised its playing XI although he will reveal it only at the toss.
The Delhi-based Gambhir will skip India's two-day pink ball warm-up game against Prime Minister's in Canberra starting November 30.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra feels that South African batter Aiden Markram has to perform consistently in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 in order to retain his place in SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) playing XI.
Jasprit Bumrah emerged as the lone bright spot with a record haul of 32 wickets.
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's task is yet to be completed. The journey has just begun. Even teams like the Netherlands are not weak teams. In T20, it's anybody's game. If you win the tournament then only you can say the mission is complete and as an Indian team we have done the job," he said.
Will India drop Rohit for the Sydney Test and put Kohli on notice? Or will the team management grant the senior pros a final chance to redeem themselves?
Australian cricket legend Ian Healy is shocked by the team management's decision to include two off-spinners -- Nathan Lyon and young Todd Murphy -- who have almost similar action.
Australia appear confused by picking wicketkeeper Tim Paine for the Ashes squad against England as he is not even the first choice selection for his state side, retired leg-spinning great Shane Warne said.
Gautam Gambhir's position as India's head coach is under scrutiny following a string of disappointing results and reports of discontent within the team.
'Countering Yasir is Australia's number one priority'
Kohli is struggling for big runs of late and his last Test century was against the West Indies at Port of Spain in July 2023.
When you are defending to save a game, a loose delivery comes along and you suddenly opt to play an attacking shot, you are unlikely to hit as well as if you were playing your naturally aggressive game all along. First Pant, then Jaiswal, found that out the costly way, observes Prem Panicker.
'It'll be very much a battle again between the very good pace bowling attacks of both sides and how well the top order players of both sides can deal with the ball that will bounce, seam and probably swing a little bit more in the day-night game in Adelaide.'
The sound and fury of World Cup 2023 has ended, and Norma Astrid Godinho picks her World Cup XI.
Ravichandran Ashwin's form will decide the fate of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, said former India head coach Ravi Shastri, who wouldn't want the team's premier spinner to 'over-plan' against Australia.
Gambhir congratulated Bangladesh on their two-match Test series win against Pakistan. He praised Najmul Hossain Shanto's side, calling them a quality team.
Both sides made one change from Wednesday's first match, won convincingly by Australia by 93 runs.
Ishan Kishan earned his maiden Test call-up, while Suryakumar Yadav was also included for the first two Tests of the four-match series against Australia next month.
