Images from the Asia Cup T20 match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Dubai on Thursday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will be aiming to halt the Jos Buttler juggernaut when they take on Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League match at the MCA Stadium in Pune on Tuesday.
Three men and four women in the Teams of 2022
Images from the second T20 International between India and Sri Lanka, in Pune, on Thursday.
'I think cricket smarts is something that has plagued us. We have spoken time and time again especially from a batting perspective what we need to do as individuals and we have not done well'
India's senior opener Rohit Sharma moved a place up to 23rd in the batting chart while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah jumped 10 places to joint 24th in the ICC men's T20 rankings issued on Wednesday.
However, it remains to be seen how RCB will cope without players like Rajat Patidar and Josh Hazlewood, who both have been sidelined for at least the first half of this IPL due to injuries. Australian Glenn Maxwell is also unlikely to feature in Sunday's game.
Rajneesh Gupta lists interesting records from the first week of the Super 12 competition in the T20 World Cup in the UAE.
Both the high-profile openers, Kohli and Faf du Plessis, are big match players and will be itching to make an impact after low returns in the previous game.
Punjab Kings would be sweating over skipper Shikhar Dhawan's injury at a time when they need all their firepower against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Captain Rohit Sharma's form with the bat and bowling in the death overs will be a huge concern for hosts Mumbai Indians when they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday.
RCB all-rounder Glenn Maxwell believes left-handers did the trick for CSK by exploiting the shorter boundaries at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Images from the T20 World Cup match between Sri Lanka and England at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.
Coming off a socio-economic crisis and the worst turmoil in its country's history, the Sri Lankan cricket team would like to provide the island nation with an emotional catharsis by beating fancied Pakistan in the Asia Cup final in Dubai on Sunday.
GT, on the other hand, are the side to beat in this IPL. Even if they lose on Thursday, the Hardik Pandya-led side will finish at the top, which means it will get two chances to reach the final.
PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Ekana Sports City in Lucknow on Monday.
Chennai Super Kings batter Devon Conway said skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's advice on handling spinners helped him score his third straight half-century in IPL 2022 as they thumped Delhi Capitals by 91 runs on Sunday.
Josh Hazlewood dismissed KL Rahul and Krunal Pandya off successive deliveries in the 19th over.
190 seemed very much within Delhi Capital's means, but everything changed with Warner's dismissal.
Anyone watching the scenes in the Royal Challengers Bangalore dressing room after they beat the Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets and 5 balls to spare at the Wankhede stadium on Tuesday night would have thought RCB had finally laid their hands on IPL silverware!
There were many memorable performances in the league stages.
Stoinis reached his half-century in just 17 balls and finished with an 18-ball 59* much to the delight of the Australian fans at home in this knock decorated by four boundaries and six sixes
Suryakumar smashed three fifties in five innings
Mumbai Indians are enduring a poor start to IPL 2022, having lost their first three games.
Royal Challengers Bangalore head coach Sanjay Bangar believes the inclusion of the experienced Faf du Plessis has added 'real strength' to their batting department.
IMAGES from the T20 qualifiers played between Sri Lanka and the UAE on Tuesday.
Images from the second One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, on Tuesday.
Kolkata Knight Riders will have their task cut out as they take on a determined Royal Challengers Bangalore in their IPL 2022 league match on Wednesday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have found much-needed momentum towards the business end of IPL 2022, will back themselves to ride past an inconsistent Punjab Kings and get closer to a play-off spot.
RCB is hoping that the former India captain would return to form soon with captain Faf du Plessis backing him
With the addition of two IPL teams and a mega players auction coming up ahead of the new season in 2022, star performers at the T20 World Cup could be rewarded with handsome bids.
McCoy and Prasidh Krishna kept it tight at the death, Krishna in particular being being on the money with his yorkers and picking the important wickets of Dinesh Karthik and Wanindu Hasaranga in the same over.
RCB stars were wearing black armbands to honour Harshal's late sister.
PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.
A series clean sweep in sight, the Indian team is unlikely to tinker with its batting line-up tough skipper Rohit Sharma could be tempted to look at some of his bowling options during the final ODI against Sri Lanka, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Sunday.
The IPL franchises are now expanding their bouquet of teams across leagues in the West Indies, UAE, South Africa and now the US is another untapped market that wasn't explored despite the Asian diaspora craving for some cricket.
Both RCB and PBKS will have new captains at the helm in Faf du Plessis and Mayank Agarwal respectively
IMAGES of the Group A, round one match of the T20 World Cup played between Sri Lanka and Namibia at the Simonds Stadium, in South Geelong, Australia on Sunday
Images from the third and final T20 International between India and Sri Lanka.
Labuschagne has regained the No. 1 position after Root overtook him in mid-June with successive centuries against New Zealand.
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