India and Pakistan are placed in Group 2 along with World Test Championship winners New Zealand and Afghanistan.
India captain Virat Kohli and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah were the only two Indians who found a place in Wisden's T20 International team of the decade, which didn't feature ex-skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Australia's limited overs captain Aaron Finch was named captain of the team, which has two more Australian in Shane Watson and Glenn Maxwell, two England cricketers -- Jos Buttler and David Willey, two Afghanistan all-rounders -- Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan, and New Zealand's Colin Munro and Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga.
India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday officially inked his deal with top English county side Surrey in his bid to prepare for the tour of England, starting in July.
India's master batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday said achieving the number one ranking in Test cricket was the culmination of the hard work put in by the team over the last two years.
Pakistan appointed former captain Younis Khan as national team's batting coach and also roped in Mushtaq Ahmed as spin bowling coach for the upcoming tour of England. The 42-year-old Younis had scored 10,099 runs in 118 Tests, including a career-best 313 in a successful career during which he also became world number one batsman in the ICC Test rankings.
The Indian cricket fraternity on Sunday hailed the team's elevation to the top of the Test rankings but warned Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men that staying at the summit is always tougher than reaching there.
Ricky Ponting has offered technical advice to Australia's batters Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head to counter England's bowling attack ahead of the second Ashes Test.
South Africa pacer Dale Steyn moved to the top of the ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers after another wonderful display of fast bowling in India. The 24-year-old from Phalaborwa has enjoyed a rapid rise in the rankings since his debut against England in Port Elizabeth at the end of 2004. Since then he has taken 117 wickets in 41 innings, including another eight scalps in the second Test against India, which his team won by an innings and 90 runs.
It was surreal feeling when Virat bhai hugged me after my maiden Test wicket: Mukesh Kumar
Both India and Australia will not play a warm-up game ahead of the final beginning at the Oval from June 7.
An "accidental" remark he wished he had never made is behind AB de Villiers' rapid ascent into the top-rank of the world's leading batsmen, the South African said on Tuesday.
40 must know nuggets about the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Cricket SA (CSA) has praised the Proteas' squad for back-to back Test series victories in England to become the No 1 ranked Test side and retain the Basil d'Oliveira Trophy.
Glenn Phillips was rewarded for a brilliant season for New Zealand in the shortest format of the game and was named the ANZ Men's T20I Player of the Year award, having thrilled New Zealand supporters with 740 runs at 38.94, scored a strike rate of 148.89.
Working on the rigorous requirements of five-day cricket will the biggest challenge for his team over the next six weeks, feels Afghanistan coach Phil Simmons
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin surged to the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers after a superb outing in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua which the visiting side won by an innings and 92 runs.
The England Cricket Board will invite former players, including Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff, on the final day of the fourth Test against India to celebrate the team's rise to the top of ICC rankings.
Having tasted instant success in Test cricket, India's latest batting sensation Cheteshwar Pujara tells Harish Kotian he's keen to break into the ODI team too.
Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav may get promotion in the annual central contracts list for the 2022-23 season.
Australia coach Mickey Arthur has admitted their Test series against his former team South Africa would be massively emotional for him, and cheekily added that he would love to get one over them.
India skipper Virat Kohli says the much improved batting performance by the lower order batsmen, particularly wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, was the biggest gain of the West Indies series, which they won 2-0.
Some strong performances with the bat will help Joe Root to surge to the top and then potentially strengthen his position in the four-Test series against Pakistan, which begins on 14 July.
Is Kohli not a great captain in spite of so many wins? My answer is, yes, declares Dr Sudhir Bisht.
'It is great news (cricket in Olympics) if you are a business-person. America has a large section of Asian expats, who are crazy about cricket and they will fill the stadium and of course will follow the game on TV or streaming apps.'
"Stunning day at the beach with the boys," Kohli posted
KKR's most successful leader Gautam Gambhir is back in his second innings as a mentor. His partnership with head coach Chandrakant Pandit, a shrewd tactician in domestic circuit, will be the key to their revival.
A global title may be eluding India for a decade now, but former captain Sourav Ganguly said on Thursday that there is no need to press panic button while placing the onus on batters to win the World Cup at home.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma hailed Shubman Gill as the next big thing in Indian cricket.
South Africa's premier left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj is confident that slow bowlers will play a vital role on flat decks expected to be on offer during the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup in the Americas in June.
After the 2-1 series win against West Indies, India opener KL Rahul and skipper Virat Kohli have significant progress in the latest ICC T20I player rankings.
The West Indies series will take place right after the 2019 ODI World Cup and the tour will also comprise three ODIs and as many T20s. India are also set to host the West Indies for three Tests, five ODIs and three T20s later this year.
India and Pakistan are placed in Group 2 along with New Zealand and Afghanistan.
Indian cricketers returned home on Sunday after a disastrous tour of England, where they lost the Test and ODI series and the one-off Twenty20 match.
'Given that they are playing at home and will have full crowd support, India, who are in peak form and whose morale is high, will be the favourites.'
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan on Wednesday rued the absence of experienced players like Liton Das, but said they have enough quality in their ranks to paper over their unavailability in the Asia Cup.
It will also be a milestone in the career of England's talisman Ben Stokes as he captains the side for the first time.
Kevin Pietersen entered the top ten of the ICC Test batting rankings after notching back-to-back against Sri Lanka
India breezed into the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) following their 3-1 series victory against England on Sunday but head coach Ravi Shastri is still bitter how the qualifying rules were changed last year.
India pacer Ishant Sharma gained nine places in the latest Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers and now sits in 16th position, just behind the other big mover of the day, Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh.
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