KL Rahul said he is looking to make the most of the opportunities but is not worried about sealing his place for next year's T20 World Cup.
The track for the opening Super 10 Group 2 encounter in the ICC World Twenty20 here on March 15 is likely to be a batting-friendly wicket, unlike the VCA Stadium pitch that was on offer during the third India-South Africa Test match late last year. The track at the stadium situated on the Nagpur-Wardha road that was used for the third Test between India and South Africa was given a "poor" rating by the ICC match referee, Jeff Crowe in his report. India clinched the match by 124 runs inside three days with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin leading the hosts' charge with a 11-wicket haul, supported well by the left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and leggie Amit Mishra. The ICC later announced that the stadium has been given an official warning under the ICC's Pitch Monitoring process following the third Test held in November, 2015. In reaching the verdict, the ICC agreed with the "poor" rating given to the pitch by New Zealand's Crowe, the match referee for the Test played from November 25 to 27, who observed that it did not allow a fair contest between bat and the ball.
Ravichandran Ashwin came up with an unique suggestion to stop batsmen from leaving their crease early, by awarding a 'free ball' for bowlers similar to the 'free hit' delivery which is given to batsmen when the bowlers overstep.
England has submitted a formal complaint and demanded scrapping of the umpire decision referral system after the Daryl Harper controversy in South Africa.
Former New Zealand pacer Shane Bond has said that he became a "victim of politics" after joining the Indian Cricket League (ICL) but he has no regret about playing in the 'rebel' twenty20 event which cost him his international career.
Former England captain Mike Gatting fell short of labelling India's Virat Kohli the greatest batsman of his generation for consistency across formats, on Thursday.
Captain Faf du Plessis led from the front with a hard-earned century to give South Africa a commanding 205-run advantage at the end of the second day of the second Test against Pakistan, at Newlands, on Friday.
The ICC dismissed media reports that it received a letter from the Indian Board asking it to review the action of the Pakistan fast bowler.
Upset after losing the second Test match by 87 runs, South African captain Graeme Smith expressed his displeasure about the non-usage of Umpires' Decision Review System(UDRS) as two of his key batsmen --- AB de Villiers and Mark Boucher got out to debatable leg before decisions.
Australia coach Darren Lehmann has been fined 20 percent of his match fee for "inappropriate comments" about England's Stuart Broad made ahead of the fifth Ashes Test, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday.
Recalling some of his fiercest battles with Sachin Tendulkar, legendary Australian bowler Glenn McGrath has said it ended 50-50 between them but the Indian batting genius was really furious when he was declared out after a low bouncer hit his shoulder. McGrath said he spends a lot of time in India, has got a lot many friends there and always catches up with Tendulkar when he is in Mumbai, but many Indians still tell him they have not forgiven him for getting Sachin out in the 2003 World Cup final.
Experienced batsman Muhammad Hafeez has dismissed reports that he had failed a bowling assessment test at the Pakistan Cricket Board's biomechanics laboratory in a university in Lahore. Hafeez also made it clear that he had informed the PCB two weeks back that he was ready to take the ICC's bowling assessment test to confirm whether his bowling action could be cleared for international cricket. "I don't know from where these stories have come but I never gave any official test at the biomechanics lab in LUMs and I just went there with the PCB's analysts to see how my modified bowling action worked under different 3D cameras and angles," Hafeez said on 'Geo Super' channel.
ICC comes down hard on players breaking codes of conduct at World Cup. 'For a first offence, you'll likely end up with a fine which no players likes, handing back most of his match fee. But certainly a repeat offence, not only in this tournament but some players already sitting with offences behind their name, will be punished with a suspension'
'Everyone is different, every board is different, and the way they deal with certain issues'
The menace of match-fixing is life threatening and it's time the ICC steps in and take stringent action to wipe out the menace for once and all, feels former South Africa captain Clive Rice.
The Pakistan wicketkeeper was fined 75 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent after his dismissal in Pakistan's second innings of the first Test against India.
India cricketers' stance on the Decision Review System (DRS) seem to be softening with the national team director Ravi Shastri saying that the technology can be used in the event of "howlers".
Strict health protocols are in place during the first England-West Indies Test.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the interesting numbers from the second day of Kingston Test between West Indies and India
The International Cricket Council's controversial Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), which is being opposed by the BCCI, will go into operation from Tuesday with the start of the Test series between New Zealand and Pakistan in Dunedin.
In what could be termed as a marked departure from its earlier stance, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is seriously contemplating using Decision Review System (DRS) during India's upcoming home series against England.
South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis has been fined 50 percent of his match fee after he was found guilty of ball tampering in the second Test against Pakistan.
Indian cricket ace Sachin Tendulkar did not find the umpiring referral system fool-proof when he encountered it last year. But according to ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat, the system has improved and is contributing in making correct decisions. 'The referral system, which Tendulkar experienced first-hand during India's 1-2 Test series defeat to Sri Lanka last year, has improved the rate of giving correct decisions,' says Lorgat.
England's Chris Broad was on Wednesday named match referee for India's one-day series against Sri Lanka, starting later this month. South Africa's Brian Jerling has been named the on-field umpire. Jerling will stand in all the five matches along with local appointments, the ICC said in a statement. The five-match series between India and Sri Lanka gets underway in Dambulla on January 28.
'The way he has batted everywhere, and in the last year he has just been brilliant.' 'He will keep taking the team forward and that is what you want from a leader.'
Pakistan opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad has been fined half of his match fee for pushing Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan in the shoulder during their 113-run victory in the third One-day International on Sunday.
Images from ICC Women's T20 World Cup opener between Australia and India in Sydney on Friday.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
Australia's Channel Nine TV on Friday defended its reporting of the use of silicone tape on cricket bats to confuse Hotspot technology during the Ashes series, saying they had not made allegations about players cheating.
Former New Zealand captain John Reid has lambasted Sunil Gavaskar for his comments against white Match Referees and demanded an action from the International Cricket Council (ICC) against the Indian batting great.
In a departure from the stand taken by his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian Test captain Virat Kohli has said that he is open to discussions on the implementation of the controversial Decision Review System with his teammates.
The India all-rounder was reported by the umpires for pointing NZ batsman Corey Anderson towards the pavilion in an "aggressive manner" after dismissing him.
England's security advisor Reg Dickason has played down speculations that his side's Muslim players, Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid have any concerns about touring India for the five-match Test series, starting from November 9 in Gujarat. Dickason's comments came following reports of Pakistan origin ICC Elite panel umpire Aleem Dar's withdrawal from standing in the series due to the escalating tension between India and Pakistan.
The ICC also cleared Harbhajan to play until a decision is made on the BCCI appeal against the ban.
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