Who do you think should be in India's playing XI for the first Test against the West Indies?
KKR bowling Bharat Arun said they have to improve their batting and bowling in the first six overs of Powerplay.
Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon? A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's must-read book, The Great Indian Cricket Circus.
England's Harry Brook and Ben Duckett combined for a brilliant partnership and the returning Mark Wood snared three wickets as the visitors beat Pakistan by 63 runs in the third Twenty20 in Karachi on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in the seven-match series.
Jadeja raised 81 runs for the unbroken eighth wicket with Axar Patel (52) to drive home India's advantage.
'Ishan is a floater, he can open the innings. He bats regularly in the middle order in domestic cricket and he is brilliant against the spinners. Importantly, it is important to have a left-hander in your team who is explosive, because he can take on the leg-spinners.'
Images from the Asia Cup T20 match between India and Hong Kong in Dubai on Wednesday.
On a high after Rinku Singh's phenomenal knock, Kolkata Knight Riders will be gunning for a hat-trick of victories when they face a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad.
"I think we were really good in the first 10-12 overs. We know the kind of power they (Australia) have in their game but unfortunately, we weren't able to stop them. Lots of learnings for us," Harmanpreet said in the post-match presentation.
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.
The current Indian team up is yet to identify its core set for players with the World Cup just weeks away.
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja could do with a break, which will allow India to try out new players in the Caribbean.
Shreyas Iyer has been in impressive form in the ODI series agaisnt West Indies but the batter is unhappy with his failure to convert back-to-back fifties into centuries.
Virender Sehwag scored a fluent fifty, but it was not enough to prevent formidable Delhi from going down to India Blue by 18 runs in the opening game of NKP Salve Challenger Series in Indore on Thursday.
Following two convincing wins in the Women's T20 World Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian women's team will have their task cut out when they take on England at St. George's Park in Gqeberha on Saturday.
SUnil Gavaskar said that Pant has been playing intelligent cricket.
Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav registered his career-best match figures as India quickly wrapped up Bangladesh's second innings for a comprehensive 188-run win in the first Test.
'Modi has given India its 'lost half-decade'. Elect him again and by 2024 it will be a lost decade'
While Saini took three for 42, fellow pacer Deepak Chahar claimed one for 35 and left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar picked up two wickets.
Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Patel and Arshdeep Singh were the only bright lights in a poor India show at the T20 World Cup.
The Bengal cricket team on Thursday created a global first-class record when all nine batters, who took guard, scored half-centuries in a mammoth first innings score of 773/8 against a hapless Jharkhand on the third day of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final.
Rohit Sharma will be looking to get his act together as batter and skipper when his star-studded Mumbai Indians take on an astute Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings in what could be safely billed as a Saturday night IPL blockbuster.
With this series win, the Indian women clinched their fourth consecutive bilateral series victory against the island nation.
The Malayalam film directed by veteran Venu Nagavally maybe praised for its unusual casting of Jagathy Sreekumar and Uravashi in a social drama. But, it does not do justice to their calibre.
If RCB are to win their first IPL title, much will depend on AB, a batsman who can change any game with his power hitting.
Pakistan mentor Matthew Hayden is backing struggling captain Babar Azam to produce something special in the knockout stages of the Twenty20 World Cup, starting in Wednesday's semi-final against New Zealand.
For Gaikwad, it was a match to remember as he topped up his first innings 108 with a delectable 94, which had 11 boundaries in it.
A survey by a office products company in UK found that kisses on emails to clients are disliked by 66 per cent people while 44 per cent said they didn't approve of smiley faces in mails.
IMAGES of the IPL 2023 match played between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede in Mumbai on Sunday
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.
It is that time of the year when cricketers from around the world wait with bathed breath as their names come up at the Indian Premier League auction.
Following a disastrous outing in the 2022 edition, five-times champs Mumbai Indians will look to turn it around when the 16th season of the IPL gets underway.
WPL witnessed special performances from some of the best cricketers in the world
Feels good when your captain backs you to play your natural game, says Shubman Gill
Images from the second One-Day International between India and the West Indies, at Port of Spain, on Sunday
Virender Sehwag's experiment to bat in the middle-order failed, and Gautam Gambhir's woeful run of form continued, as India 'A' were restricted to 191 for 3 at stumps on the second day of the second unofficial 'Test' against West Indies 'A', at the Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering cricket ground, in Shimoga, on Thursday.
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 12 runs in the opening match of the Asia Cup on Tuesday. Here are the statistical highlights from the match.
Dinesh Karthik jumped a massive 108 spots to 87th on the latest ICC T20 rankings
The two sides currently occupy the top two spot in the points table with India, who have won three games on the trot, leading the table.
India are once again at the crossroads, with the team again searching for middle order options ahead of the World Cup.
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