The Indian bowlers were guilty of taking their foot off the pedal in the back end of the innings
Shubman Gill has missed India's first two ICC ODI World Cup matches and ahead of the hosts' marquee clash against Pakistan, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma provided a major update on the opener's availability.
The India cricket team recorded a comprehensive 37-run win over Australia in the first T20 at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday, and take a 1-0 lead in the three match T20 series. Here are the statistical highlights of the match...
Why England didn't have those extra covers on the ground, considering the rain predictions
Ravi Shastri said that it was a touching moment for him to get bestowed with the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.
Ishant Sharma delivered eight no-balls in Australia's innings.
'Kohli is the most complete Indian batsman of my time. Only the greatest of champions has the courage and the intelligence to transport their imagination beyond the mortal plane. Kohli has that. Perhaps only Tiger Pataudi has come close to transcending a similar stratosphere'
Dabrera said he has visited all the three venues personally to oversee the preparations.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur led from the front with an all-round show as India outplayed arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets to remain the sole unbeaten team in the Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament in Bangkok. Kaur bagged two crucial wickets helping India restrict Pakistan to 97 for seven in 20 overs before taking her team over the line with an unbeaten 26 off 22 balls.
The Mauka man is back to his roots again after briefly switching sides to India.
As the ace Indian batsman celebrates his 46th birthday on Sunday, here's a glimpse at some of his finest knocks in international cricket.
A look at Mahendra Singh Dhoni's top five knocks in international cricket.
Young Ishan Kishan along with Hardik Pandya pulled the Indian team out of a tough situation to register a record stand against Pakistan during their Asia Cup encounter on Saturday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expecting to play atleast six home and away Test series against India in the next eight-year FTP cycle between 2015 and 2023 which will also include an "off-shore" home series in the United Arab Emirates.
India will not face arch-rivals Pakistan in the group stages with both teams placed in separate groups.
England will be keen to overcome a lack of ideal preparation due to rain and hit the ground running when they face Scotland in their T20 World Cup opener
Pant is also the first Asian wicket-keeper to take five catches in an innings on Test debut.
India have won the Asia Cup on seven occasions, Sri Lanka on five occasions, with Pakistan winning it twice.
The 10-team tournament will be played across 10 venues culminating in the November 19 final at the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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'No Match' crowed the front page of an Indian newspaper, on Monday
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Australia and Bangladesh in Pune on Saturday
Afghanistan (6 points) will not only look to secure two points against the Dutch (4 points) but also aim to win big and improve the net run-rate
India's T20 squad will undergo a major transition in the next two years with senior players such as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin gradually eased out, BCCI sources said.
India crushed minnows Thailand by 74 runs to storm into the final of Women's Asia Cup
India have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee and penalised two ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against England in the rescheduled fifth Test in Birmingham.
The victory margin of 140 runs in Tuesday's ODI is the biggest for India in all matches versus Pakistan.
India's new record-holder wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has described Mahendra Singh Dhoni as 'the hero of the country' and said the former skipper taught him to be patient and handle pressure situations.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have a chance to cement their status as two of the best to play the 20-over format.
Aruneel Sadadekar/Rediff.com lists five matches you can't afford to miss out at the ICC's marquee event.
Lala Amarnath was the first Indian to score to century on Test debut when he made 118 against England in Mumbai nearly 80 years ago, in 1933. Interestingly, his son Surinder also accomplished the feat when he made 124 against New Zealand in Auckland, in 1976.
When South Africa's AB de Villiers scored the quickest century on Sunday, he broke more than just an ODI record. Here is how the South African has rewritten cricketing history.
'He is a brilliant batsman but he has failed against me' 'He has been hitting sixes and fours all over the world but none of them have come against me, which is an honour for me and I will try to keep that record intact in the upcoming Champions Trophy'
From Eden Gardens to Centurion, Shoaib Akhtar has had many memorable on-field battles with India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and he feels that Mohammed Aamir and Virat Kohli's face-offs will also go down the cricket history as one of the epic duels.
South Africa will look to fix their chasing troubles before the semifinals while Afghanistan will back themselves to beat another top team
Pakistan captain Babar Azam and his deputy Mohammad Rizwan were looking to get some batting practice but were forced off the ground as the rain stopped play in the third over.
There was a lot of noise over social media platforms over the last-over waist-high no ball.
'As a South African team, we know we're going to have that chip on our back, or that narrative that we have to get over'
England face fellow strugglers Sri Lanka in a must-win World Cup match on Thursday.
