'Definitely Virat Kohli. He's No 1'
New Zealand are coming into the match well-prepared, following their 1-0 series-win over hosts England but for Paine, it won't count for much as he believes the win came against a depleted home side.
Sanju Samson influenced former IPL champions Rajasthan Royals' decision to opt for the maximum six retentions, head coach Rahul Dravid said on Monday.
Eden Gardens will host the first game of the five match T20I series between India and England on Wednesday.
IPL has helped English cricket grow and is best tournament after World Cups, feels English 'keeper Jos Buttler.
Scoring at a rate of 173.33, Jaiswal's unbeaten 104 off 60 was peppered with nine boundaries and seven sixes.
England stumper-batsman Jos Buttler says there is nothing wrong with cricketers wanting to specialise in a particular format and believes the lucrative Indian Premier League has changed the "climate" of the sport considerably.
An incredible innings of 95 not out from Jos Buttler kept Rajasthan Royals's play-off hopes alive as they edged past Chennai Super Kings by four wickets.
With an emphatic seven-wicket win Rajasthan ended Kings XI Punjab's five-match winning run in the IPL.
Jos Buttler will captain England in Morgan's absence.
Rishabh Pant's unbeaten 125 and Hardik Pandya's superb all-round display helped India seal a five wicket victory over England in the third and final One-Day International at Old Trafford in Manchester on Sunday and complete a 2-1 series victory.
The top four run-getters in IPL 2023 -- Faf du Plessis (38), David Warner (36), Virat Kohli (34) and Jos Buttler (32) -- are all above 30.
'The awareness that we're bringing in more elite cricket to the USA is something that's been a strategic priority for us.'
England's semi-final hopes were dented after they slipped to a 20-run defeat against Sri Lanka.
England captain Jos Buttler has inched up to seventh position, Jonny Bairstow is up eight places to 36th while Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman has advanced from 57th to 51st.
England cricketers Joe Root, Jos Buttler, David Willey and Liam Plunkett visited the Taj Mahal.
Sanju Samson's entertaining half-century went in vain as Rajasthan Royals suffered a 20-run defeat against Delhi Capitals.
Shardul Thakur (3-42) looked a bundle of nerves bowling the eventful final over with England needing 23 runs for an unassailable lead.
Jos Buttler and Joe Root thrashed brilliant centuries in England's highest One-Day International score on the way to a 210-run rout of New Zealand in the first game of the series at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
The T20 World Cup is slated to be hosted in India this year in October-November. The venues for the tournament are yet to be revealed.
England will have to conjure something special to deny Australia a 4-0 lead in the five-test series and Thorpe said the batsmen should take a leaf out of Bairstow's brave first-innings hundred despite a thumb injury.
Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel struck unbeaten half-centuries to power Rajasthan Royals to an emphatic seven-wicket victory against Lucknow Super Giants.
A look at the best fielding efforts on Sunday...
Wayne Parnell struck twice in the powerplay before the South African spin duo of Keshav Maharaj (3-17) and Tabrazi Shamsi (2-6) ran through New Zealand's batting line up.
On Monday, May 2, 2022, the Kolkata Knight Riders finally ended their losing run at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
The star batter has managed only 32 runs in the two innings of the ODI series.
Rajasthan Royals are better placed than Punjab Kings on the net run rate but both will have to rely on other results to advance.
Shami also became the joint-third fastest ever to take 150 ODI wickets
Anrich Nortje eclipsed compatriot Dale Steyn's effort of 154.40 km per hour set in 2012, clocking 154.74 kph and 155.21 kph in the game at Dubai before his best effort of 156.22 kph was scooped for a boundary by Rajasthan's Jos Buttler.
IMAGES from the World Cup match played between England and Afghanistan in Delhi on Sunday.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the second ODI against England on Sunday?
Images from the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians, in Delhi, on Thursday.
Rajasthan Royals opening batter Jos Buttler, whose brilliant form has helped the team reach the final of IPL 2022, lavished praise on the late Shane Warne, calling him an "influential figure".
England's stand-in skipper Jos Buttler top-scored with 59 before their spinners ripped through the Pakistan batting unit to seal a 45-run win in the second Twenty20 International and level the series at 1-1 on Sunday.
England swept to a dominant 118-run victory as they dismissed South Africa for a paltry 83 to win the second One-Day International at Old Trafford on Friday and square the three-match series at 1-1.
The Royals can take solace from the fact that they emerged victorious earlier in the season against GT.
Fast bowler Jofra Archer got his maiden Test call up as he was included in England's squad for the Ashes series opener against Australia.
After a heavy nine-wicket defeat against New Zealand, England captain Jos Buttler on Thursday said players are not robots and such off days would come their way in top-flight cricket.
Table-toppers Rajasthan Royals need more from their fragile middle-order as they look to return to winning ways against an inconsistent but dangerous Royal Challengers Bangalore in Sunday's IPL match in Bengaluru.
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