The opening batsman has been named in the squad that will challenge world champions Australia in one-day matches on Oct 5, 7 and 9.
The Indian batting maestro, who is making a comeback in competitive cricket after shoulder surgery, retired after making 147 following up his unbeaten 155 against Cambridge University last Wednesday.
He would play three matches for Lashings World XI in the next couple of weeks.
Taking aim at senior players like Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, captain Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon, among others, he said that if their aim was to prolong their send-offs till after the Ashes, it was a wrong mindset.
Raising a piquant situation for the Board of Control for Cricket in India, it has come to light that master batsman Sachin Tendulkar had played alongside 'rebel' player Dinesh Mongia for Lashings World XI in two matches in England in June. Tendulkar and Mongia had opened the innings for Lashings World XI against St Bede's School Headmasters XI at the school ground in Essex on June 27.
The Indian batting ace slammed 101 as Lashings CC beat Taunton School Invitation XI by 26 runs.
The Indian batting ace hit yet another ton in Lashings' 70-run victory over Sutton Valence School.
The Indian batting ace marked his comeback from shoulder surgery with a 91-ball 100 for Lashings World XI against Cambridge University XI.
The former Kiwi ace picked Wasim Akram as the greatest bowler and Ian Botham the greatest all-rounder.
22-year-old Cambridge veterinary student Ben Jacklin was awestruck by the ace batsman's 119-ball 155 for Lashings World XI.
Since August 2023, Gill has scored just one half-century from eight T20Is, scoring 133 runs at an average of 16.
'You are playing a World Test Championships final, and you don't pick the number one bowler in Test cricket.'
TV replays showed that Ashwin had waited to let Buttler move out of the crease before removing the bails.
'China's excessive military aid to Pakistan is the real elephant in the room as far as Sino-Indian relations are concerned. India should be confident enough to accept a degree of closeness between China and Pakistan, since China may wish to use this link for its foray into the Muslim world.' 'But the Chinese must be realistic enough to know that as time passes, the tactic of using Pakistan as a proxy to check India will yield diminishing returns. The US tried it for 60 years but failed, so will China,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
There was no let up as the Aussies kept pressing hard from the start, while India hardly enjoyed possession, which was further compounded by an injury to skipper Manpreet Singh.
Former United States president Donald Trump has announced that he will run for the president in 2024 to make America 'great and glorious' again, vowing to fight like no one to defeat the 'radical left Democrats' that are trying to destroy the country from within.
Olonga wasn't a cricketing great, not even Zimbabwe's best during the golden era of the country's cricket, but the beaded hair, a slinging action and a mean bouncer to get Sachin Tendulkar out on a lifeless Sharjah track made him a household name in India.
Reports from Tokyo said the Dalai Lama while speaking at an online press conference hosted by the Tokyo Foreign Correspondents Club on Wednesday said, 'I prefer to remain here in India, peacefully', praising the country as a centre of religious harmony.
The Sri Lankan team, which arrived hours after a delegation of its security experts had checked in, was taken directly from the old Karachi airport tarmac to the VIP lounge amid heavy security.
Winter Olympics will be staged by a country that has grown far wealthier, more powerful
Indian cricket board said there is no need for it to step in.
Earlier, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had made it clear to their Bangladesh counterparts that it will not host them on a neutral venue during the upcoming home series in January-February.
'Everybody knows that any solution would upstage and expose official bungling.' 'That is something Mrs Sitharaman's masters will not allow.' 'No matter how high the cost in human misery, they will squander a fortune on the unnecessary Central Vista extravaganza,' notes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Mayank Agarwal could likely to make his ODI debut as the first of the three-match ODI series kicks off in Chennai on Sunday. But all eyes will be trained on under-fire Pant who will have to work to prove his worth in the squad.
Images from the English Premier League matches on Saturday.
From Captain Cool losing his, well, cool to Rabada's super over, and Malinga's unbelievable bowling for the cup, IPL 2019 was not short of magical moments. Here are a few.
'He has been RCB's leader since 2013 and RCB's best performance under him has been runners up in 2016.' 'In 2013 and 2014, RCB didn't reach the Playoffs stage.' 'In 2015 it reached that stage.' 'In 2017, RCB didn't go beyond the league stage.' 'Sometimes, a change at the top leads to a change in a team's fortunes,' says Sudhir Bisht.
Despite resting several of their top players, Mumbai Indians managed to outclass Kolkata Knight Riders by nine runs in their last round league match to finish top of the standings in the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League, in Kolkata, on Saturday.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag says he would love to be a mentor or a batting consultant for any IPL team which will give him a chance to share his knowledge with youngsters.
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