Shashank Singh played the innings of his life to power Punjab Kings to a famous win.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes on Wednesday came out of ODI retirement to be included in the provisional squad for the 50-over World Cup
India and England have played with contrasting approaches in the World Cup so far, producing contrasting results. That is unlikely to change when the teams meet in Lucknow on Sunday.
England will hope that the likes of Joe Root, Harry brook and skipper Jos Buttler also get some runs and end their a disastrous World Cup campaign on a high.
With Ben Stokes coming out of retirement and the 2019 title winning core group largely intact, England will fancy a successful campaign in challenging conditions in India during the 50-over World Cup starting on October 5.
The Punjab Kings, who have heavily relied on skipper Shikhar Dhawan, will need their batters to step up as they face a confident Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday.
Jonny Bairstow was initially included in the selection but the England and Wales Cricket Board later said he had been ruled out of the rest of the summer and the T20 World Cup after suffering a lower limb injury in a freak accident while playing golf in Leeds on Friday.
Shikhar Dhawan said they failed to fire in unison in all departments of the game
History is also a bit against India when it comes to results at the business end of the ICC events.
PHOTOS from the ICC World Cup opener played between England and New Zealand at Ahmedabad on Thursday
England Test captain Joe Root has been left out of the Twenty20 squad for the three-match series against Australia but will return for the three one-day internationals.
Full list of players released, retained and traded by all ten teams in the IPL.
Rajasthan Royals would be banking on their near-perfect combinations in almost all departments of the game to put up another commanding performance when they take on a strong Punjab Kings.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between England and Bangladesh, in Dharamsala, on Tuesday.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes said he will leave the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League early.
Delhi Capitals will expect a more purposeful approach from its Indian batting unit as it plays for pride against Punjab Kings.
The swashbuckling Surya has been nominated along with England's Sam Curran, Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza and Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan for the coveted award.
Astronomical Rs 24.75 crore bid makes Starc most expensive player in IPL history
Jadeja most tested Indian cricketer so far in 2023, 58 samples collected in first 5 months
Pakistan take a 3-2 lead in the seven-match series.
Punjab Kings got the better of Chennai Super Kings in their own backyard, with a sensational run chase.
England need to bowl West Indies out cheaply and try to force a follow-on to have any chance of winning the second Test, said seamer Sam Curran
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup semi-final match played between India and England in Adelaide on Thursday.
England name their 16-member squad for T20Is against India
'Archer is returning to the UK for further management and investigation of his right elbow injury'
England will rest Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Mark Wood for the three-match one-day international series against South Africa starting in Cape Town on February 4. Worcestershire seamer Pat Brown, Somerset batsman Tom Banton and the Lancashire pair of Matthew Parkinson and Saqib Mahmood received their maiden call-ups.
Images from the T20 World Cup match between Sri Lanka and England at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after Game 42.
All-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday was not included in England's 15-man preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup as he continues to take a break from cricket to focus on his mental health, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.
Jonny Bairstow will return to the England squad for the third and fourth Tests against India, along with Sam Curran and Mark Wood.
Archer has not played international cricket since March last year due to an elbow injury, and had a second round of surgery on his elbow in December.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup match played between England and New Zealand in Brisbane on Tuesday.
England fast bowler Mark Wood has been ruled out of the third Test against India with a jarred right shoulder.
England on Sunday named their strongest available squad for the Ashes tour to Australia as all-rounders Ben Stokes and Sam Curran missed out but seamer Stuart Broad was included despite the calf injury he picked up in the Test series against India.
Out of India's total tally of 842 runs in five matches, the duo has rattled up 471 runs -- which accounts to 55 percent of the runs -- at a strike rate of 160.
Batsman Harry Brook and seamer Matthew Potts received maiden call-ups as part of the 13-man squad announced on Wednesday.
'Credit to the way England played, they put us under pressure. They played beautifully, hats-off to England, they were clinical.'
IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in Guwahati on Wednesday.
Suryakumar reached a career-best-equalling second position in the ICC men's T20I Player rankings
Images from the third One-Day International between India and England, in Pune, on Sunday.
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