Krunal Pandya made LSG fans happy with his all round performance
Delhi Capitals are at the bottom of the 10-team league with 2 points from 6 matches SunRisers Hyderabad are 9th with 4 points from 6 matches.
Five Indian players to watch in the Test series against Australia, which begins in Adelaide on December 17:
Images from Day 2 of the second Test between India and South Africa in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Images from Day 3 of the fourth Test between Australia and India, at the Gabba, on Sunday.
In a relief to CSK, Stokes, who was suffering from a toe injury and missed three IPL matches, took part in the net practice on Wednesday
Chennai Super Kings have so far failed to display the stuff that won them the IPL last season, and new skipper Ravindra Jadeja must seek improvement on multiple fronts against Punjab Kings when they meet at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Kolkata Knight Riders are expected to continue with their risk-taking approach despite mixed returns when they on Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League, at the Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai on Friday.
Along with Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw also played a quickfire knock of 39 runs. For Punjab Kings, Chris Jordon, Harpreet Brar, and Riley Meredith returned with one wicket each. With this win, Delhi Capitals has moved to the first spot in the points table with 12 points from 8 games while Punjab Kings remain in sixth place with six points.
Preity was in mandatory quarantine before this game and her presence surely gave her team the encouragement needed to cross the finish line.
The Delhi Daredevils team management, comprising of skipper Kevin Pietersen and coach Gary Kirsten, will have some selection dilemma ahead of the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), if Ross Taylor is to be believed.
Both RCB and PBKS will have new captains at the helm in Faf du Plessis and Mayank Agarwal respectively
IMAGES from the IPL match between CSK and SRH in Chennai on Friday.
New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel became only the third bowler in Test cricket to take 10 wickets in an innings, during Day 2 of the second and final Test against India in Mumbai on Saturday.
Indian openers have not replicated the kind of starts the Indian batting has grown accustomed to from its top-order.
Some of their bowling and fielding frailties exposed in the series-opener, India will aim for quick course correction when they take on a resurgent New Zealand in a must-win second ODI, in Auckland, on Saturday. India find themselves in a familiar situation after the loss in Hamilton. But the visitors have come from behind against the West Indies and Australia to win their last two ODI series and Virat Kohli's men will aim to do the same against the Kiwis.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings in Sharjah on Saturday.
KXIP had finished the IPL 2020 season at the sixth spot under the leadership of KL Rahul.
Senior India opener KL Rahul was on Tuesday ruled out of the two-Test series against New Zealand due to a muscle strain in his left thigh.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's seasoned seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Sunday praised his younger pace colleague Umran Malik, saying watching him bowl fast 'is a joy'.
The team was hit with a COVID-19 outbreak on Wednesday as Dhawan, reserve opener Gaikwad and middle-order batter Shreyas had tested positive for the virus during their mandatory isolation period before the start of the series.
Shubman Gill was conferred with the Polly Umrigar Best Men's International Cricketer of the Year award for 2022-23.
India's star batsman Rohit Sharma wasted no time in getting back to business as he underwent a practice session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday.
Dinesh Karthik hit a quickfire half-century as Tamil Nadu overcame a jittery start to down Baroda by 38 runs.
'At the end of the day, we also had to look at players who will figure in the playing XI.'
Chahal, who has been an automatic choice in the limited overs format has not played any first-class cricket since December 2016 (against Haryana in Ranji Trophy), but the Indian team management and especially skipper Virat Kohli has indicated that he wants the wiry leg-spinner for five-day matches also.
Titans struggled to 143 for eight which Punjab chased down in 16 overs.
Harish Kotian evaluates Indian performances in the third Test.
Tamil Nadu lead Railways by 363 runs courtesy Jagadeesan double hundred
A summary of Monday's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
FIXTURES (Start at 14.40 local, 0910 IST, 0340 GMT)
Virat Kohli's men ticked almost all the boxes during their 203-run win in the opening encounter in Visakhapatnam and they would like to maintain the same intensity in their bid to seal the series in Pune itself.
Rajasthan Royals pacer Kartik Tyagi impressed one and all by defending four runs in the final over against Punjab Kings in an Indian Premier League (IPL) game, and Mumbai Indians bowler Jasprit Bumrah also took notice and he lauded the youngster for maintaining his cool under pressure.
Lucknow Super Giants pounced on the mistakes of a self-destructing Punjab Kings to record a convincing 20-run win in the IPL 2022 match at the MCA International Stadium in Pune on Friday.
The Indian team management could consider playing Shubman Gill in the middle order ahead of Suryakumar Yadav in the first Test against Australia after Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the series opener due to a back injury.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the first Test.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel stole the show in India's record-breaking victory in the Rajkot Test.
It has been a dramatic turnaround for the KL Rahul-led side after a string a losses earlier in the tournament.
Former India batsman Suresh Raina on Thursday wished Rohit Sharma on his 33rd birthday, asking him to stay safe at home and bake a cake amid the coronavirus pandemic.
