"Surprisingly, not as popular as men's cricket but women's cricket is going to get very popular. The game has taken giant strides in the last two-three years. Hope a lot of people come to watch the tournament,"
'Going forward, they might need 4-6 weeks to get going themselves. It's a tough job and if you are bowling 140-150 kmph, running about 25 yards to bowl one ball at a time and then keep bowling for a few overs.'
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow put England on course for a ground-breaking run chase against India despite Jasprit Bumrah's brilliance on day four of the rescheduled fifth Test, setting up a fitting series finale in Birmingham on Monday.
Mohammad Shami has started bowling full tilt at the nets with his brother facing him, Shami said he still can't gauge how an old red ball will behave without the application of saliva.
Kagiso Rabada has 12 scalps to his name in five games.
Zaheer Khan said he was "puzzled" over the fact that a string of fast bowlers are spending time away from the field nursing repetitive injuries.
After their emphatic victory against LSG, Mumbai Indians would be fancying their chances against defending champions Gujarat Titans in Friday's Qualifier 2 match.
If Rashid doesn't come good with the ball, he is certain to shine in the field or with the bat. His value and legend grew more on Sunday with an effort that changed the game's route.
England batsman Dawid Malan said Indian bowlers are subtly different from each other, making it nearly impossible for batsmen to fully get used to them.
"I always believed that I would get another chance. I didn't know how to be honest as the Indian pacers were doing well over the past three to four years. I was getting inspired watching them, to be honest."
With the wickets of Wriddhiman Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin again in a single over, Hazlewood became the 18th Australian bowler to reach 200 Test scalps.
Put into bat, India could not really recover after Shaheen Afridi wrecked their top order.
Ishan Kishan had to sit out of the Sri Lanka series despite scoring the fastest double hundred in the history of ODIs against Bangladesh.
How the IPL teams have shaped up after the auction.
Jadeja might take a painkiller injection and come out to bat on the final day of the game at SCG as India seek to save the Test.
In the bowlers list, Bumrah achieved a career-high ranking of 28 while fellow teammate Mohammad Shami moved two places to 24th.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane's position in group A of the BCCI central contracts could be up for deliberation
Gujarat Titans, the team to beat in its debut IPL season, will aim to build on a dream start against an inconsistent Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Navi Mumbai, on Monday.
West Indies' World T20-winning all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is mighty impressed with uncapped Kerala speedster Basil Thampi, saying he could soon represent India.
IMAGES from the World Cup match played between India and Afghanistan in Southampton on Saturday
Senior England pacer James Anderson hinted that Jasprit Bumrah was not trying to get him out during the Lord's Test in which the Indian fast bowler rattled him with a barrage of bouncers. Bumrah bowled a 10-ball over mostly comprising bouncers and one of them hit Anderson on the helmet. Words were exchanged following that incident and Anderson was not pleased about the Indian's tactics.
Saini is the only net bowler with the Men in Blue and he will train with them, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said.
'He needs to add that a yard or to his pace if he has to be really successful at this level.'
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 4 of the India-England Test at Trent Bridge.
India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was on Monday nominated for the ICC 'Player of the Month' award for August following his brilliant performances with both the bat and ball in the ongoing Test series against England.
West Indies are smarting from their 0-3 loss at home in the ODIs against Bangladesh. All-rounder Jason Holder has made a comeback and will give much needed balance to the side, led by Nicholas Pooran.
An altercation between England's players and tail-enders Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah spurred India during the 60 available overs on the final day of the second Test, according to captain Virat Kohli. The visitors eventually got the job done in 51.5 overs as their pacers producing a high quality show to dismiss England for 120.
Jason Holder was adjudged Man-of-the Match for his all round show. He picked up 3-19 and scored an unbeaten 47 off just 29 balls.
Becomes only the 3rd Indian batsman to be in the top-10 in all formats of the game; Rahane at career-best fifth
India captain Virat Kohli on Saturday hit out at the 'bunch of spineless people', reacting strongly to the torrent of social media abuse that was aimed at his pacer Mohammed Shami over his religion.
It is understood that Kuldeep, who had lost his mojo in the Kohli-Ravi Shastri era, has been called back as the current team management and selectors feel that he has the X-Factor to contribute to team's cause.
Virat Kohli went by his gut and experience and played all his five main bowlers just when India needed to keep the lid on Scotland.
India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named captain of ICC's ODI Team of the Year, but none of the Indian players found berth in governing body's Test Team of the Year, led by Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews.
The collective brilliance of the Indian XI in the 2023 World Cup makes a compelling case for each player to be considered for inclusion in every World XI.
Getting used to the 'unique' pace and bounce in Australia will be the Indian team's primary objective at the preparatory camp in Perth ahead of the T20 World Cup, says head coach Rahul Dravid.
Pandya's stature has grown with his ascendency to India's permanent captaincy job in T20Is, while Shubman Gill has established himself
It was a performance to remember for the ages by the Indian team as they thrashed England by 151 runs on a gripping final day of the second Test at Lord's on Monday.
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja could do with a break, which will allow India to try out new players in the Caribbean.
Virat Kohli went out of his comfort zone during the Asia Cup and played a rare sweep shot and Rohit wants even the bowlers to push their limits.
Umesh Yadav and Mohammad Siraj have been added to the squad as injury replacements but they do not figure in the World Cup-bound squad, as of now.
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