New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson is aware that the challenge of playing Test cricket in India will be different from what it is back home, his enviable record notwithstanding.
Most of the Test squad and staff had been transferred to hotel quarantine where they will warm up for the two-Test series against England
Batsman Neil Broom has also been offered a contract after he was recalled to the national side following a lengthy absence to replace Ross Taylor while he recovered from eye surgery.
Osaka's focus has been on racial injustice over the last few months, the 23-year-old has long been a symbol for change in Japan.
Given the Indian batting line-up's weakness against swinging deliveries, New Zealand could go in with an all-pace attack with the pitch likely to offer pace and bounce.
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Hanuma Vihari said he won't mind taking up the opener's role if the team management asks after India's inexperienced opening options were technically exposed by a second-string New Zealand XI attack on the opening day of the warm-up game in Hamilton, on Friday. Coming in at No. 6, Vihari scored a hundred but Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill were dismissed early, undone by the extra bounce and seam movement during the match against New Zealand XI.
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The study estimates that the risk of reinfection with the Omicron variant is 5.4 times greater than that of the Delta variant.
Barty is primed to become the first local since Chris O'Neil in 1978 to win the Australian Open.
Images from Day 6 of the ICC World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand, at The Hampshire Bowl, in Southampton, on Wednesday.
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Mithya fumbles to make headway towards truth or dare, observes Sukanya Verma.
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A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
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The hometown team scored the first win of the Tokyo Olympics as the pandemic-delayed Games began with an 8-1 win for Japan over Australia in the softball.
A round-up of the action in the English Premier League on Monday.
Smith (900 points) is placed second behind New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (919).
'His elbow is still niggling him a wee bit'
New Zealand pace spearhead Trent Boult has recovered from a broken hand to be included in the 13-player squad to face India in the two-Test series, as selectors swung the axe following the dismal tour of Australia. Left-armer Boult broke his right hand in the Boxing Day Test against Australia in December but is fit for the first Test against India starting at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Friday.
Under-fire Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has been priced odds-on to be the first Premier League manager to leave his job this season.
To mark World Whiskey Day, a toast to its memorable imagery in Hindi films.
The wedding reception of Sooraj Barjatya's son Devaansh was a grand one, and was held at Mumbai's JW Marriott.
It has been a half-century since Neil Armstrong stepped out of a lunar module and onto the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969 and declared, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." The moment heralded a golden age of space exploration that was set in motion just eight years earlier in 1961, when United States President John F Kennedy promised before Congress to put a man on the moon before the decade was out. Here are some lesser-known facts about the historic first mission:
New Zealand will play three ODIs, starting with the opening match in Mumbai on October 22. It will be followed by three Twenty20s.
New Zealand's pace attack of Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Neil Wagner, however, made life difficult for the visitors
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Bangladesh are expecting that batting coach Neil McKenzie will help them decode the Indian spinners.
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The islands that would be connected through seaplanes are Campbell Bay, Car Nicobar, Havelock, Hutbay, Neil, Long Island and Diglipur, reports Arindam Majumder.
The digital platform Zee5 completed two years, and threw an anniversary party for its stars.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 1 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli continued to be the best-placed Indians in the batting chart, while off-spinner Ravichandra Ashwin held on to second spot among bowlers in the latest ICC Test Player ranking, release on Wednesday.
For Kohli, a trophy-less cabinet doesn't do justice to the champion performer that he has been for a decade.
India are welcome to subject Steve Smith to a bouncer barrage but the batsman is well-equipped to succeed
Pant climbs seven places for in career-best Test rank.
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