Four out of eight franchises will be captained by wicket-keepers and Buttler feels the credit should go to Dhoni for setting the trend.
Ravichandran Ashwin took no time to switch to the red ball format as he got cracking in the nets in Sydney.
India play five Tests that are part of the inaugural World Test Championship
The Quinton de Kock-led South African team on Monday checked into a city hotel near the airport in Kolkata as Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) took all precautions for their safe return home amid the coronavirus pandemic. After their three-match ODI series was called off due to the virus outbreak, the South African players and the support staff stayed put in Lucknow where the second match was slated.
Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the five-match T20 series in New Zealand due to a shoulder injury
The Board introduced an interesting game on Twitter to entertain and keep its followers engaged
Veteran Karnataka medium pacer R Vinay Kumar, who also represented India and led his state team to successive Ranji Trophy titles, on Friday announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket.
Amit Mishra said his team will have to plan more for the matches which will be held in Sharjah.
India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the forthcoming T20I and ODI series against Australia due to lower back stiffness.
Both T20Is will be night matches starting at 7pm, and all five ODIs will be day-night affairs, starting at 1:30 pm.
Chennai Super Kings will commence their campaign with a match against Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.
'Till the time my body allows, I will continue to do so, and by God's grace after that as well'
On the occasion of his 50th birthday, a look at Anil Kumble's amazing career!
A detailed look at matches between the two countries.
Punjab Kings head coach Anil Kumble was extremely satisfied with the new players, including Liam Livingstone and Odean Smith, coming to his franchise during the IPL 2022 Player Auction, the dynamics of which were "very different and challenging".
Saliva is primarily used on a new ball while sweat is used on the old ball when reverse swing comes into play.
Amit Shah digitally inaugurated the renamed Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in presence of late finance minister's family.
Rohit Sharma's presence in the Mumbai Indians playing XI in the last two IPL games has increased hopes that the opener could well board the chartered flight to Australia on November 11 along with the rest of the Indian squad.
Hardik Pandya was unperturbed about not getting a chance to bowl through the 13th Indian Premier League, which concluded in Dubai on Tuesday.
Blow for Bengal's Ranji preparation as 7 members test COVID positive
'Ajinkya has 12 centuries and more than 4,000 runs in Test cricket. So he knows his game and he has gone through such kind of bad phases before as well.'
Virat Kohli is one of the most devastating batsman in recent times. The Delhi lad on Sunday became the No 1 batsman in One-day cricket.
The fifth and final ODI against Australia will be one last chance for Rishabh Pant, Vijay Shankar, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja to do something special and stake their claim for a place in the World Cup team
Although Ojha's international career never took off, the Ujjain-born player has played 146 first-class games notching up 9,753 runs
Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram will host their first international matches -- T20 games - as the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced the schedule of India's home series against Australia and New Zealand beginning later this month.
'He had the blood clot (in his brain) removed six days back, just after the bypass surgery. He is recovering well.'
With this bat in hand, Ricky Ponting managed to score two centuries in his 100th Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah's fitness will be tested ahead of his national comeback when he turns out for Gujarat in their Ranji Trophy match against Kerala, beginning in Surat on Wednesday.
England batter Liam Livingstone fetched a staggering Rs 11.50 crore deal from Punjab Kings, who also roped in West Indies fast bowler Odean Smith, for Rs 6 crore, on Sunday, Day 2 of the TATA Indian Premier League 2022 Player Auction, in Bengaluru.
Stranded at his ancestral village in Uttar Pradesh due to the nationwide lockdown, ICC international panel umpire Anil Chaudhary is facing a nightmare trying to find a decent mobile network to communicate with his family. Chaudhary, who has officiated in 20 ODIs and 27 T20s, was supposed to officiate in the India-South Africa ODI series which was called off due to the coronavirus outbreak last month.
South Africa's pace sensation Kagiso Rabada says India captain Virat Kohli pushes him to give his best on the field and commands utmost respect with his sheer consistency across formats. Kohli averages over 50 in all three formats, while the 24-year-old South Africa fast bowler has taken 197 wickets from 43 Tests while he has picked up 117 ODI wickets from 75 matches.
Since Dhawan is not part of the Test squad, the Delhi left-hander would like to finish the Caribbean assignment on a high.
England's richest cricketer Ben Stokes will now skip his country's two-match ODI series against Ireland.
The 26-year-old Milne has been forced to pull out without playing a single IPL game this season.
The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League will begin on April 9, exactly 12 days after the Indian team completes its limited overs series against England, a BCCI source said on Saturday.
For the record, the highest List-A score is 268 by Ali Brown.
Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana and Chetan Sakariya is looking to imbibe the traits of Rahul Dravid
'Believe me, Virat will go out of his way to make the new captain comfortable.'
The triumphant India U-19 squad will be felicitated by the BCCI in Ahmedabad upon its arrival in India.
The first Test starts from November 16 while Nagpur and Delhi will host the second and third Tests respectively before the sides play three one-day internationals and a same number of twenty20 internationals.
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