Krunal Pandya's superb all-round showing helped Lucknow Super Giants notch a comprehensive five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
It's a pity that all the cricketing brains in the dugout -- Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara and Dale Steyn in coaching roles -- cannot convert performances out in the middle.
"Ruturaj Gaikwad complained of pain in his right wrist, which is affecting his batting. He was unavailable for selection for the first T20I. The BCCI Medical Team is examining him," read a statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
India's Arshdeep Singh is in the race for the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year along with Pakistan's Babar Azam, Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza and Australia's Travis Head, the ICC revealed on Sunday.
Pathan mentioned that the Hyderabad-based franchise needs a proper spinner who can take wickets.
New rules, new captains, but same excitement as two months of cricket extravaganza kicks off in Kolkata.
RR have a lot of issues to sort out, particularly in the absence of key foreign players like Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes.
Skipper Virat Kohli's weakness outside the off-stump was again exposed as India plunged into deep trouble at 28 for three, after their bowlers dismissed South Africa for a modest 286, on the opening day of the first Test in Cape Town on Friday.
India will strive to play with the same grit they displayed in the second match in Pune when they square off against New Zealand in the third and final One-Day International of the series, in Kanpur, on Sunday.
Skipper Virat Kohli scored his 30th one-day international century to lead India to victory in the fifth and final one-day match on Sunday as the visitors won by six wickets to complete a 5-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka in Colombo.
The three-Test South Africa series is the first of a gruelling 2018-19 season that includes tours to England and Australia.
A fit-again Jasprit Bumrah was recalled to the Indian team for the T20 World Cup along with fellow pace bowler Harshal Patel, but spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out of the tournament because of injury.
Tactician par excellence Gautam Gambhir couldn't have envisaged a battle of brains with a more different kind of adversary than the smiling yet ruthless Pat Cummins as Kolkata Knight Riders face a spirited Sunrisers Hyderabad in a mega IPL final in Chennai on Sunday.
It will take a special effort from the struggling Sri Lankan side to pull one back against the rampaging visitors.
Dhoni groomed bowlers and left complete package with Kohli: Ishant Sharma
The Indian squad for the continental championship will be selected on Monday, but it is still not clear if the official announcement will happen on the day.
"Have not captained Australia in T20s, its a bit faster": SRH skipper Pat Cummins ahead of MI clash
India were 157 for three in their second innings at stumps on day four of the third Test in Gros Islet, St Lucia on Friday.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians will start as firm favourites against bottom-placed SunRisers Hyderabad in the IPL match in Delhi on Tuesday.
Former South African fast bowler Fanie De Villiers has praised Mohammed Shami as India's best Test bowler and added that the Proteas could easily fit him in their highly-competitive pace attack.
India will look to plug the chinks in its armoury and provide finishing touches to its preparation for the four-Test series when it takes on the West Indies Cricket Board Presidents' XI in the final warm-up match, starting in Basseterre, St Kitts, on Thursday.
India have won the first two Tests by comprehensive margins -- by 304 runs in Galle and an innings and 53 runs in Colombo.
India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar feels the dismissal of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in Jason Behrendorff's first over of the innings tilted the scales Australia's way in the second Twenty20 International in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Only two bowlers stood out from Sunday's game.
Cheteshwar Pujara's presence did not help Saurashtra as a gritty Tripura humbled the defending champions
Is Bhuvneshwar going to be around for the T20 World Cup in 2024 with a sharp decline in his pace?
Chinaman spin bowler Kuldeep Yadav was on Tuesday seen practising with a wet ball on the eve of the Twenty20 International series-opener against New Zealand, in New Delhi.
With nine defeats from 11 matches, the Sunrisers are languishing at the bottom, while KKR, in fourth place with 10 points from 12 matches, still have hopes of qualifying for the knock-out stage.
Batsman Suresh Raina was on Sunday rewarded for his recent domestic performance with a recall to the Indian Twenty20 squad for the three-match series against South Africa, starting February 18.
India produced a professional performance under pressure to crush New Zealand by six wickets in a must-win game and level three-match series 1-1 in Pune on Wednesday.
Shane Watson claimed a hat-trick as Rajasthan Royals restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 134 for 9 in the IPL match in Ahmedabad on Thursday. However, his effort was in vain as Hyderabad came back with a vengeance to dismiss the former champions for 102 and win by 32 runs for only their third victory this season.
If RCB win their remaining two games, they will move to 20 points and have a chance of finishing in the top two.
Jos Buttler's whirlwind half-century set the tone for Rajasthan Royals' emphatic 72 run victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday.
Having regained his form with two unbeaten knocks in the league stage of the cricket World Cup, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has gained two spots to be placed eight in the latest ICC batting rankings.
Senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar confirmed that there are no assigned death bowlers for India in the T20 World Cup.
Indian cricket fraternity has also come out in support of the young pacer who had dropped a crucial catch in the 18th over of the match.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing for their T20 World Cup opening match against Pakistan on Sunday?
Ajinkya Rahane has been in stellar form and Eric Simons said the Indian cricketer has found the way to play T20 cricket.
IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru on Thursday.
West Indies coach Stuart Law is happy that his batsmen have been able to 'manufacture' changes in the Indian bowling line-up
