Jasprit Bumrah was declared fit and was available for selection, but the selectors don't want to rush him back.
To everyone's surprise, the team management didn't play him during the high-scoring first T20I in Mohali, raising doubts whether he has still attained peak fitness or not.
Any other result than India's resounding win looks highly unlikely, consdering the visitors' rampaging run in the preceding Test and ODI series, where they whitewashed the hosts 3-0 and 5-0 respectively.
As per ICC rule, every team has to submit its initial squad of 15 by September 5 but the final submission can be done by September 27
Ravichandran Ashwin's World Cup hopes got a big boost after he was picked in the Indian squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Australia.
Skipper Rohit Sharma said it is a tough decision to pick India's wicketkeeper batter in ODIs between K L Rahul and Rishabh Pant.
Buttler, who was named the Man of the Match for his 47-ball 73, said teams will be under pressure in some ways, in such a big tournament.
Ahead of the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, UP Warriorz named Australia's explosive batter Alyssa Healy as captain.
Ricky Ponting feels that left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed could be a valuable addition in the Indian squad
Before the selectors meet to finalise the squad, you can take on their role and pick 15 players you feel can deliver the World T20 Cup to India.
Siraj, who was not included in the T20I squad for the Caribbean tour, took seven wickets in the two Tests, including a five-for in the first innings on a flat Port-of-Spain court to spark a batting collapse for West Indies on the fourth morning.
'It's important to identify the right kind of players who will take you forward in 4-5 years.'
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Kaif spoke about the hope he has from Shaw, how head coach Rahul Dravid would have a calming influence on the group
South Africa will be led by captain Quinton de Kock as they come off a 2-0 home series win over Sri Lanka that concluded on Tuesday.
The Men in Blue are on a 12-match winning streak and come Thursday, they can create an all-time record of winning 13 T20I games in a row.
Jonny Bairstow will return to the England squad for the third and fourth Tests against India, along with Sam Curran and Mark Wood.
Bumrah sustained a lower back stress fracture after the England tour and missed the Asia Cup last year.
'My focus is about the journey and not the destination, it is more about how I am refining myself as a cricketer and how consistently am I performing and as a leader, how am I growing.'
Sri Lankan cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan was discharged on Monday after undergoing a coronary angioplasty at a city hospital in Chennai.
A 27-member Pakistan cricket contingent left for India to take part in the Twenty20 World Cup, finally ending days of uncertainty over their participation in the mega event. The team will be reaching Kolkata via Abu Dhabi. The Pakistan squad including 15 players, 12 officials and support staff reached the Allama Iqbal international airport amidst tight security and boarded a flight hours after the Pakistan government finally gave the PCB the green signal to fly to India to take part in the ICC event. Due to a long stay in Abu Dhabi the squad will reach Kolkata later this evening. Head coach Waqar Younis, before departing for India, left a message on his Twitter account calling for unity in the team. "Come on together we can do it," he tweeted a message aimed at motivating the players. He told the media that though the departure of the team for India had been hit by uncertainty and security issues, the focus of the players now would only be on cricket and doing well in the world event.
'Whoever is playing this series, is looking at T20 World Cup. Of course, if selectors, Ravi bhai or Virat have some players in mind, we can mutually agree and play that player as this is a good platform. If you want to see someone before World T20, this is the only series you have.'
India are set for a T20 appetizer ahead of their marquee Test series against Australia when they face the touring New Zealand in a three-match series, beginning in Ranchi, on Friday.
Jasprit Bumrah was rested for the second ODI against Australia in Indore on Sunday with Prasidh Krishna replacing him in the playing XI.
Meanwhile, Royal Challenger Bangalore brought in Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga as replacement for Australia's Adam Zampa. In the recent three-match T20I series against India in Sri Lanka, Hasaranga bagged a total of seven wickets, including a four-wicket haul in the final T20I.
Chairman of selectors MSK Prasad believes Shreyas Iyer can be the solution to the No 4 problem in India's batting line-up in limited-overs cricket given his fine growth as a player in the past two years.
However, Rohit maintains that he hasn't taken a call on his T20 future.
'We are committed to leveraging our influence constructively to support the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in fostering cricket development and ensuring playing opportunities for both men and women in Afghanistan'.
India might have been thoroughly outplayed in the ODI series in Australia, but former Australia batsman Dean Jones said the visitors will do much better in the three T20 Internationals as they have a balanced side, which was missing in the One-dayers.
Dhawan will be leading Team India in the three-match ODI series, with Ravindra Jadeja as the vice-captain.
Dasun Shanaka is their 10th captain in nearly five years, and barring a classy batsman like Dhananjaya de Silva and a steady pacer in Dishmantha Chameera, this team lacks quality to challenge the might of the Indian team led by Shikhar Dhawan.
India's team for the Asia Cup was largely picked keeping the World Cup in mind, which meant gambling with players, who are not fully fit.
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Shanaka has used only five bowlers of late but said he is ready to roll his arm over if the situation demands.
Jhulan sustained a side strain ahead of India's final World Cup group game against South Africa and missed the Sri Lanka tour in July.
With India already being the most successful side at the men's U-19 level with five trophies, expectations were high from the U-19 girls.
There is a school of thought that Dhawan should be given at least the last six ODIs in January against Sri Lanka and New Zealand and then the call should be taken, before the Australia ODIs at the end of March.
Having a left-arm quick of Singh's calibre gives the bowling attack the much-needed heft and variety. It's like having another bow in Team India's quiver, notes Vishal Menon.
'Number four is just a number and anybody can fit in. I started in the middle-order in one-day cricket and went on to open because I was asked to by Sachin (Tendulkar) as captain. It is the same with Sachin.'
The legendary Sunil Gavaskar feels that swashbuckling all-rounder Hardik Pandya not bowling in the IPL is a 'big blow' for not just Mumbai Indians but also the T20 World Cup-bound Indian team.
