The BCCI secretary Jay Shah said that Virat Kohli will continue to contribute as a player and senior member in the T20s as well.
India's captain Jasprit Bumrah hit England pacer Stuart Broad for a world record 35 runs in an over as India were dismissed for 416 in the first innings on Day 2 of the rescheduled fifth Test against England, at Edgbaston cricket ground, in Birmingham, on Saturday.
Speaking at the end of the day's play, Rishabh Pant explains how he was able to turn it around for the India on day 1 of the fifth Test against England.
India and Pakistan have not played bilateral cricket for close to a decade now due to diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly said their players refused to play the fifth and final Test against England due to COVID-19 concerns and denied that the upcoming IPL had played any part in the decision.
Fast bowler Duanne Olivier has been recalled for South Africa's home Test series against India, a reward for excellent domestic form from a player who shot to prominence four years ago before taking up a Kolpak contract.
'The moment we found a goal it changed everything'
All-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday was not included in England's 15-man preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup as he continues to take a break from cricket to focus on his mental health, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.
'You are going to face an England team where Joe Root is back to his absolute best, where Oliver Pope is playing his best-ever for England. Ben Stokes has amalgamated the team and got playing in an ultra-positive and rock and roll fashion.'
ECB England off-spinner Dom Bess described James Anderson as the greatest English player of all time after the 38-year-old moved within two wickets of becoming the first pace bowler to claim 600 Test victims.
Images from Day 3 of the first Test between England and West Indies at the Ageas Bowl, on Friday
Phoenix never really got going in reply, however, after opener David Bedingham went for a duck and Will Smeed for two.
Kohli recently relinquished Test captaincy after his team's 1-2 defeat against a weak South African side but for the leg-spin wizard, Kohli's biggest contribution is being the foremost flag-bearer of cricket's hardest form.
A lightweight in global sport, India is only behind Russia (167) and Italy (157), while Brazil (78) is at fourth and Iran (70) fifth.
'If you talk about form then everyone goes through ups and downs'
England fans were seen wearing crying Steve Smith masks during the first Ashes Test.
England, who were blown away by the visitors at Southampton, will back themselves to make a strong comeback.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the 2nd Test played at Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Stokes and few others have upset stomach.
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan on Thursday termed Virat Kohli's decision to leave T20I captaincy after the 2021 T20 World Cup as an "unselfish" one.
Mohammad Hafeez scored a scintillating unbeaten 86 as Pakistan held their nerve to defeat England by five runs in the third and final Twenty20 International at Old Trafford on Tuesday to tie the series 1-1.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley on Thursday, June 23, 2022.
International cricket will gingerly ease out of a 117-day shutdown in Southampton next week but the scars of the COVID-19 pandemic will be clearly evident at the Ageas Bowl. An encounter between the fourth and eighth ranked teams in Test cricket is hardly a pinnacle but England's series against West Indies could offer a glimpse into a future where the game plods on under the shadow of the new coronavirus.
Left-arm fast bowler Binura Fernando will miss the three one-dayers against India after spraining his left ankle during practice but will be available for the T20 matches.
Considered one of the modern greats of the game, England's Test captain is yet to play in the cash-rich Twenty20 league, having gone unsold in the 2018 auction. However, all that can change in next year's tournament, which is set to be expanded with the inclusion of two new teams.
He missed three months of cricket last summer after dislocating the same shoulder playing for Surrey.
India pacer Mohammed Shami said the team's showing so far in the third Test has not affected the players' morale as there is a lot of time left in the five-match series.
England battled to 96 for four in their second innings by the end of a dramatic fourth day at Lord's to lead Australia by 104 runs and leave the second Ashes Test on a knife-edge.
Spectators stood up and waved sandpapers at Warner as he walked off the field
West Indies legend Michael Holding says England's decision to cancel its limited overs tours of Pakistan smacked of 'western arrogance' and the country wouldn't have ever done this to a rich and powerful cricket board like India.
Cricket Australia is negotiating with authorities and England's board over travel conditions and whether players' families can come.
After a 117-day absence, international cricket returned in familiar fashion on Wednesday as rain and bad light restricted the first Test between England and West Indies to 17.4 overs and the hosts closed a frustrating day on 35-1.
A near 50-run haul by India's notoriously brittle batting tail in the first innings of the drawn opening Test against England was like "gold dust", Indian captain Virat Kohli said.
Sibley put on 116 for the third wicket with captain Joe Root (61), before the latter steered Dwaine Pretorius to Faf du Plessis at slip late on.
Images from Day 3 of the first Test between South Africa and England at Supersport Park in Centurion on Saturday.
England pacer James Anderson is 'gutted' that the fifth and final Test against India at his home ground in Manchester's Old Trafford was cancelled, bringing a premature end to the exciting series, which he said deserved a better finish.
Australia's Steve Smith struck a superb 144 on his return to the side as they recovered from 122-8 to reach 284 all out against England in the first innings of the first Ashes Test before the hosts saw out two overs unscathed at Edgbaston on Thursday.
Images from the opening day of the third and final Test between England and Pakistan in Southampton, on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated South Africa for winning the Rugby World Cup for a record third time.
India head coach Ravi Shastri would like his team to take inspiration from its Lord's Test win rather than think about the humiliating defeat at Leeds ahead of the fourth Test against England, starting at The Oval on Thursday.
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