Ben Stokes will return home after Chennai Super Kings' final league game to prepare for the upcoming Ashes.
In the absence of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul was named vice-captain of the ODI and T20I teams. He also makes a comeback to the Test team, as Shikhar Dhawan was named only in the limited-overs' side.
'Both have a very nationalistic view of foreign policy.' 'They think they are shrewd and clever diplomats.'
The irony of being the lone Indian head coach in an Indian Premier League franchise is not lost on Anil Kumble who firmly believes that the piece of statistic is not a "true reflection" of country's coaching resources.
Anil Kumble was also keen to retain Ashwin, who captained the side in the previous two editions.
A virgin Motera pitch has become the big talking point as captain Virat Kohli looks to get the combination right with India looking to continue their momentum to trouble England in the day-night third Test match, starting in Ahmedabad, on Wednesday.
The Indian team took to the nets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday with all of their players going through a rigorous training session.
The last time Pujara featured in the lucrative T20 league was for Kings XI Punjab, now re-christened Punjab Kings, in 2014.
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Vettori also expects Cameron Green to play a big part in the WTC final, especially after his superb showing in the just-concluded IPL.
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'He was sent home after three matches to rest. So, if this is going to continue, how will you ensure that he is fully ready?'
Virat Kohli would hope for a turnaround when India take on an under-prepared Sri Lanka in the second Test in Bengaluru
Suryakumar Yadav received his maiden Test team call-up as he along with opener Prithvi Shaw were called up for India's upcoming Test series in England as replacements after three players were ruled out due to injury.
Rohit Sharma has quietly grown into the team's undisputed talisman leading their blemish-free campaign in the home World Cup.
With 36 different playing XIs in as many Tests under Kohli's captaincy, the Indian line-up is begging for some consistency.
On paper, Kolkata Knight Riders are overwhelming favourites against King's XI Punjab.
'We should carefully handle issues concerning each other's core interests. We should properly manage and control problems that cannot be solved for the time being'
The crises of the 21st century, 9/11, the economic meltdown, COVID-19, Russia-Iran war and the Hamas-Israel war seem to be never ending. In this situation, Iran might be contemplating a nuclear deterrent to defend itself, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, the distinguished long-time Rediff contributor who turns 80 on June 17..
Mercurial Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been named as captain of Kings XI Punjab for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), beginning April 5.
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Graeme Smith and Shaun Pollock will captain the Rest of the World XI Test and ODI teams respectively.
Wade had smashed back-to-back fifties in the last two T20Is against India.
The Australian opener said he hoped the world team would react better if they lost the Super Test.
The India all-rounder is yet to recover from his ankle injury that rendered him out of action last week.
Indian pacer Umesh Yadav has signed with Division One English County side Essex for the remainder of the 2023 championship.
Pujara says getting dropped from Indian team left him frustrated and with a bruised ego
Anderson, who is recuperating from a right calf injury, will feature against Leicestershire in a three-day friendly match starting on Tuesday.
'Virat Kohli is getting into the groove ahead of the #WTC23 Final'.
India thrashed West Indies by 318 runs in their inaugural World Test Championship encounter but at the onset, there was a debate on the omission of senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. The legendary Sunil Gavaskar termed his exclusion as "astonishing".
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings clash against Gujarat Titans in a repeat of last season's final in the IPL 2024 match in Chennai on Tuesday.
Sri Lankan bowling great Muttiah Muralitharan says the quality and depth in Indian cricket's white ball eco-system is so good that the country has created an unimaginable talent pool in T20 format.
Test cricket's most-capped player Steve Waugh will captain the PM's XI in the annual match against India.
England's bowlers have largely risen to the occasion this summer, but they have been less impressive with the bat, passing 320 only twice in the previous five Tests.
Criticisms about the font size of Dream11's logo and its placement on the jersey have been circulating on social media.
'You are playing a World Test Championships final, and you don't pick the number one bowler in Test cricket.'
Ravichandran Ashwin, who was left out of the first Test, is back in the mix as Shardul Thakur seems to have done his hamstring some damage during the training session at Lord's on Monday.
Australian Andy Bichel captured three wickets and hit an unbeaten 37 to help a World XI beat New Zealand by three wickets.
Sri Lanka, who are third in the WTC rankings behind already qualified Australia and India, will need to beat New Zealand 2-0.
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