Team manager Ranjib Biswal's report on India's disastrous Twenty20 World Cup campaign in the West Indies is being examined by the BCCI and appropriate action will be taken on its basis, Board spokesman Rajiv Shukla said in Mumbai on Monday.
India must start planning for Rohit Sharma's successor if the team do not play well in their five-Test series in Australia as the captain could well retire from the longest format
The selectors, it seems, have tried to appease a few sections by selecting Vinay Kumar and Piyush Chawla, and leaving out Virat Kohli.
Chairman of selectors Krishnamachari Srikkanth expressd hope that India will put up a good performance in the April 30-May 16 Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.
Braving widespread showers, a barrage of fans thronged the airport premises to catch a glimpse of the heroes.
A rejuvenated India would aim to redeem their tarnished pride and end a 15-year-old jinx when they start their Asia Cup cricket campaign against Bangladesh at the Rangiri Dambulla ground on Wednesday.
Wanindu Hasaranga will make his comeback after missing the Asia Cup and the 50-overs World Cup.
A win over Pakistan in Sydney would take New Zealand to a final against either England or India in Melbourne but Southee said the Black Caps, who lost to Australia in last year's final, were taking it one game at a time.
Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels blaming the Indian Premier League or its post-match parties for India's humiliating exit from the Twenty20 World Cup is a "poor excuse" to justify the dismal campaign.
Fans are seething but star batsman Sachin Tendulkar threw his weight behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men on Thursday, saying people should not lose faith in the current crop of Indian players despite the flop show in the Twenty20 World Cup.
Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi on Thursday refused to buy the idea that IPL was the reason behind India's Twenty20 World Cup debacle and said the cash-rich tournament was here to stay with top Indian players continuing to play in it.
Bested in the Twenty20 World Cup, revenge-thirsty India would come down hard on West Indies in the forthcoming ODI series, believes home side captain Chris Gayle.
England survived a late assault by the Australian fast bowlers on Sunday to win the third One-day International by one wicket with five balls to spare and clinch the five-match series against the world champions 3-0.
Sri Lankan batting stalwart Mahela Jayawardene will retire from Twenty20 Internationals after the conclusion of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.
The declining fortunes of West Indies cricket hit a new low on Wednesday when the Caribbean team failed to qualify for the 2017 Champions Trophy in England.
Australia are due to face the Afghanistan men's team in Hobart from November 27, but Cricket Australia said on Thursday they would not host the side if reports women's cricket would not be supported in the country were substantiated.
India captain Virat Kohli said his side's impeccable tournament record against Pakistan will count for nothing when they face each other on Sunday and they will need to be at their very best to overcome Babar Azam's side in the Twenty20 World Cup.
New Zealand's Devon Conway paid tribute to his opening partner Finn Allen for the way he took on Australia's vaunted pace attack as the Black Caps romped to an 89-run victory Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday.
Short-pitched deliveries proved his bane during the Twenty20 World Cup but Indian batsman Rohit Sharma says there is nothing wrong in his technique and he is capable of playing the rising balls.
The International Cricket Council on Thursday announced that a new qualification tournament featuring 16 teams would take place in early 2012 to give more teams a chance to make it to the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka the same year.
India will recover quickly from their early exit at the Twenty20 World Cup and are certain to mount a serious challenge at the Champions Trophy in South Africa next month, coach Gary Kirsten said. India have recalled Rahul Dravid to the one-day team for the first time in almost two years to bolster their batting on pacy South African pitches at the September 22-October 5 ICC Champions Trophy.
The former captain said India deserved to win the Twenty20 World Cup because of their amazing consistency.
BCCI president Sharad Pawar declared an award of USD 2 million for the Indian team for winning the Twenty20 World Cup title.
Congratulate the Indian team on winning the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup.
Bangladesh will square off against Afghanistan in the opening match of the ICC World T20 in Mirpur on 16 February, while former champions India and Pakistan go head-to-head in the first match of the Super 10 stage at the same venue on March 21.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday made it clear that he has no plans to bat at the number three slot throughout the Twenty20 World Cup and claimed it was a part of the team's experiment with the batting order.
David Warner said he will call time on his Test career after playing against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) next January.
Images from the World T20 match between India and Afghanistan on Wednesday.
South Africa will study video analysis to prepare their batsmen to face Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal, captain AB De Villiers said on Thursday, a day before the teams meet in the Twenty20 World Cup Super Eights.
Playing in the second edition of the Indian Premier League in South Africa will be ideal preparation for Team India as it gears up to defend its Twenty20 World Cup title in June, feels all-rounder Yusuf Pathan.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has ruled out the possibility of returning as captain for this year's Twenty20 World Cup having resigned as test and one-day skipper in January in controversial circumstances. 'I just think it's too soon after what happened between me and the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) for me to take over the captaincy again if I was offered it for the Twenty20 World Cup,' he told Friday's Daily Mail in an interview.
The dashing left-hander believes that till he does not perform in Test cricket, he cannot be considered as a top player.
The Australian captain suffered a hamstring strain which has ruled him out for the rest of the Twenty20 World Cup and also rendered him doubtful for the tour of India.
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik was all praise for Yuvraj Singh, saying the manner in which he is plying is simply superb.
The Australia squad departed for South Africa for the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday.
South Africa had been to five previous World Cup semi-finals across all formats without success, but now stand on the brink of a career-defining moment for what is largely a young group of players.
Afghanistan were once considered World Cup minnows, having won just one game in their two previous campaigns.
Given the form he is in, India would definitely miss Sachin Tendulkar's services in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup to be staged in the West Indies from April 30-May 16, reckons former India coach John Wright.
Smith, who has played just four Twenty20 internationals for Australia since the start of 2023, went unsold at the Indian Premier League auction held in December last year.
Australia will meet trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in Sunday's final in Dubai where teams chasing under the lights have enjoyed a clear advantage.
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