Labuschagne has regained the No. 1 position after Root overtook him in mid-June with successive centuries against New Zealand.
With the T20 World Cup underway, let us takes a look at interesting facts and trivia about the tournament from its previous editions.
IMAGES from the WPL match played between RCB and Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on Monday.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's batting will have to guard against the wily leg-spinner Chahal,
India's Deepti Sharma also moved up to no 6 while Poonam Yadav remained at eighth.
With MI's batting finally clicking, LSG bowlers have task cut out
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.
Nine West Indian players were part of IPL 2021.
As many as 29 antiquities, including on the themes of Lord Shiva and his disciples, Lord Vishnu and the Jain tradition, have been repatriated to India by Australia and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inspected them, government sources said.
Australia opener Chris Rogers was forced to retire on 49 not out after apparently suffering from dizziness on the fourth day of the second Ashes Test against England at Lord's on Sunday.
As Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi, United States President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met at the Kantei palace in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, to give the Quad a boost, Chinese and Russian warplanes on Tuesday conducted joint air patrols over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the West Pacific Ocean.
Plenty of room for all three formats to flourish, says Sehwag
The stage is set for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, which will get underway in Mumbai on Saturday.
'All the fans in Australia are going to see a very, very, good player.'
Australia batsman Travis Head was, on Wednesday, 'disappointed' at the booing of Mitchell Marsh
The Pakistani pace bowler was reported for a suspect action after the fifth ODI against New Zealand on January 18.
On paper as well as on current form, West Indies are no match for defending champions India, who have registered convincing victories against Pakistan, South Africa and UAE in their first three matches of the ICC World Cup.
Nepal court releases rape accused cricketer Lamichhane on bail
Former Windies skipper Daren Ganga believes a change of franchise might help Sunil Narine.
"Involving struggling countries in quality events such as the World Cup and Tests simply makes a mockery of records," said the legendary Australian fast bowler.
With three leagues games remaining, India must gain consistency in all departments and maintain their place in the top four to qualify for the semi-finals.
India's white ball players have that imposing alpha-male like presence out there in the middle even if their best player Kohli is on the wane.
Chappell believed that international cricket faces a real challenge of retaining players in the face of rapid expansion of T20 leagues around the world.
The SRH management, headed by Kavya Maran, hasn't yet issued any public statement over Katich's resignation.
Erskine said he had told Warner to keep quiet so that everyone could move on from the scandal.
Australia completed a six-wicket victory within two days in the first Test against South Africa on Sunday as the Proteas crumbled on a green Gabba wicket that played straight into the home bowlers' hands.
Suryakumar reached a career-best-equalling second position in the ICC men's T20I Player rankings
Australia gelled superbly during last year's triumph in the United Arab Emirates and 14 of that 15-man squad will bid for back-to-back titles
Warner is enduring a lean patch in the longest format with his last four scores, reading 21 and 28 (second Test in Adelaide) and 5 and 48 (first Test in Perth).
'I never got respect as an actress.' 'But when I became a director and worked with actresses like Cate Blanchett and Jessica Chastain, I felt such pride of being an actress.'
South Africa dug deep to deny Australia a 3-0 series sweep with a battling draw in the rain-disrupted third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, finally finding some fight on the final day of a miserable tour.
Warner is still living with the leadership ban while accomplice Steve Smith happens to lead Australia
Bangladesh thrashed Australia by 60 runs in Dhaka on Monday to secure a comprehensive 4-1 series win, with the tourists' batsmen managing just 62 in 13.4 overs, their worst ever total in the format.
'This month that he's had off cricket will make sure that that light's shining very bright going into this Asia Cup, knowing there's a T20 World Cup in Australia coming up very soon as well.'
Rajasthan Royals would aim to build on their promising start to the season when they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore, a side that is yet to unlock its potential.
Shane Warne, one of the greatest leg-spinners the game has produced, said there is a dearth of quality spinner who can fill in the shoes of Nathan Lyon and urged CA to ensure that states include a spinner in every Sheffield Shield game.
The 38-year-old from Indore remains the only Indian in the 11-member Elite Panel of Umpires.
The IPL franchises are now expanding their bouquet of teams across leagues in the West Indies, UAE, South Africa and now the US is another untapped market that wasn't explored despite the Asian diaspora craving for some cricket.
The West Indies were 68 for 2 in their second innings at stumps on day 3 of the third Test, after Australia had taken a first innings lead of 23 runs.
"No one has ever accused India of supporting what is going on in Ukraine. What India seems to be doing is trying to operate within the policy outlined by Nehru 65 years back," said a source.
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