KL Rahul was dropped while senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left-arm tweaker Ravindra Jadeja continued to be left out of the Indian ODI team, for the forthcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand.
India will be aiming for another comprehensive performance against Bangladesh before the all-important game against Australia on June 24.
Punjab Kings kept their prospects of making the play-offs alive after a a five-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in Dubai on Friday. They are placed fifth with 12 points, after five wins and seven defeats. Victory in Sunday's outing will certainly enhance their chances.
Virat Kohli will be expected to hit his straps after a lean run
Dinesh Karthik backed young batter Tilak Varma to be a strong contender for India's No. 4 slot for the ODI World Cup.
If the game of cricket remains tilted heavily in the favour of batters, not many youngsters would be lining up to start bowling in a couple of years, fears spin great Anil Kumble, who advocated the need to keep biggest possible boundaries at IPL venues and use of more pronounced seam to restore the balance between bat and ball.
Senior opener and first-choice vice-captain KL Rahul is expected to reclaim his place back in the Indian team along with seamer Deepak Chahar when the squad will be selected for the Asia Cup on August 8.
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Images from Saturday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Sharjah.
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A dominant Indian team is expected to maintain its stranglehold on a miserable Sri Lanka and wrap up the three-match series when the two mismatched teams face off in the second Twenty20 International in Indore on Friday.
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Bhuvneshwar (3-15) rocked England early in their pursuit of 171
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A ruthless Indian team is unlikely to take its foot off the pedal as it aims to top up a world-record winning feat with another clean sweep against the West Indies in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on Wednesday.
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Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy and Rahul Chahar, with his fast leg-breaks, will fight it out for the additional tweaker's slot when the selectors pick the Indian squad for next month's ICC T20 World Cup in the coming couple of days.
Rohit Sharma's unbeaten century and Yuzvendra Chahal's superb show with the ball along with Jasprit Bumrah's fiery spell helped India begin their World Cup campaign with a confident victory.
Having won the first game by three runs, another victory will give India a successive ODI series win in the Caribbean.
Three matches might be too small a sample size to form an opinion but going by the lack of variety that's been on show in Royal Challengers Bengaluru's bowling attack, they might just be staring at a long, tiring IPL season this year.
India jumped to the top spot with 114 rating points after their 3-0 series sweep over New Zealand.
With no substantial partnerships or intent-filled batting, it was always going to be a task as all KKR managed was 84.
England, who were blown away by the visitors at Southampton, will back themselves to make a strong comeback.
Mohammed Shami was named as the replacement for the injured Jasprit Bumrah in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup.
Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami and Shardul Thakur will join the Indian contingent in Australia
Big gains for Chahal and Kuldeep in bowler rankings
Jos Buttler hit a career-best 83 to power England to a thumping eight-wicket victory.
Gavaskar felt that Rinku's form in the ongoing IPL had to do with him not being included in the main squad.
India's ODI squad against Australia announced; squads for New Zealand tour declared
Jayant Yadav will replace off-spinner Washington Sundar, who tested positive for COVID-19 during the camp in Bengaluru.
The selectors announced India's teams for the tour of South Africa.
India captain KL Rahul was on Wednesday ruled out of the five-match T20 International series against South Africa owing to a right groin injury
The Indians will aim to create a world record for the most consecutive victories in T20 Internationals in the series opener.
It will take a special effort from the struggling Sri Lankan side to pull one back against the rampaging visitors.
Kuldeep showed signs of return to peak form when he bamboozled the Australian batters
Umesh was brought in as Shami's replacement
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will be vice-captain for the series.
The agony and ecstasy of the Mumbai Indians-Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2021 encounter was best captured on the MI-RCB players's wives at the Dubai cricket stadium, September 26, 2021.
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