Indian opener KL Rahul's two impressive knocks in the recently concluded two-match T20 series against Australia helped him climb to fifth in the latest ICC Rankings for T20 batsmen, in Dubai, on Tuesday.
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England all-rounder Moeen Ali may miss the second Ashes Test against Australia beginning on Thursday due to a side injury.
Sri Lanka, the 1996 winners, kick-started their bid for a place in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup semi-finals in dramatic fashion with a 20-run win against hosts England at Headingley. It took them to six points and off-spinner Dhananjaya de Silva insists they can still finish in the top four of the group despite suffering a pair of washouts in Bristol.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin wreaked havoc as India defeated England by an innings and 36 runs.
England have won nine of their last 12 ODIs and head coach Trevor Bayliss said there was never any doubt Morgan and Hales would return despite deciding not to go to Bangladesh.
India captain Virat Kohli moved up a place to fourth in the ICC T20 rankings for batsmen, while his deputy Rohit Sharma climbed three spots to 14th in the latest update issued on Wednesday.
Suryakumar Kumar Yadav's maiden half-century helped India beat England by eight runs and level the series 2-2.
Images from the 2nd One-day International played between India and England in Pune on Friday.
He started off with a boundary off the first ball he faced in international T20 cricket and did not look back from that point. He glanced Jofra Archer fine on the leg side for his first four before pulling Sam Curran for another four in the next over.
Starc took his tally to 19 wickets in the tournament so far.
Struggling opener Shikhar Dhawan will be the focus in a spoilt-for-choice Indian team when it takes on world champion England in a three-match ODI series starting in Pune on Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, Royal Challenger Bangalore brought in Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga as replacement for Australia's Adam Zampa. In the recent three-match T20I series against India in Sri Lanka, Hasaranga bagged a total of seven wickets, including a four-wicket haul in the final T20I.
At the end of it all, Dravid's one-year report card doesn't paint a rosy picture and a meticulous planner like him will sit back and think hard about the tough calls he might need to take before the ODI World Cup in a year's time.
The International Cricket Council said "cricket is nothing without diversity" as racism remained a topic of global debate following the death of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd died last week gasping for breath as a white police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on the handcuffed man's neck, leading to violent protests across America.
Former West Indies captain, Darren Sammy said that if the world of cricket, even after watching the video of George Floyd's death, did not take a stand, "...you are also part of the problem".
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.
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The T20I and ODI squads, captained by Eoin Morgan, feature five players, Moeen, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Ben Stokes and Mark Wood, who were involved in the Ashes.
England named all-rounder Chris Woakes and batsman Ollie Pope on Tuesday in their squad for the final Test against India which will be Alastair Cook's last international appearance.
He, along with teammate Alex Hales, could yet be fined and suspended, however it will be some time before that conclusion can be reached.
On Friday, one thing was crystal clear -- Team India has plenty of choices but the 2 R's can co-exist in the playing XI without one being pitted against other.
An extra bowler would have allowed the rest of the attack more time to recuperate, feels Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who conceded they failed to execute their plans against England's tailenders on the second day of the fifth and final Test.
A belligerent 56 off 32 balls from debutant Ishan Kishan and an unbeaten 73 from captain Virat Kohli steered India to an easy seven-wicket victory over England in the second Twenty20 International, in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
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Leg-spinner Rashid took five wickets to help bowl Ireland out for 126 before Hales struck 55 off 39 balls to lead England to their easy target.
Sri Lanka pace bowler Lasith Malinga ripped through the England batting line-up with four wickets as the former champions handed the favourites a 20-run defeat in a low-scoring World Cup match.
Yorkshire rode on Gary Ballance and Adil Rashid's batting heroics to qualify for the main draw of the Champions League Twenty20 with a comfortable six-wicket win over Trinidad and Tobago in Centurion on Wednesday.
Yorkshire produced a clinically all-round performance to defeat Uva Next by five wickets in the Champions League Twenty20's opening qualifying match in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Out of India's total tally of 842 runs in five matches, the duo has rattled up 471 runs -- which accounts to 55 percent of the runs -- at a strike rate of 160.
Rahul replaced Australian skipper Aaron Finch and has gained a spot to be at number three.
England's selectors have yet to decide who will open the batting alongside captain Alastair Cook against Pakistan later this month and will use two warm-up games to choose between Alex Hales or Moeen Ali, coach Trevor Bayliss said on Friday.
Pakistan had set England a target of 155. The hosts beat a battling Pakistan by three wickets.
Images from the Champions League T20 qualifying matches. Auckland Aces and Yorkshire progress to the main draw of the tournament.
Former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan lamented that the current lot of leg-spinners don't have the ambition to play Test cricket and blamed it on too much stress on reverse swinging the ball these days.
India skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday said that he fails to understand why the on-field umpire has to give a soft signal as 'out' when the player is himself unsure regarding whether he has taken catch or not.
Shardul Thakur (3-42) looked a bundle of nerves bowling the eventful final over with England needing 23 runs for an unassailable lead.
England's young left-arm spin bowler Zafar Ansari says he closely followed Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha's action and tried to learn from Murali Kartik during their county stints at Surrey.
Virat Kohli was frustrated to be dismissed three runs short of his century but another fine captain's knock inspired India on their best batting day of the series in the third Test against England at Trent Bridge on Saturday.
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