Axar has come of age as a batter, coming up with crucial performances across formats in the last three months.
An email from Cricket Australia's top official Belinda Clark, which is in possession of PTI, indicates that stopping the three is a "pressure tactic" to ensure postponement of the men's ODI series.
'He was keen to win the IPL with the team he had, he had no desire to have big names in his team.' 'He just wanted good players, who he knew he could mould into match-winners.'
Kapil Dev's running catch at the boundary, to dismiss Viv Richards, is widely remembered by fans and cricketers alike, but Martin Crowe's effort to pocket a lunging catch and dismiss Zimbawe's Dave Houghton in the 1987 Reliance World Cup will always be special, reckons Siva Sankar
When South Africa lost to India on Sunday, they cemented their reputation for 'choking' in ICC tournaments. Rajneesh Gupta tells us why South Africa's record for freezing in important ICC contests is, alas, well deserved.
Steve Smith has no ambition to be Australia's full-time captain again, the 33-year-old said after leading the team to a nine-wicket victory in the third Test against India.
Thomas finished with 4-27, while Holder and Russell shared five wickets between them to send an early warning to their World Cup rivals.
Peter Handscomb admitted that the Nagpur track 'tricked' the visiting side
Gambhir underlined the importance of picking up early wickets and criticised Kohli for his 'poor captaincy' in the second ODI.
A piece of cricketing history -- the bat used by the legendary Donald Bradman in the 1934 Ashes series with which he scored two triple centuries is up for auction.
Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe has suffered a relapse of his cancer.
Penpix on the Ireland team for the 2015 cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
With the ICC finally terming it 'run out' and removing 'unfair play' in its rule book, the de-stigmatization of running players out at non-striker's has started.
India will be hoping to pull off a miracle on Sunday by surviving Australia's relentless bowling onslaught.
Alastair Cook has managed to hold on to England captaincy solely because of 'politics', says maverick batsman Kevin Pietersen and insists that the disaster which the skipper is enduring in the series against India is something that he would not wish even for his worst enemy.
'And I think Pat really hit that home. Let's be calm. Let's go do the basics really well and when our chance comes let's be ruthless.'
Smith may lead Asutralia in the fourth and final Test against India as regular captain Pat Cummins stays put in Sydney.
Australia skipper Tim Paine has thrown his support behind Steve Smith replacing him as captain of the Test team when the time comes for a leadership change.
A couple of days after convincing former India captain Rahul Dravid to take up the responsibility, the BCCI on Sunday issued advertisement for the post of head coach and three support staff as per Lodha Committee mandated constitution.
Markram gave part-time spinner Abhishek Sharma the crucial 15th over in which he ended up conceding 31 runs.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan hailed Virat Kohli as an incredible leader, saying the India skipper gave a tactical masterclass to how to win a Test match.
Images from the Asia Cup Super 4 match between India and Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.
India's pace bowling sensation Zaheer Khan on Monday revealed why he got upset while batting and walked towards Kevin Pietersen and pointed his bat at him on Day 3 of the second Test at Trent Bridge.
England, who are lagging 0-2 in the five-match series, left out Broad along with three others for the Boxing Day Test, which began in Melbourne on Sunday.
'Non-striker leaving the crease early is the actual unfair play in this whole scenario, not the bowler running them out.'
While praising Suryakumar, Buttler didn't forget to mention that his team can't afford to just think about him. "It would be remiss just to think about him. I think they have some other excellent players, as well,"
Pakistan's batting consultant Matthew Hayden believes the 10-wicket thrashing of arch-rivals India set the tone for his side in the T20 World Cup and cited the players' commitment to training and spirituality as the reasons for their stupendous unbeaten run so far.
LSG do not have to fret so much about the mathematical scenarios as a win would be enough for them to seal their back-to-back playoff berth.
Australian spinner Nathan Lyon is expecting an Indian comeback in the second Test at Melbourne this week after the tourists were skittled for 36 on their way to losing the series opener by eight wickets in Adelaide.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the WTC Final played between Australia and India at The Oval in London on Saturday.
Images from Day 3 of the second and final Test between Bangladesh and India in Dhaka, Mirpur on Saturday.
SRH will bank on Markram's leadership skills to deliver results this season.
Legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar says while Mahendra Singh Dhoni's return to the Indian team as a mentor is a big boost for the side but if there are tactical differences between him and head coach Ravi Shastri during the T20 World Cup, it could have an adverse impact as well.
R Sai Kishore came up with a splendid all-round show as South Zone trumped North Zone by two wickets in a thrilling finish in the rain-hit semi-final.
India captain Rishabh Pant feels his team lacked execution with the ball despite putting enough runs on the board to suffer a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of South Africa in the first T20 International.
Virat Kohli's 55 off 46 balls in a losing cause against Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2023 on Saturday in Delhi has fuelled the growing debate on the "dying" role of anchors in the T20 format.
Long-time opener Rohit Sharma was fully taken into confidence before being replaced by Ishan Kishan at the top of batting order for India's T20 World Cup match against New Zealand.
The studies that put Virat Kohli as the top brand now do not have Rohit Sharma in the Top 10. That will change quickly if he delivers the T20 World Cup next year or the ODI championship the year after.
Shastri also backed Kohli to end his lean run in Asia Cup.
