'There is pent-up demand for cricket after last year when no tournaments were played on Indian soil due to the pandemic.'
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief Haroon Lorgat says India and England are proving to be the main barriers to the launch of a planned World Test Championship that he believes could help the survival of Test cricket following the advent of the highly-popular Twenty20 cricket.
Both teams will be looking for some good one-day cricket in the NatWest series, beginning on Wednesday.
India's cricket board (BCCI) has not made a decision on the fate of the final Test match against England next week, but is monitoring the situation in Chennai following the death of the politician J Jayalalithaa on Monday.
India and England lock horns in the first ODI in Hyderabad on Friday. Images from the teams' practice session on Thursday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 1 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
Apart from facing India, England will also play New Zealand in the warm-ups. While Australia will also take on New Zealand in the other warm-up fixture.
"Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav have completed their quarantine period and have joined the team at Lord's," the BCCI's media team stated.
'The Mafia Gang @rashwin99 the Mediator #bubblelife #indiancricketteam'.
The United States is likely to host the T20 World Cup in 2024, which could serve as a launch pad in the International Cricket Council's bid for cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
India beat Chile 4-1 in its last league game to enter the final of the men's Olympic hockey qualifier. Britain routed Austria 4-0 to finish on top of the six-team league. The final will be played on Sunday.
Images from the World Cup match between India and England, in Bangalore on Sunday.
A masterly century by Sachin Tendulkar and an inspired bowling spell by Zaheer Khan led India to a nail-biting tie against England in their World Cup Group B match on Sunday.
In reply, one of his followers tweeted that the series be named after Panesar and Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh.
Videos from the cricket World Cup.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has recommended Bangalore's M Chinnaswamy Stadium as an alternative venue for next month's World Cup Group B match between India and England, a leading official said on Sunday.
Rajneesh Gupta takes a look at other major controversies between England and India in recent times.
The women's cricket World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe has been abandoned after the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant in South Africa that prompted travel curbs, the sport's governing body (ICC) said on Saturday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 2 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
Major international news agencies are likely to suspend coverage of the India v England series after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BBCI) barred photo agencies from covering the series starting in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 3 of the India-England Test at Lord's.
Harleen Deol took a sensational catch at long-off, which is being hailed by many as one of the best catches ever seen in cricket, in the first India-England T20 International in Northampton.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 3 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
With the series already decided and subsequent lack of interest among fans, ticket sales for the fifth and final One-dayer in Kolkata have been poor.
World champions India will resume their battle with World Twenty20 winners England to top the rankings in the ODI Championship table when the two sides lock horns in the One-day series starting in Hyderabad on Friday.
COVID-hit India will be bolstered by the return of key players when the four-time champions meet holders Bangladesh in the third quarter-final of the Under-19 World Cup in Osbourn, Antigua on Saturday.
Images from the fourth One-day International between India and England being played at Lord's.
With the fast-spreading London riots raising massive security concerns, Indian and English cricketers have been asked to confine themselves to their hotel rooms ahead of the third Test starting in Edbaston on Wednesday.
The mark the occasion of the hundredth Test match between India and England, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) played host to a string of legendary cricketers including Ian Botham, Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly among others.
While ECB were in favour of full usage of DRS, which would have included ball tracking technology, the BCCI indicated their desire for the system to be limited to the agreed minimum standards in this series.
The fifth and final one-dayer between India and England, which was scheduled to be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on October 26, has been advanced by a day due to Kali Puja celebrations in the city. The match will now be played on October 25.
India celebrated their 700th One-Day International with a 19-run victory, their 20th against England in India in 33 games.
Amidst blows, Manu and Abhishek take a look at the India-England match.
Discuss the second Test in Mumbai with India Abroad's Harish Kotian on Rediff ZaraBol at 1330 hours IST.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan says he fears for the 100 & the Indian Test series unless the isolation laws change.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from the first day of the India-England Test at Trent Bridge.
The highlights of the Test matches will be shown at the end of the day.
India look on course for a record-extending fifth title given the depth of talent and form but standing in the way is a driven English team, chasing its own piece of history in what promises to be an enthralling final.
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