England name their 16-member squad for T20Is against India
England, who were blown away by the visitors at Southampton, will back themselves to make a strong comeback.
It took Australia seven attempts but under Aaron Finch they finally laid their hands on a maiden Twenty20 World Cup title on Sunday with an eight-wicket triumph over New Zealand.
Bracing up for the Ashes, influential England player Jos Buttler is drawing inspiration from the "totally fearless" approach, which the flamboyant Rishabh Pant had adopted during the Indian team's last tour of Australia.
'His team mirrors the way he plays his cricket.'
The bowling of Sam Curran and Wood, with support from Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes, has carried England through.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list the 50 Most Valuable Players after 46 IPL 2022 games.
The Indian batters will have to put their best their foot forward against Australia in the series-deciding third ODI in Chennai on Tuesday.
Ben Stokes brings his own special magic on his return to the shortest format, while Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Buttler and Moeen Ali ensure that England bat deep and powerfully.
England qualified for the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with a nervy victory over Sri Lanka by four wickets in their final Super 12 match on Saturday.
Hardik Pandya's team capped off a dream campaign in its maiden season by lifting the IPL 2022 title with a seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the final in Ahmedabad.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after Game 33.
Both the high-profile openers, Kohli and Faf du Plessis, are big match players and will be itching to make an impact after low returns in the previous game.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants in Mumbai on Sunday.
'This team was incredibly difficult to select over such a highly competitive tournament. Selections were based predominantly on the Super 12 onward to the final.'
Ricky Ponting chooses Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah among first five players of personal
Hardik Pandya's philosophy of playing 'not just to win' but 'to entertain' has infused energy and life into Gujarat Titans
'He has been such a great batsman, so he does not need reassurance.'
Asked if it was one of the finest T20I performance by an English team, he agreed instantly.
'Unfortunately for India, Rahul and Rohit could not find form in the big games, putting pressure on Virat and Suryakumar, who both can't perform game after game.'
Kohli's poor show, however, hasn't affected the team much as it is playing extremely well in the white-ball games.
Jos Buttler will captain England in Morgan's absence.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, and Glenn Maxwell are among some of the big names that the existing franchises have decided to retain for IPL 2022.
Rajasthan are third on the points table, and it is mostly because of the flamboyant Jos Buttler.
It was neither the 31-year-old all-rounder's fastest knock nor his most fluent as batting partners fell away, and he had to grind his way through some testing fast bowling.
Stokes brought his first half-century in T20I cricket with a four in 47 balls while levelling the scores. He (unbeaten at 52* off 49 balls) then brought up the winning runs, with Liam Livingstone at 1* and England finished the innings at 138/5 in 19 overs.
India's Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav were named in the Most Valuable Team of ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
Guilty of making too many changes at the top, Kolkata Knight Riders will be looking to find a winning combination against Rajasthan Royals and snap their five-match losing streak in the IPL, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, on Monday.
Jhye Richardson scalped five wickets in the second innings as Australia defeated England by 275 runs in the second Ashes Test. With this win, Australia has gained a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Jeswin Aldrin, meanwhile, finished fifth after he hit the 7.69m mark at the 17th Iberoamerican Meeting in Huelva, Spain.
Captain Hardik Pandya led from the front with both bat and ball to guide Gujarat Titans to the IPL title in their debut season, after they beat by seven wickets in the final in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
McCoy bowled the final over of the match with KKR needing 11 runs with two wickets in hand but the left-arm pacer dismissed Sheldon Jackson and Umesh Yadav to guide Rajasthan to the fourth win of the season.
Hardik took a career-best 4/24 to help India bowl out England for 259
In a clinical performance by Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad were outplayed in all three departments to register a 61-run win on Tuesday.
SKY overtook Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan to become just the second Indian player to hold the top T20I batter ranking.
Jos Buttler is still the front-runner to be this IPL's MVP. He still has at least two matches to play and one big knock will win it for him. Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players after the end of the 70 league matches in IPL 2022.
The purpose of playing a second string attack in the third T20 International against England was to see "if they can bowl four overs".
Shamsi's wrist spin accounted for Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran and David Willey, who was bowled first ball to set up a hat-trick chance that Chris Jordan denied him.
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