Jos Buttler's whirlwind half-century set the tone for Rajasthan Royals' emphatic 72 run victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday.
Both Prasidh and Avesh Khan lack variety and innovation as they keep pitching the ball at the same length. Both bowl in late 130s or early 140s but consistently pitch it back of the length and the nature of Indian tracks make it a cannon fodder for batters.
India aim to seal series as Tilak Varma looks for quality batting time
Ahead of the 2023 IPL season, let's take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of the Aiden Markram-led Sunrisers Hyderabad.
India's young bowling unit will have to push behind the timid show in the series opener and find its flow against a forceful Australian batting line-up in the second T20 in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.
Jadeja, 33, was forced to withdraw from India's Asia Cup campaign after the group stages in order to undergo surgery for a chronic knee problem. Jadeja missed the whole T20 World Cup, despite India coach Rahul Dravid's initial optimism that he may recuperate in time to participate in India's campaign.
The South Africa series in that context is the last big international T20 series that India play followed by one against Afghanistan in mid-January.
The Indian cricket team think-tank's urge to play more all-rounders in recent years has got a lot to do with the current crop of top-order batters not rolling their arms over unlike some of their illustrious seniors from the bygone era.
He said he will never play football for warm-up before matches. "It was a weird accident that happened five or six years ago. I was playing football and broke my ankle. I will never play football in my life! There are so many things to do other than just play football."
Jasprit Bumrah will have to balance between adding miles to his legs and checking his team's bench-strength as India aim to complete a comfortable clean-sweep against Ireland.
India seamer Deepak Chahar has claimed that Malaysian Airlines misplaced his luggage when he was travelling to Dhaka from New Zealand and he was not served food even as he was flying Business Class.
Images from the third and final One-Day International between India and South Africa in Delhi on Tuesday.
Jasprit Bumrah was declared fit and was available for selection, but the selectors don't want to rush him back.
All-rounder Washington Sundar termed India's defeat to New Zealand in the opening T20 International in Ranchi on Friday as a "one-off" reverse and backed the hosts to bounce back in the three-match series.
Images from the first One-Day International between Bangladesh and India, in Mirpur, on Sunday.
Young Delhi all-rounder Harshit Rana showed his all-round prowess as North Zone finished the opening day of their Duleep Trophy semi-final against South Zone.
Injured T20I captain Hardik Pandya is unlikely to be available for India's upcoming five-match series against Australia, starting November 23. The star all-rounder will require more time to recover from his left-ankle ligament tear.
'From passing the ball in the right passages to the defence to amazing guarding of the goals by Sandhu throughout the tournament it has been a top notch performance from the entire squad.'
It was the first time in 16 IPL seasons that Delhi has successfully defended a first innings total under 150.
Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was rewarded with the elite grade A plus retainership.
'Vikram would be working with all the reserves and we had those slingers with us who did an exceptional job'
India will be expecting more runs from the middle order and discipline in the death overs as they look for a series sealing win against New Zealand in the second ODI in Raipur on Saturday.
Jasprit Bumrah has been named as India's captain for the three-match T20I series against Ireland next month.
A series clean sweep in sight, the Indian team is unlikely to tinker with its batting line-up tough skipper Rohit Sharma could be tempted to look at some of his bowling options during the final ODI against Sri Lanka, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Sunday.
Jasprit Bumrah was out of action for the past few months due to a back stress fracture, which forced him to miss the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup.
Sundar was left stranded on 96 as India got dismissed for 365 in their first innings on the third day of the Test match
It's another ICC event on the horizon and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has once again fallen out of favour with the Indian team selectors.
On a high after Rinku Singh's phenomenal knock, Kolkata Knight Riders will be gunning for a hat-trick of victories when they face a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Shubman Gill is all set to open with Rohit Sharma after he was named in India's 15-man squad for the ICC World Test Championship final against New Zealand, in Southampton, from June 18.
It is understood that Kuldeep, who had lost his mojo in the Kohli-Ravi Shastri era, has been called back as the current team management and selectors feel that he has the X-Factor to contribute to team's cause.
Washington Sundar shared a picture with his father and Test debut cap.
Senior opener KL Rahul has been left out of the India squad which will travel to Zimbabwe for an ODI series next month after COVID-19 delayed his return from a long injury lay-off, while Washington Sundar and Deepak Chahar made their comebacks.
Sanju Samson has never enjoyed the backing of the team management while Riyan Parag and Abhishek Sharma were ignored despite good showing with the bat in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the national T20 tournament.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya was named as India's T20I captain for the three-match series against Sri Lanka, with Rohit Sharma retaining the ODI leadership role.
Head coach VVS Laxman kept a close on the proceedings during the practice session as the players went through the grind.
Fit-again K L Rahul was included in India's squad for the 2023 World Cup, chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar announced on Tuesday.
After the T20 World Cup disappointment, the Indian team got to business straightaway as they prepared for the three match T20I series in Wellington, New Zealand.
The fast bowler could also miss the upcoming two-Test series, beginning in Chittagong on December 14.
Ishan Kishan had to sit out of the Sri Lanka series despite scoring the fastest double hundred in the history of ODIs against Bangladesh.
West Zone will boast of a power-packed batting line-up in Cheteshwar Pujara, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav and Sarfaraz Khan for the Duleep Trophy semi-final against Central Zone.
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