Warner was barred from last year's IPL having also been hit with a 12-month ban from international cricket for his role in the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal along with Steve Smith.
Two years ago in the World Cup, they beat and finished above England in their group to reach the quarter-finals Bangladesh run to Champions Trophy last four is reward for years of toil
In the absence of an injured Yuki, a lot would depend on how the left-handed Prajnesh, who won a singles bronze medal at the Asian Games, performs.
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Agnieszka Radwanska showed why she should be considered among the favourites for the Australian Open later this month by beating world number one Serena Williams in the final of the Hopman Cup in Perth on Saturday.
CONCACAF big guns Mexico, the United States and Costa Rica all got off to winning starts on Friday in their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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Alexander Zverev snatched the Laver Cup for Team Europe as he beat Canada's Milos Raonic in the final rubber of a thrilling three days of action in Geneva's Palexpo Arena on Sunday.
With three wins and a draw, India are currently leading the six-team league table with 10 points and a goal difference of eight.
India will now face world number two Croatia for the Qualifiers in an away tie
India are ranked 130 in the latest rankings, which Brazil continue to lead.
Gold-medal favorites United States, Japan and Brazil won their matches on the first day of women's football on Wednesday, but all the talk was about an embarrassing mistake by organizers who displayed the South Korean flag instead of the North Korean one before a game in Glasgow.
Raonic advances, Sock ousted in Rogers Cup
Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard swatted aside an out-of-sorts Serena Williams 6-2, 6-1 at the Hopman Cup in Perth on Tuesday.
Rafa Nadal has returned to the Spain team as they seek to maintain their Davis Cup World Group status with a playoff tie against Ukraine in Madrid later this month, captain Alex Corretja said on Monday.
Star shuttlers, including P V Sindhu, will chase individual gold medals but doubles would also under the spotlight as India would aim to retain the mixed team title and continue their consistent run at the Commonwealth Games.
Saba Anjum struck two goals as India registered a 4-1 victory over Canada in the women's Junior World Cup Hockey tournament
Australia eased ahead of Bosnia 2-0 as John Millman thumped Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-2 while Alex de Minaur overcame Mirza Basic 6-3, 7-6(0), before Millman revealed the team's larger goal under captain Lleyton Hewitt.
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Hockey fraternity including three former captains on Friday expressed shock over the decision to appoint women's team coach Sjoerd Marijne as head coach of the Indian men's side, saying the abrupt move 'defies logic'.
The BCB said it has often given additional incentives to its cricketers, topping up what has been due to them from the ICC prize money.
India's Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi on Thursday defended the selection of N Sriram Balaji ahead of higher-ranked Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja for the tie against Serbia.
It was our own mistake that we went to the restricted area without our knowledge, acknowledges India captain Manpreet Singh.
FIFA and official licensee Electronic Arts will feature 12 Women's national football teams for the first time in the game's history.
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting was impressed with Hiral Patel's blazing 45-ball 54-run innings and compared the Canada opener with Indian swashbuckler Virender Sehwag.
New Zealand booked their passage in the World Cup quarter-finals from Group A after Brendon McCullum set up a 97-run victory over Canada with a chanceless century at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
In-form Pakistan will have to guard against complacency and their tendency to implode when they take on New Zealand in a World Cup Group A match in Kandy on Tuesday.
Former Australia captain Steve Smith said he is desperate to recover lost ground ahead of next year's World Cup by competing in the IPL after being left so deflated by the ball-tampering scandal that getting out of bed became a struggle.
Pakistan are probably one win away from securing a place in the World Cup quarter-finals but Shahid Afridi knows his men were given a timely wake-up call by Canada.
With no realistic chances of clinching the coveted title, Zimbabwe would be looking to cause a few upsets when they commence their campaign in the World Cup against holders Australia at Ahmedabad on February 21.
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India would look to seal a direct quarterfinal berth with a win against Canada in their final Pool C match of the men's hockey World Cup on Saturday.
Uganda claimed its first points of the tournament with a five wicket victory over Canada.
Argentina became the first ever side to come from three goals down to avoid defeat in a women's World Cup match.
World champions the United States were dealt a 3-0 drubbing by Sweden to end a 30-month unbeaten run, and the Netherlands put 10 goals past a hapless Zambia on a day of drama as the Olympics women's soccer tournament kicked off.
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Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the Sri Lankan team from World Cups.
Sri Lanka will be little the wiser on Monday over their long-range World Cup prospects after a 210-run demolition of Canada.
