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News India Test captain expects meeting with head coach and selectors to provide clarity on certain aspects of team composition There will be no hurried calls taken on Ajinkya Rahane‘s future based on external pressure, India’s captain Virat Kohli said after India sealed their 14th consecutive Test series win at home. It was another dominant

News The four T20Is that were part of the original schedule will be “rescheduled for a more opportune time,” a CSA release said Paarl and Cape Town will host the three-match ODI series between South Africa and India in January 2022. The first two games will be played at Boland Park on January 19 and

News The captain discusses the performances of India’s young trio in Mumbai Three players, who haven’t been Test regulars lately, had a significant impact in India’s Test win over WTC champions New Zealand in Mumbai. Virat Kohli, on his return to Test captaincy after a short break, spoke glowingly of all three of them as

Report Ajaz Patel removed both openers to take his match tally to 12, having also troubled Virat Kohli Lunch India 325 and 142 for 2 (Agarwal 62, Pujara 47, Ajaz 2-77) lead New Zealand 62 by 405 runs Agarwal and Pujara, who was bumped up to the top after Shubman Gill hadn’t recovered sufficiently from

News Tendulkar also praises Gill, saying the batter has the technique to bat at any position in Tests Tendulkar was also impressed by the other opener, Shubman Gill, saying the youngster has the required technique and temperament to bat at any position in Tests but he needs to convert those starts into big knocks. “There

News Former India batter to officially take over NCA job on December 13 VVS Laxman will be taking over as NCA chief on December 13 along with the other coaches after the appointments were ratified by the general body at the BCCI AGM in Kolkata on Saturday. Laxman and Troy Cooley who has been roped

Report Ajaz remained New Zealand’s only wicket-taker, having taken all six to fall Lunch India 285 for 6 (Agarwal 146*, Axar 32*, Ajaz 6-103) vs New Zealand Ajaz Patel continued to keep New Zealand in the Test, while Mayank Agarwal continued to keep India slightly ahead, as the first session on the second day followed

News “You can do drafts for new players coming in, you can do trades, you can do loans and allow teams to build something for the long haul” The big IPL auction has “outlived its usefulness”. That’s the view of Kolkata Knight Riders’ chief executive officer Venky Mysore and Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal. The

Report The first session was wiped out and 78 overs are scheduled today, weather and light permitting Toss India opt to bat vs New Zealand The returning Virat Kohli chose to bat after wet patches at the Wankhede Stadium, caused by overnight rain, washed out the morning session. Ajinkya Rahane, who had stood in as

News As of now, India are scheduled to start their Test series in South Africa on December 17 India players are confident they will have “absolute clarity” around the South Africa tour in “a day or two or pretty soon”, their captain Virat Kohli has said. Kohli was speaking at the pre-match press conference for

Preview The hosts will have to make tough selection calls for the second Test in Mumbai Big picture New Zealand’s Test tours of India over the years have been rather one-sided; the closest the visitors came to a series win was in 1969. However, they’ve always shown signs of competing well, even if they haven’t

News The India Test captain is back to reclaim his spot in the XI for the Mumbai Test, but who will sit out? He isn’t telling just yet Virat Kohli is back in international cricket after a break, during which he skipped the T20I series against New Zealand completely and then essentially chose to step

News India’s bowling coach says: “He hasn’t played the IPL and the World Cup as well. That does make a difference” At 97 Tests, Ishant Sharma was arguably the most improved bowler in the history of Test cricket. In the first half of his career at that point, Ishant averaged 38.44. In the second half

News “We are getting to play in New Zealand before World Cup which is also good,” she says India Women are scheduled to play only one ODI series – against New Zealand – before the World Cup early next year but captain Mithali Raj feels the team has had “good preparation” so far in 2021.

News Latham, Karunaratne in top 10 of batting rankings; Jadeja No. 2 allrounder Shaheen Shah Afridi has broken into the top five of the ICC Test bowling rankings for the first time following his five-for against Bangladesh in Pakistan’s eight-wicket win in the first Test in Chattogram. Afridi, who finished with a match haul of

As the deadline for player retention ahead of IPL 2022 wound down on Tuesday, a total of 27 players were retained by the eight existing franchises. Overall, the franchises spent INR 269 crore to hold on to these 27 players, which includes 19 Indians – four of them uncapped – and eight foreigners. Many of

News Too early to decide on Iyer’s place in the next Test, says India coach India’s captain for the Kanpur Test must still have been processing the tight result with India falling one wicket short of what would have been an incredible win on a slow, low surface when his coach Rahul Dravid was being

Preview Some senior side aspirants will be hoping to make an impression before the three Tests in South Africa Cooped up in a bio-bubble while a new Covid-19 variant causes panic, the India A team will take on South Africa A in the second unofficial Test from Tuesday in Bloemfontein with some senior side aspirants

News India don’t feel they batted on too long after they ended one wicket short of a win When a side comes as close to winning as India did and the opposition is more than 100 away from their score, it is tempting to look for a few priceless minutes from earlier in the match.

Report India wicketless in the first session of day five as NZ look to save the Kanpur Test Lunch New Zealand 296 and 79 for 1 (Somerville 36*, Latham 35*) need another 205 runs to beat India 345 and 234 for 7 dec Obdurate batting from Tom Latham and nightwatchman Will Somerville kept India wicketless

News Former India legspinner was responding to a tweet on online trolling faced by cricket commentators L Sivaramakrishnan, the former India legspinner, has said that he has been “colour discriminated” all his life. Responding to a tweet on cricket commentators facing online trolling, 55-year-old Sivaramakrishnan wrote: “I have been criticised and colour discriminated all my

News New Zealand batting coach disappointed with Young’s lbw dismissal, but still hopeful of a positive result In a studio show on Star Sports, commentator Simon Doull said he hadn’t heard umpire Virender Sharma prompt Will Young that ten seconds had elapsed since he had been given out lbw to R Ashwin and the clock

Report At lunch on day four, India led by 133 runs with five wickets in hand Lunch India 345 and 84 for 5 (Ashwin 20*, Iyer 18*, Jamieson 2-21, Southee 2-27) lead New Zealand 296 by 133 runs Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson rocked India’s batting line-up on a slow fourth-day pitch, reducing the hosts

News Seven of the eight Indian players who participated in the 2021-22 WBBL are among the notable omissions from the squads Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, as well seven of the eight Indian players who participated in the 2021-22 WBBL, are among the notable omissions from the squads for the Senior Women’s One-day Challenger Trophy scheduled

News As things stand, India A will remain in South Africa with both teams committed to continue their red-ball series The status of India’s December-January tour of South Africa remains unchanged, for now. It is understood that the Indian team will require special government permission to tour South Africa – the borders between the countries

Report The wicket of Kane Williamson at the stroke of lunch left the match beautifully balanced Lunch New Zealand 197 for 2 (Latham 82*, Young 89, Umesh 1-30, Ashwin 1-57) trail India 345 (Iyer 105, Gill 52, Jadeja 50, Southee 5-69, Jamieson 3-91) by 148 runs Kane Williamson’s wicket in the last over before lunch

News Batter hadn’t played red-ball cricket in a while but came good when India needed him Shreyas Iyer went to bed at around 11pm on Thursday hoping for and expecting a good night’s sleep. He had batted the best part of two sessions in less-then-ideal air so it wasn’t really an unrealistic expectation. However, he

Report The visitors went to tea at 72 for 0 in Kanpur in reply to India’s 345 built on Shreyas Iyer’s debut ton Tea New Zealand 72 for 0 (Young 46*, Latham 23*) trail India 345 (Iyer 105, Gill 52, Jadeja 50, Southee 5-69, Jamieson 3-91) by 273 runs Tim Southee delivered one of the

News Phoebe Litchfield was named WBBL ‘Young Gun’ as the best player under the age of 21 Harmanpreet Kaur is hopeful a women’s IPL can be established sooner rather than later, after she created history becoming the first Indian to be named WBBL player of the tournament following a stunning season for Melbourne Renegades. The

News Franchise’s former captain Shreyas Iyer opts to head to the player auction While Capitals could see Iyer’s exit as a setback, they wouldn’t have been entirely surprised by the batter’s decision. Ever since the Capitals handed the captaincy to Pant ahead of IPL 2021, after Iyer was ruled out of the first leg due