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Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs India Charith Asalanka won the toss in his first match as Sri Lanka’s ODI captain and opted to bat against India in the first ODI at the Khettarama. Having been ravaged by injury and illness – no less than five of Sri Lanka’s fast bowlers are unavailable –

Could MS Dhoni be retained as an uncapped player by Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2025? It’s an avenue the franchise is exploring by suggesting that the IPL bring back an old rule that was in place for more than a decade. During the meeting between the IPL and the ten franchises in Mumbai on

Perhaps it is tempting to see it primarily as an opportunity to experiment, but India feel it is a series worth winning on its own merits. In fact, so embedded is this competitive spirit for Rohit, that even though he has retired from T20Is and was unavailable for selection for the series that was just

MS Dhoni has resorted to a wait-and-watch approach before deciding on his IPL future. As the IPL governing council chalks out the auction and retention plans ahead of the 2025 season, Dhoni wants to see what rule changes come into effect, especially with regard to player retention, before he makes a decision on whether to

Anshuman Gaekwad, the former India batter and national head coach, has died aged 71, following a long battle with blood cancer. Gaekwad, who was in London till last month, died in Baroda after a brief time in the ICU due to various health complications. Gaekwad played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs for India between 1975

Sri Lanka needed nine to win off the last two overs in the third T20I. India still had the bowling of Mohammed Siraj to call on (Siraj had conceded just 11 off his first three overs). They also had one over from Khaleel Ahmed, who could have bowled the 20th. But with Kusal Perera still

India 137 for 9 (Gill 39, Parag 26, Theekshana 3-28, Hasaranga 2-29) tied with Sri Lanka 137 for 8 (Perera 46, Kusal Mendis 43, Rinku 2-3, Suryakumar 2-5)India won the Super Over In one of the most bizarre finishes to a T20I, India beat Sri Lanka in the Super Over to complete a 3-0 whitewash

Whether to retain or discontinue the Impact Player rule, as well as possibly increasing the number of uncapped players on each IPL team’s retention list feature on the agenda of a meeting between the IPL and the ten franchises, to take place on Wednesday. The closed-door meeting will take place at the BCCI headquarters in

India will host the next edition of the Men’s Asia Cup cricket tournament in the T20 format in 2025 as a precursor to the T20 World Cup scheduled in the country in 2026, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) stated in its Invitation for Expression of Interest (IEOI). Since 2016, when the tournament was first played

Toss India opt to bowl vs Sri Lanka India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bowl in the second T20I against Sri Lanka in Pallekele, after intermittent rain had delayed the toss by 45 minutes. As a result, the start was delayed to 7.45pm local time. Suryakumar said that the wet weather

Charith Asalanka, Sri Lanka’s new T20I captain, won the toss and put India into bat in the first T20I in Pallekele. Asalanka stressed on the need to create the right environment for his young squad, while targeting “more wins than what we’ve had recently.” Sri Lanka went in with three frontline fast bowlers, with Maheesh

“Even if it’s difficult for you, crack a smile. Whatever else happens, that will shock people.” Outgoing India head coach Rahul Dravid did what many consider the unthinkable – he made Gautam Gambhir smile with the above message. Dravid sent out a touching message to the new head coach, who takes over with the T20I

Big picture: New beginnings It will be the start of a new T20I era for both India and Sri Lanka when they come face-to-face in Pallekele on Saturday. For India, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja have retired from the format and Suryakumar Yadav has been named the new captain. Sri Lanka have moved

In the cliche, the new leader of any organisation comes in, shakes things up for the sake of stamping their identity on the outfit, springs new ideas, and puts themselves at the centre of all things. It happens often in TV comedies. Perhaps even more so in real life. If we are to believe what

Ravi Shastri believes having Gautam Gambhir as the new India head coach is “refreshing” because he is “contemporary,” he has “fresh ideas,” and he has the “tools” and “experience” for the job. “He’s contemporary, he just had a great season in the IPL,” Shastri said on Gambhir on the ICC Review. “I think he’s the

Shubman Gill, India’s vice-captain in ODIs and T20Is, has said he aims to improve his performance in the shortest format, as the team begins to build towards defending their T20 World Cup title in 2026. “My performance in T20Is before the World Cup this year wasn’t how I had expected it to be,” Gill said

Samit Dravid, son of former India captain and head coach Rahul Dravid, has bagged his maiden Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 contract with last season’s runner-up Mysuru Warriors at the auction in Bengaluru on Thursday. Dravid, an 18-year old allrounder, was bought at a price of INR 50,000. A medium-pacer and middle-order batter, he was part

Conduct a mega auction only once in five years. Allow teams to retain between four and six players. Give each franchise eight right-to-match (RTM) options. These are some of the significant suggestions franchises have shared with IPL officials during feedback sessions on player retentions ahead of the 2025 auction. The next steps will be discussed

Toss India chose to bat vs Nepal Regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur and allrounder Pooja Vastrakar were rested as India handed an opportunity to spin-bowling allrounder S Sajana and bowling allrounder Arundhati Reddy. India have won both their previous matches in the competition and are all but through to the semi-final. Mandhana said that the team

India made significant gains during the two-and-a-half-year period where Rahul Dravid was their head coach, making the finals of a world event in each of the three formats and winning the T20 crown. Now the focus is on building on those gains and the man leading them forward will be Gautam Gambhir, their new head

The decision to appoint Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain and hand the white-ball vice-captaincy to Shubman Gill was because “the captain should be on the park”, chief selector Ajit Agarkar has explained. In other words, Hardik Pandya‘s struggles with his fitness had worked against him. “Why Surya was made the captain, because he is

Gautam Gambhir, whose stint as the new India head coach will start with the tour of Sri Lanka later this month, has had his share of on-field run-ins with Virat Kohli in the past, but said their equation is “between two mature individuals” and not for public consumption. He also said that the two are

Several other questions, though, remain. ESPNcricinfo has gone behind the scenes to bring you the answers, a day before newly appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir and chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar address India’s pre-departure press conference. Is Ravindra Jadeja now a Test-only player?Jadeja, who announced his T20I retirement after the World Cup, was not named

Esha Oza, the UAE captain, called correctly and elected to bowl in a must-win game against India at the women’s Asia Cup in Dambulla. UAE are looking to bounce back from an opening-day loss to lower-ranked Nepal. Oza announced an unchanged XI while stating the need to restrict India to as low a score as

Shreyanka took a full part in the team’s only game of the tournament so far, against Pakistan on Friday, bowling 3.2 overs and picking up 2 for 14. She was not needed to bat with India wrapping up the win in 14.2 overs and with seven wickets to spare. Tanuja Kanwar, the uncapped 26-year-old left-arm

Former India allrounder Abhishek Nayar and former Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate are set to join India’s support staff as assistant coaches for the upcoming white-ball tour of Sri Lanka. The pair will reunite with newly-appointed India head coach Gautam Gambhir, having recently served as assistant coaches during Kolkata Knight Riders’ run to the IPL

Suryakumar’s first assignment is the three T20Is in Sri Lanka on July 27, 28 and 30, which is also the first assignment of India’s new coach Gautam Gambhir. It’s also seen as the first step towards building for the next T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka in 2026. While Hardik is part of

Both Rohit and Kohli have spent time abroad with their families after the T20 World Cup felicitation event in Mumbai on July 4. There was speculation they would skip the tour of Sri Lanka and only return for the start of the home season in September, but they are now part of the 15-man squad

Fast bowler Harshit Rana, who earned a maiden India call-up for the ODIs against Sri Lanka, has said he owes much of his success to Gautam Gambhir “above everyone else”. Rana, 22, worked with the new India head coach Gambhir at Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) this year and, like Gambhir, made his way up through

How quickly the world can change. Just over two weeks ago, Hardik Pandya had reached the pinnacle of his career. He was arguably the MVP in the final of the T20 World Cup, a tournament he had lit up with bat and ball, and the world’s No. 1 allrounder in T20Is. With Rohit Sharma retiring