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News India wicketkeeper is being monitored for symptoms of concussion India wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan underwent a precautionary CT scan, as advised by the team’s medical staff, after he copped a blow on the helmet during the second T20I in Dharamsala. He was subsequently kept under observation for concussion at a hospital in Kangra. The incident

News Mayank Agarwal has been drafted into the squad for the last two T20Is Opening batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has been ruled out of India’s ongoing T20I series against Sri Lanka because of a wrist injury, and Mayank Agarwal has replaced him in the squad for the remaining two matches. Gaikwad had been ruled out of

News Most of the Indian cricketers are expected to join their IPL teams after the second Test in a bubble-to-bubble transfer The second India vs Sri Lanka Test, a day-nighter in Bengaluru, will have crowd attendance at 50% capacity, but the first Test, in Mohali, which is also likely to be Virat Kohli‘s 100th, will

News “I definitely know my playing composition for the first couple of games and I look forward to giving game time to all the core players during the warm-ups” India’s build-up to the women’s ODI World Cup has been far from ideal, as they lost a five-match series 4-1 in New Zealand, where the marquee

Preview SL’s batting line-up could be bolstered after new squad members were added Big picture With both India and Sri Lanka missing many of their first-choice players, it was going to be a battle of bench strengths. Few countries enjoy the depth India have and that was evident during the first T20I in Lucknow. The

News Both players suffered injuries on the field during the third T20I against West Indies Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav will miss the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka. Both suffered injuries on the field during the third T20I series against West Indies in Kolkata. They will both now be recovering at the National Cricket

News The tournament will begin on March 26 and run until the end of May IPL 2022 will begin on March 26 and run until the end of May. The schedule was drawn up on Thursday by the IPL Governing Council, who also decided that the league phase of the tournament would be restricted to

Report In their final international before the Women’s World Cup starting next week, India managed to shake off their run of losses on New Zealand soil India 252 for 4 (Mandhana 71, Harmanpreet 63, Raj 54*, Jensen 1-29) beat New Zealand 251 for 9 (Kerr 66, Rana 2-40, Deepti 2-42, Gayakwad 2-61) by six wickets

News “We’ve already seen a lot of injuries within our squad so we have got to be careful with what we do with individuals and how we rotate them” When Virat Kohli announced his resignation as India’s Test captain, the most straightforward choice was to hand over all three formats to Rohit Sharma. Rohit’s place

Big picture Look, let’s be real. It’s been a while since Sri Lanka were on India’s level in limited-overs cricket. In the last T20I series between these teams, Sri Lanka did pull out two victories to claim the trophy in Colombo, but both those wins came after no fewer than seven players of an already

News “You need that kind of shot-making ability” at the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year, says the India captain “That guy has got talent, man.” “I mean whenever we have seen him bat, he has just produced an innings where everyone goes over the moon watching that innings. He has got the

News “We are pretty clear with the balance and combination we want. We are just structuring the team around it and balancing individual workloads as well.” The glimpses of flexibility you saw in India’s batting order and approach against West Indies was no coincidence. It is something that has often been spoken about, both in

News His appointment follows the franchise not renewing the contracts of former Indian pairing of Mohammad Kaif and Ajay Ratra Former India fast bowler Ajit Agarkar is set to join Delhi Capitals as an assistant coach. ESPNcricinfo understands Agarkar will perform various roles while acting as one of the deputies to head coach Ricky Ponting

Report Brooke Halliday out for being close Covid-19 contact; Lea Tahuhu, Maddy Green and Fran Jonas also unavailable to play Toss India chose to bowl vs New Zealand Rain delayed the toss at the John Davies Oval by nearly five hours, before India chose to bowl under cloudy skies in a match reduced to a

News The batter played six ODIs and 16 T20Is for India Women VR Vanitha, the batter who played six ODIs and 16 T20Is for India Women from 2014 to 2016, has retired from all forms of cricket. The 31-year-old made her announcement via Twitter, thanking the family members, friends, mentors and team-mates – including India

News On Saturday, Saha had posted a tweet which alleged that a “respected” journalist took an aggressive tone with him The BCCI will ask wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha to explain a tweet he posted on Saturday, which alleged that a journalist took an aggressive tone with him after Saha did not respond to a request for

News Australia remain in sixth place despite their 4-1 win over Sri Lanka India’s 3-0 series sweep over West Indies at home over the past week has taken Rohit Sharma‘s side to No. 1 on the ICC T20I team rankings. India went past England to the top spot, with Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa

News “The easiest thing for me is to not have these conversations but that’s not who I am,” says India coach Wriddhiman Saha “deserved honesty and clarity”, and a chat about him potentially not being picked in India’s Test team going forward came from Rahul Dravid‘s “deep respect for Saha and his achievements and contributions

Chetan Sharma, the chairman of India’s selection committee, said he had told all four of the players dropped “immediately after the South Africa series” that they won’t be considered “just for these two Tests”. Chetan also said that he requested them to play in the Ranji Trophy so that the selectors know where their game

Report He came in at 162 for 5 and ensured a first-innings lead despite Delhi having piled on 452 After causing a stir at the IPL mega auction last weekend on the back of his white-ball heroics, Tamil Nadu’s M Shahrukh Khan made another splash this weekend, clattering an 89-ball century in the Ranji Trophy

News Abdul Samad and Shahrukh Khan also score tons for their respective teams; Pujara out for a four-ball duck as Saurashtra struggle Hanuma Vihari followed up a first-innings half-century with a second-innings 106, as Hyderabad put themselves in a strong position to gain an outright victory over Chandigarh on the third day of the first

News Jasprit Bumrah named vice-captain; Shardul Thakur rested for both Test and T20I series Ravindra Jadeja and Sanju Samson have returned to India’s squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, which begins in Lucknow on February 24. Both Jadeja and Samson have recovered sufficiently from injuries while Shardul Thakur has been rested

News BCCI secretary says a final decision will be taken later based on both the men’s and women’s teams existing commitments Cricket will make a comeback at the Asian Games in Hangzhou later this year but India, the game’s financial engine, is unlikely to field teams owing to existing commitments. Few expected India’s men’s team

News Former India captain wants Mandhana to be the next ODI captain, suggests “a little rap on the knuckle” for Shafali Verma Diana Edulji feels Harmanpreet Kaur “can’t survive in the [Indian] team” on the memories of the 171 not out in 115 balls she scored in the 2017 ODI World Cup semi-final against Australia,

Report Sophie Devine was back to leading the hosts, who played Frankie Mackay, Lauren Down, Hannah Rowe and Lea Tahuhu Toss New Zealand opt to bowl vs India New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and inserted India in to bat in the third ODI at the John Davies Oval in Queenstown. While the

Report The duo rescued Mumbai from 44 for 3 in Ahmedabad Choosing to bat, Mumbai were also boosted by Sarfaraz Khan‘s unbeaten 121 off 219 balls on the first day of their Elite Group D match. The focus was, however, firmly on Rahane who ended the day on an unbeaten 108 from 250 deliveries. Rahane,

News India’s Under-19 World Cup-winning captain has been on the rise, also earning an IPL deal with Delhi Capitals last week Yash Dhull, the captain of the 2022 World Cup-winning India Under-19 team, has hit a century on first-class debut, against the powerful Tamil Nadu at Guwahati’s Barsapara Cricket Stadium, on the first day of

News Returning from maternity leave, the captain says their aim at the World Cup is to reach the semi-finals She is well aware of the pressure of playing against arch-rivals India in the Women’s ODI World Cup opener next month but Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof hopes that the marquee match will inspire girls across the

News Meghna Singh is also slated to leave New Zealand’s MIQ on Tuesday India opener Smriti Mandhana announced on Instagram on Tuesday that she has completed her quarantine and is out of the New Zealand government’s Mandatory Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facility. Once declared fit after joining the India squad, she should be available for

News For the Indian team, the players must be ready to play roles different to what they have done for their IPL franchises, India captain says “Experimentation is over-rated.” That was Rohit Sharma, the India captain, responding to whether the team will look to give the fringe players a go in the upcoming three T20I