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News Lucknow will host the first T20I now and Dharamsala the next two. The two Tests will be played in Mohali and Bengaluru The BCCI has announced the revised dates and venues for Sri Lanka’s tour of India, which will comprise three T20Is and two Tests. The tour begins with the first T20I in Lucknow

News India’s premier first-class competition returns – in two phases, split by the IPL – after a year’s gap, and features Pujara and Rahane on the first day itself The Ranji Trophy will return to India’s domestic calendar after a year’s gap, because of the Covid-19 situation in the country over the past two years.

News Kuldeep Yadav has been named as his replacement Washington Sundar has been ruled out of India’s three-match T20I series against West Indies, which begins in Kolkata on Wednesday. According to a BCCI release, the spin-bowling allrounder suffered a hamstring strain while fielding during the third ODI in Ahmedabad on Friday. Left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav

News Who was sold to whom, and who didn’t get a bid? The full list of players sold and unsold at the 2022 IPL player auction in Bengaluru. (Conversion rates as follows: USD 1 = INR 75 approx; INR 50 lakh = USD 66,000 approx; INR 1 crore = USD 133,000 approx; INR 10 crore

Report Mithali Raj made a smooth half-century but the rest of India’s line-up ran into some turbulence New Zealand 275 (Bates 106, Satterthwaite 63) beat India 213 (Raj 59, Bhatia 41, Jess Kerr 4-35) by 62 runs An all-round performance helped New Zealand thrash India by 62 runs in the first of the five-match women’s

News Also, ten uncapped players added to auction list on auction eve, including ambidextrous Australian spinner Nivethan Radhakrishnan Deepak Hooda, who made his India debut earlier this week in the ODI series against West Indies, has been moved up the IPL auction ladder having now become a capped player. In the revised auction list, which

News Ruturaj Gaikwad and Deepak Hooda brought in as replacements Rahul sustained an upper left hamstring strain while fielding during the second ODI on Wednesday. The injury also prevented his participation in Friday’s final ODI. Axar is recovering from Covid-19 and is in his “final stage of rehabilitation”, as per a BCCI statement. Axar was

Preview Both sides might be in a dilemma with the potential return of Shikhar Dhawan and Kieron Pollard in their respective XIs Big picture Since the start of the ODI series against South Africa, India have been talking about building a side for the 2023 World Cup. One of their pains in the last couple

News “Today it is even more important to have them around traveling with the team with longer durations of quarantines and bio-bubbles” India’s ODI captain Mithali Raj has stressed on the importance of having a mental health conditioning coach traveling along with the side, especially during the pandemic when the players are put through the

News Mandhana, who missed the one-off T20I, is still at the quarantine facility along with quicks Meghana Singh and Renuka Singh India batter Smriti Mandhana is set to be out for at least the first ODI against New Zealand as ESPNcricinfo understands she is expected to spend another few days at the host nation’s government

News Robin Uthappa not in Kerala squad due to injury, Sanju Samson expected to join once fit Indian Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has opted out of Bengal’s Ranji Trophy squad for “personal reasons”. Saha, who is 37, did not expand on the exact reasons to ESPNcricinfo. It could not be confirmed whether the Indian selectors

News The duo have been under scrutiny because of lack of big scores in Tests of late The experienced duo of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are set to feature in the upcoming Ranji Trophy after being under the scanner in Test cricket for the last couple of years. Pujara was named in Saurashtra’s squad,

When it was time to shine, Raj Bawa sparkled. In the Under-19 World Cup title bout against England. In the 25th over, England were 91 for 7 after electing to bat, and Bawa had four of those wickets. He ended with 5 for 31. “He is very strong mentally, he knows what to do in

News India’s captain stressed that Kuldeep would need to be given time to get back into his groove following his return from knee surgery It’s on Rohit Sharma‘s mind to get Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal “back together”, and whenever that happens, give them time to get into their groove. Rohit, who begins his first

VVS Laxman hailed the “resilience and positive attitude” shown by India’s Under-19 World Cup winners, after they overcame a mid-campaign outbreak of Covid-19 to outclass their battling England opponents in the final, winning by four wickets to lift the trophy for the fifth time in the tournament’s history. “In the middle of this tournament, we

Preview India could bring in wristspinners against a right-handed laden West Indies batting line-up Big picture After Ireland toppled West Indies 2-1 in the ODI series in the Caribbean, Kieron Pollard’s men rallied to beat England 3-2 in the T20I series that followed. This, despite the absence of Shimron Hetmyer, who has been left out

News Tom Prest and Yash Dhull reveal details of inspiring conversations with their seniors ahead of the big match Messages from the players’ senior counterparts have lifted the mood of both camps ahead of Saturday’s Under-19 World Cup final. Virat Kohli interacted with India’s players, while a host of big names – “Joe Root, Eoin

News BCCI president expects the tournament to be “as big and grand a success as men’s IPL” The BCCI is at the final stages of planning for a Women’s IPL, according to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, who has said he strongly believes that the tournament should take off in 2023. “We are at the level

News India’s premier domestic competition returns after year-long hiatus; knockouts to be played post-IPL between May 30 and June 26 The 2022 Ranji Trophy will be held over two phases, between February 10 and June 26, in nine venues across India. The first phase of the tournament – the league stage – will feature 38

News Along with R Sai Kishore, the Tamil Nadu batter has been named as a standby for India’s upcoming series against West Indies Shahrukh Khan, the big-hitting Tamil Nadu batter, has admitted that he will have an eye on the upcoming IPL auction in Bengaluru, even as he has been named one of India’s standbys

Report Target too stiff for Australia as Ostwal, Sindhu and Ravi lead India’s bowling effort India 290 for 5 (Dhull 110, Rasheed 94, Nisbet 2-41) beat Australia 194 all out (Shaw 51, Ostwal 3-42, Sindhu 2-25, Ravi 2-37) by 96 runs For the fourth edition in a row, India are in a U-19 World Cup

News Says he could have “more things to contribute to the team” as a batter Virat Kohli has said that he doesn’t need to be captain of the team to be a leader for India, suggesting that he could contribute more as the side’s batting mainstay. Kohli had stepped down from the Test captaincy earlier

News Ponting reveals conversation he had with Kohli in IPL 2021 when the former India captain wanted to continue leading in Tests Virat Kohli‘s decision to relinquish Test captaincy took nearly everyone in the cricket world by surprise, with Ricky Ponting being more surprised than most because of a conversation the two had during the

“You don’t have to be a captain to lead.” That’s the view of Hardik Pandya, who will lead the Ahmedabad franchise at IPL 2022. Pandya has captained only once at the senior level – in a tour game against Australia in 2017 – but he isn’t bothered about the lack of experience as he has

News Jofra Archer has been listed in the auction but he is unlikely to feature in the 2022 season R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Pat Cummins, Quinton de Kock, Shikhar Dhawan, Faf du Plessis, Shreyas Iyer, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Shami and David Warner. These 10 players will be part of the marquee set that will ring

News Teams to be spread across nine venues: Chennai, Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Bengaluru, Rajkot, Cuttack, Guwahati, Kolkata, Hyderabad. The league phase of the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy is likely to be played between February 16 and March 5. As per the plan devised by BCCI, the 38 teams that take part in the Ranji Trophy are likely

News As per a state government notification issued on Monday, a crowd of around 50,000 can be expected at Eden Gardens The West Bengal government on Monday allowed 75% spectator attendance for the upcoming three-match T20I series against the West Indies to be played at Eden Gardens, beginning February 16. As per a state government

News The pair has played a key role in Tamil Nadu’s emergence as a white-ball force The Tamil Nadu duo of Shahrukh Khan and R Sai Kishore have been drafted into India’s squad as stand-bys for the three T20Is in Kolkata between February 16-20. Both players will therefore be unavailable for the early parts of

Report Defending champions knocked out as India set up semi-final clash against Australia India 117 for 5 (Raghuvanshi 44, Rasheed 26, Dhull 20*, Mondol 4-31) beat Bangladesh 111 all out (Meherob 30, Ravi 3-14, Ostwal 2-25) by five wickets Bangladesh’s hopes of defending their U-19 World Cup title ended in the quarter-final stage as India’s

News Allrounder Nishant Sindhu, who led in Dhull’s absence, has, however, tested positive ahead of the quarter-final against Bangladesh India’s Under-19 allrounder Nishant Sindhu will miss the quarter-final against Bangladesh at the Under-19 World Cup, after testing positive for Covid-19. However, India are set to be led by regular captain Yash Dhull on Saturday after