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News No warm-up games to acclimatise – India captain says centre-wicket practice and match simulation should do the trick for visitors India are yet to win a Test series in South Africa. But India’s think tank, led by Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli, have in the past got a taste of Test success in the

News Saurashtra, TN, Karnataka advance; Gaikwad, Bharat pile on the runs while Dhawan fails again Ruturaj Gaikwad struck his fourth century in five games but his side, Maharashtra, failed to qualify for the knockout stage of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22. Elsewhere, Puducherry stunned defending champions Mumbai, who finished the tournament with a solitary win from

News Positive cases inside bubble can isolate within hotel room; close contacts can continue to train Immediate contacts of anyone testing positive for covid-19 in the bubble during South-Africa India series will not need to isolate. The person who has tested positive will also not need to leave the bubble, and will be allowed to

News India’s new white-ball captain says the team “couldn’t get that extra inch” to win an ICC trophy after the 2013 Champions Trophy Rohit Sharma enjoyed “each and every moment” that he played under outgoing white-ball captain Virat Kohli, and still continues to do so. In an interaction with bcci.tv, Rohit spoke about how the

News Gujarat opener Priyank Panchal has been added to India’s squad as his replacement Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the Test leg of India’s tour of South Africa with an injury to his left hamstring. The Gujarat opener Priyank Panchal has been drafted into the squad as his replacement. ESPNcricinfo has learned that

News KS Bharat wallops a match-winning 161 for Andhra while Nagaland crash to 48 all out against Tripura Venkatesh Iyer followed scores of 112 and 71 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy this season with a dazzling 151, as Madhya Pradesh won a cliffhanger against Chandigarh by five runs. The blistering knock, which included 10 sixes

News “The selectors felt that they cannot have two white-ball captains in two white-ball formats – that’s too much of leadership” Sourav Ganguly, the BCCI president, has confirmed that the board had requested Virat Kohli to continue as India’s T20I captain, but once he decided to step down, the selectors decided to remove him from

News As white-ball captain, Rohit wants to prepare for the worst, especially in crunch matches Rohit Sharma wants India’s white-ball middle order to prepare for the situations when the side has been reduced to “10 for 3”. During the New Zealand Test series, Rohit was asked on YouTube show Backstage with Boria if he has

News Hanuma Vihari back in senior squad, Wriddhiman Saha named as second wicketkeeper Rohit Sharma has been appointed India’s ODI captain, ending Virat Kohli‘s five-year long white-ball reign. The decision to displace Kohli was taken by the Indian selectors. In a media release on Wednesday, without detailing the reasons, the BCCI only said the selectors

News All three cricketers picked up injuries during the recent home series against New Zealand and could be out of action for a while Injuries to Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill and Axar Patel have forced the Indian selectors to deal with some big questions ahead of the upcoming Test and ODI tour of South Africa.

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