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News Coach cites short turnaround time and hectic scheduling as key factor in their call New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has decided to skip the three T20 internationals against India to focus on the upcoming Test series that signals the start of the new World Test championship cycle. “We decided through talking with Kane

Preview NZ will be without Williamson, Boult, Conway and Ferguson, while India ponder on sixth batter Big Picture On a shortlist of things you would least like to do after losing a World Cup final to a traditional rival would be turning up in a different time zone a mere three days later to play

News Taking care of their physical and mental well-being also one of the priorities for new leadership group Instilling “confidence” and “faith” in players and taking care of their’ “physical and mental well-being” in the wake of a packed schedule in relentless bio-bubbles are among the main objectives of India’s new T20I captain Rohit Sharma

News Odisha denied by umpiring gaffe, Hyderabad and Rajasthan keep all-win records A hat-trick, a four-over return without giving up a run, a controversial boundary call that rescued the defending champions and scintillating performances from IPL stars were among the many highlights from the group stages of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, India’s domestic T20

News Kotak, Bahutule part of India A coaching staff for South Africa tour Former India batter VVS Laxman has accepted the BCCI offer to take charge as director of cricket at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Laxman accepted the NCA position over the weekend. He has also informed Sunrisers Hyderabad

News The bilateral series kicks off on February 9 and ends on February 24, with the Women’s ODI World Cup starting on March 4 in Mount Maunganui India will play a six-match bilateral series comprising a T20I and five ODIs in February on their tour of New Zealand, before the two teams join six other

News Virat Kohli will miss the first Test, meanwhile, and return to lead the side in the second Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah will not be part of the Test series against New Zealand  Getty Images India will be without Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami when they take the

News Sending him to South Africa with India A will help him acclimatise before the Test team’s visit, when they are likelier to need a sixth specialist batter Hanuma Vihari last played for India on one leg. He fought excruciating pain from a hamstring tear to help India save the Sydney Test in January this

News Bowling coach also thinks a small break after the 2021 IPL might have helped refresh a team that has been on the road for six months Although he admitted that India have not performed to potential, bowling coach Bharat Arun is of the opinion that the toss has played too big a role at

News “It’s unfortunate we are out of this tournament but that takes nothing away from this great side.” For the first time since 2012, India will bow out of an ICC tournament before the semi-final stage. White-ball cricket aside, India have also managed sustained success in Tests, with back-to-back series wins in Australia and a

News The squad is without a number of first-choice players including Kohli, Bumrah, Jadeja and Shami Rohit Sharma will captain India in their first T20I series following Virat Kohli’s stepping down from the captaincy in the shortest format. It is not yet known if Rohit will be given the role permanently – for now, the

Report Rohit sealed a small chase with a fifty, after Jadeja and Ashwin took three wickets apiece India 136 for 1 (Rohit 56, Rahul 54*) beat Namibia 132 for 8 (Wiese 26, Ashwin 3-20, Jadeja 3-16) by nine wickets India signed off from the T20 World Cup on a winning note after restricting Namibia to

Ravi Shastri signed off from his four-and-a-half-year tenure as India’s men’s head coach as an “emotional, but a very proud man”, labelling his side “one of the great cricket teams in the history of the game” and underlining the toll that non-stop touring in biosecure conditions had taken on him and his players. Since his

News Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri tip the multiple-time IPL winner to take the reins as they sign off India’s selectors have not yet sat down with new coach Rahul Dravid to decide who the next T20I captain should be but the outgoing captain and coach have made an endorsement for Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli

News If he takes up the job, Laxman will have to give up the role of Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor, as well as that of commentator and analyst The BCCI is looking at VVS Laxman as its favoured candidate to head the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore, following Rahul Dravid‘s elevation as head coach of

News India’s outgoing bowling coach looks back at his stint Bharat Arun is set to bow out as India’s bowling coach when the team’s T20 World Cup campaign ends on Monday, and he reckons India’s success in overseas Tests over the last two years has been the highlight of his work with the team. The

Big picture So a dead rubber it is, for India. Both groups in the Super 12s came down to hitting the eight-points mark eventually and India’s losses in the first two games had made their early exit all but a foregone conclusion. The last day of the group stage will, therefore, be the last day

Living in the present, embracing challenges, understanding circumstances, preparing to perform at short notice, completing circles of life and understanding life patterns. R Ashwin could’ve been mistaken for a motivational speaker, but he was merely echoing his thought processes and how he’s approaching his cricket and life at 35. On Wednesday, against Afghanistan, Ashwin was

Fantasy Tips Fantasy tips for the T20 World Cup game between India and Scotland Match 37: India vs Scotland, Dubai Fantasy XI: Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli, George Munsey, Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Jasprit Bumrah, Mark Watt, Mohammad Shami, R Ashwin He is the leading run scorer in Dubai since 2020, with

Report Rahul and Rohit killed the game off in a ridiculous hurry, helping chase down the target with 13.3 overs to spare India 89 for 2 (Rahul 50, Rohit 30) beat Scotland 85 all out (Munsey 24, Jadeja 3-15, Shami 3-15) by eight wickets India outclassed Scotland and in doing so also bolstered their hopes

News Sinha was a father figure in Delhi’s famous Sonnet Cricket Club, which has produced some of the country’s finest international and domestic cricketers Tarak Sinha, the renowned coach from Delhi’s famous Sonnet Cricket Club, has died on Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. Sinha was 71. He was unmarried and is survived by his

News Trio of Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and Varun Chakravarthy help blow Scotland away Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and Varun Chakravarthy are all featuring in an India XI for the first time ever. India need to win big against Scotland to survive at the T20 World Cup. The spin trio deliver that big win on

News India have the advantage of playing the last Group 2 game, and will know the NRR calculations at play. But for that NZ need to first lose India’s thrashing of Scotland, with an unbelievable 81 balls to spare, means India are well and truly in the hunt for a top-two finish in the group.

News The match was originally set to be held in Johannesburg but was moved out due to strict biobubble rules in the city India’s first Test assignment of 2022 will be held in Cape Town against South Africa, after CSA confirmed that the upcoming New Year’s Test between the two teams will be moved away

Big picture Royal Challengers Bangalore need to win their next two and hope Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by a certain margin, and then… Rings a bell? It should. For Virat Kohli at least. Used to dealing with a lot of those in the IPL, he and his Indian team have had to

News The two had asked to be left out because of bubble fatigue; Williamson-led squad has five spin options Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme have opted out of New Zealand’s two-Test tour of India, while Mumbai-born Ajaz Patel is set to lead the spin attack with William Somerville and Mitchell Santner for company. The

News “it’s a great platform and I always wanted to play there,” says former India batter Unmukt Chand has signed on to play the upcoming Big Bash League season for the Melbourne Renegades. The 28-year old becomes the first Indian male to play in the tournament. “I’ve loved watching the Big Bash and players around

News Need to protect net run-rate became key ahead of clash with New Zealand After losing a flurry of early wickets in a steep chase of 211 against India, Afghanistan had to veer away from their original approach and protect their net run-rate, ahead of what could be a virtual quarter-final against New Zealand this

India 210 for 2 (Rohit 74, Rahul 69) beat Afghanistan 144 for 7 (Janat 42*, Nabi 35, Shami 3-32, Ashwin 2-14) by 66 runs In the 2007 50-over World Cup, India followed up their crushing loss in their opening game to Bangladesh with a total blowout of Bermuda with a score of 413, the highest

News “If I get that job, there’ll be a lot of work to be done. We will take it as it goes.” Vikram Rathour, India’s incumbent batting coach, has revealed that he has reapplied for the role. The former India and Punjab wicketkeeper-batter was originally appointed to the post in 2019, for a period of