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News The three had spent the last nine days in a managed isolation facility in Colombo Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal and K Gowtham have returned to India after returning negative Covid-19 tests in Colombo, where they had to stay back at the end of India’s limited-overs tour last month following positive tests for the virus.

India 278 and 52 for 1 (Rahul 26, Rohit 12*) need another 157 runs to beat England 183 and 303 (Root 109, Curran 32, Bumrah 5-64, Thakur 2-37) Joe Root and Jasprit Bumrah combined on the fourth day to set up a grandstand finish for the Trent Bridge Test, the series opener. Having fallen behind

News Oman haven’t played a competitive game since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 Oman have expressed interest to host Mumbai for a series of T20 matches in the second half of August as part of their preparation for the T20 World Cup, which they are co-hosting with the UAE in October-November.

News Seamer making headlines for the right reasons with maiden Test five-wicket haul Whatever happens over the next couple of days of this intriguing Test, England can take heart in the emergence of a cricketer who should serve them well for the next four or five years. But for England’s poor fielding – and we’ll

Report Get your dose of analysis, stats and colour from Trent Bridge on ESPNcricinfo’s live blog The Trent Bridge Test between England and India is back in the balance. Which way will it swing? Follow ESPNcricinfo’s live updates to find out (Please refresh the page for the latest). Also, follow ball-by-ball commentary here and our

India 125 for 4 (Rahul 57*, Sharma 36, Anderson 2-15) trail England 183 (Root 64, Bumrah 4-46, Shami 3-28) by 58 runs A man not supposed to be looked at as an opener anymore stepped in at the last moment to replace a concussed good friend of his, scored an unbeaten fifty in trying conditions,

Report Get your dose of analysis, stats and colour from Trent Bridge on ESPNcricinfo’s live blog India’s bowlers performed admirably to give them the advantage against England on day one. Can their batters push it home? Follow ESPNcricinfo’s live updates to find out (Please refresh the page to get the latest). Click here for ball-by-ball

News But batting coach refuses to make excuses for first-innings 183 all out Marcus Trescothick has admitted that England “probably [did] not” have appropriate preparation before heading into the first Test of the LV= Insurance series against India at Trent Bridge. England were dismissed for just 183 on Wednesday, with only Joe Root reaching 30.

Are you ready? It’s time for Test cricket to take centre stage again as India and England come together for the first of a five-match series at Trent Bridge. What does day one have in store? Perhaps a Virat Kohli century? Or a James Anderson five-for? A Cheteshwar Pujara masterclass? Or a Stuart Broad demolition

News “It all boils down to execution in crunch moments,” says India captain Having spent two months in the UK, India are “definitely better prepared” for the five-Test series in England, but Virat Kohli believes the visitors cannot cross the line if they don’t find a way to execute their plans in “situations which are

News Several batters haven’t batted in a first-class match for months You would never have known there was a Test scheduled for Trent Bridge as you walked to the ground from the station the day before the series. You would know there was a new tournament where ‘every ball matters,’ of course. And you might

Preview It’s a battle of two top fast bowling attacks as both teams mull over top-order combinations Big Picture It’s funny to think that a series of this magnitude – with these teams and these players – has flown under the radar over the last month. Relatively speaking. Trent Bridge was doused in the Hundred’s

News The batter was hit on the head by a Siraj bouncer at the nets two days before the match India opener Mayank Agarwal will miss the Trent Bridge Test with concussion after he was hit in the head by a Mohammed Siraj bouncer in the nets two days before the match. The incident occurred

News The basis of the BCCI’s complaint seems to centre around the status of Kashmir as disputed territory The BCCI has written to the ICC urging it to not recognise the Kashmir Premier League (KPL), the Pakistan domestic T20 tournament which is due to begin on August 6. On Saturday, the PCB expressed its unhappiness

News Coach credits inexperienced players for “spirit” and “enthusiasm” throughout 45 days in bio-bubble After a seven-wicket thrashing in the third T20I which ended in a series loss for a severely-depleted India XI, India coach Rahul Dravid felt that all that was needed was for the young batters to adapt to tougher pitches, also pointing

News The Pakistan board has expressed displeasure at reports that its Indian counterpart is trying to prevent players from joining the tournament The PCB has expressed its displeasure over reports that the BCCI called ICC Full Members in a bid to prevent retired players from those countries from appearing in the Kashmir Premier League (KPL),

News Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav cleared to fly to England directly from Sri Lanka Senior legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal and spin-bowling allrounder K Gowtham have both tested positive for Covid-19 while on tour in Sri Lanka. The two were part of the group of eight players who had earlier been identified as immediate contacts of

Tamil Nadu won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy under Venkataramana’s predecessor D Vasu © NurPhoto/Getty Images M Venkataramana, the former India and Tamil Nadu offspinner, has been roped in as the state side’s new coach ahead of the 2021-22 domestic season, which sees the return of the Ranji Trophy. Venkataramana takes over from D Vasu,

News The owners of the Rajasthan Royals have bought a majority stake in the CPL franchise The IPL footprint in the CPL has expanded further with the owners of the Rajasthan Royals buying a majority stake in the Barbados Tridents, which will now be known as the Barbados Royals. The Royals Sports Group are the

News It is unclear yet if the two UK-bound players – Shaw and Suryakumar – will come back to India or fly directly to UK The Indian cricket contingent left the Sri Lankan shores on Friday after completing a six-match white-ball series but allrounder Krunal Pandya remained in mandatory isolation to recover from Covid-19. However,

Report For Sri Lanka, Pathum Nissanka has replaced Isuru Udana in the XI India chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Right-arm seamer Sandeep Warrier, who came on tour as a net bowler, makes his T20I debut for India because of an injury to Navdeep Saini. This means they are even more depleted than they were

Vinay Kumar will work closely with the Mumbai Indians management and coaching staff © BCCI Former India pacer Vinay Kumar has been appointed talent scout of the reigning IPL champions Mumbai Indians. Kumar will join former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel in the role. Kumar played one Test match, 31 ODIs and nine T20Is before announcing his

News Pandey, Gowtham, Kishan and Deepak Chahar also ruled out of Sri Lanka T20Is Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, K Gowtham, and Deepak Chahar are the eight players identified as close contacts of Krunal Pandya, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Although all eight have tested negative

News He hasn’t played much red-ball cricket of late, but finds himself in the mix for a go in the England series KL Rahul made the last of his five Test hundreds at The Oval in September 2018. He had managed just 150 runs in nine innings on that tour prior to that innings, and

News None of them, however, will travel to the ground for the last two matches of the series All the eight people identified as the immediate contacts of India allrounder Krunal Pandya have tested negative for Covid-19 in the fresh round of RT-PCR tests carried out on Tuesday. ESPNcricinfo understands the group of eight, whose

News Eight close contacts of the allrounder, all from the Indian contingent, are in isolation Krunal Pandya has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the second T20I between Sri Lanka and India, scheduled for Tuesday evening, to be pushed back by a day. Pandya’s positive test result came not too long before the scheduled start of

Preview It is not yet clear if Shaw and Suryakumar will be available for the second T20I Big picture Sri Lanka have lost 13 of their last 14 completed matches. Athough this is not India’s main team, they are more experienced in the format than Sri Lanka, and won comfortably on Sunday. So how do

News Thirty-one matches will be played across 27 days with Dubai hosting the final on October 15 The remainder of IPL 2021 in the UAE will resume in Dubai on September 19 with MS Dhoni‘s Chennai Super Kings taking on Rohit Sharma‘s Mumbai Indians. The fixtures were unveiled on Sunday, with a total of 31

News They have been picked as replacements for the injured trio of Shubman Gill, Avesh Khan and Washington Sundar Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are set to join the India Test squad in England for the five-match Pataudi Trophy. It is learned that both Shaw and Yadav, who are currently playing the T20I series in

News He has made use of all chances at international level and wants to improve at getting deep in the innings Suryakumar Yadav is only five-innings-old in international cricket. You wouldn’t know that, looking at him bat in any of those games. He’s looked nerve-less, decisive and crisp in his stroke-play, calm and confident in