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News Mahela Jayawardene wants to make sure the allrounder “is completely in a position to come in and bowl” Hardik Pandya, who has a shoulder niggle, could be ready to bowl in the next few weeks, according to the Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene, but the team “don’t want to risk it” in the

Body language, and putting on an act were among the “four points” AB de Villiers discussed with Virat Kohli when the Indian captain made a “special call” after the second T20I against England in Ahmedabad, where he helped India chase down a target with an unbeaten 73. Kohli made the call because of a “lack

News “However, whether the fans can travel across the border to watch matches is still not clear” Pakistan’s cricket players will get visas to compete in the upcoming T20 World Cup in India this October, the BCCI’s apex council has been told by the booard secretary Jay Shah following “government assurances”. Shah spoke to the

News Shubman Gill, Axar Patel and Mohammed Siraj are new entrants, while Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur have earned promotions Wristspinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, who were a crucial part of India’s white-ball plans in the lead-up to the 50-over World Cup in 2019, have suffered demotions in the BCCI’s list of centrally contracted

News Becomes only fourth Pakistan player to attain top ranking, after Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad and Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan captain Babar Azam is now the No.1-ranked ODI batsman, ending India captain Virat Kohli‘s long reign at the top of the charts. Babar’s match-winning 82-ball 94 in the third ODI against South Africa helped him gain

News The franchise is looking at Pollard as their sixth bowling option Hardik Pandya did not bowl in the IPL 2021 opener against the Royal Challengers Bangalore because of his workload management, and Kieron Pollard will be Mumbai Indians’ sixth bowling option, according to their director of cricket operations Zaheer Khan. Hardik’s bowling – or

News Sangakkara’s advice for India’s T20 World Cup hopefuls is to ‘focus on the IPL’ While Rajasthan Royals’ new captain Sanju Samson believes their batting order will see “bit more stability” in IPL 2021, their team director Kumar Sangakkara, however, said they would still want to keep their options open before finalising the first-choice pair

Big picture Eoin Morgan is in his first season as full-time captain of an IPL team. When he takes the field on Sunday in Chennai, he will not just square off against David Warner‘s Sunrisers Hyderabad, but also against Trevor Bayliss, a close confidante who helped Morgan plot England’s white-ball renaissance, which culminated in their

News Women’s support staff and cricket’s inclusion in 2028 Olympics will also come up for discussion India Women’s future tours program and the appointment of their support staff are two of the 14 items on the agenda at a special meeting of the BCCI Apex Council, scheduled for April 16. Just under 11 months out

News The batsman partially dislocated his shoulder during the first ODI against England, ruling him out of the IPL Shreyas Iyer has undergone a scheduled surgery to his left shoulder, which he partially dislocated when he landed awkwardly after putting in a dive in the field during the first ODI of India’s home series against

Preview Big-hitting sides begin the season in slow, turning Chennai Big picture It’s only been five months since the Mumbai Indians won their fifth title in Dubai, and the IPL is back already. It’s back, and it’s back home, but the eerie, not-of-this-world feeling that accompanied the 2020 edition of the tournament will persist, simply

News Also says Ravindra Jadeja is “looking good” at training on return from his thumb injury MS Dhoni is likely to remain part of the Chennai Super Kings set-up at IPL 2022, according to the franchise’s CEO, Kasi Viswanathan. Viswanathan also confirmed that allrounder Ravindra Jadeja, who left India’s tour of Australia early with a

News Former India captain will rest and recuperate while in isolation at home Sachin Tendulkar, who was hospitalised as a precautionary measure after testing positive for COVID-19, was on Thursday discharged and is now recuperating in home isolation in Mumbai. Tendulkar, who will turn 48 this month, confirmed the development through a tweet. “I have

News India batsman initially set to be available for three games but it could be extended Warwickshire have completed the signing of the India batsman Hanuma Vihari as their overseas player, after Pieter Malan, their original choice, ran into difficulties obtaining a visa. Vihari, who has played 12 Tests, including three on India’s victorious tour

News Opening batsman will be available for selection after clearing further fitness tests, in accordance with the SOPs Devdutt Padikkal, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on March 22 and had been quarantining at home since then, has travelled to Chennai and linked up with the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad after returning “negative reports for

News A list of players and support staff who tested positive for Covid-19 at various camps ahead of the 2021 edition The Covid-19 situation in India is getting worse by the day, and the IPL has been affected too, even though the teams are in their biosecure bubbles and precautions of every conceivable kind are

News For now, the ICC plans to ‘go ahead with the event as scheduled’ even as India grapples with a second wave of Covid-19 Geoff Allardice, the interim CEO of the ICC, has said that he expects the upcoming T20 World Cup in India is set to go ahead as planned, but that the governing

News India batsman initially set to be available for first three games but it could be extended Warwickshire are set to sign India batsman Hanuma Vihari as an overseas player after Pieter Malan, their original choice, ran into difficulties obtaining a visa. Vihari, an India Test regular, does not have an IPL deal and is

News The Delhi Capitals’ coach hopes that has changed “because if we can get the best out of him, he could be a superstar player” Ricky Ponting has been witness to Prithvi Shaw‘s fluctuating form from close quarters ever since his appointment as coach of Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils) in 2018. And the Australian’s

News He replaces Ajit Singh, whose term ended on March 31 Shabir Hussein Shekhadam Khandwawala, the former Gujarat director general of police, has taken over from Ajit Singh as the BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit chief. Singh started in the job in April 2018, and his term ended on March 31, but he has confirmed that he

Report Jharkhand crumble from 130 for 5 to 167 all out Railways Women 169 for 3 (Raut 59, Meghana 53) beat Jharkhand Women 167 all out (Roy 49, Rana 3-33, Singh 2-22) by seven wickets Fifties from Punam Raut and Sabbhineni Meghana helped Railways lift the Women’s Senior One Day Trophy, after right-arm pacer Meghna

News Board confident of sticking to schedule despite possibility of lockdown in Maharashtra The BCCI is keeping a close eye on the growing number of Covid-19 cases in India, especially in Mumbai, but remains confident that it will be able to conduct the IPL as scheduled, starting in less than a week’s time. At the

News Allrounder is in the team hotel in Mumbai, in isolation at a designated medical care facility Axar Patel, the Delhi Capitals allrounder, has tested positive for Covid-19. Patel had checked into the team hotel in Mumbai on March 28, armed with a negative Covid-19 report. But he has returned a positive test since, and

News The 37-year old ICC Elite Panel umpire says pressure situations bring the best out of him Umpire Nitin Menon, who officiated in matches across formats in the recently-concluded India-England series, has said that pressure situations bring the best out of him, and feels form matters for umpires as much as it does for players.

News “There was no assistance for spin on the pitch, so I didn’t get the desired results,” said the India wristspinner It has been a forgettable few months for Kuldeep Yadav. After a poor stint at the IPL with Kolkata Knight Riders last year where he played just five matches and picked up only one

News India captain wants administrators to reconsider the schedule considering the bubble life Virat Kohli will join the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad on April 1, two days after the team begins their training camp in Chennai. The Royal Challengers will play their initial set of matches, including the IPL tournament opener on April 9 against

News She is self isolating at home after experiencing mild symptoms Harmanpreet Kaur has tested positive for Covid-19, the update coming after she had experienced mild symptoms and was tested. ESPNcricinfo understands that the India T20I captain experienced a fever for four days before testing positive on Tuesday morning. She is currently self-isolating at home.

News Sachin Tendulkar, Yusuf Pathan, and S Badrinath had earlier tested positive for Covid-19 Irfan Pathan has become the fourth player to test positive for Covid-19 from among those who played in the recently concluded a T20 tournament that pitted former players from India, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, South Africa and Sri Lanka against each

News India’s captain expressed his surprise at the choices for the awards, which went to Sam Curran and Jonny Bairstow respectively India’s seven-run win in the third ODI against England won them the series 2-1 and completed a sweep across formats. India had put up 329 and had England on the ropes at 257 for

Big picture More than seven weeks after England played their first day of cricket in India, it’s time for the finale of the tour. It’s a Sunday afternoon fixture, the ODI series is tied 1-1, and there’s everything to play for. What more do you want? Well, if you’re Virat Kohli, you want more from