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News Lack of familiarity with England T20 role plays part in underwhelming display There can be no worse sound for a bowler than the blare of the no-ball klaxon, not least when you are under the pump, defending an under-par total with a set Virat Kohli on strike. For Ben Stokes, it was a brutal

Report India dropped Jemimah Rodrigues, which meant a first opportunity in the series for opener Priya Punia South Africa opted to bowl vs India Win-toss and bowl seems to be the mantra for the captains this series. It was no different on Sunday as Laura Woolvardt, filling in for the unwell Sune Luus for a

In a semi-final that had the tournament’s top three run-getters all playing in the same game, Prithvi Shaw‘s blazing century won the day for Mumbai against Karnataka. Shaw, captaining Mumbai for only the third time, made 165 off 122 balls, incredibly enough, his lowest score as captain. In his first match leading Mumbai, he had

News “I told myself all this talent is fine but it’s of no use if I don’t work hard.” Prithvi Shaw has amassed 754 runs for Mumbai in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy – including four centuries in seven innings – at an average of 188.50. His runs, which have come at the staggering strike

Report Mark Wood made it to England XI along with Chris Jordan, but Tom Curran missed out Toss England chose to bowl vs India England captain Eoin Morgan opted to chase in the T20I series opener against India in Ahmedabad, citing the dew factor. His opposite number Virat Kohli was wary of the dew, too,

News Says India need to address the “lack of execution of the shots” they played India’s batsmen “weren’t aware enough of what we had to do on that kind of pitch,” Virat Kohli has said after the hosts managed a below-par 124 for 7 in their eight-wicket drubbing against England in the opening T20I in

News England’s Charlotte Edwards is the only other batter to have reached the milestone Mithali Raj has become the first Indian batter, and only the second overall, to score 10,000 runs in women’s international cricket. Raj went past the mark during her innings of 36 in the third ODI against South Africa on Friday, getting

News “We want to be a side that plays free cricket, not have any baggage of lack of [batting] depth” India are set to embrace a more dynamic approach to their T20I batting, which has tended in the past to blend caution with aggression. The main ingredient that prevented India from being more aggressive in

News India’s captain was reacting to Varun Chakravarthy and Rahul Tewatia failing their fitness tests Fitness cannot be “compromised”. That is the firm message India captain Virat Kohli has sent to the players who recently failed to clear to the fitness tests put in place by BCCI to be eligible for selection to the national

News Pacer undergoing rehab at NCA, yet to link up with T20I squad T Natarajan may not feature in the T20I series opener against England on March 12 in Ahmedabad. ESPNcricinfo understands Natarajan is currently at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for his rehabilitation. The NCA is understood to have told the team management

News India’s players had a lot to celebrate with the latest update in the ICC rankings The rise of Rishabh Pant continues. He has now secured the highest points tally (747) by any Indian wicketkeeper on the ICC Test batting rankings. That puts him at the joint-seventh place, along with team-mate Rohit Sharma and New

Rohit Sharma feels it’s important for Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan to relax and enjoy being part of the Indian team rather than thinking too much and putting themselves under pressure ahead of the T20I series against England, which kicks off on March 12 in Ahmedabad. For both Yadav and Kishan, it’s their first call-up

News Buttler has remodelled his thinking after watching other players What should be at the forefront of a batsman’s mind during a T20 run chase? Conventional wisdom would suggest that the answer is the required run-rate, but for the world’s best players, that might not be the case anymore. Instead, batsmen are now thinking in

News Rahul Chahar likely to be replacement, while status of Rahul Tewatia – who had also failed fitness tests – is unclear Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy is set to miss India’s five-match T20I series against England that will take place from March 12 to 20. Chakravarthy is understood to have failed to clear the mandatory

Gujarat and Karnataka became the first teams to qualify for the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21 semi-finals, with convincing wins against Andhra and Kerala respectively on Monday. Both victories were fashioned by opening batsmen. While Priyank Panchal made 134 off 131 to power Gujarat to 299 for 7, Karnataka’s opening duo of R Samarth and Devdutt

News BCCI president says that opening up venues to crowds will be “bit of a risk” Will the entire 2021 IPL be played behind closed doors? BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has hinted that the option cannot be ruled out, saying allowing crowds into the venues could pose a potential “risk”, something a “huge” tournament like

News Says on-site hotel made the Ageas Bowl more viable than Lord’s, praises Dravid for India’s bench strength BCCI president Sourav Ganguly revealed on Monday that the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand will be held in Southampton in June. The match is scheduled from June 18 to 22. When the ICC

News “I told Sachin that if both of you and Dravid do not want to lead the side, how will we go about things?” Former BCCI president Sharad Pawar has said that Sachin Tendulkar had suggested MS Dhoni‘s name for India’s captaincy in 2007, when the board was running out of options. Pawar, who was

News “To create that rhythm again we would definitely need some time,” ODI vice-captain says Harmanpreet Kaur, the India ODI vice-captain, has admitted that the lack of any opportunities to “spend some time in the field” as “a unit” since the T20 World Cup in March last year, especially in the lead-up to the South

India completed two landmark series wins on the trot when they won by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth Test against England in Ahmedabad, having come from behind to first beat Australia away and then England at home. The wins, by 2-1 and 3-1 margins respectively, came with India having to battle a

News The tournament will be played behind closed doors “to begin with”, and all games will be at neutral venues during the league phase IPL 2021 will be played in India from April 9, across six cities: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. All games will be at neutral venues, and the tournament will

News Says Pant’s hundred ‘best counterattacking innings I’ve seen’ and pays rich tribute to curators India head coach Ravi Shastri was at his expressive best after India completed a 3-1 series win against England, saying his team had been like “zombies” during the first Test and needed a “kick in the backside” to overturn the

News “Our bench strength has been as strong as it has ever been. That’s a great sign for Indian cricket” The 3-1 victory against England was Virat Kohli‘s 10th series win in a row at home as India captain. It extended India’s dominance at home to 13 straight series wins with their last home defeat

Report Join us for updates, analysis and colour from the third day of the fourth Test Welcome to day two of our live report of the fourth India-England Test from Ahmedabad. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please

News Centurion says his plan was to play his shots after assessing the pitch India faced a first-innings deficit in the fourth Test, slumping to 146 for 6 in reply to England’s 205, but Rishabh Pant powered them to a sizeable lead with his maiden century at home, saying he wanted to play his shots

Welcome to day two of our live report of the fourth India-England Test from Ahmedabad. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local Alan Gardner is a deputy

News A similar training camp ahead of last year’s IPL had resulted in a slew of people testing positive for Covid-19 MS Dhoni has landed in Chennai. That means the Chennai Super Kings are back in town ahead of IPL 2021. Dhoni reached Chennai on Wednesday evening for the Super Kings preparatory camp, which is

News Although multiple cities earmarked, key decision on final venues yet to be announced Even as teams start to prepare for the tournament, the IPL has not yet announced the dates as well as the venue for the event. Concerned officials have pointed out that a final decision is set to be taken at an

Big picture It would be tempting to place the Ahmedabad pitch and the ball on centre stage, given that both stole the critics’ attention after the two-nights-only performance that was the third Test. But then, that would be akin to allowing some wonky scenery to distract from the actors and there’s so much more at

Virat Kohli remains adamant in his view that there was little wrong with the pitch for the pink-ball Test in Ahmedabad, and that the game ended in two days because of poor batting. On the eve of the fourth Test – which will be played at the same venue but with the red ball in