After a gripping Test series between India and England, where the hosts emerged victorious by a 3-1 margin and qualified for the World Test Championship final, there's still a limited-overs series to be played between the two sides.
India's KL Rahul has dropped a spot to be at 3rd in the latest ICC T20I Rankings. His captain Virat Kohli is the other batsman alongside him to be at the top ten spot. He is at sixth.
Ahead of their match against England Legends on Tuesday, Tendulkar shared a video of him undergoing a mandatory Covid-19 test on his official Instagram account.
Earlier, Surya's absence from the Indian team, despite an impressive IPL 2020 and consistent shows in IPL 2019 and IPL 2018 as well, raised quite a few eyebrows.
India will have the chance to check their bench strength ahead of the World T20 scheduled later this year in India against an England side that is on top of the charts in terms of rankings and have played some sensational cricket under Morgan.
The 46-year-old said with a strong batting line up and the presence of proven match winners meant that Kohli will have the license to go for the kill.
Former India cricketer VVS Laxman has backed KL Rahul over Shikhar Dhawan as someone who should be opening the batting alongside Rohit Sharma in T20Is.
England wicket-keeper batsman Sam Billings feels the upcoming IPL will be good preparation for the T20 World Cup later this year but conceded that he will get limited game time due to the "phenomenal" competition in the Delhi Capitals' squad. The 29-year-old was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore at the mini-auction last month.
England white-ball vice-captain Jos Buttler feels hosts India, who are strong in every format of the game, are favourites for this year's T20 World Cup. India, who won the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007, will host the tournament in October and November. "Going into World Cups, you probably look at hosts nations one specially as strong as India who are going to be favourites for that tournament," Buttler, in an interaction with British media on Tuesday, said.
It will be a battle of the big-hitters when prodigiously talented openers Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal square off against each other in a semifinal clash between domestic giants Mumbai and heavyweights Karnataka in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day championship here on Thursday. While Padikkal, who smashed four consecutive List A hundreds to become the first Indian to achieve the feat, is the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 673 runs, Shaw is not far behind with 589 runs in his kitty.
Sawhney is under the scanner after an investigation revealed his conduct over the last 12 months as being 'unsavory and against the federation's way of leading its operations.'
Pacer Varun Chakravarthy's failure to clear fitness tests has ruled him out while T Natarajan is racing against time to be battle-ready, making him doubtful for at least the early part of India's five-match T20 series against England starting here on Friday. Chakravarthy has repeatedly failed to clear the fitness test at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru while yorker specialist Natarajan is yet to join the squad here due to an apparent "shoulder niggle".Ahead of their match against England Legends on Tuesday, Tendulkar shared a video of him undergoing a mandatory Covid-19 test on his official Instagram account.
His former county sides Surrey and Warwickshire both confirmed his death. Surrey said the club flag on top of the Oval's pavilion would fly at half mast.
Later in the year, India will host the T20 World Cup, after a gap of five years. Team India and the coaches already have a fair idea as top who all will make it to the team for the blockbuster tournament. India face England in the T20I series next, and batting coach Vikram Rathour is of the opinion that after the series, they will have a clear idea as to who plays the tournament.
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The Asia Cup which will be played in the T20 format, will give India the opportunity to test some of their bench strength ahead of the World T20 later in the year. It will the ideal platform for the likes of Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan and Rahul Tewatia amongst others to make a mark for themselves on the international stage.
On This Day in 1971, India beat the West Indies at Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago to record their first Test win against them in 25 matches. Sunil Gavaskar, who had made his debut in the match, registered a half century in each innings.
India fast bowler T Natarajan, who had an excellent series Down Under against the Aussies, is in doubt for the upcoming T20I series versus England due to a shoulder injury. Speaking to ANI, sources in the National Cricket Academy (NCA) confirmed the development and said that while they are not completely ruling him out, it is surely a race against time.
After the Tests, the focus has now shifted to India-England Test series, and the biggest question that arises here is, home team's playing XI. There are a whole lot of players vying for different spots. At the top of the order, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are the options. Former selector Devang Gandhi feels that Rohit and Rahul would open the batting in the series, while Dhawan will be the reserve opener.
Having called it quits from the game last week, Vinay is currently playing in the Road Safety World Series for India Legends alongside his India and IPL team-mates including Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Md Kaif, Zaheer Khan among others in Raipur.
Sachin Tendukar’s India Legends suffered their first ever defeat but won the hearts in the Unacademy Road Safety World Series T20 despite losing to England Legends at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium on Tuesday.
Former cricketer Zaheer Khan offered prayers at the Goddess Chinmastika temple at Jharkhand's Rajrappa district on Tuesday. The former Indian left arm pace bowler offered prayers with Vedic mantras along with his wife Sagarika Ghatge. The couple spent nearly 30 minutes in the temple.