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.
A strong all-round performance helped India women bounce back from their series-opening defeat against South Africa with a comfortable nine-wicket win in the second ODI here on Tuesday.
One of the most iconic wicketkeepers in Indian cricket, Parthiv Patel is celebrating his 36th birthday today. Several colleagues of Parthiv wished him on this occasion on social media. Here are the few best wishes.
The BCCI is planning to host Semi-finals in Chennai and Bengaluru. The final will be played in Ahmedabad.Virat Kohli is the highest run-getter in T20I cricket history with 2928 runs in 79 innings at a stunning average of 50.48 and strike rate of 138.43 including 25 fifties. He is just 72 runs away from becoming the first batsman to reach 3000 runs in T20I cricket.
The Kiwis will take on England in the first Test on June 2 while the second Test begins on June 10. That will be followed by the all-important World Test Championship final on June 18 in Southampton.
India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has in recent times stuck to playing as a finisher in the national team. While he did bowl in the second ODI against Australia in Sydney in November, the question on everyone’s mind has been whether he will return to bowling consistently any time soon. And if his preparations for the upcoming T20Is against England is anything to go by, he could be hitting the bowling crease against the No.1 ranked T20 side.
Ravichandran Ashwin has been named the Men's player for the month of February by the ICC thanks to his stunning performances against England.Tendulkar-led India Legends next will lock horns with England Legends in their upcoming fixture at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium on March 9.
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Experienced pacer Jhulan Goswami snapped four wickets as India women gave a better account of themselves by dismissing South Africa for 157 in the second ODI of the five-match series in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes has revealed that he and his teammates endured sudden weight loss during the fourth and final Test against India in Ahmedabad after a stomach illness hit the tourists before the match.
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Australia were fined four points for being two overs behind in the second Test of the four-match series against India at the MCG which eventually cost them a place in the WTC final in England.
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer had come up with a witty meme when Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma and Mohammad Siraj got out in a jiffy, to deny Washington Sundar his maiden Test ton.
On This Day in 1998, Sachin Tendulkar produced one of his best Test hundreds hammering 155 off just 191 deliveries taking apart the likes of Warne and co. in the series opener against Australia in Chennai.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss the one-day series against Bangladesh with an elbow problem, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said on Tuesday. Williamson, who led the 'Black Caps' to a 3-2 T20 series win over Australia on Sunday, has a small tear in his left elbow tendon and had been "experiencing irritation" in the latter half of the summer, NZC said in a statement.Catch all the live updates from the 2nd ODI between India women and South Africa women through our commentary
As the BCCI announced the schedule for IPL 2021 on March 7, there are a few associations that are not happy with the venue selection. This year, due to Covid, the entire tournament will be held in six venues only namely Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata. Also to eliminate the home advantage the BCCI has decided to get rid of home games.
The BCCI has announced that no crowds will be allowed at the venues -- Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad -- where the matches will be played with no home games for any franchise.Zack Snyder’s Justice League is now just over a week away from finally debuting on our screens. Diehard DCEU fans have been campaigning to get the director’s cut of the superhero team-up flick released for almost three and a half years, but the moment is almost about to arrive. And, for a few lucky, unsuspecting people, it already has.
In surprising news, some HBO Max users have accidentally found that they can stream the movie 10 days early. As is being shared on social media by various folks, a select number of subscribers have been trying to watch the new Tom & Jerry film on HBO Max this Monday, March 8th and have instead found that Snyder’s four-hour epic starts playing instead.
Here’s a pic and a video which provide proof of the bizarre glitch:
Fired up ‘Tom & Jerry’ on HBO Max… and the #SnyderCut started to play… pic.twitter.com/myhq7iC0bY
— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) March 8, 2021
@hbomax I'm trying to watch Tom & Jerry but instead it's playing the Synder Cut
I doubt this is how Tom & Jerry starts off pic.twitter.com/RnkmFBR728
— leirbag (@gbral_) March 8, 2021
If you’re already a HBO Max subscriber, you may want to go check out Tom & Jerry right now and see if you’re one of the accounts that’s encountering this surprising leak. That said, the issue will likely be swiftly sorted out. Unless this is some kind of ingenious marketing strategy to drum up even more hype for the movie, that is.
Apart from those chosen few who’ve been able to check it out early, the rest of us have to wait until next Thursday, with Warner Bros. in the midst of a final viral marketing push for the Snyder Cut. New promos are dropping daily, with a current series showcasing a different member of the League each time, not to mention a teaser focusing on the movie’s villains that came out today. Even after all the footage we’ve already seen, there are hours and hours we’ve yet to get a glimpse at still to come.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League lands on HBO Max – at least, officially – on March 18th.
