India's premier fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will test his match fitness by playing the third ODI against England on February 12 in Ahmedabad. India's selectors and the team management are hopeful the plan works out so that Bumrah is ready to play the Champions Trophy.Bumrah was named in...
There were injury concerns over both Bumrah and Kuldeep ahead of the selection on Saturday, with Kuldeep not having played any competitive cricket since his hernia surgery in November, while Bumrah had suffered a stress-related injury during the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Kuldeep has been building...
Jasprit Bumrah, India's stand-in captain, expressed disappointment at not being able to have a crack at Australia on what he described as "the spiciest wicket of the series" in Sydney.Bumrah didn't bowl in India's defence of 162 following back spasms that flared up during play on Saturday. Bumrah...
The BCCI has sent a ten-point guideline document to India's contracted men's players in a bid to "promote discipline, unity and a positive team environment". It is an unprecedented response to a run of poor Test results and comes with a warning that "non-compliance" could result not just...
The Indians celebrated Usman Khawaja's wicket forcefully in Konstas' direction after he had exchanged words with Bumrah, and Australia coach Andrew McDonald called out their behaviour towards the 19-year-old, while adding the ICC had set a benchmark for what is acceptable by not handing down any punishment."Look, it's...
Players wanting to stake claim or to regain form for India's tour of England will get three four-day matches against England Lions between the end of the IPL on May 25 and the start of the Tests on June 20.India's batters playing hardly any multi-day cricket outside Test...
Pratika Rawal has made one of the strongest starts to an ODI career by any batter, male or female. No woman has scored as many runs in their first six innings as Rawal has - 444 at an average of 74.00 - and only one man, South Africa's...
While Padikkal and Prasidh will fly out with a majority of the Indian contingent from Sydney on Wednesday, Abhimanyu was granted permission to fly out a day in advance. He was subsequently booked on an earlier flight by the Cricket Association of Bengal to be able to link...
The BCCI is all set to implement stricter protocols with the Indian cricket team which include limiting the time players spend with their families on tour and barring independent transport for players while commuting for practice and matches.On tours of 45 days or more, players' immediate families -...
Shafali Verma has been churning out runs with remarkable consistency in domestic cricket as she tries to make a comeback to the national side after being dropped from India's white-ball squads last November. With a home ODI World Cup scheduled later this year, among other things, Shafali said...
