Big Picture - Will Bumrah give chances to Jitesh, Shahbaz and Avesh?India have largely achieved what they wanted from this Ireland series. Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna have made excellent returns to form and fitness and have subsequently been drafted into the Asia Cup squad. Ruturaj Gaikwad has...
Flexibility in the mind and flexibility in the middle order will be key for India to unlock their batting potential at the ODI World Cup, according to their captain Rohit Sharma."One thing I want in this team is to make sure everyone is okay to bat anywhere," Rohit...
"We've seen the class of Tilak Varma. I think it's a good strategy in terms of not just this World Cup but even potentially getting into the next World Cup as well," Hayden said on the sidelines of the CEAT Cricket Rating Awards ceremony in Mumbai. "The great...
Days before the 2023 World Cup tickets go on sale, the BCCI has been put in a spot by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) which has raised a concern about hosting back-to-back ODIs on October 9 and 10.ESPNcricinfo has learned that, on Saturday, the HCA alerted the BCCI...
"I will not say that I regret anything because at the end of the day as a player you want to see that fair things are happening. As a player you always have the right to express yourself and what you're feeling," she told The Cricket Paper on...
Will KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah be on the plane to Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup? We will know on Monday, August 21, when the senior men's selection committee, chaired by Ajit Agarkar, convenes in New Delhi to pick the squad.It is understood that Rohit...
Big picture - India batters will want a proper hitIndia batted 41 balls with openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal consuming 39 of those before rain stopped play. The likes of Gaikwad, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube and Sanju Samson will be keen to make noteworthy performances, if they...
Where does Ishan Kishan fit in to India's ODI jigsaw if KL Rahul is not ready in time for the Asia Cup? This will be one of the big decisions the team management and the selectors face when they pick India's Asia Cup squad later this week.Kishan has...
Toss India chose to bowl vs IrelandAs the coin went up under cloudy Malahide skies, Jasprit Bumrah - the first bowler to captain India in T20Is - called correctly and chose to bowl. He also announced the much awaited international debut of Rinku Singh in the middle order,...
Big Picture - Will India hand Rinku a debut?
Think twice before you call it a low-key, out-of-place series. Jasprit Bumrah, returning to international cricket for the first time in 11 months, is the obvious headline-grabber, but this series will also give several India players the chance to push...