Toss India chose to bowl vs AfghanistanIndia captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl in the second T20I in Indore, which he called "quite a chasing ground". Rohit is playing his 150th T20I, becoming the first men's player to do so.India made two changes. Virat...
Prasidh Krishna picked up a left quadriceps injury on the first day of Karnataka's Ranji Trophy 2023-24 match against Gujarat in Ahmedabad on Friday, and was subsequently left out of the India squad for the first two Tests of the five-match series against England at home.Prasidh hobbled off...
Big picture: Virat Kohli returns to T20I actionFor Afghanistan, Rashid Khan has been ruled out of the entire three-match series, but they can still be a dangerous T20 team on their day. Six players in the XI that played on Thursday have IPL contracts and almost all their...
Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel are back in India's spin-heavy squad for the first two home Tests against England. Mohammed Shami, who is working his way back from an ankle injury, is a notable absentee, though.Vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar and Avesh Khan make up the...
Opting to bowl on a green top after a delayed start, Uttar Pradesh's first innings lasted just 20.5 overs in the opening session. India seamer Mohammed Shami's younger brother Mohammed Kaif was the star for Bengal, claiming 4 for 14 in his 5.5 overs.But what unfolded thereafter was...
Virat Kohli will miss the first T20I against Afghanistan in Mohali on Friday. India coach Rahul Dravid confirmed on the eve of the match that Kohli would be unavailable for personal reasons, and would be back for the second and third games of the series in Indore and...
Toss: India opt to bowl vs AfghanistanIndia captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl in his first T20I in more than a year. Rohit last featured in T20Is during the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.India picked just two frontline quicks in Arshdeep Singh and...
Big picture: Final rehearsal for IndiaIn less than five months, India will face Ireland in their opening game at the 2024 T20 World Cup. While there is the IPL before that, the three-match series against Afghanistan, starting in Mohali on Thursday, is India's only T20I assignment in between....
"As of now, we will be certainly opening with Rohit and Jaiswal," Dravid said. "But when you have a squad, you have to have that flexibility to do whatever is required if that is in the best interest of the team, and gives us the best chance to...
Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers is annoyed that India and South Africa played only a two-match Test series and blamed the rise in T20 leagues for the situation.De Villiers advocated for longer Test series and reckoned that "something has to change" if the best team in...
