Ashwin last played an ODI more than 18 months ago, and his selection is a chance for the team management to have him ready, along with Washington, should they need to replace Axar Patel, who has a left quadriceps strain that ruled him out of the Asia Cup...
Rishabh Pant won't be fit to play the upcoming World Cup but former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist is still fascinated by the impact he has had in his six years with the Indian team.Pant, 25, made his international debut in February 2017 and has risen to be one...
Shreyas Iyer wasn't fit for much of the Asia Cup, but he has ticked off most of the boxes the team management had set for him as he came back from injury and attempted to prove his match fitness for the World Cup, which is now less than...
India 51 for 0 (Gill 27*, Kishan 23*) beat Sri Lanka 50 (Siraj 6-21, Pandya 3-3) by 10 wicketsAfter a couple of tight games, it seemed like the 2023 Asia Cup was heading towards an exciting finale but the title bout turned out to be an anti-climax as...
Criticising the decision to add a reserve day for the Asia Cup Super Four match between Pakistan and India - the only game in the tournament apart from the final to get the advantage - after the tournament had started, Arjuna Ranatunga has warned that favouring one team...
Big picture: Watch out for spin and rainThe continent's crown jewel is on the line, but the two teams fighting for it come into the final with different motivations. India have not lifted any multi-team trophy since their Asia Cup win in 2018, and are desperate to know...
Washington Sundar will link up with India's Asia Cup squad in Colombo ahead of Sunday's final against Sri Lanka as cover for Axar Patel.Axar has some swelling on his forearm after a receiving a blow from a throw in Friday's Super Four fixture against Bangladesh. ESPNcricinfo understands there...
Bangladesh 265 for 8 (Shakib 80, Hridoy 54, Thakur 3-65) beat India 259 all out (Gill 121, Axar 42, Mustafizur 3-50) by six runsThe much-maligned Asia Cup has produced yet another thriller. For once, Bangladesh put one past India in a close finish, a canny defence of 265...
India batter Prithvi Shaw faces at least three months on the sidelines as he battles a knee injury. This means he will most definitely miss a big chunk of India's 2023-24 domestic season that resumes with the Irani Cup in Rajkot on October 1.After initially consulting a surgeon...
It was as if the eyes - and the cameras - of everybody gathered were set on auto-focus mode.India had scheduled an optional training session on a sultry Colombo morning. It was the eve of their last league game against Bangladesh, who were already knocked out of the...
