In a bizarre decision, DC bought England opener Jason Roy in IPL 2020 auction, despite having three opening batsmen - Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw - in their squad
Opener Rohit Sharma (119) hit a confident century while skipper Virat Kohli made clinical 89 to take India to a comfortable victory. India also clinched the three-match ODI series 2-1
Indian team management would like to go with the same playing 11. However, Rohit Sharma's injury may force them to make changes in India playing 11
India got their batting combination right for the second ODI, a fair comment considering the way K L Rahul seized the opportunity in his new batting position number five
Put into bat, India put up a much-improved batting performance with Rahul's blistering 52-ball-80 taking India to 340 for 6 after Dhawan (96 off 90 balls) and Kohli (78 off 76 balls) laid foundation
K L Rahul, who took the gloves in Pant's absence during Australia innings, is likely to retain his place, but as wicket keeper in India playing 11
The BCCI announced the central contracts for the period of October 2019 to September 2020. Dhoni was in the A category, which fetches a player Rs 5 crore, until last year
India will go the second ODI 0-1 down after Australia registered a 10-wicket win in the lung-opener at Mumbai, courtesy David Warner and Aaron Finch, who hit unbeaten hundreds.
Pant made 28 off 33 balls during India's 255 all out after being sent in to bat by Australia.
India made some unusual changes in their batting line-up with Virat Kohli pushing himself down to number four to accommodate specialist openers Shikhar Dhawan (74 off 91) and K L Rahul (47 off 61) in
Sent into bat, India rode on K L Rahul (54 off 36) and Shikhar Dhawan's (52 off 36) 97-run opening stand to post a challenging 201 for six in their allotted 20 overs.
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20 match will be telecast live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD with English commentary. The toss will take place at 6:30 pm (IST)
The convincing win gave the hosts an unassailable 1-0 lead in the three-match series
India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20 match will be telecast live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD with English commentary. The toss will take place at 6:30 pm (IST)
With Dhoni unavailable after the ICC World Cup, Pant had a good opportunity to prove his mettle, but he squandered too many good starts as a batsman, and did little to stand out as a wicketkeeper
Virat Kohli anchored a tricky chase before Shardul Thakur played the most defining cameo of his short career to power India to a series-winning four-wicket victory
Navdeep Saini has so far represented India in five T20 Internationals, in which he scalped 6 wickets
Even as many big names of the game queue up to be picked up in the IPL 2020 auction, Business Standard lists the cricketers who drew the biggest pay cheque in IPL 2019
Rohit Sharma captivated with his languid brilliance in company of an equally graceful K L Rahul before Kuldeep Yadav topped it up with a hat-trick in India's series-levelling 107-run victory
India vs West Indies 2nd ODI match will be telecast live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD and Star Sports 2 with English commentary