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We miss Dhoni, no one sits on his seat in team bus, says Yuzvendra Chahal

In a video shot inside the team bus while it was on its way to Hamilton for the third T20 International against New Zealand, Chahal is seen talking to Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and K L Rahul

South Africa docked six ICC Test Championship points for slow over rate

South Africa are placed at the seventh spot on ICC World Test Championship team standings with only 24 points after two series

2nd T20 highlights: Rahul's 57 helps India beat New Zealand by 7 wickets

Boasting a formidable batting line-up, chasing 133 proved to be a cakewalk for the visitors on a pitch that was slightly on the slower side

Pant can't blame anybody, it's his job to prove people wrong: Kapil Dev

The players have to look after themselves and should never give the option to the selectors to drop them or give them a rest, says Kapil Dav

Check IND vs NZ schedule, predicted playing 11, live streaming details here

India vs New Zealand 1st T20 match will be telecast live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD with English commentary from 12:20 pm IST

1st T20 highlights: Iyer's quickfire 58 helps India beat Kiwis by 6 wickets

Iyer built on K L Rahul's (56 off 27 balls) blazing start and Virat Kohli's useful 45 off 32 balls as India made short work of a 204-run target, knocking it off with an over to spare

IND vs NZ 2nd T20: Navdeep Saini may replace Shardul in India playing 11

Jasprit Bumrah was the only bowler on either side to concede less than eight runs per over at the peculiar shaped ground with short boundaries in the series opener on Friday

IND vs NZ 1st T20: K L Rahul shows nifty glove-work during practice session

Rahul, who replaced Rishabh Pant as a wicket-keeper, was seen keeping wickets with Jasprit Bumrah and Navdeep Saini charging into bowl

Sivaramakrishnan, Chauhan, Khurasiya apply for Nat'l selector's post

Sivaramakrishnan, hero of India's Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket triumph, has been a commentator for 20 years and has also been a spin bowling coach at the National Cricket Academy

Leadership can't always be determined by results: Kohli backs Williamson

Williamson' leadership skills came under the scanner following New Zealand's crushing defeat in the Boxing Day Test against Australia as former skipper Brendon questioned some of his tactics

NZ guys are so nice, can't think of revenge: Kohli on WC semis debacle

The Kiwis defeated pre-tournament favourites India by 18 runs in the WC semis and Friday's tour-opening T20 International is the first clash between the two sides since then

Kohli questions New Zealand travel plan, says close to landing at stadium

The New Zealand travel planning hasn't gone down well with skipper Virat Kohli and he wants the Board of Control for Cricket in India to rethink their travel plans in future

IND vs NZ: Shreyas Iyer 'focussed' to cement his place in India playing 11

Iyer struggled in the first two ODIs against Australia but scored an unbeaten 44 in the third and final match as India won the series 2-1 in Bengaluru

1st T20: India take on injury-hit NZ as build-up to T20 World Cup continues

Unlike most overseas tours, this will be a quick start for the Indian team. In a tight season, the first T20 comes only five days after their last ODI against Australia at home

BCCI releases central contract list, former skipper M S Dhoni dropped

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

Jasprit Bumrah on verge of becoming India's leading wicket-taker in T20Is

Bumrah has taken 44 matches to claim 52 wickets while Chahal took only 36 matches. Ashwin, on the other hand, has 52 wickets in 46 matches

Test rankings: Rohit Sharma jumps to 17th spot, R Ashwin back in top 10

India batsman Rohit Sharma, who became the first player to score a century in each innings of his maiden Test as opener, on Monday jumped to a career-best 17th position in the ICC Test Player Rankings. Rohit, who now has five centuries from 28 Tests, gained a whopping 36 slots after his knocks of 176 and 127 in the first Test against South Africa in Visakhapatnam helped India win by 203 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The other opener Mayank Agarwal has also attained a career-best 25th position after his first innings double-century lifted him 38 places. Captain Virat Kohli, who retained his second spot, has dropped below the 900-point mark for the first time since January 2018. He is now on 899 points, 38 behind top-ranked Steve Smith of Australia. Among the bowlers, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has made a comeback to the top 10 after his match haul of eight wickets, which included figures of seven for 145 in the first innings. The formerly top-ranked bowle

Ashwin a wicket away from Muralitharan's record of fastest 350 Test scalps

Former Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble had taken 77 Tests to take 350 wickets

Ind vs SA 1st Test: Proteas tottering at 39-3 after Mayank's double-century

Ravichandran Ashwin provided the breakthroughs by getting through the defences of Markram with a classical off-break that turned sharply

Men's cricket revenue generator, unfair to ask for same pay: Smriti Mandana

Smriti Mandhana, the ICC's woman cricketer of the year, touched on the contentious issue of pay parity at an event