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India's warm-up worries abound on second opener, Hardik's batting position

Hardik Pandya's form and few batting slots will be foremost on Virat Kohli's mind as India look to make the most of two T20 World Cup warm-up matches starting with a game against England on Monday.

Mere formality but BCCI invites application for post of head coach

A couple of days after convincing former India captain Rahul Dravid to take up the responsibility, the BCCI on Sunday issued advertisement for the post of head coach and three support staff

Foresee spinners having big impact in T20 World Cup: Samuel Badree

Former West Indies bowler Samuel Badree feels the slow nature of wickets in UAE will help spinners in the ICC men's T20 World Cup 2021 which gets underway from Sunday."Because of the heat factor and the dry nature of the surfaces, you always expect spinners to do well. The slow nature of the pitches also helps with that," said Badree in an ICC release."Spinners will do particularly well in Dubai, as well as in Sharjah, which give you more of an opportunity. They will prosper less in Abu Dhabi because in my memory there is a lot of grass on the pitch there.Badree has also backed India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi to have a good tournament as spin has always played an important role in T20 cricket."When it comes to the best spinner at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, it's hard to look past Tabraiz Shamsi. The South African is ranked No.1 in the ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings for a reason and as a left-armer, he poses a significant challenge for ...

Billion Cheers: Fan-inspired Team India jersey for T20 World Cup unveiled

Claiming to be inspired by the fans, the Indian cricket team's jersey for the upcoming T20 World Cup was unveiled on Wednesday

BCCI announces compensation for domestic players hit by Covid postponements

The BCCI announced that domestic cricketers affected by the COVID-curtailed 2020-21 season will be paid 50 per cent additional match fee as compensation for the disruption

BCCI strikes back at Kohli-Shastri regime! Will Kumble accept the offer?

Unhappy? It seems the Indian cricket board is rather angry with Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri, says a former BCCI official when asked about his views on latest reports

Kohli and boys to square off against England, Australia in warm-up games

On September 8, the Indian national selectors had picked the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be hosted in UAE and Oman.

No regrets on book launch, no-one got Covid from that party: Shastri

India head coach Ravi Shastri says he has no regrets about organising the book launch, which was widely perceived to be the reason for a COVID-19 outbreak

BCCI Secy Jay Shah leads tributes as Virat Kohli quits as T20I captain

BCCI Secretary Jay Shah lead reactions on Virat Kohli announcing to quit as the T20I captain after the men's T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE in October and November.

Shastri, Arun awaiting 'fit to fly' certificate to return: BCCI official

India's head coach Ravi Shastri, along with bowling and fielding coaches Bharath Arun and R Sridhar, respectively, would need to undergo a "fit to fly" test post recovery from COVID-19

India's ODI tour of New Zealand postponed due to packed calender, Covid

India will not be touring New Zealand later in the year due to a packed calendar and COVID-19 related restrictions.

Not Covid outbreak, Indian players' anxiety led to match cancellation: ECB

A "gutted" England Cricket Board (ECB) CEO Tom Harrison on Friday said it was the Indian players' anxiety over "what might happen" and not the Covid-19 outbreak itself that caused the cancellation

This is among top bowling performances of India I've seen as captain: Kohli

A proud Virat Kohli on Monday rated his team's bowling performance in the fourth Test among top-three in his captaincy stint

Stuart Binny announces retirement from 1st class and International cricket

India all-rounder Stuart Binny, who owns the record of the best bowling figures in ODI format, on Monday announced his retirement from first class and international cricket

Test cricket means everything to Kohli, it bodes well for format: Pietersen

Virat Kohli's enthusiasm and intensity on the field shows Test matches mean everything to him, according to former English cricketer Kevin Pietersen

2012 U-19 World Cup winning captain Unmukt Chand announces retirement

Delhi batsman Unmukt Chand, who shot to prominence by being the 2012 U-19 World Cup winning captain, has announced his retirement from cricket in India

India, England docked 2 WTC points each for slow over-rate in 1st Test

ICC match referee Chris Broad imposed the sanctions after both the sides were ruled to be two overs short of their targets

If you are playing 4 fast bowlers, Jadeja has to be first-choice: Harbhajan

Ravindra Jadeja, with his restrictive wicket-to-wicket bowling and superior batting, was always going to trump number one tweaker, Ravichandran Ashwin, feels former India spinner Harbhajan Singh.

Eng vs Ind: BCCI Secretary backs team's request to fly in Surya and Shaw

The Test series between India and England commences on August 4 at Trent Bridge.

Pant, one staff member test Covid positive, 3 more isolated in London: BCCI

Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and throwdown specialist Dayanand Garani tested positive for Covid, while three others were placed in precautionary isolation