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Sri Lanka opt to bat in first ODI, Deol starts for India for first time since February 2019

Deol made an India ODI XI for the first time since her debut while Rashmi de Silva was handed a debut for SL from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/E9NxaWr via IFTTT

Jasprit Bumrah unfazed as he prepares to take on India captaincy his own way

"Every time a new challenge comes, you are always excited and you want to test yourself in deep water" from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/OSwZCgo via IFTTT

Ben Stokes' mind games hint at captaincy of extremes

Pushing bowlers to their limit while protecting Zak Crawley may prove a difficult balancing act from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/DL8HMdr via IFTTT

Rohit returns to lead white-ball squads for England series; Hardik back for ODIs

Malik and Hooda retain their place in T20I squad; Dhawan and Jadeja slotted in for the ODI series from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/qPjTEKm via IFTTT

India face upbeat Derbyshire and Northamptonshire in warm-ups

The two Midlands counties have punched above their weight in the Vitality Blast this season and will be keen to carry the form into warm-ups from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/kedArtF via IFTTT

Dravid says India undaunted by Bazball from resurgent England

"We have been successful in getting 20 wickets and winning Tests. That for me is positive cricket too" from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/Dbky3Sa via IFTTT

England vs India - the decider of a series from a different era

New captains, new coaches and Test cricket played at breakneck speeds. Things have changed since this series was put on hold in 2021 from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/Q1oZDFT via IFTTT

Bumrah to lead India in Edgbaston Test

Rohit, the designated captain, tested positive for Covid-19 again 24 hours before the start of the Test from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/VSIjRQs via IFTTT

Sam Billings retained, James Anderson returns as Ben Foakes, Jamie Overton miss out for India Test

Foakes fails to recover after positive Covid test, Overton omitted despite debut 97 from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/6ifKEAP via IFTTT

Harmanpreet: 'When I lead, I feel more involved in the game'

India's new ODI captain wants to improve the players' fitness levels and fielding abilities ahead of the busy period from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/6U0FjLn via IFTTT

KL Rahul on 'road to recovery' after undergoing surgery for a sports hernia

It could take the India batter around two months to return to action from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/9fSKwIW via IFTTT

James Anderson in awe of England's positive approach after 3-0 series win

England quick thought he'd seen it all in 20 years of Test cricket. He has now from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/amkMINV via IFTTT

Rohit tests positive for Covid-19 once again

He will undergo two further tests - one this evening and another on Thursday - before the team management decides on his availability from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/YApcafh via IFTTT

WTC points table update: Is the Edgbaston Test a must-win for India?

Also what England's whitewash of New Zealand means, what Australia need to do in Asia, and why Pakistan are strong contenders from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/mZ4BPY0 via IFTTT

India bat and bring in Samson, Harshal and Bishnoi

Ireland were unchanged, with Craig Young winning his 50th T20I cap from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/aEsdofe via IFTTT

New Zealand to play England in day-night Test, host India during home summer

A T20I tri-series will provide World Cup preparation for the men while the women's team will face Bangladesh from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/JKv7UXL via IFTTT

Sam Billings added to England squad for India series decider

Foakes remains in isolation after Covid diagnosis; Crawley retained despite lean run of form from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/2X3lPKd via IFTTT

Ireland look to pose stiffer challenge to Hardik Pandya's India

Ireland need better powerplays in both departments to somewhat narrow the gap vs India from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/JpA6nL8 via IFTTT

Athapaththu's 48-ball 80* gives Sri Lanka consolation win

The result ended a run of 12 successive T20I defeats to India from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/TuatV1g via IFTTT

Mayank Agarwal called up for Edgbaston Test

He will not be required to undergo any quarantine, and will thus be available to play immediately if required from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/z2L0CFM via IFTTT

Hardik Pandya reveals Ruturaj Gaikwad 'had a niggle in his calf'

"We had the choice of taking a risk and sending him in [to open], but I was not okay with it" from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/3G6EPvD via IFTTT

Gill, Jadeja, Ashwin shine as warm-up against Leicestershire ends in a draw

Vihari's form could be a bit of a concern as he looked short of scoring options from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/8fcPWU5 via IFTTT

India bowl as Umran Malik wins first cap; Conor Olphert debuts for Ireland

Suryakumar Yadav returns to India XI; Deepak Hooda also gets a game from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/Vo9p6kh via IFTTT

'This win has the power to transform the direction of MP cricket for the better'

Reactions from former Madhya Pradesh players after the team's maiden Ranji Trophy victory from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/vL1tz2r via IFTTT

Rohit Sharma tests positive for Covid-19

The result came through on Saturday and could put him in doubt for the Test from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/cV5doHp via IFTTT

Kohli and Jadeja score fifties as match turns into open net

Pujara batted for both sides, while Jadeja and Iyer batted twice in the same innings from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/xmaeod7 via IFTTT

यह मैच अभी ख़त्म नहीं हुआ है : शम्स मुलानी

मुंबई के स्पिनर को लगता है कि पांचवें दिन घुमाव लेती पिच पर वह 50-60 ओवरों में विपक्षी टीम को ऑलआउट कर सकते हैं from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/lhQBted via IFTTT

All eyes on India's bench as Ireland welcome Full-Member feast

Malahide welcomes IPL stars as it gets set for a big summer of cricket from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/f2iLWVJ via IFTTT

Spinners, Harmanpreet, Mandhana subdue SL to seal series win

India sealed their 12th successive T20I win over Sri Lanka as Harmanpreet Kaur became their leading T20I run-getter from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/RdYwFcH via IFTTT

Pujara: If we can win at Edgbaston, it will be one of India's best wins

Series against England resumes on July 1 with India leading 2-1 from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/RAqcxMf via IFTTT

Vengsarkar sees 'very fine allrounder' Hardik Pandya as option for future India captain

He also hopes to see "exciting prospect" Umran Malik make the T20 World Cup squad from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/vQSyzMF via IFTTT

Pant's battle with Shami, Siraj and Umesh lights up Indians' warm-up game

Playing for Leicestershire, the India wicketkeeper scored a rollicking 76 off 87 balls from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/ez68cZW via IFTTT

PCB to challenge IPL's proposed extended window at next ICC meet

Board chief Ramiz Raja says, "my four-nations concept is not yet dead" from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/XY4v6tG via IFTTT

Bharat's 70* steadies Indians after early wobble

The visitors were 81 for 5 at one stage, with Roman Walker bagging five wickets and Prasidh Krishna bowling with menace from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/UM9m4gO via IFTTT

Jemimah Rodrigues: The low moments 'prepare you for something greater that's coming'

After a Player-of-the-Match performance in her comeback game, she revealed that she's picked up advice from Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant among others from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/JnqoywP via IFTTT

Emotional Sarfaraz Khan credits beloved abbu after scoring 'dream hundred'

"That is why I had tears in my eyes; without my father, I would be nothing. He has never left my side" from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/J5mtlnF via IFTTT

Ashwin links up with India Test squad in Leicester

The offspinner has recovered from Covid-19 but it's still unclear if he'll feature in the warm-up game from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/KfkLHEv via IFTTT

Rumeli Dhar announces retirement from international cricket

Allrounder was part of the India side that reached the 2005 World Cup final against Australia in SA from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/cgMtLCw via IFTTT

Shaw: 'No one even congratulates me after scoring a fifty'

Taking his lack of form in his stride, the Mumbai captain has urged his team to enjoy the final from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/ElYQ6ve via IFTTT

Amol Muzumdar: Mumbai's players 'have bought into the future'

He insists that the final won't be about Muzumdar vs Pandit and wants the spotlight to be firmly on the players from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/dH1a6rN via IFTTT

Mumbai hunt for a 42nd Ranji title, Madhya Pradesh their first one ever

Wednesday's final also pits two domestic greats against each other: Muzumdar vs Pandit from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/ZTLvak7 via IFTTT

Ashwin misses plane to England after testing positive for Covid-19

India allrounder will join the rest of the squad for the Edgbaston Test only after clearing all protocols from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/DlO6wse via IFTTT

Edgbaston Test: Rahul Dravid relishes challenge of facing 'different' England

India coach says England were "a little bit on the back foot" last year but are "playing really good cricket" right now from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/TQcOYtm via IFTTT

Rahul Dravid: Rishabh Pant remains 'integral part of India's line-up'

Stand-in captain managed only 58 runs at a strike rate of 105 against South Africa, and faces stiff competition from Dinesh Karthik from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/IBEye5C via IFTTT

Rabada returns as SA bowl; Bavuma out injured

India named an unchanged XI for the decider from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/BbL6hsO via IFTTT

Harmanpreet: Sri Lanka tour 'ideal platform' for young bowlers to step up

Head coach Powar says they will identify their Commonwealth Games XI on the Sri Lanka trip from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/7Eswo1A via IFTTT

Weather threatens to play spoilsport as Bengaluru gears up for series decider

Bavuma remains an injury concern for SA as India look to complete a come-from-behind series victory from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/8EA2fnu via IFTTT

South Africa bowl; Marco Jansen, Quinton de Kock and Lungi Ngidi come in

India unchanged in what is a must-win game for them; Rabada and Parnell sit out with niggles from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/15RZgsj via IFTTT

ICC to sell next media rights for India market and men's and women's events separately

For the first time, it will also sell the digital rights as a separate package from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/V2iUnpo via IFTTT

Harshal: 'My job is to stay one step ahead of the batters'

Seamer backs himself to adapt well despite batters trying to anticipate his variations from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/XcuECWF via IFTTT

India seek to extend fightback as de Kock return looms

The keeper-batter, who is recovering from a wrist injury, batted in the nets on Thursday from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/Znl3huC via IFTTT

Hardik Pandya to captain India in Ireland T20Is; Rahul Tripathi gets maiden call-up

Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav are also back in the squad from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/wBodOGF via IFTTT

Hazlewood claims No. 1 spot among T20I bowlers; Ishan Kishan becomes highest-rated India batter

Before Hazlewood, the last Australia bowler to top the T20I bowling charts was Nathan Bracken in 2008 from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/y8zqS1h via IFTTT

196%, 2, $950m - the key numbers from a record-breaking IPL rights auction

A mind-boggling surge in the value of digital rights included from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/5qiHyMO via IFTTT

IPL to have 'two-and-a-half-month window' from next ICC FTP, says Jay Shah

"The BCCI is committed to international cricket... all bilateral international commitments across all formats will be honoured" from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/lIKJ4fP via IFTTT

Unchanged South Africa bowl in bid to win the series against India

The hosts too went in with the same XI, in Visakhapatnam, despite their lack of a win so far from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/cDeR4bw via IFTTT

Disney Star and Viacom 18 share the spoils in 6 billion-dollar-plus IPL rights deal

Time Internet also gets share of global media rights as IPL's per-game valuation rises to second behind only NFL from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/VE2WPpa via IFTTT

BCCI announces increase in monthly pensions of former players and umpires

First-class players will now get INR 30,000 while former Test players will receive INR 60,000 from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/AOisXYM via IFTTT

Dale Steyn: 'More confident' Bhuvneshwar Kumar has found the missing ingredient

"When we got to the IPL, he seemed to have upped his pace. He was operating between 133 and 137, sometimes touching 140" from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/NRI7lX2 via IFTTT

Resourceful South Africa look to seal series with two to play

India's shortcomings with the ball in the first two matches makes visitors favourites despite uncertainty over de Kock's availability from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/Y6mLIPJ via IFTTT

Sitanshu Kotak, Sairaj Bahutule, Munish Bali to assist VVS Laxman in Ireland

The trio will be part of the support staff during India's two-T20I tour from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/mPruT8W via IFTTT

IPL 2023-27 India subcontinent TV rights sold for US$ 2.72 billion

The digital rights for the same period and region got a highest bid of $2.27 billion, but it could be contested by the winner of TV rights from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/67T3qjo via IFTTT

Shreyas Iyer: Our plan is to attack 'even if we keep losing wickets'

Even if we fail, we will learn from that and grow as a player and grow as a team" from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/FWNBPKq via IFTTT

IPL rights value breaks record on auction day one, USD 13.44 million per match bid so far

In terms of value per match, the T20 tournament is now behind only the NFL from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/eNMDtWQ via IFTTT

South Africa bowl; Hendricks and Klaasen in for injured de Kock

India are unchanged from the XI that posted their highest total against South Africa in the opening T20I from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/9KHDELh via IFTTT

Amazon pulls out of race for IPL media rights for 2023-27 cycle

The seven final bidders comprise Disney Star, Sony, Viacom-Reliance, Zee, Fun Asia, Super Sport and Times Internet from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/KvmhSdB via IFTTT

Hardik Pandya returns having 'won battles against my own self'

The allrounder is looking forward to picking up where he left off, finishing games for India from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/kTgznD9 via IFTTT

Well-drilled South Africa look to make it 2-0 against depleted India

Some swing was available in Cuttack on the eve of the match, but Parnell expects conditions to be fairly tough for bowlers from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/MvmhCZH via IFTTT

Ponting: India should use Pant as 'floater' in T20 World Cup

The Delhi Capitals head coach says Pant could be "exceptionally dangerous" on the Australian pitches from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/aF65fbX via IFTTT

Rassie van der Dussen: 'When Shreyas dropped me, I knew I had to make India pay'

"We knew even if the asking rate got up to 14-15, we could use that one short boundary with the right-left combination" from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/xgAZnlk via IFTTT

'These guys are good enough' - Mumbai coach Muzumdar revels in impact of next generation

Debutant Parkar scored a double-hundred and Jaiswal made his first first-class hundred, en route to a record-breaking win in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/fmS3pv8 via IFTTT

T20I debut for Stubbs after Markram out due to Covid-19; South Africa opt to bowl

Dinesh Karthik returning to the Indian XI after over three years from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/iYPmLAl via IFTTT

Jhulan Goswami not in squads for Sri Lanka tour, Jemimah Rodrigues back for T20Is

Harleen Deol makes a comeback to India's 50-overs set-up having played her one and only ODI in 2019 from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/6h0tAR8 via IFTTT

Full-strength South Africa take on injury-hit India under T20 World Cup shadow

Since Covid-19, this will be the first series played in India without pandemic related restrictions from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/mkpEzOH via IFTTT

Injured Rahul and Kuldeep out of South Africa T20I series, Pant to lead India

Rishabh Pant, the designated vice-captain, is expected to take over the captaincy from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/0ISGpxH via IFTTT

Karan's 93* puts Uttar Pradesh in semi-finals after Saurabh's bowling heroics

Vyshak's four-wicket haul put Karnataka on top before Karan and Prince Yadav steered UP home with an unbroken stand of 99 from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/kO4b8hC via IFTTT

India's Mithali Raj announces retirement from international cricket

"Perfect time to call curtains on my career as the team is in the capable hands of some very talented young players" from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/slfTeyZ via IFTTT

Dravid enthused by Hardik's return to bowling and hints he might play as finisher for India

Head coach also backs new-look top three to step up in the absence of Rohit and Kohli from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/No4dOxa via IFTTT

'We have to be realistic' - Dravid tempers Malik mania

The pace sensation set the IPL on fire but he may have to wait just a bit to get an India cap from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/8gqWArZ via IFTTT

India to tour WI and USA for white-ball series in July-August

New Zealand and Bangladesh also scheduled to visit West Indies in packed summer calendar from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/PViOTSo via IFTTT

Rahane opens up on racism from Sydney crowd: 'Told umpires we won't play till they take action'

Ashwin lauds "courageous" Siraj for bringing up the issue to a "wider section of people" during the SCG Test from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/jBmWwHn via IFTTT

No strict bio-secure bubbles for India vs South Africa T20I series

Players and their families will not be required to serve out a mandatory quarantine upon arrival in India from India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com https://ift.tt/5uFXBg3 via IFTTT