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Sri Lanka will play a three-day warm-up match in Kolkata ahead of their series against India starting November 16, the Indian cricket board said Tuesday. The island nation will play three Tests, three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches between November and December. Schedule: November 11-13 three-day warm-up tie, Kolkata November 16-20 1st Test, Kolkata November 24-28 2nd Test, Nagpur […]

ICC umpire Richard Illingworth, who officiated as the third umpire in the fifth one-day international between India and Australia has been hospitalised, following chest pain. The umpire from England was hospitalised on Monday, Director (Operations), Alexis Hospital, Suresh Tripathi told PTI. Sources from Vidarbha Cricket Association said the umpire was admitted following complaint of chest pain. “Two doctors including a […]

Ignored for India’s Twenty20 series against Australia, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was on Tuesday named in the 15-member Tamil Nadu Ranji squad along with Test opener Murali Vijay for the season-opener against Andhra Pradesh, starting Friday. The team, to be led by Abhinav Mukund, would miss the services of the experienced batsman-wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik and all-rounder Vijay Shankar. Karthik has been […]

India have remained static at No. 4 position but gained three significant points to reach 116 in the ICC Women’s Team Rankings for the first time. New Zealand maintained their third position with their pre-update tally of 118 points. India captain Mithali Raj said her team is aiming to climb up to No. 3 position. “Gaining these valuable points is […]

Shreyas Iyer will lead the India A team in the first three One-Day games against New Zealand ‘A’ before captaining the Board President’s XI in the two warm-up matches against New Zealand. Ahead of the upcoming New Zealand series, BCCI on Monday announced two separate India ‘A’ teams for the five One-day games at Vizag against New Zealand ‘A’ and […]

Veteran left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra has made a comeback in the 15-member Indian team while selectors once again ignored senior spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for the three-match T20 series against Australia, starting October 7. Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep […]