Ahead of the electrifying clash on Saturday night, all-rounder Moeen Ali said the MI vs CSK encounters are equivalent to ‘Manchester United playing Liverpool’
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Chelsea maintained their hopes of claiming a spot in the Champions League next season with 3-0 win over Watford in the Premier League.
Experience, or the lack of it, might turn out to be the deciding factor when young India A team take on a battered South Africa A in the first of two four-day 'Tests'.
Cook had revealed that he wanted to step down as England captain at the end of the Ashes but is now adamant on carrying on for a 'bit longer'.
Guptill's robust 35-ball 60 laid the foundation for an impressive 34-run win to level the two-match Twenty20 International series against South Africa.
"I'm just really excited about the opportunity to be able to lead this team forward into what we all hope will be a successful new era for Australian cricket," smith said.
Lyon admitted that being left out of Australia's One-Day International squad for the five-match series against England, following the Ashes, was disappointing.
Herath may not fit your image of the archetypal cricketing hero, but give him a wearing surface, an uncertain batting line-up and a cricket ball, and he suddenly is the force you may not have envisaged.
"We have had batting collapses in the past as well where we have lost wickets in bunches. If we sit down and analyse it's been because we have ended up being too tentative," said Kohli.
"That was not the first time I was dropped from the team. I've been dropped from the team so many times, for me it's like bread and butter," Herath said.
India gained the upper hand early in the Test, thanks to Ashwin and Dhawan but Chandimal, Herath came good when it mattered to give the hosts 1-0 lead in the 3-match series.
Warner was appointed vice-captain of the team after Cricket Australia (CA) consulted Rodney Marsh, the chairman of selectors, and Darren Lehmann, the head coach.
For Indians, Akhtar singed himself into national consciousness at the Eden Gardens in 1999, and that fresh-faced bowler of thunderbolts is what the mind's eye conjures.
Warnaweera is preparing for secret party during the first Test against India, which would be Kumar Sangakkara's penultimate international appearance.
