After a successful ODI series, it’s now time for India to take on West Indies in the Tests, with the World Test Championship now at stake, both teams would want to get off to a good start to the year-long campaign. Here, we take a look at the five key battles that will define the match in Antigua.
Here are five such players who will be desperate to make an impact when the world’s showpiece tournament finally begins.
While the IPL is known for big hitting and stellar bowling performances, there have been a set of players who’s performances have been far from what was expected of them . Expected to be mainstays for their side, many have even been dropped midway through the tournament owing to their dismal performances.
Both CSK and KXIP will have completely different motivations coming into this match at Mohali on Sunday. While KXIP are playing to ensure a good end to their IPL campaign, playing for pride, CSK will be playing to ensure they finish as high up in the table as possible before the playoffs begin.
It’s official. Top of the table Delhi Capitals are the new challenger’s to CSK’s IPL throne, as they sit above them in the IPL table. CSK are in second place, and while both teams have qualified for the playoffs, the match might have a vital say in what both teams’ final position will be, come the end of the group stages.
Mumbai Indians against Chennai Super Kings has grown into one of the most significant rivalries in the IPL. Both teams possess a litany of stars that have the potential to single-handedly alter the course of the game, which is why it’s never really over till it’s over whenever these two sides meet.
When Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals clash at the PCA stadium for the second time in this season’s IPL, their fixture earlier in the tournament and the ‘Mankad’ incident between Ashwin and Jos Buttler will still be fresh in memory. While Kings XI sit in fifth spot, Royals are seventh, and both teams will be hoping to climb up the table with a win.
Simon Katich, KKR assistant coach is of the view that it will be tough to bring in David Warner and Steve Smith into the Australian squad right before the World Cup since a lot of batsmen have done well in their absence. He goes on to say there will be a lot of jostling for a couple of spots in the team.
Former Australian batsman Simon Katich, who is in India these days as assistant coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders, has firmly backed the inclusion of David Warner and Steve Smith in the World Cup squad. Australia has won its last eight ODIs and suddenly appear to have a problem of plenty, with several candidates putting their hand up for World Cup selection. Captain Aaron Finch ended the five-match ODI series against Pakistan as the highest run-scorer with 451 runs and opener Usman Khawaja made 272 runs at an average of 54.40 in the series.
Kolkata Knight Riders' Prasidh Krishna spoke to Cricketnext about being chosen to bowl the decisive super over against Delhi Capitals at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Sunday. He also spoke about Kagiso Rabada, calling him world class and what his takeaways were from watching him execute his plans.
Pant rose to recognition in the last edition of the IPL, where he scored 684 runs at an average of 52.61. And he’s looking forward to the upcoming edition with enthusiasm, insisting that his sole aim is to make his team win.
The Indian challenge ended at the Hong Kong Open World Tour Super 500 tournament after Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma lost their respective men's singles quarterfinal matches in Kowloon on Friday.
Indian football team midfielder Pronay Halder has become essential to coach Stephen Constantine’s plans in recent times. The current ATK player controlled the midfield in the team’s last international friendly against China which was a scoreless draw.
Spanish striker Federico Gallego’s goal in the 82nd minute and Bartholomew Ogbeche’s late strike in the 90th minute gave North East United FC a win over Delhi Dynamos in their Indian Super League match in Delhi on Tuesday.
There were plenty of moments in Dwayne Bravo’s nearly decade and a half long international career that will stand out in memory. Now, as the 35-year old all-rounder walks into the sunset, let’s roll back the years to recount five of the most memorable ones.
Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals on Thursday announced that it will expand its fan base by including Guwahati in the IPL family. The IPL Governing Council has also extended support to the team's aspiration to play and expand footprints of cricket in the region and gave the go ahead to play matches at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. Royals are playing two home matches in Guwahati, rather than 3, to give an extra sheen to their home base and fortress in Jaipur.
Shafali Verma's 34-ball 46 followed by a superlative performance from the bowlers helped India notch up a narrow four-run win over New Zealand in a crucial group A match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup here on Thursday.
Australian batsman David Warner, who led the Sunrisers Hyderabad to the IPL trophy as captain in 2016 but was forced to miss the 2018 season due to his ban for ball tampering has been reinstated as the team's captain ahead of the 2020 IPL season.
India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane believes his team needs to bat with more intent and a clear mindset when they face New Zealand pacers in the second and final Test beginning on Saturday at the Hagley Oval.
England pacer Stuart Broad has extended his stay with Nottinghamshire by signing a new two-year contract. The 33-year-old, who is England's second leading wicket taker of all time in Test cricket with 485 scalps to his name, will take in his 13th and 14th seasons with the club as part of his new deal.
David Warner and Aaron Finch launched a brutal assault on the South African bowlers to set up a comprehensive 97-run Australian victory in the series-deciding third Twenty20 international at Newlands on Wednesday.
India Women vs New Zealand Women live score and latest update of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 match at News18.com that includes ball by ball commentary, latest cricket score and much more.
Pakistan claimed the scalp of West Indies as they outplayed the 2016 winners by eight wickets to begin their ICC Womens T20 World Cup campaign with an eight-wicket victory here on Wednesday.
She has been the backbone of Indian women's cricket team's batting but swashbuckling India opener Smriti Mandhana is delighted that teen prodigy Shafali Verma is stealing her thunder at the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup as it takes the pressure off her.
Indian batsmen will get a liberal dose of "chin music" in the second Test at the seamer-friendly Hagley Oval, senior New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner declared on Wednesday, harping on the visitors' struggles when faced with pace and bounce.
New Zealand quick Trent Boult bagged three wickets to have India struggling for survival at stumps on day three of the first Test in Wellington on Sunday.
Skipper Craig Ervine scored a dogged century as Zimbabwe shared the honours with Bangladesh on the opening day of the one-off Test here on Saturday.
India's seniormost player Ishant Sharma finds it "funny" that people are questioning Jasprit Bumrah's "ability" just after a few matches, ignoring his performances over the past two years.
Injured during a pre-tournament camp in December, the canny leg-spinner missed the preparatory tri-series in Australia and her participation in the showpiece was thrown into doubt.
All the pictures from India's win over Australia in the opening match.