Kumar Rupesh

Axar Patel played a key role in helping Team India claim their second ICC Men's T20 World Cup. He scored 92 runs while batting at a strike rate of 139.39 and also picked up nine wickets in eight games at an economy rate of 7.86.

Deepti Sharma is expected to play a major role in India's Women's Asia Cup title defence. The star allrounder will shoulder the onus of taking wickets during the middle overs and providing with the impetus required at the death with the bat in hand.

Rocky Flintoff is just 16 years of age and has already signed a professional contract with Lancashire. Like his father, Andrew, Rocky is a fast-bowling allrounder who offers a lot of promise at such a tender age.

The Indian women's cricket team has had the upper hand on their arch-rivals Pakistan in T20Is. Both teams have played 14 T20Is against each other, with India winning 11 and Pakistan securing victories in three of those contests.

Nepal will lock horns with UAE in the curtain raiser of the tournament. All the matches will be played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium in Sri Lanka. India will open their campaign against Pakistan on Friday.

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Zimbabwe have also announced their squad for the Belfast Test. Craig Ervine will lead the side comprising veterans like Tendai Chatara and Sean Williams among others.

West Indies have not won any Test series in England since their 4-0 win in 1988. West Indies are sixth on the World Test Championship points table with a solitary win, three defeats and a drawn Test.

Ben Stokes is currently leading England in a three-match Test series against West Indies on home soil. The Three Lions are leading the series 1-0 with two more fixtures left to be contested.

Shubman Gill was the captain of Team India during their recent five-match T20I tour to Zimbabwe. Gill finished the series as the leading run-getter with 170 runs in five matches.

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Hardik Pandya was the designated vice-captain of Team India and the deputy to Rohit Sharma during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. He has more leadership experience at the international level compared to Suryakumar Yadav.

James Anderson retired from international cricket after playing against West Indies in the first Test of the home summer at Lord's. He dismissed Joshua Da Silva to pick his final international wicket.

India have won seven out of eight editions of the Women's Asia Cup. Bangladesh are the only team apart from India to clinch the prestigious title. The Bangladesh team achieved the feat during the 2018 edition.

New Zealand's home summer will get underway with a three-match Test series against England, starting November 28 at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

India's 1983 World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev had urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to step in and provide financial aid to his former Team India teammate Anshuman Gaekwad.