The 46-year-old, who coached New Zealand from 2012-2018, also backed Rishabh Pant to provide the x-factor like he did on the memorable tour of Australia earlier this year and is in favour of a best of three WTC final in the long run.

While the inaugural WTC will be played from June 18-22 in Southampton, the England series will start at Nottingham (Aug 4-8).

Shimron Hetmyer finished things off in style, smashing two sixes and a four against Riley Meredith in the 18th over as Delhi achieved the target with 14 deliveries to spare.

Indian cricketer Jasprit Bumrah got married to sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan in Goa on Monday. Indian cricketer Mayank Agarwal also congratulated him for the wedding. But the Indian batsman made a goof-up that started a meme fest on social media.

The Indian opener tagged Sanjay Bangar instead of Sanjana Ganeshan in his wedding congratulatory post to the newly-married couple.

India have a few selection headaches to take care of ahead of their four-match Test series against England, starting from February 5 in Chennai.

The right-handed batsman, who came out to bat at no.5, fell to Josh Hazlewood right after tea as India's fifth wicket with 38 runs to his name.

Mayank Agarwal -- tipped to be Hanuma Vihari's replacement in the playing XI in Brisbane -- has sustained a knock on the hands and it could be a hairline fracture.

On the first day of the on-going Sydney Test, the hosts ended up scoring 166/2, with debutant Will Pucovski and Marnus Labuschagne notching up half-centuries.

BCCI tweets the playing XI for thrid Test; Rohit Sharma is fitted into the playing XI at the cost of Mayank Agarwal while Navdeep Saini makes Test debut.

The Indian batting legend feels the opener’s failure to score runs in the last two Tests is down to his new stance; giving him less options on the backfoot.

With the team on two-day off after the Melbourne Test triumph, the trio spend the night out to welcome 2021.

Rohit's entry certainly adds to the team's choices but whether it can help solve the opening conundrum is something that only time will tell.

With Shubman Gill showing calmness and maturity beyond his age in his debut Test, the team is likely to fit in Rohit either at the expense of Mayank Agarwal at the top or Hanuma Vihari in the middle-order.

Mayank Agarwal reached his 1000th run in Test cricket in his 19th innings, which is the fastest by an Indian opener in the longest format.

Sunil Gavaskar was critical of Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal after their failures in the first innings of the Pink Ball Test.

Pat Cummins bowled a peach of a delivery to dismiss Mayank Agarwal in the first innings of the Adelaide Test.

Nehra feels it makes sense to start Rahul with Mayank Agarwal ahead of Prithvi Shaw or Shubman Gill.

Virat Kohli-led Indian side is set to begin its title defence of the Border-Gavaskar trophy with the pink-ball Test in Adelaide from December 17.

Gill hits a flawless 78-ball 65, which was followed by a gritty half-century by Mayank Agarwal as India stretched their first innings lead over 200 runs.