A two-test tour of Bangladesh scheduled to start in August remains in doubt, and the five-test Ashes series against England beginning in Brisbane in late November is also under threat.

Players held an emergency meeting in Sydney on Sunday where they threatened to boycott the Australia A tour, scheduled to start on July 12.

If the two parties are unable to agree on stop-gap measures, then more than 200 cricketers will technically be out of work on Saturday.

Australian captain Steve Smith took to social media to announce his engagement with partner Dani Willis in New York.

England advanced as the group winner after three straight wins and will be joined in the last four by tournament outsider Bangladesh, who finished in second place on three points.

The CA has argued that it cannot increase the players' current salaries as more money is needed to fund the game at the grassroots.

This was Mumbai Indians' third IPL trophy in 10 editions and more special for their skipper Rohit Sharma, who is the only captain to win a hat-trick of titles. Rohit has in factor won four IPL titles (one for Deccan Chargers in 2009).

Fifth-placed Punjab are on a roll lately and will be a tough nut to crack for Pune, who are currently on 16 points from 13 games with a net run rate of -0.083.

Pune will aim to secure a play-off spot by defeating Delhi Daredevils today while the host side will only be playing for pride at the Ferozeshah Kotla here.

For players of Rising Pune Supergiant, who were previously part of the Chennai Super Kings, Steve Smith’s leadership is an all new experience for them.

It will be a first since the inception of IPL in 2008 that star cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MSD), aka ‘Captain Cool’, will not captain his side and instead enter the field as just a wicket keeper-batsman.

Australian captain Steve Smith today said he was not sure if he was one of the "couple of individuals" from the Australian team who Virat Kohli did not want to be friends with.

Indian captain Virat Kohli today described the 2-1 triumph over Australia as his side's best series win so far, saying his highly motivated teammates give it right back when poked.

Apart from some sensational batting and bowling performances, the series was also replete with controversies that really spiced up affairs between the two top cricket teams.

Conceding that he was in his “own bubble” at times, Australia captain Steve Smith today apologised for letting his “emotions slip” during the aggressively-contested Test series against India.

Australian captain Steve Smith was heard uttering expletives against Indian Murali Vijay after the fielder claimed to have taken a catch that was deemed not clean.

India batted for an over and are still to open their scoring with both the openers Lokesh Rahul and Murali Vijay intact.

Australia's Steve Smith on Friday felt Ajinkya Rahane will do a good job as skipper in the probable absence of Virat Kohli, terming the India vice-captain a "more chilled out guy" than his opposite number.

Ahead of Australia's fourth and final cricket Test against India here, the Steve Smith-led team today held a relaxing session with the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. After rubbing noses with the Dalai Lama

Steve Smith today said India's inability to bowl Australia out on the final day of the drawn third cricket Test will be hurting the hosts and the momentum will be with the visitors going into the series deciding final Test in Dharamsala.