IND vs BAN Pitch Report: Rohit Sharma's Indian cricket team will return to action at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai where they will face highly-motivated Bangladesh in the first Test starting on Thursday. Both teams will expect a positive start in the series opener at Chepauk.
Punjab Kings have named the former Australian captain and ex-Delhi Capitals coach as the new head coach ahead of the 2025 edition of the IPL. Ponting will be the sixth coach in eight years for Punjab Kings in the IPL as they hope for stability and a title with the multiple World Cup winner.
Former India captain and the country's most successful skipper in Tests, Virat Kohli, built a world-class pace attack featuring the likes of Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah that helped the team win overseas. Kohli spoke about the pace attack and especially Bumrah.
The T20I series between England and Australia ended in a 1-1 draw. The fact that the hosts could draw the series was due to Livingstone who smashed 87 runs off 47 deliveries in the second T20I chasing 194 runs. He also picked up five wickets in two matches further bolstering his all-round prowess.
Afghanistan didn't get to play the Test match against New Zealand due to poor conditions and weather in Greater Noida, but will now get back into action in the ODI series against South Africa in Sharjah. South Africa have picked a young squad and would hope to find some new heroes during the series.
India's playing XI is always a talking point and for the first Test against Bangladesh, it is very much likely that a couple of talented players will miss out. Meanwhile, India's head coach has more or less confirmed that two players in the squad will have to wait for their opportunity.
India TV Sports Wrap on September 18: From all the cricketing action to the football circuit, here are all the top 10 trending sports news stories and the latest happenings from the world of sports on September 18.
Ajaz Patel got the big wicket of Kamindu Mendis late in the day, however, the first day belonged to Sri Lanka because of his fourth Test hundred. Mendis scored 114, his fourth century in 11 innings as Sri Lanka scored 302 runs on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand.
With Rohit Sharma at the wrong side of the 30s, it is imperative that he will retire at some point from Tests. Ambati Rayudu predicted India's new Test captain and also spoke on the IND vs BAN Test series in an exclusive chat with India TV.
The first-ever bilateral series between Afghanistan and South Africa will commence today with the first ODI being played in Sharjah. All three matches will be played at the same venue and the game will get underway at 5:30 PM IST. Here's the pitch report.
Bangladesh are touring India after almost five years having last played in the country back in November 2019. They were blown away in two Test matches then with India winning by an innings but the team is looking at lot more settled this time around. Can they surprise India?
Team India, led by Rohit Sharma, is all set to start its home season on September 19 with the first Test of the two-match series against Bangladesh. India will play 10 Tests till January 2025 facing New Zealand and Australia as well in a big to make the WTC final for the third consecutive edition.
South Africa will look to make the most out of their tour of UAE, where they will be facing Afghanistan and Ireland in their white-ball assignments. The Proteas will be missing their regular ODI skipper for the first 50-over contest against Afghanistan on September 18.
Sri Lanka will lock horns against New Zealand in a two-match series, beginning with the first game at the Galle International Stadium. The teams will give it their all as crucial WTC points are up for grabs. Ahead of the Galle Test, here is how the surface at the venue is set to play.
Suresh Raina picked the possible successor of Rohit Sharma as captain in the Test format. Rohit has already retired from T20Is and the time will come when he will bid adieu to the other formats. During an interaction with India TV, Raina predicted who could take the reins from Rohit in Tests.
Sri Lanka have made two changes to the team that defeated England in the third Test of the recently concluded series at the latter's home for the first match against New Zealand. A spinner makes a return for the first time after more than a year.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma suggested that the two-time World Test Championship finalists will come hard at Bangladesh saying that no series is easy and every match played for country is crucial. Rohit also mentioned that a lot of things were and will be said but they have to focus on themselves.
Sri Lanka will be on a high after a win at the Oval as they avoided a clean sweep against England and will be keen to start positively against New Zealand, who lack match practice and will be playing two Test matches in conditions that are a bit alien for them.
Stallions suffered a colossal loss at the hands of Markhors in their second match of the Champions One-day Cup in Pakistan having been bowled out for a paltry 105, however, the team's skipper's "I am happy that we lost" comment has gone viral.
India have clinched the Asian Champions Trophy title for the fifth time. The Men in Blue defeated China in the final to bag another title. The final was a closely-fought one with the defending champions digging deep and churning out a goal in the final quarter.
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