Team India will be taking on England in a five-match Test series starting January 25 in Hyderabad and the anticipation for everyone is to see how the visitors' new approach 'Bazball' will turn out on slow and turning Indian tracks against the Indian spinners.
The Indian team beat Bangladesh by 84 runs in their opening game of the Under-19 World Cup in Bloemfontein to kick off their campaign with a win. Saumy Pandey was the pick of the bowlers for India with a four-fer after Adarsh Singh and skipper Uday Saharan laid the foundation with the bat.
Indian wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant is likely to make his comeback in the 2024 edition of the IPL having been out of the action since his accident in December 2022. Pant, who had started opening in T20Is, is competing with several players in competition for a spot in the T20 World Cup squad.
Indian Under-19 all-rounder Arshin Kulkarni had the best day of his life meeting his idol Jacques Kallis in South Africa. Kulkarni, who has already gotten the IPL deal, will be looking to make his mark in the U19 World Cup 2024 for India.
Former India skipper Virat Kohli will be taking a leave to attend the Ram Temple Consecration for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony on January 22. The first Test between India and England kicks off on January 25 in Hyderabad with the team set to assemble a few days before.
Shivam Dube's twin fifties against Afghanistan in as many matches among many things have proved that he does belong at the international level and if he is being looked at as Hardik Pandya's backup, then there are good signs. But when Hardik returns into the squad, what happens then?
Former England captain Nasser Hussain has warned the Indian team against making pitches that turn a lot as it would also mean that the visiting spinners might also come into the game. India have been on the receiving end of results on such pitches whether in Indore last year or in Pune in 2017.
Veteran Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan considers himself privileged to play the amount of cricket he did but admitted that he was shocked when he didn't see his name in the squad for the Asian Games. Dhawan last played for India on the Bangladesh tour in December 2022.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field first in the second T20I against Afghanistan on Sunday, January 14 in Indore. Rohit Sharma was playing his 150th T20I for India and became the first male cricketer and the fifth player overall to achieve the feat.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the crucial toss at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore and elected to bowl first in the second consecutive game. Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal came into the playing XI for India while Afghanistan made one change.
Team India will aim to clinch the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan in the second game in Indore on Sunday, January 14. The Men in Blue won the first game rather comfortably and with Virat Kohli set to return to the line-up for the Sunday clash, the buzz is massive.
"Thank you will be an understatement. For all the sacrifices my mother and father have made so that their boy could hold a bat and just play cricket," rising star Dhruv Jurel wrote in his Twitter post for the parents on Saturday.
The BCCI announced India's 16-man squad for the first two of the five-match Test series against England starting January 25 in Hyderabad. 22-year-old wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel getting the maiden international call-up in the squad was the biggest news regarding the Test team announcement.
The new breed of cricketers after playing in domestic cricket and the IPL are coming up through the ranks with an aggressive mindset and Jitesh Sharma is one of them. Having impressed in the IPL playing for Punjab Kings, Jitesh has been aggressive and has shown positive intent with the bat.
The youngsters, who have gotten chances for India so far in T20Is for the last 6-8 months, have impressed one and all. The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jitesh Sharma and Rinku Singh have taken the chances with both hands, however, as per Suresh Raina, an experienced player could be India's X-factor.
Rohit Sharma became the oldest Indian captain in T20Is after he took the field in the first match of the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan. Rohit left behind the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and MS Dhoni on the list as he returned to T20Is after 14 months.
Team India made short work of a 159-run target in the first T20I against Afghanistan, winning the series opener with 15 balls to spare. Shivam Dube and Axar Patel starred for the Men in Blue as India took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Team India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to field first in chilly and windy Mohali on Thursday, January 11. India's playing XI contained a few surprises with Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal not being named in the line-up and Sanju Samson also missing out.
India's three-match T20I series against Afghanistan will be their last assignment in the shortest format of the game before the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in June in the USA and the West Indies.
Team India head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed India's opening pair for the T20 series against Afghanistan in the pre-match press conference while mentioning that Virat Kohli will be unavailable for the opener in Mohali. The three-match T20 series against Afghanistan kicks off in Mohali on January 11.
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