Yashasvi Jaiswal, who gave India a terrific start with the bat in the first Test against England, got out in the very first over of the second day while trying to hit Joe Root for another boundary after getting one already. Kevin Pietersen, the former England batter already predicted it.
The veteran spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each to bowl out England on 246 runs in the first innings and then a quick unbeaten fifty from opener Yashasvi Jaiswal boosted India to a dominating total at the end of Day 1's play at Hyderabad.
The Kiwi youngster scored 911 runs in 31 international innings at an average of 36.44 with three hundreds in 2023 to clinch the prestigious ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2023 award ahead of in-form rising Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal and South Africa's bowler Gerald Coetzee.
Four Indians made the cut to the T20I team announced by ICC on Monday. There are two players from Zimbabwe and one from Uganda finding their names in the Playing XI as well. Notably, Suryakumar Yadav was named the captain of the side.
Despite missing out on selection for the Afghanistan series due to injury, India's Suryakumar Yadav is still occupying the top spot in the ICC T20I batting rankings with 869 ratings.
In-form pacer Arshdeep Singh took three wickets and Axar Patel bagged two to help India bowl out Afghanistan on just 172 runs at Indore's Holkar Cricket Stadium. Then Mumbai cricketers Jaiswal and Dube registered fifties each to guide India to an easy win.
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.
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.
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.
Ahead of the first T20I against Afghanistan in Mohali, India's head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed that the star cricketer Virat Kohli will miss out on the opener due to personal reasons and also revealed Rohit Sharma's opening partner.
International Cricket Council has announced the first set of nominees for the awards. Suryakumar Yadav had won the T20I cricketer of the year in 2022 and has been nominated yet again while among Women, players from four different countries have been listed among nominations.
Team India is set to face South Africa away from home in the two-match Test series starting from December 26. The team is currently playing an intra-squad practice game of three days in order to prepare for the red-ball contest. Meanwhile, here are the updates related to the game.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 117 runs, including a fifty in the IND vs AUS T20I series. He has opened the innings along with Ruturaj Gaikwad as Rohit Sharma continues to stay away from the format. Jaiswal now looks to surpass Faf du Plessis in a T20 run-scoring record.
The first T20I between India and Australia is set to be played in Vizag today (November 23) as the home team will look up to the youngsters to deliver. Despite being part of the World Cup squad, Ishan Kishan will be under pressure to deliver big with Jaiswal also waiting in the wings.
Suryakumar Yadav will be leading the team in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma and will have a selection headache going into the first T20I game in Visakhapatnam. Rutuaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal are likely to top open ahead of Ishan Kishan in the opening game on Thursday.
Shubman Gill has been discharged amid low platelet count from the hospital in Chennai, however, his bout with dengue fever could last long as it could take him some time to first recover and then become match fit. As per reports, the BCCI is set to hold a meeting to take a decision on the issue.
Yashasvi Jaiswal broke a record of Shubman Gill by scoring 100 runs in 49 balls against Nepal in the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in China.
The quarterfinal match was played between India vs Nepal in Asian Games 2023. In this match, India performed well and won against Nepal by 23 runs. See big news from sports world
The quarterfinal match was played between India vs Nepal in Asian Games 2023. In this match, India performed well and won against Nepal by 23 runs.
Indian youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his smashing form with the bat as he smashed a 48-ball century in the Asian Games 2023 quarter-final against Nepal. Jaiswal became the youngest to score a century for India in T20Is.
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