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India vs New Zealand 1st T20I: Rain plays spoilsport, match washed out

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live Updates: The first match of the series between India and New Zealand at the SKY Stadium, Wellington has been abandoned due to rain without even a ball being bowled

IND vs NZ 1st T20I Live Streaming: It's not available on cable TV in India

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live Streaming: Indian audience will be watching the Indian cricket team play on Amazon Prime for the first time. The match will be available on TV only on terrestrial

Indian cricketers 'absolutely fine' playing IPL, domestic cricket: Shastri

Former India left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan concurred with Shastri's thoughts and felt that he doesn't see any reason for the current cricketers to play in a particular T20 league

Suryakumar Yadav continues to lead the latest T20I Batting Rankings

Suryakumar became the No.1 T20I batter after a superb showing in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup, where he hit three half-centuries in five innings.

What's hurting Indian cricket? Star system and BCCI's electoral politics

When it comes to analysing India's T20 World Cup semi-final defeat, experts have only analysed strategic or tactical reasons, but not the structural ones

T20 World Cup: England crowned champions, beat Pakistan by five wickets

Ben Stokes stars with unbeaten half-century as England claim their second Twenty20 World Cup title

Afghanistan govt has in principle agreed to resume women's cricket: ICC

The ICC on Sunday said the Afghanistan government supports the world body's constitution and has "in principle" agreed to resuming women's cricket in the country. Afghanistan cricket, especially the women's game, had plunged into uncertainty last year due to the drastic changes in the political landscape following the takeover of the country by the Taliban. There were reports that Afghan women, including the country's women's cricket team, were banned from playing sport under the Taliban administration. The ICC had then set up a Working Group to review the status of cricket in the country. The Board received an update from the Afghanistan Working Group detailing a recent meeting with a representative of the Afghanistan government and the Afghanistan Cricket Board in Doha. The government official reiterated their commitment to fully respect and comply with the ICC constitution, in particular the need for diversity and inclusivity and for the ACB to operate independent from governme

Greg Barclay unanimously re-elected as ICC Chairman for two-year term

Barclay was unopposed following the withdrawal of Tavengwa Mukuhlani from the process, and the Board reaffirmed its full support of him to continue as Chair for a further two years

Gautam Gambhir vents his frustration at India's loss with cryptic tweet

Gambhir, who played a key role in India lifting the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup trophy in 2007 and the 2011 ODI World Cup, wrote, "You only expect from those who can deliver! Chin up boys"

Many seniors players like Kohli, Ashwin won't play T20 next year: Sources

India's T20 squad will undergo a major transition in the next 24 months because senior players such as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin will be gradually eased out, BCCI sources said on Thursday. While it appears that Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik have played their last games in the shortest format, the BCCI will leave it on Kohli and Rohit to decide on their T20I future. After team's humiliating defeat in the T20 World Cup semifinal, a visibly upset Rohit was consoled by head coach Rahul Dravid, who fronted the media after the match. The next T20 World Cup is still two years away and if those privy to developments are to be believed, there will be a brand new team in place with Hardik Pandya being the long-term captaincy choice. "The BCCI never asks anyone to retire. It is an individual decision. But yes, with just a handful of T20Is scheduled in 2023, most of the seniors will concentrate on ODIs and Test matches in that cycle," a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of

IND vs ENG T20 World Cup Semi-Final Live Streaming: When and how to watch

India vs England T20 World Cup 2022 Semi-Final Live Streaming: Watch 2007 T20 World Cup winner India take on 2010 World Cup winner England in a semi-final. The match is in Adelaide

NZ vs PAK T20 World Cup SF Highlights: Rizwan, Babar take Pakistan to final

New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2022 Semi-Final Highlights: Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan scored a fifty each as the men in green outplayed Kiwis in all departments to beat them by 7 wickets

Surya at top spot, Arshdeep surges to career-best 23rd in T20I rankings

In-form India batter Suryakumar Yadav consolidated his top spot in the batting chart, while left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh climbed to a career-best 23rd position among bowlers in the latest ICC T20I rankings released on Wednesday. Yadav, who has been in sizzling form, has amassed 225 runs from five matches at a strike-rate of almost 200 in the ongoing T20 World Cup. He achieved a career-high rating of 869 points to continue as the number one batter in the format. In India's last group match, Yadav blasted a 25-ball 61 as he added six points in the weekly rankings update to go 39 points clear of second-placed Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan. Next in the list is New Zealand's Devon Conway, 90 points adrift of Yadav, while Pakistan captain Babar Azam is a further seven points behind the Kiwi in fourth place. India vice-captain KL Rahul's half-centuries against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have lifted him five positions to 16th while Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma are 11th and 18th ...

Suryakumar Yadav's brand value triples as he hits it out of the park

Kumar signed with several brands including GlobalBees-owned UrbanGuru, Boult Audio, Pintola peanut butter and Das Foodtech

NZ vs PAK T20 World Cup Semi-Final: New Zealand Predicted XI vs Pakistan

New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup Semi-Final, Predicted XI: Find out the latest team news and the predicted playing eleven of both New Zealand and Pakistan for the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final

Viacom18 Sports announces seven-year partnership with Cricket South Africa

Viacom18 Sports on Tuesday announced a seven-year partnership with Cricket South Africa (CSA) for exclusive digital and TV rights for all international cricket, from 2024-2031.

Three-member committee to probe alleged sexual assault by Gunathilaka

A three-member panel will probe the alleged sexual assault by Sri Lankan batter Danushka Gunathilaka during the T20 World Cup in Australia, the country's cricket board said on Tuesday. The probe panel comprising retired High Court judge Justice Sisira Ratnayake, attorney Niroshana Perera and attorney Asela Rekawa will also investigate various other alleged incidents involving the reigning Asia Cup winners during their stay in Australia, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) stated. "Upon submission of the said report by the panel, the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket will take stern disciplinary action against the players and or officials if proved guilty of any wrongdoing or negligence when carrying out official duties," SLC said. The panel will seek an immediate explanation from the team manager pertaining to Gunathilaka's conduct and other incidents, it added. There are also reports of "a fight involving another player in a Brisbane casino". The 31-year-old left-hander, who was arres

T20 WC: When Kohli and Rohit let the pacers have their biz class seats

The Indian team management decided to let the fast bowlers get the best seats since the team had to travel every third or fourth day

SLC executive committee suspends Gunathilaka from all forms of cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket also said the cricketer will not be considered for any selections "after being informed that Mr. Gunathilaka was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a woman in Australia".

Sportswear giant creates unique birthday tribute for Kohli

Bringing together thousands of Virat Kohli fans, leading sportswear brand Puma, in a unique birthday tribute, created a massive mural of the Indian batting maestro by using 5000 red cricket balls at Mumbai's Carter Road Amphitheatre on Saturday. A 20ft-by-20ft mural of Kohli's face was created in a marathon nine-hour activity that began at 8:00 am. "Virat Kohli is a modern-day cricket legend and has a special place in the fans' heart. He is an inspiration to not only a legion of fans but even the professionals associated with the game. "It was our endeavour to bring them all together and make it a special birthday celebration for one of the most complete batsmen of this era," said Abhishek Ganguly, Managing Director, PUMA India and Southeast Asia. What made the celebration even more special was the presence of Kohli's childhood coach, Rajkumar Sharma. "It looks amazing and very creative from team PUMA and I will definitely send it to Virat as well. It fills my heart with great pri