Suryakumar Yadav‘s unbeaten 49-ball 50, which bailed India out from a precarious situation on a low-scoring New York surface against USA, wasn’t a typical 360-degree knock, but it impressed his captain. “He showed he’s got a different game as well, that is what you expect from experienced players,” Rohit Sharma said on the official broadcast

India 111 for 3 (Suryakumar 50*, Dube 31*, Netravalkar 2-18) beat USA 110 for 8 (Nitish 27, Taylor 24, Arshdeep 4-9, Hardik 2-14) by seven wickets USA had several things going against them. The conditions: Before today, they’d never played at Nassau County Stadium; this was India’s fourth game at the venue. Personnel: Monank Patel,

He last played for India in the first Test in Centurion in that series. Although he managed to make a return in the Ranji Trophy last season, helping Mumbai win their 42nd title, it is understood he had requested the BCCI for longer breaks between matches to ensure adequate recovery and preparation time.

An unsung hero of India’s win against Pakistan was the allrounder Axar Patel. Not only did he provide batting depth, he also provided flexibility in the batting order by moving up to face the moving ball and protect more-valuable batters. Not only that, he bowled a crucial 16th over and shut out a left-hand batter

Match details India vs USANew York, 10.30am local, 8.00pm IST, 2.30pm GMT Big picture: Party in the USA The New York Times is writing articles about it. Drake has been making money off it. Baseball fans have been triggered by it. Look out, America, our beautiful game is starting to take you over. India themselves

Rohit Sharma was effusive in his praise for his bowlers after India successfully defended 119 – despite looking like they wouldn’t be able to at various points – against Pakistan on a New York pitch where “140 was a good score to fight”. “We didn’t bat well enough,” Rohit said on the host broadcast after

Babar Azam reckoned not utilising the batting powerplay well enough and then playing too many dot balls in the middle overs were the main reasons behind Pakistan not being able to chase down 120 in their T20 World Cup 2024 match against India in New York. “In our mind, we wanted to play normally, utilise

The 2011 ODI World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan in Mohali was such a significant occasion that the then India coach Gary Kirsten and the rest of the staff left the meeting room to give the players a moment to themselves. “After the show [a presentation by the team analyst] is over, Gary says

The BCCI has announced the splitting of the Ranji Trophy into two phases for the 2024-25 domestic season. The decision comes following deliberations between a four-member working group and senior players and coaches, who had raised concerns over lack of game time owing to weather disruptions in northern India during winters. The BCCI eventually okayed

India captain Rohit Sharma retired hurt after scoring a half-century in their opening fixture of the T20 World Cup against Ireland in New York. He was struck on the upper arm by a delivery from Josh Little in the ninth over of the chase and walked off after hitting the next two balls for six,

India 97 for 2 (Rohit 52, Pant 36*) beat Ireland 96 (Delany 26, Hardik 3-27, Bumrah 2-6, Arshdeep 2-35) by eight wickets New York’s second match as a T20I venue was a lot like its first: low-scoring and brutal. Two days after South Africa bowled Sri Lanka out for 77 here, India bowled Ireland out

“I don’t know what to expect from the pitch to be honest, but we will prepare as if the conditions are going to be like this,” Rohit said after India dismissed Ireland for 96 in New York on Wednesday. In anticipation of pace-friendly conditions after South Africa and Sri Lanka played a low-scoring game in

India’s captain Rohit Sharma unsuccessfully tried to get the outgoing coach Rahul Dravid to stay on in the job. Rohit, who played under Dravid, with Dravid, then against Dravid in the IPL and against teams coached by him, said he wanted the association to carry on. Dravid, though, decided not to seek an extension after

Match details India vs IrelandNew York, 10.30am local time Big picture – India in their element? India played two high-profile games at the last T20 World Cup. They won the one where the pitch was tough to bat on and lost the one where it was considerably easier. They will be pleased that the surfaces

Rahul Dravid has confirmed that the ongoing T20 World Cup will be his last assignment as India head coach as he will not be applying for the position again. It was largely expected, but this was the first official confirmation that India will have a new coach come July. Dravid confirmed it when asked if

Kedar Jadhav has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket at the age of 39. Jadhav played 73 ODIs and nine T20Is for India after making his international debut in 2014. He earned an India call-up for the ODIs against Bangladesh in June 2014 but he had to wait till November that year to

Gautam Gambhir “would love to coach India” if he is given the opportunity. Gambhir, fresh from playing a key role – as mentor – in Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) run to the IPL 2024 title, has been contacted by the BCCI for the job after Rahul Dravid’s tenure ends following the conclusion of the ongoing

Former India allrounder Irfan Pathan feels that having a celebrity culture at times does not help the Indian cricket team and that he would like to have a “nice balance” instead. “Australia does not have a celebrity culture. Fortunately or unfortunately we have that,” Pathan said in ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Rendezvous show. “Ideally, I would want

Samson’s stay was brief: he was lbw to Shoriful Islam for 1 in the second over of the match. Rohit, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli are the three regular openers in India’s 15-member squad. Kohli wasn’t available to play in the warm-up game, having only arrived in New York on the eve of the match.

It has been a tough few days in the life of Hardik Pandya, and he acknowledges it. But he won’t “run away from it” and will “keep working hard – hard work never goes to waste – and keep smiling”. “Eventually, I believe, you have to stay in the battle. Sometimes life puts you in

Dinesh Karthik has called time on his playing career. The wicketkeeper-batter last played for India in the 2022 T20 World Cup and did put his hand up to play in the 2024 edition as well but will now be focusing his efforts elsewhere. Karthik announced his decision on Saturday, his 39th birthday bringing to a

Virat Kohli has linked up with the India squad in New York on Friday for the T20 World Cup 2024, days after his team-mates arrived. However, it is still unclear if he will play the warm-up game against Bangladesh at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on June 1. Kohli, who is coming on the

Batter Jemimah Rodrigues and allrounder Pooja Vastrakar have been named in India’s Test and white-ball squads for the upcoming home series against South Africa, but their selection is subject to fitness. Rodrigues had missed the five-match T20I series in Bangladesh in April-May with a back injury and underwent rehab at the National Cricket Academy (NCA)

Riyan Parag is confident of representing India at some point in the future. The 22-year-old is coming off a superb season with Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024, where he struck 573 runs at an average of 52.09 and a strike-rate of 149.21. “At some point, you’ll have to take me, right? So that is my

Security cover will be raised at the Eisenhower Park stadium in New York following reports of threats to the India vs Pakistan match on June 9 in T20 World Cup 2024. A statement released by the governor’s office said they are monitoring the situation and according to their intel “there is no credible public safety

Most members of the India team had their first training session after reaching New York City ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup on Tuesday at a local facility. Virat Kohli is the only one to not have reached New York yet, and could be a doubt for India’s only warm-up fixture ahead of the

The two matches will take place at Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay from October 31-November 3 followed by the MCG from November 7 to 10. The entire Indian squad – comprising both the main tour party and the A team – will then have an internal warm-up fixture at the WACA between November 15

Iyer had recovered from a back injury to make a comeback in the Asia Cup last year, before playing the ODI World Cup in October-November. Then, in early 2024, he was picked for the first two home Tests against England, before being left out for the remaining three Tests. At the time, it was understood

BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Friday rejected claims that the board has approached any former Australian cricketers to be India’s next head coach. He hinted that Rahul Dravid‘s successor could be an Indian by saying that he should have a “deep understanding” of the game’s structure in the country. “Neither I nor the BCCI have

The question has been doing the rounds from even before IPL 2024 started: is this MS Dhoni‘s last IPL as a player? “I do not know,” Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO Kasi Viswanathan said in answer to the question on the CSK YouTube channel. “It is a question which only MS can answer. The question