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1st T20: India take on injury-hit NZ as build-up to T20 World Cup continues

Unlike most overseas tours, this will be a quick start for the Indian team. In a tight season, the first T20 comes only five days after their last ODI against Australia at home

BCCI releases central contract list, former skipper M S Dhoni dropped

The BCCI announced the central contracts for the period of October 2019 to September 2020. Dhoni was in the A category, which fetches a player Rs 5 crore, until last year

Jasprit Bumrah on verge of becoming India's leading wicket-taker in T20Is

Bumrah has taken 44 matches to claim 52 wickets while Chahal took only 36 matches. Ashwin, on the other hand, has 52 wickets in 46 matches

Test rankings: Rohit Sharma jumps to 17th spot, R Ashwin back in top 10

India batsman Rohit Sharma, who became the first player to score a century in each innings of his maiden Test as opener, on Monday jumped to a career-best 17th position in the ICC Test Player Rankings. Rohit, who now has five centuries from 28 Tests, gained a whopping 36 slots after his knocks of 176 and 127 in the first Test against South Africa in Visakhapatnam helped India win by 203 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The other opener Mayank Agarwal has also attained a career-best 25th position after his first innings double-century lifted him 38 places. Captain Virat Kohli, who retained his second spot, has dropped below the 900-point mark for the first time since January 2018. He is now on 899 points, 38 behind top-ranked Steve Smith of Australia. Among the bowlers, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has made a comeback to the top 10 after his match haul of eight wickets, which included figures of seven for 145 in the first innings. The formerly top-ranked bowle

Ashwin a wicket away from Muralitharan's record of fastest 350 Test scalps

Former Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble had taken 77 Tests to take 350 wickets

Ind vs SA 1st Test: Proteas tottering at 39-3 after Mayank's double-century

Ravichandran Ashwin provided the breakthroughs by getting through the defences of Markram with a classical off-break that turned sharply

Men's cricket revenue generator, unfair to ask for same pay: Smriti Mandana

Smriti Mandhana, the ICC's woman cricketer of the year, touched on the contentious issue of pay parity at an event

India vs New Zealand: Samson, Prithvi replace Dhawan in T20 and ODI squad

Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson replaced Dhawan in the T20 Internationals while comeback-man Prithvi Shaw got his maiden selection call-up in the ODI squad in place of the senior opener

Hardik Pandya failed in fitness test, not considered for New Zealand tour

Pandya recently flunked the bowling workload monitoring test, which is one of the mandatory requirements after coming back from a back surgery

India arrive in Auckland, to play first T20 on January 24 vs New Zealand

India arrive in New Zealand high on confidence, having beaten Australia in the three-match series after losing the first game by 10 wickets.

Pitches in New Zealand have become batting-friendly over the years: Sachin

Tendulkar, who has been on a record five New Zealand tours since 1990, feels that from seaming tracks during his early trips years, tracks became high-scoring hard ones during his last tour in 2009

3rd ODI highlights: Shardul's 17-run helps India beat Windies in a thriller

Virat Kohli anchored a tricky chase before Shardul Thakur played the most defining cameo of his short career to power India to a series-winning four-wicket victory

1st ODI highlights: Hetmyer, Hope tons guide WI to 8-wicket win; lead 1-0

Rishabh Pant struck his maiden half-century to silence his critics as India shrug off a poor start to post a 287 for eight.

Ishant Sharma ruled out of New Zealand Test series, says DDCA official

Ishant Sharma's MRI report shows a Grade 3 ankle tear and he has been advised six weeks of rest and rehabilitation, says DDCA general secretary Vinod Tihara

IND vs BAN 2nd D/N Test: Pace trio wreak havoc; Bangladesh 73-6 at lunch

The batsmen may have feared the twilight period but looking at the way Bangladesh batted, it seemed they would fold well before the sun sets late into the second session

India have found Dhoni's replacement in Manish Pandey: Shoaib Akhtar

Dhoni has not played for India since the 2019 World Cup semi-final loss to New Zealand. He recently was not included in the BCCI central contract list for October 2019-September 2020 period

IND vs NZ: Clarity of mind very crucial in away conditions, says Kohli

India are high on confidence as they won the three-match ODI series against Australia 2-1. The Kohli-led team will now tour to New Zealand to play five T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests

Injuries change side's dynamics, but help test team's depth: Ross Taylor

New Zealand are set to hosts India for five T20Is, three ODIs, and two Tests

India vs New Zealand: Dhawan ruled out of T20 series due to shoulder injury

Dhawan did not travel with the team to Auckland on Monday and the selectors are yet to announce his replacement

Ishant doubtful for New Zealand Test series after sustaining ankle injury

The BCCI is hopeful of Ishant getting fit in time for the first Test. Navdeep Saini will be the replacement if the 96-Test veteran fails to be fit in time