In terms of numbers, India have an all-win record against their arch-rivals in the T20 World Cup since its inception in 2007
Captaining the side with Kohli only taking the field to bowl, Rohit showed sublime touch alongside opening partner Rahul as India chased down Australia's 152 for five in 17.5 overs
At the toss, captain Kohli said that KL Rahul will open for India in this World Cup, and the right-hander displayed his class at the top with scintillating 24-ball 54 and provided India fiery start
KL Rahul saved his best for the last as his unbeaten 98 off 42 balls, which for a change was full on intent quotient, helping Punjab Kings crush Chennai Super Kings by six wickets
The KL Rahul-led Punjab Kings side can still make it to the top-four in IPL 2021 if they win their final league game against CSK on October 7 by a big margin and hope the other results go their way
Yuzvendra Chahal was again the star with figures of 3/29 in 4 overs
RCB has not made any changes in its playing 11 from the previous match. Check RCB vs PBKS playing 11 and toss result here
KKR has made two changes in its playing 11 while Punjab has made three changes in its line-up. Check Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings playing 11 and toss results
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes that KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant can be groomed as vice-captains in the shortest format of the game by the Team India management.
Chasing a sub-par score, Mumbai inched towards victory cautiously as Punjab bowlers kept the runflow in check
Another loss could make it really tough for Mumbai to make it to the playoffs so the pressure would be on the Rohit-led side
Punjab Kings dished out a disciplined bowling performance to notch up a five-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a low-scoring IPL match
Punjab required four runs off the last six balls but Tyagi dismissed Nicholas Pooran (32) and Deepak Hooda (0) and gave away only one run to snatch the win for his team from the jaws of defeat
It is going to be a battle of the explosive top-orders as Rajasthan is boosted by the likes of Evin Lewis and Liam Livingstone while Punjab has Chris Gayle and KL Rahul in its ranks.
India captain Virat Kohli and star batsman KL Rahul maintained their fourth and sixth place respectively among the batsmen while no Indian bowler featured in the top-10 in the ICC T20 rankings
The BCCI along with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had earlier jointly decided to call off the fifth Test scheduled at Old Trafford in Manchester.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah reveals that Dhoni agreed to be mentor for T20 WC only and captain (Virat Kohli) and vice captain (Rohit Shamra) and everyone have also agreed
Rahul was fined 15 per cent of his match fee
India once again struggled against the moving ball, struggling to 54 for three at lunch on day one of the fourth Test against England here on Thursday. Joe Root put India in to bat amid overcast conditions. Coming back from injury, Chris Woakes made instant impact by having Rohit Sharma (11) caught behind in his first over. In-form Ollie Robinson then trapped K L Rahul (17) with a ball that nipped backed in. Cheteshwar Pujara followed an outswinger from James Anderson only to edge it to the wicketkeeper to leave India reeling at 39 for three. Virat Kohli (18 batting) and Ravindra Jadeja (2 batting) were in the middle when lunch was taken. Jadeja came ahead of Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant. Brief scores: India 54/3 in 25 overs (Virat Kohli batting 18; James Anderson 1/28, Ollie Robinson 1/8, Chris Woakes 1/4).
England made two changes, bringing in Ollie Pope in place of Jos Buttler, while fit-again Chris Woakes replaced Sam Curran