Indian Cricket Team Updates

Josh Hazlewood, an Australian seamer, has been ruled out of the World Test Championship Final against India, which begins on June 7. Even though Hazlewood has been bowling at full speed in practice, he is dealing with a left Achilles problem in addition to the side strain he sustained during his recent IPL stint. With Australia playing the Ashes soon following the WTC Final, the cautious approach has been taken. Michael Neser, an in-form all-rounder, has been called up to the Australian squad and might be in contention for a berth in their playing XI over Scott Boland. The 33-year-old has recently been in excellent form for Glamorgan in the County Championship, picking up 19 wickets in five matches and smashing a century against Sussex in a recent match. Updated Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Michael Neser, Steve Smith (vc), Mitche

Here is the Team India squad for the ICC World Test Championship 2023 final against Australia, which will be held at The Oval in  London from 7th – 11th June (12th June  is reserve day). India’s Test squad WTC final: Rohit Sharma (c) - Top-Order Batter Ravichandran Ashwin - Bowling Allrounder Srikar Bharat - Wicketkeeper Batter Ishan Kishan - Wicketkeeper Batter Ravindra Jadeja - Allrounder Virat Kohli - Top-Order Batter Mohammed Shami - Bowler Mohammed Siraj - Bowler Axar Patel - Bowling Allrounder Cheteshwar Pujara - Top-Order Batter Ajinkya Rahane - Top-Order Batter Shubman Gill - Opening Batter Shardul Thakur - Bowler Jaydev Unadkat - Bowler Umesh Yadav - Bowler

Karnataka's Abhimanyu Mithun bags 5 wickets in one over during Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy semi-final against Haryana. He finished his spell with figures of five for 39.

Our new skipper Virat Kohli’s five-bowler strategy for the upcoming test match series against Sri Lanka which is going to start on Wednesday, August 12 is a great challenge for the top order batsmen says Murali Vijay the opener who is in fabulous form. (Related Link: India Test Squad against Sri Lanka ) He is about to continue his run of form. He has already scored 150 runs in the previous test match series against Bangladesh. Shikhar Dhawan is also in great form with 173 runs against past test match series against Bangladesh. There is always a tough competition between the top order batsmen so, if you want to cement your place in the side you need to perform well, he added. If we want survive the game, we need to act smart as a team to make plans and play accourding to that. It is going to be a great challenge for every batsman to show’s their reputation by perform consistent as possible as they can, he added. Sri Lanka: There is a big blow in their batting lineu

Team India squad for the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka. The team is as follows: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Harbhajan Singh, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Varun Aaron.  source: bcci.tv

The past few months would have been tough for Sunil Narine. He had to give the World Cup a miss in an effort to remodel his action; this, after being reported for a suspect bowling action. To Narine’s credit, he has gone back to working out the basics, changed his action to a legitimate one and has now been cleared by the BCCI’s review committee to take part in KKR’s Pepsi IPL 2015 campaign. It is almost a no-brainer that Narine has been the nucleus of KKR’s bowling plans and captain Gautam Gambhir was visibly happy to have his ace spinner back in the side.  Related News: Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad IPL 8 - 2015 Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad IPL 8 - 2015 Gambhir credited Narine for the effort he has put in over the past few months. “We were always very confident of him coming back and remodeling his action, especially after the test that he got done in Loughborough which was also an ICC testing center,” Gambhir said.  “I am really happy for him. I have always felt and sa

The Mumbai Indians know what it feels like to be IPL champions. Having clinched the coveted title in 2013 and after failing to defend the title the following year, Mumbai Indians are keen to make a telling statement as they gear up for a fresh start in 2015. The team went full throttle in their practice session at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on the eve of their first game against the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders. Ricky Ponting, who is now donning the role of the coach, was seen keeping a close eye on the preparations of his players ahead of the marquee clash on Wednesday.  Related News: Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad IPL 8 - 2015 Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad IPL 8 - 2015 Batting legend and Mumbai Indians' icon Sachin Tendulkar also had a few words of wisdom for the players. Having Sachin on the sidelines was a huge boost according to Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma. "We were discussing the strategy for tomorrow's game and Sachin was sharing his