India batter Abhishek Sharma took a giant leap of 38 places to find himself on the second spot in the ICC rankings for men's T20I batters after his blazing knock of 135 from just 54 balls in the 54-ball 135 in the fifth and final T20I against England in Mumbai.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav was elated by the sensational batting by opener Abhishek Sharma in the fifth T20I and brilliant bowling by Varun Chakravarthy in the series and termed it a byproduct of his team's high-risk, high-reward style of play that resulted in a 4-1 victory against England in the five-match series.
India’s rising spinner Varun Chakravarthy has made significant strides in the ICC men’s T20Is bowler’s rankings following his recent exploits against England in the ongoing five-match T20I series. In addition, Tilak Varma will be eyeing Travis Head’s position at the top of the batting charts.
Amid England's struggles against spin at the ongoing five-match T20I series against India, former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has backed their star batter Joe Root to play the 2026 T20 World Cup being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
India’s ODI and Test skipper Rohit Sharma, who led the team to their second ICC T20 World Cup title last June, has been named captain of the ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year 2024. The team dominated by Indians also features star pacer Jasprit Bumrah and left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh, along with all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
India skipper Suryakumar Yadav has confirmed that wicketkeeper Sanju Samson will be the side’s second opener alongside Abhishek Sharma in the T20I series against Bangladesh, starting at the Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior on Sunday.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape paceman Okuhle Cele, is turning out to be a source of inspiration for any young fast bowler as he is set to return to action after a big break, picked in the defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape squad in the auction for Season 3 of SA20 T20 tournament.
In a bold move to reinvigorate their T20I team, Ireland have opted to drop Test captain Andy Balbirnie from their squad for the upcoming T20I series against South Africa, set to take place in Abu Dhabi later this month.
Rinku Singh and Suryakumar Yadav's late bowling efforts combined with Washington Sunder's Super Over show helped India beat Sri Lanka in the third T20I at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium here to sweep the series 3-0 on Tuesday.
After being snubbed from T20I captaincy, former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri laid down the future path for the star Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya, advising him to play as much as possible and find inspiration to keep his fitness at top-level in his recent ICC T20 World Cup heroics, where Men in Blue ended their 11-year-long ICC trophy drought.
