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CHICAGO — The Cavaliers improved to 12-0 on Monday night with a 119-113 victory over the Bulls, making Cleveland the eighth team in NBA history to begin a season undefeated in its first 12 games.
Legendary Australia cricketer Ricky Ponting thinks Indian batters are vulnerable against quality spinners which resulted in their recent 3-0 series defeat to New Zealand. He added that the skill levels of Indian batters playing against spinners are not where they used to be in previous times. Though India will be departing for Australia to play in the marquee Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, the Rohit Sharma-led side embark on the all-important trip after suffering an unprecedented 3-0 defeat to New Zealand at home, which is also their first Test series loss at home in 12 years. The visitors' spinners Mitchell Santner and Ajaz Patel along with Glenn Phillips turned out to be the main architects of New Zealand's historic series win in India.
A captain's knock by Charith Asalanka steered Sri Lanka to a hard-fought four-wicket victory over New Zealand with six balls to spare in Saturday's T20I opener in Dambulla. Chasing a modest 136 to win, Sri Lanka's batsman struggled to capitalise against the second-string visiting team. But a crucial 38-run stand for the sixth wicket between Asalanka and Wanindu Hasaranga steadied the ship and inched the team to victory. "Overall it is a good win," Asalanka said. "We should have restricted them to 110 or 120 but they did well with the lower order."
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st T20I Live Updates: Sri Lanka face New Zealand in a two-match T20I series at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, starting Saturday. For the games, Sri Lanka have retained the same squad they had for the series against West Indies, which they won 2-1. This will be the first meeting between Sri Lanka and New Zealand since the former team's 2-0 victory over the Kiwis in Test series. This time, however, the shift to white-ball cricket will bring different challenges and opportunities as both teams adjust to the shorter formats. (Live Scorecard)
Indian Premier League (IPL) reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will have to rebuild in the IPL 2025 mega auction, having had to release most of their title-winning squad. One of KKR's key performers in IPL 2024 was Australian pacer Mitchell Starc, who won the Player of the Match award in both the Qualifier 1 and the final. However, with Starc released, KKR reportedly have one big Indian pacer. That is none other than left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh, who was India's highest wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup 2024.
Ben Stokes will miss the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the England Test captain did not register for the mega auction, scheduled to be held in Riyad, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25. Stokes' name was missing from the long list of 1,574 players who have registered for the player's auction. For the unversed, Stokes won't be eligible to register for the IPL 2026 mini auction, which means that he will be barred from playing the next season too.
The Indian men's cricket team, led by head coach Gautam Gambhir, has come under severe criticism following the Test series whitewash against New Zealand at home. For the first time ever, India lost a series at home with a scoreline 3-0, comprising of as many games. Amid the ongoing debate surrounding the spin-friendly tracks, Ali questioned the role of Gambhir and his coaching staff. He highlighted India's batting failures, particularly against spin, and criticised the batting coach for not doing his job.
Former batter-turned-coach Craig Cumming feels that Tom Latham's captaincy was one of the driving forces behind New Zealand's first-ever Test series win in India, snapping the hosts home streak of 18 straight series triumphs since a 2-1 loss to England in 2012. With their historic win, New Zealand also became the first team to inflict a series sweep on India in their home for the first time since South Africa's 2-0 win in 1999/2000 and overall the fourth side to whitewash India in a series of 3 or more Tests after England, Australia and the West Indies.