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No Animosity With Harmanpreet Kaur, It's Just Competitive Cricket: Alyssa Healy

Australia women's team captain Alyssa Healy has rubbished talks about animosity building up between her and India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, saying they were just playing "competitive cricket". India registered their maiden Test win against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium before the visitors came back strongly to win the ODIs 3-0 and T20Is 2-1 in a highly-competitive month-long series. "I would probably just summarise it to competitive cricket is going out there, doing our job for the side," said Alyssa, following the seven-wicket win in the third T20I at the DY Patil Stadium on Tuesday, which helped Australia take the series 2-1. Alyssa added the perception of animosity was because both of them approached their roles differently.

David Warner Likely To Play T20Is Against West Indies Over ILT20

Australia's chair of selectors, George Bailey, believes that David Warner will play the three-match T20I series against the West Indies despite the series overlapping with the International League T20 (ILT20) tournament, where he is signed to captain the Dubai Capitals. Warner plans to participate in the ILT20, which begins on January 20, shortly after the home and away phase of the Big Bash League (BBL) is over. The ILT20 runs till February 18, however, the three T20Is versus the West Indies begin on February 9 and end on February 13.

Chahal Will Have To Wait As Kuldeep Grabbed His Chance: Imran Tahir

Yuzvendra Chahal is still one of the best wrist spinners in world cricket but will have to wait for his opportunity as Kuldeep Yadav is an improved white ball exponent now, reckoned former Proteas lead spinner Imran Tahir. Tahir felt left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep was able to grab the opportunities that came along his way. Chahal, one of the finest leg-break bowlers, is currently out of favour as he wasn't selected for last year's ODI World Cup in India and is unlikely to make it to the Indian squad for the T20 WC in the West Indies and the USA in June.

Shreyas Iyer Out Of Afghanistan T20Is Due To Disciplinary Reasons? Report Says This...

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli made a return to T20I cricket as the Indian cricket team squad for the three-match series against Afghanistan was announced but a clear omission was Shreyas Iyer. Iyer had a good run of form in the Cricket World Cup 2023 and even took part in the ODI and Test series against South Africa. As a result, his exclusion from the squad against Afghanistan came as a surprise for some fans as well as experts. According to a report on Anandabazar Patrika, the selectors were not happy with his style of batting in the recently concluded Test series. The report further claimed that Shreyas' decision to take a holiday and not play Ranji Trophy matches for Mumbai was not taken well by the team management.

Shreyas Iyer Goes Back To Ranji Trophy Ahead Of Potential Selection For England Tests

Star India batter, Shreyas Iyer is set to play for Mumbai in their second round fixture of the Ranji Trophy 2024 against Andhra Pradesh beginning on Friday ahead of the home Test series against England. The right-hand batter is playing for his domestic side for the first time in the Ranji Trophy since the 2018-19 season. The home game at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in BKC provides an opportunity for the 29-year-old to improve his form ahead of the home Tests against England, which begin on January 25 in Hyderabad.

Rashid Khan Ruled Out Of T20I Series Against India, Confirms Skipper Ibrahim Zadran

The return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to the T20 format after 14 months will be keenly observed when India face a dangerous Afghanistan in the first ever white-ball series between the two teams, beginning here on Thursday. The three-match contest will be India's last before the T20 World Cup in June, giving the team more clarity on where it stands ahead of the ICC event in Americas. However, the final 15 will be picked on the core group's performance in the IPL, which precedes the World Cup.

"Will Win Battle Against Me...": R Ashwin Concedes He Wouldn't Be Able To Tackle This Pakistan Star

Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the greatest active players currently. With 490 wickets in 95 Test matches, the second-highest wicket-taker among active spinners after Nathan Lyon (509 wickets). However, with India facing England in a five-match series starting later this month, Ashwin has a good chance to surpass Lyon. He needs only 10 more wickets to be the second Indian after the great Anil Kumble to take 500 or more Test wickets. He is currently enjoying a break before the Test series against England.

Rohit Sharma Press Conference LIVE: India Skipper Marks T20I Return With Afghanistan Series

Rohit Sharma Press Conference LIVE updates: Indian cricket team skipper Rohit Sharma is expected to address the media ahead of the first T20I match against Afghanistan. Rohit returns to the shortest format in international cricket after a gap of 14 months as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selection committee picked him and Virat Kohli for the 3-match assignment.

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No Animosity With Harmanpreet Kaur, It's Just Competitive Cricket: Alyssa Healy

David Warner Likely To Play T20Is Against West Indies Over ILT20

Chahal Will Have To Wait As Kuldeep Grabbed His Chance: Imran Tahir

Shreyas Iyer Out Of Afghanistan T20Is Due To Disciplinary Reasons? Report Says This...

Shreyas Iyer Goes Back To Ranji Trophy Ahead Of Potential Selection For England Tests

Rashid Khan Ruled Out Of T20I Series Against India, Confirms Skipper Ibrahim Zadran

"Will Win Battle Against Me...": R Ashwin Concedes He Wouldn't Be Able To Tackle This Pakistan Star

Rohit Sharma Press Conference LIVE: India Skipper Marks T20I Return With Afghanistan Series