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Watch: Mohammed Shami Cleans Up Dinesh Karthik In Nets Ahead Of India's Warm-Up Game vs Australia

Team India will take on Australia in their first practice match of the T20 World Cup at the Gabba in Brisbane. With Jasprit Bumrah out injured due to a back issue, the Board of Control for Cricket in India named Mohammed Shami in the squad to replace the star pacer. Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur, on the other hand, were added to the reserves list. Shami, who joined the Indian team ahead of the first warm-up game, was seen bowling in the nets. He even cleaned up Dinesh Karthik, who was looking in good touch in the nets in Brisbane.

David Warner could return to captaincy duties in BBL after calls for review of code of conduct

David Warner could be seen returning to captaincy duties as early as in the Big Bash League in December after the country's cricket board called for a review of its code of conduct. Under the current rules, players do not have the right to have a sanction reviewed once it has been accepted. However, Warner's life ban on captaincy for his involvement in the infamous 2018 ball tampering scandal may be commuted by Cricket Australia after the review, enabling the cricketer to lead Sydney Thunder in the BBL or Australia in future.

T20 World Cup: No restrictions or mandatory tests as Covid positive players can take the field

TOI has learnt that there won’t be any mandatory testing either. This is the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic started that a tournament will be played with no Covid-driven restriction. Ironically, it’s happening in the same country where tennis superstar Novak Djokovic was denied from playing in the Australian Open earlier in the year because he wasn’t vaccinated.

Shahbaz Ahmed Stars As Bengal Beat Tami Nadu; Odisha Stun Chandigarh

Shahbaz Ahmed produced a brilliant all-round performance to power Bengal to a dominating 43-run win over Tamil Nadu in their Elite Group E match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Sunday. The 27-year-old from Haryana led Bengal's aggressive batting display with an unbeaten 27-ball 42 laced with three fours and two maximums to take the team to 164 for six after opting to bat. He then returned to scalp three crucial wickets with his left-arm spin to completely derail Tamil Nadu's run chase as they ended with 121 for 9 in their stipulated 20 overs.

T20 World Cup: Gerhard Erasmus Responds To Sachin Tendulkar's "Naam Yaad Rakhna" Tweet After Namibia Stun Sri Lanka

Namibia pulled off a huge upset as the Gerhard Erasmus-led side thrashed reigning Asian champions Sri Lanka in the opening Round 1 game of the T20 World Cup at the Kardinia Park in Geelong. Namibia recovered from 93 for six in the 15th over to post a challenging 163 for seven in 20 overs. Jan Frylinck (44 off 28) and JJ Smit (31 not out off 16) did the damage in the death overs, sharing a whirlwind 69-run stand off 33 balls to raise concerns in the Sri Lankan dressing room.

UAE hero Aayan Afzal Khan: ‘My dad said never give up – this is for him’

Nursing cramp and heat exhaustion, but also the warm glow of satisfaction, Aayan Afzal Khan sent a message of thanks halfway across the world to his parents, after scripting one of the greatest wins in the history of UAE cricket.

T20 World Cup: Netherlands Edge UAE By 3 Wickets In Low-Scoring Thriller

Bowlers led by Bas de Leede helped the Netherlands edge out the United Arab Emirates by three wickets in a tense low-scoring match of the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday. Skipper Scott Edwards stood unbeaten on 16 as the Netherlands chased down their target of 112 with one ball to spare in the second match of the day in Geelong. UAE pace spearhead Junaid Siddique returned figures of 3-24 and put the opposition in trouble with two wickets in the 14th over but Edwards held his nerve to get his team off to a win in round one.

'FAB 15': India's young and old ready to turn tables

Rohit Sharma hit his first international half-century against South Africa on a bouncy Kingsmead track, everyone knew that there was a talent in town. Even as one was appreciative of Rohit's phenomenal talent, little did one know that a team with an average age of around 26 would conquer the world in a format that was very reluctantly accepted by its own board. Fifteen years down the line, another Indian team is hitting the Australian shores to regain the trophy, which once completely changed the demographics of Indian cricket. That was a team led by a new captain and no one knew what to expect of them, but as the 35-year-old Rohit gets ready to step onto the MCG, his team with an average of 30 and half would have to believe in the old adage: Winning is not everything but the only thing.

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Watch: Mohammed Shami Cleans Up Dinesh Karthik In Nets Ahead Of India's Warm-Up Game vs Australia

David Warner could return to captaincy duties in BBL after calls for review of code of conduct

T20 World Cup: No restrictions or mandatory tests as Covid positive players can take the field

Shahbaz Ahmed Stars As Bengal Beat Tami Nadu; Odisha Stun Chandigarh

T20 World Cup: Gerhard Erasmus Responds To Sachin Tendulkar's "Naam Yaad Rakhna" Tweet After Namibia Stun Sri Lanka

UAE hero Aayan Afzal Khan: ‘My dad said never give up – this is for him’

T20 World Cup: Netherlands Edge UAE By 3 Wickets In Low-Scoring Thriller

'FAB 15': India's young and old ready to turn tables