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With Eye On T20 World Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur Plans To Try Out Batters For All Phases In Asia Cup

India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has indicated that Women's Asia Cup beginning on Saturday will be a lot about giving game time to the less experienced players as the team prepares for the T20 World Cup early next year. The likes of D Hemalatha and Kiran Navgire were tried out in the preceding series in England but could not make an impact. Jemimah Rodrigues has recovered from a wrist injury that ruled her out of England series and is expected to play as opener against Sri Lanka on Saturday.

Watch: With Gamusa And Bihu, Team India's Grand Welcome In Guwahati Ahead Of 2nd T20I vs South Africa

Rohit Sharma-led Team India arrived in Guwahati on Thursday for the second T20I of the three-match series against South Africa. A day later, the BCCI shared the video of the team's arrival on social media. In the clip, Arshdeep Singh and Deepak Chahar could be seen cutting a cake ahead of their departure from Thiruvananthapuram -- the venue for the first T20I -- before taking a flight to Guwahati. There, from airport to the streets of the city, a huge crowd had come out of their homes to give a rousing reception to the players.

Rajasthan High Court Extends Stay On RCA Election Till Further Orders

Rajasthan High Court on Friday extended the stay on holding fresh election to the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) till further orders. The RCA election in which Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav was in the fray for the post of president was scheduled to be held on Friday. Justice Mahendra Goyal also issued notice to the RCA's Election Officer Ramlubhaya, Principal Secretary Sports of Rajasthan Government and Registrar cooperative to file their replies within a week.

Malan backs Strauss review, Boycott fears 'death of county cricket'

LONDON : England batsman Dawid Malan has backed proposals to reduce the number of County Championship matches but former test batsman Geoffrey Boycott fears any such move would mean the "death of county cricket."

"Noticing From Last Couple Of Games...": Harmanpreet Kaur On Deepti Sharma's Run-Out vs England

The third and final ODI between India women and England women caused quite a stir after Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean at the non-striker's end after she ventured too far ahead out of the crease even when the ball was not delivered by Deepti. The 'spirit of cricket' debate once again erupted after that, and fans and pundits are still debating on this particular mode of dismissal. After reaching India, Deepti revealed that Team India gave Dean warnings, but upon noticing that she was still going out of her crease, the team decided to run her out.

Dawid Malan backs Andrew Strauss review, Geoffrey Boycott fears 'death of county cricket'

Geoffrey Boycott fears any such move would mean the "death of county cricket." Former captain Andrew Strauss last week presented a High-Performance Review commissioned by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after the team's Ashes debacle in January. The proposals, which include a 15% reduction in men's domestic cricket, have polarised opinion, with several counties deciding to oppose their introduction for the 2024 season.

Losing Jasprit Bumrah for T20 World Cup will be a massive blow, but Mohammed Shami can always step up: Saba Karim

Since Thursday, there have been reports of Bumrah likely to miss out on playing the T20 World Cup due to a back injury. On Friday, he was replaced by fellow pacer Mohammed Siraj for the remainder of the T20I series against South Africa, which further raised doubts over Bumrah's availability for the mega event. Shami, included as a travelling reserve for the T20 World Cup, hadn't featured in T20Is against Australia and currently against South Africa due to a positive Covid-19 test, which has since then returned a negative result on re-testing after a period of 10 days.

T20 World Cup: Who will lead India's pace attack in Jasprit Bumrah's absence?

After all, Bumrah is not the Indian pace spearhead for nothing. He is dangerous with the new ball and lethal with the old one. An expert in bowling yorkers at will. But his injury has forced the Indian team management to look at other pace options available for the marquee event and the biggest question right now is who will lead the Indian pace attack in the absence of Bumrah? Mohammad Shami and Deepak Chahar are the two bowlers who were named as standbys when the BCCI announced the India squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia. TimesofIndia.com here looks at the pacers named in the India squad for the World Cup and their strengths and weaknesses: Bhuvneshwar Kumar: Things change quickly in international cricket. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the best bet to partner Bumrah with the new ball but things are different now.

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With Eye On T20 World Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur Plans To Try Out Batters For All Phases In Asia Cup

Watch: With Gamusa And Bihu, Team India's Grand Welcome In Guwahati Ahead Of 2nd T20I vs South Africa

Rajasthan High Court Extends Stay On RCA Election Till Further Orders

Malan backs Strauss review, Boycott fears 'death of county cricket'

"Noticing From Last Couple Of Games...": Harmanpreet Kaur On Deepti Sharma's Run-Out vs England

Dawid Malan backs Andrew Strauss review, Geoffrey Boycott fears 'death of county cricket'

Losing Jasprit Bumrah for T20 World Cup will be a massive blow, but Mohammed Shami can always step up: Saba Karim

T20 World Cup: Who will lead India's pace attack in Jasprit Bumrah's absence?