A much-needed series win will be in South Africa's sights when they clash with Sri Lanka in the third one-day international in Pallekele on Sunday, 5 August.
After a comfortable seven-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 International, Carlos Brathwaite and Co. are looking to secure the series in the second game.
Former Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara has praised Virat Kohli after the Indian captain's innings of 149, saying that he can go on to become India's greatest ever batsman.
Ahead of the tour of England, a handful of Indian cricketers played county cricket to give themselves a chance of performing better in difficult conditions. Indian pacer Ishant Sharma joined Sussex under the guidance of Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie.
BCCI officials have raised eyebrows about the appointment of Delhi coach KP Bhaskar and former Delhi and India batsman Gursharan Singh as coaches of the India Green and India Blue teams respectively for the upcoming Duleep Trophy. Divakar Vasu was named coach of the India Red team and have been asked to report on August 15 in Madurai to prepare for the tournament, as per a letter from GM Cricket Operations Saba Karim on Friday.
England’s 1000th Test match is delicately poised after an enthralling third day against India at Edgbaston. The crowd which has both Indian and English fans had their fair share of chances to cheer on their heroes, but adding colour to the moment were men dressed as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump.
Young South African quick, Andile Phehlukwayo, says he relishes his job as a death bowler for his team in white-ball cricket, and is working with the coach to bring out his best.
James Anderson said England could dismiss India captain Virat Kohli and achieve a stunning win in the first Test at Edgbaston as "no one is invincible in world cricket".
This is England’s 1000th Test match – in the morning session here they had what felt like their 1000th batting collapse.
Since Virat Kohli took over as India captain, Ravichandran Ashwin has been one of his premier weapons.
By bowling an incisive spell on the second morning of the first Test against India, baby-faced Sam Curran suddenly went from a fringe player to a social media rage. The 20-year-old left-armer rattled the Indian batting line-up, bagging 3/23 in his first six overs.
Catch all the action from Day 3 of the first Test between England and India from Edgbaston with our live blog.
Nepal achieved a dramatic last-ball victory over the Netherlands in a low-scoring thriller in the second ODI at Amstelveen to level the two-match series 1-1. With the home side requiring six to win from the final over with just one wicket remaining, Nepal captain Paras Khadka (1/24 off six) held his nerve, going for just four runs and executing a run out off the final delivery to secure a one-run win.
India opener Smrirti Mandhana has produced yet another stunning performance in the Women's Cricket Super League, guiding her team Western Storm to a comfortable win against Lancashire Thunder with a 61-ball 102. Courtesy Mandhana’s hundred, a knock that included 12 fours and four sixes, Storm registered a seven-wicket win chasing a target of 154.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday reviewed the flood situation in Assam.
India A captain Shreyas Iyer feels the return of leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal to red-ball cricket will help his team in the first unofficial Test against South Africa A.
The CBI move comes amidst media reports that Indian agencies told the Caribbean nation that there was no adverse information against Choksi when it did a background check on him before granting him citizenship in 2017.
The BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary launched a scathing attack on Committee of Administrators (COA) chief Vinod Rai, terming him a "complete failure" in the implementation of the Supreme Court-mandated Lodha Committee reforms.
US President Donald Trump continues to bash the media. Earlier, Donald Trump had called the media "enemy of the people. "On Thursday, in Pennsylvania, he called journalists 'horrible, horrendous people.
While the Indian cricket team sweats it out in the uncharacteristically hot summer against England at Edgbaston in the first of five Tests, MS Dhoni is enjoying his time away from the rigours of cricket.
The National Asian Cricket Council (NACC) has blamed excessive ticket prices for the lack of crowd at the ongoing first Test between India and England here.
Virat Kohli's hundred in the first Test against England provides just the kind of inspiration that a struggling Indian batting line-up needed, feels Chris Gayle. Kohli scored a classic 149, his first hundred in England to rescue India from a precarious position in the first Test.
Catch all the action from the game between Netherlands and Nepal with our LIVE scores.
Jofra Archer helped Sussex to a 12-run win over Middlesex on Thursday after his hat-trick halted Middlesex's run chase in the last over of the T20 Blast match.
Virat Kohli single-handedly kept India in the first Test with his maiden hundred in England, but the captain would still rate the memorable knock second to his 141 in a lost run-chase against Australia in Adelaide almost four years ago.
On this day in 2000, Alec Stewart and Michael Atherton reached the 100-Test milestone together when they took to the field against West Indies at Old Trafford, Manchester.
After losing their maiden one-day international, new boys Nepal will look to finish strongly in the second and final game of the series against the Netherlands.
Virat Kohli took a giant stride towards exorcising the ghosts of 2014 with a masterful century as he single-handedly pulled India out of the woods against England on an eventful second day of the first Test at Edgbaston.
There were 59 days between the end of England’s last Test match and the start of this one, but on the evidence of a captivating day two at Edgbaston, it was well worth the wait.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli added yet another feather to his cap as he notched his first Test ton in England during the first Test at Edgbaston.
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