India beat Australia by 9 wickets in a rain-hit first T20I in Ranchi. The hosts chased down a revised target of 48 to be made within six overs with ease.
Gautam Gambhir started his new season in the right earnest with a patient century as Delhi made a pedestrian Assam attack toil by reaching 269/4 at stumps.
Virat Kohli said, "We don't really understand the Duckword Lewis method. After getting them down to 118, we thought it would only be 40 or something. 48 was tricky."
Wriddhiman Saha also wondered as to how the Aussies managed even one match after India dominated the ODI series and thumped the Aussies, 4-1.
India's national cricket team were left to chase 48 off 6 overs and did the job with three balls and nine wickets to spare in a rain-curtailed first T20I in Ranchi.
Half-centuries by B Sumanth and Ashwin Hebbar gave Andhra Pradesh a crucial lead against Tamil Nadu at the M A Chidambaram Stadium.
Saurashtra seamers Shaurya Sanandia, Jaydev Unadkat and Kushang Patel shared 14 wickets among them across two innings to put their side on the verge of a comprehensive win over Haryana.
This is the second time that Jaddu's Food Field has faced action from the RMC.
India chased down a reduced target of 48 within the 6 overs allocated to them and won the first T20I with nine wickets to spare in Ranchi.
Ahead of the first T20 between India and Australia at Ranchi, the Aussie think tank is busy formulating a plan to dismiss their prime target- Virat Kohli.
Dimuth Karunaratne was once again the star for Sri Lanka with the bat as they took a strong position in the second Test against Pakistan.
Ashish Nehra revealed that he is happy with his current physical shape and is focused on maintaining his body shape at its best.
Gautam Gambhir once again showed his fighting spirit as he first saw off the initial threat and then dominated the opposition bowlers.
Several Indian cricketers including Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman and Aakash Chopra wished Zaheer Khan on his 39th birthday.
Mushfiqur Rahim felt that Bangladesh bowlers did not use the new ball to their advantage, which made things easy for South Africa.
Darren Lehmann also went on to say that good performance in the domestic format will also help to secure a spot in the Aussie side for the upcoming Ashes series.
Sami Aslam and Shan Masood scored 30 and 15 runs respectively as Pakistan were 51/0 at stumps on Day 2 of the second Test.
A similar incident happened with Darren Lehmann's friend and mentor David Hookes, 13 years back, who died after being beaten up by a hotel bouncer.
CSA had factored in that it would take at least three seasons before the T20 Global League turned profit, similar to Australia's Big Bash League, the extent of the losses has come as a surprise.
South Africa continued their domination over the visitors as Kagiso Rabada and Duanne Olivier ran through the Bangladesh batting order in the first innings.
Prashant Chopra scored 338, his first First-Class triple century, for Himachal Pradesh against Punjab in Ranji Trophy.
Mohammad Amir has picked only one wicket in the second Test against Sri Lanka that after going wicketless in the first Test in Abu Dhabi.
Steve Smith landed awkwardly on his right shoulder in the fifth and final ODI against India in Nagpur and has experienced soreness since.
Inzamam-ul-Haq has defended picking his nephew Imam-ul-Haq in the team for the ODI series against Sri Lanka.
The results from the MRI are still being examined with no proper result yet but the sore shoulder isn't believed to be serious enough for the home Ashes .


