The BCCI sprang a surprise when it announced on Wednesday that MS Dhoni will be the team mentor for the T20 World Cup beginning on October 17.
Ben Stokes is taking an indefinite break from cricket to manage his mental health and recover from a finger he broke in April.
Former Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association life member Sanjeev Gupta has sent a letter to the apex council members that Dhoni's appointment is a violation of the Conflict of Interest clause, under which one person cannot hold two posts.
This comes days after coaches Ravi Shastri, Bharat Arun and R Sridhar were forced into quarantine in London and missed the fourth Test at The Oval.
Aakash Chopra said that he would have preferred Deepak Chahar to be selected over Mohammed Shami in India's 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
All 16 teams, including those in Round 1, have announced their squads for the T20 World Cup.
Shikhar Dhawan had captained India in the limited-overs series in Sri Lanka in July.
Ahead of the fifth and final Test in Manchester, Jasprit Bumrah's workload will certainly be a topic of discussion after having bowled 151 overs already in the past month.
Cricket Australia said on Thursday that it would not proceed with the planned Test against Afghanistan in November if reports of Taliban views on women's cricket were true.
India vs England (IND vs ENG) 5th Test, Manchester Weather Forecast and Pitch Report: The cloudy weather will provide seamers with some help from the surface.
In-form openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul keep Shikhar Dhawan out of India's T20 World Cup squad. The Men in Blue have backup openers in Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli.
R Ashwin fished out an old quote he had jotted down in his diary in 2017 on Twitter.
Ravichandran Ashwin last played white-ball cricket for India in 2017.
MS Dhoni was on Wednesday brought in as mentor of India's 15-member T20 World Cup squad by the BCCI
MS Dhoni will join Team India as their mentor in the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE.
India's have named their 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup, which will start from 17 October, has been announced.
England’s premier fast bowler could be in need of a rest at the end of a long, hard series. India is likely weighing up a similar decision about its star paceman.
Having elected to bat first, New Zealand suffered yet another batting collapse at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.
The Indian team is 2-1 ahead in the five-match series, having won the second and fourth Tests at Lords and the Oval by 151 and 157 runs respectively. The hosts defeated the Virat Kohli-led side in the third game at Leeds by an innings and 76 runs.
The rescheduled IPL will have RT-PCR testing every third day, instead of every fifth day during the last edition in the UAE
KC Cariappa couldn't exactly set the stage on fire in the handful of games that he played.
The Black Caps, who are the reigning test world champions, will return having won a two-match series in England 1-0 this summer.
As per the schedule released by the ECB, India will begin the T20 International series at the Old Trafford on July 1 before matches at Trent Bridge (July 3) and the Ageas Bowl (July 6)
Pat Cummins leads the standings while Ravichandran Ashwin remains second while not being part of India's four Tests against England.
Virat Kohli is India's most successful captain in overseas Tests, having guided the country to 15 victories on foreign soil.




