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IND vs NZ 2nd ODI: Time, Where to Watch, Playing XI
India lead 1-0 and go to Wellington on Saturday looking for 2-0. Matt Henry is back for New Zealand, Devon Conway is out of the series, and rain is forecast again. Our numbers from the 1st ODI show where each side will attack: India's seamers on a bouncy pitch, and New Zealand's short ball at India's middle order.
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IND vs NZ 1st ODI: Kohli 74 Leads India to DLS Win
India bowled New Zealand out for 185 at Eden Park without bowling a ball of spin until the 22nd over, then Virat Kohli's 74 off 51 took them past a rain-revised target of 143 in 32 overs with 56 balls to spare. Our ball-by-ball numbers on Anshul Kamboj's spell, the rain, and the short-ball wobble at the end.
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IND vs NZ T20I series review: India win 3-2, 5 takeaways
India won the series in Wellington and lost the last two games badly. Our scorecards from all five matches show where it went right, why New Zealand made 180 or more every time, how many chances India put down, why the Bhuvneshwar Kumar comeback did not work, and how Glenn Phillips made 337 runs.
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IND vs NZ 4th T20I: Phillips 107, India Lose by 87
New Zealand made 259 for 7 at Eden Park, their highest T20I total, and bowled India out of the game inside nine overs. Our scorecards show what dropping Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Bhuvneshwar Kumar cost, and why Mitchell Santner has 9 wickets at 6.7 an over while Axar Patel has 3 at 10.5.
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IND vs NZ 3rd T20I: Abhishek's 35-ball 100 seals series
India chased 199 in 13.2 overs in Wellington to go 3-0 up with two games left. Abhishek Sharma made 113 off 38, India hit 100 in five overs and 118 in the powerplay, and our ball-by-ball shows how New Zealand's bowlers lost the game inside 30 balls.
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IND vs NZ 4th T20I: Time, Where to Watch, Playing XI
India have already won the series 3-0 and go for 4-0 at a sold-out Eden Park on Friday. New Zealand are without Lockie Ferguson and Matt Henry, India may give their bench a game, and Eden Park's short straight boundaries mean India's bowling, the weak spot of this series, will be tested again.
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IND vs NZ 3rd T20I: Time, Where to Watch, Playing XI
India lead 2-0 and can seal the five-match series in Wellington on Tuesday. New Zealand will be without Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson, and our numbers from the first two games show where the match is likely to be won: India's middle overs against Mitchell Santner, and anyone's answer to Glenn Phillips.
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IND vs NZ 2nd T20I: How India chased 181 from 70 for 5
India were five down with 111 still needed off 55 balls in Christchurch. Tilak Varma's unbeaten 51 off 26, with Naman Dhir and Nitish Kumar Reddy at Nos. 7 and 8, won it with a ball to spare and put India 2-0 up. It is the clearest case yet for India's eight-batter line-up.
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Ishan Kishan ruled out of the 2nd T20I with a groin strain: why Vaibhav Sooryavanshi should finally get his chance
The BCCI says Kishan has a low-grade right adductor strain from the series opener in Christchurch. It also explains the batting-order mystery of Thursday's record chase. India's choice for Saturday is between a 15-year-old opener and an extra all-rounder.
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India's record chase in Christchurch: Samson and Naman Dhir win it, but was Tilak Varma at No. 3 the right call?
India chased 226 at Hagley Oval, the biggest target they have ever chased down in T20Is. Sanju Samson made 67 off 33 and Naman Dhir 42 off 15, but India lost four wickets for 29 in the middle, starting when Tilak Varma was sent in at No. 3 ahead of Ishan Kishan.
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IND vs NZ 1st T20I expected playing XI: Bhuvneshwar set for his comeback, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made to wait
Shreyas Iyer said on Wednesday that the 15-year-old "can't walk in straight away", while Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled in India's only net session in Christchurch. Here is India's likely XI, what Hagley Oval's numbers say, and how training went.
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Pragyan Ojha is India's new chief selector: why he got the job, and what his first three weeks already tell us
The BCCI has made Ojha chairman of the senior men's selection committee, with Ramesh Powar taking Ajit Agarkar's seat. He won the job on a seniority rule, not an interview. But he has already been running selection since early October, and the squads his panel picked for New Zealand show what kind of chairman he will be.
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IND vs NZ 1st T20I preview: India's 250-run batting meets a 160 pitch in Christchurch. Time, where to watch and predicted XIs
The five-match series starts at Hagley Oval on Thursday at 12:30 PM IST. India have never played a T20I at the ground, where chasing sides usually win and seamers get help under lights. Bhuvneshwar Kumar could play his first T20I for India in years.
- Analysis
985 runs at 12 an over, two all-outs and a 2-2 draw: what the West Indies series tells India before New Zealand
India's top five all struck at 180 or better against West Indies, yet they were bowled out twice and couldn't defend 249. In Christchurch on Thursday, the par score is closer to 160 than 250. Here is what India learned, and what has to change.
- Mohammed Shami
206 ODI wickets, ignored again: Mohammed Shami's New Zealand snub is hard to defend
India named 20 different players across two ODI squads for New Zealand and found room for four pacers with a combined handful of ODI caps. They could not find a place for the man with the best World Cup record of any Indian bowler, who took four wickets in the Ranji Trophy last week.
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India pick two ODI squads for New Zealand: Gill leads the first three, Shreyas Iyer takes over with Ishan Kishan as his deputy
Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Prasidh Krishna and Anshul Kamboj fly out after the third ODI to get ready for the Tests. Tilak Varma, Kumar Kushagra, Yash Thakur and Auqib Nabi come in. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami miss out on all five games.
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back: India call him up for the West Indies decider in Bengaluru after Arshdeep Singh hurts his shoulder
Nearly four years after his last T20I, the 36-year-old has been added to India's squad for Saturday's fifth T20I at the Chinnaswamy, his IPL home ground. Arshdeep took a blow to his bowling shoulder in Hyderabad, and the BCCI will decide on his fitness before the game.
- Analysis
Is there really a replacement for Jasprit Bumrah? The numbers say India's bowling is a different attack without him
West Indies have scored 247 and 252 against India in the last week. India's seamers are going at 10.64 an over in this series; Bumrah's career T20I economy is 6.51. We look at the stats, the candidates, and why nobody fills the gap yet.
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India A vs New Zealand A 2026: schedule, match time in India, where to watch live and squad
India A play three four-day matches in Lincoln and Christchurch from 24 October, with Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan in a Dhruv Jurel-led squad. Play starts at 3 AM IST, and the matches will be streamed on New Zealand Cricket's YouTube channel.
- Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma likely to return as Mumbai Indians captain for IPL 2027, says Sports Tak report
According to Sports Tak, MI's top management have moved on from Hardik Pandya after a ninth-place finish and are likely to hand the job back to their five-time title-winning captain. The franchise has not commented.
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IND vs WI 4th T20I preview: India can seal the series in Hyderabad, but West Indies' batting still has them worried
India lead 2-1 going into tonight's game at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (7 PM IST), a ground where they have never lost a T20I. Likely XIs, pitch report, the key battles and our prediction.
- Ranji Trophy
Rahul 4, Jaiswal 0, Jadeja 102: what Ranji Trophy round one tells India before the New Zealand Tests
India's two Test openers made four runs between them on their Ranji return. Ravindra Jadeja hit a hundred, Tushar Deshpande took a hat-trick and Mohammed Shami struck four times. With the Test squad still to be picked, here is who helped their case.
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India tour of New Zealand 2026: full schedule, match timings in IST, where to watch and squads
India play five T20Is, five ODIs and two Tests in New Zealand between 22 October and 1 December. With New Zealand 7.5 hours ahead, the T20Is start at lunchtime in India, the ODIs at breakfast and the Tests in the middle of the night. Here is every date, time and venue, and where to watch.
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India defend 223 in Indore: Abhishek's 19-ball fifty and Arshdeep's 18th over put India 2-1 up against West Indies
Two days after conceding 250 in Ranchi, India's bowlers held West Indies to 209 for 7 at the Holkar Stadium. Abhishek Sharma made 69 off 30, Arshdeep Singh took 3 for 44, and India won by 14 runs to lead the five-match series 2-1.
- Mohammed Shami
64 wickets in 23 ICC games: why India can't go to the 2027 World Cup without Mohammed Shami
No Indian has taken more wickets at 50-over ICC events, and nobody in the world got to 50 World Cup wickets faster. With South Africa a year away and India's bowling leaking runs, Shami's domestic form is making the case for him one wicket at a time.
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IND vs WI 3rd T20I preview: India's bowlers face a small ground and a big test in Indore with the series level at 1-1
Two days after West Indies chased 250 in Ranchi, the series moves to the Holkar Stadium, one of India's smallest grounds, on Sunday, 11 October at 7 PM IST. India's batting is firing. The question is whether their bowling can stop Shai Hope and Sherfane Rutherford.
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"Their careers are at stake": Gambhir takes on flat pitches after India fail to defend 249
India's head coach defended his bowlers after West Indies chased 250 in Ranchi, called for an even contest between bat and ball, and said India still have to find a way. It is the second time in ten days he has raised the issue.
- IND vs WI 2nd T20I
250 chased with nine balls to spare: West Indies' record night exposes India's bowling and asks hard questions of Iyer
Shai Hope's 45-ball hundred and Sherfane Rutherford's 84 took West Indies to the second-highest successful chase in T20I history. India's attack went for 252 in 18.3 overs, Mayank Yadav never got his fourth over, and the series is level at 1-1.
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IND vs WI 2nd T20I preview: Iyer's India eye 2-0 in Ranchi as rain and dew hang over the JSCA
After a 32-balls-to-spare win in Lucknow, India take on Shai Hope's West Indies at the JSCA International Stadium on Friday, 9 October at 7 PM IST. West Indies need answers with the ball, and the weather may have a say.
- Ajit Agarkar
Three ICC trophies and countless hard calls: Ajit Agarkar's era as India's chief selector ends
Agarkar has not sought an extension after three years that brought India three ICC titles, ended the Rohit-Kohli era and divided fans like few selectors before him.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Swing is back: how a Purple Cap season at 36 brought Bhuvneshwar Kumar back to India's T20I side
Four years after his last T20I in Napier, Bhuvneshwar is back for the tour of New Zealand. A 26-wicket IPL season for RCB made him impossible to ignore.
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Shreyas Iyer's 43-ball 102* and Naman Dhir's debut 3/31 give India a thumping win in Lucknow
India bowled West Indies out for 171 and chased it down in 14.4 overs. Iyer's unbeaten hundred and an unbroken 137 with Ishan Kishan sealed an eight-wicket win and a 1-0 series lead.
- Opinion
Vaibhav up top, Samson at No. 3: India's best T20I batting order isn't the one Gambhir is likely to pick
A 15-year-old with an Asian Games gold and an IPL hundred, or the World Cup's Player of the Tournament? Why India could have both at the top, and why the management probably won't.
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IND vs WI 1st T20I preview: Shreyas Iyer's Asian Games champions take on West Indies in Lucknow
Fresh from the 2-1 ODI series win and Asian Games gold, India start a five-match T20I series against Shai Hope's West Indies at Ekana Stadium on Tuesday, 6 October at 7 PM IST.
- IND vs WI ODI series
1,052 runs in three games: India's ODI bowling experiment has failed, and injuries are making it worse
India won the series 2-1, but conceded 295, 405 and 352 to West Indies. Three debutants, a rotating attack and a growing injury list leave big questions with the 2027 World Cup a year away.
- Chahal vs Bishnoi
Chahal vs Bishnoi: why Yuzi is still India's better leg-spinner across formats
Ravi Bishnoi has the better T20I average and economy, but Yuzvendra Chahal's wicket-taking, versatility across formats and big-match record make the stronger case. The numbers, both ways.
- IND vs PAK Final
India beat Pakistan by 19 runs to win back-to-back Asian Games gold
Abhishek Sharma's 61 off 28 and Tilak Varma's unbeaten 51 powered India to 211, and the spinners held off a brilliant 96 from Hasan Nawaz in the final in Nisshin.
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India vs Pakistan, Asian Games final: gold on the line as India chase back-to-back titles
Defending champions India meet Pakistan for the men's cricket gold in Nisshin, Japan. Start time, where to watch, team news, key players and how both sides got here.
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World Cup 2027 schedule: India open against Australia, face Pakistan three days later
ICC has announced the fixtures for the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. India's campaign starts with a 2023 final rematch in Cape Town, and the India vs Pakistan game is on 10 October in Johannesburg.
- IND vs SL Semi-Final 2
Ishan Kishan's 80*, sharp fielding and Sooryavanshi's spark send India into the Asian Games final
India crushed Sri Lanka by 124 runs in Nisshin, bowling them out for 45 with three run-outs. And under VVS Laxman, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi finally looked at home in an India shirt.
- IND vs WI 2nd ODI
Gill's record 223* and Rohit's hundred power India to historic 406-run chase against West Indies
Three West Indies centurions weren't enough. India chased 406 with 39 balls to spare in Guwahati, only the second 400-plus chase in ODI history, and sealed the series 2-0.
- Auqib Nabi
From Baramulla to India blue: the rise of Auqib Nabi
60 Ranji wickets, a title for J&K, four wickets in four balls and a ₹8.40 crore IPL deal. How Auqib Nabi earned his India debut in Guwahati.
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IND vs WI 2nd ODI preview: Greaves ruled out, Siraj in line for recall as India eye series win in Guwahati
India have won both men's ODIs at Barsapara and Kohli has hundreds in each. Probable XIs, team news, pitch report and venue stats for today's 2nd ODI.
- Asian Games 2026
No covers, no super soppers, no cricket: how Japan's washouts knocked Nepal and Afghanistan out of the Asian Games
Rain and waterlogged outfields wiped out all four men's quarter-finals in Japan. Nepal, who beat Afghanistan in the group stage, and Afghanistan both went home without bowling a ball.
- Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep Yadav: India's most overlooked match-winner keeps delivering when given the ball
Benched for a whole England Test tour and sidelined for most of the T20 World Cup, Kuldeep still averages under 14 in T20Is and took 4 for 40 in the 1st ODI. The numbers behind the case to play him more.
- Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli in ODIs: why the chase master is the greatest ODI batter ever
15,080 runs, a record 55 hundreds and 25 centuries in winning chases. The numbers behind Kohli's case as the best 50-over batter the game has seen.
- IND vs WI 1st ODI
Kohli's unbeaten 139, Gill's hundred and Kuldeep's four-for power India to 8-wicket win over West Indies in 1st ODI
Kuldeep's 4 for 40 held West Indies to 295/7 after a 135-run opening stand, then Kohli and Gill added 150 as India chased it down with 50 balls to spare in Thiruvananthapuram.