Rajasthan Royals (RR) were dumped out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoff race on Thursday.

Former India batter Abhinav Mukund paid a rich tribute to the recently-retired Ravichandran Ashwin, saying the off-spinner was always a thinking cricketer who brain was on an overdrive and that he could never be kept quiet.

While the match was happening on the ground, an out-of-favour India batter was battling his emotions to perform as a host for live broadcast of the game.

Despite a flop show from Indian batters in the first T20I match against Zimbabwe in Harare, the India batter has backed the visitors' approach.

Former CSK star Abhinav Mukund trolled RCB after they left Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph and Mohammed Siraj on the bench.

It was yet another disappointing day for Team India as they lost the 2nd T20I against West Indies, going 0-2 down in the series.

India captain Hardik Pandya has been under criticism for his tactics during the first T20I against West Indies.

India vs WI ODI: The Indian cricket team playing XI in the second ODI had a distinct change. With Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma being rested, Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan opened the innings.

Hanuma Vihari feels Kuldeep Yadav's form augurs well for India in the run-up to the World Cup.

The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad seemed to have been rewarded with national call-ups after their prolific performances in IPL 2023.