India's tour will begin with a T20I on July 1 in Durham, followed by matches in Manchester (July 4), Nottingham (July 7), Bristol (July 9) and Southampton (July 11).

Chasing 114, India made 117 for one in 15 overs riding on good knocks of openers G Trisha (35, 29b, 5x4s) and G Kamalini (56 not out, 50b, 8x4s).

Two masseurs and a physio are the other members of the nine-man support staff while six members form the playing contingent (three men, three women).

Ian Healy has predicted a 2-1 win for India in the four-Test series against Australia beginning at Nagpur on February 9, provided the hosts don't prepare "unreasonable wickets".

As soon as Lewandowski registered a goal, a Saudi Arabia fan in the stands switched his jersey to 'Lewandowski 9'. The video of the fan swapping his jersey has now gone viral.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam was delighted after his side defeated South Africa by 33 runs (DLS Method). Opting to bat first, Pakistan faced a quick fall of wickets but Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan anchored the innings and took the team's total to 185/9 in 20.0 overs

Ishant Sharma got a wicket in his first spell but never looked incisive in his nine overs as Jharkhand, riding twin centuries from Nazim Siddiqui and Kumar Suraj, put Delhi on the brink of elimination in their group H Ranji Trophy match.

Two Plate competition matches of the ICC Under-19 men's Cricket World Cup, involving Canada were on Friday cancelled after nine players from the team tested positive for COVID-19.

Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum too has been unimpressed by Joe Root's leadership skills, saying it is a "real cause for concern". McCullum said that the cricket fraternity might talk about Root being a good leader but he is yet to see that quality in the England Test captain.

Salman Butt compared Joe Root to Virat Kohli and said the Indian captain is "miles ahead" of the Englishman when it comes to "aggression, attitude, and approach against the opposition".