India continues to suffer from injury blows and this is even before a ball has been bowled in the series so far. If it is was Zaheer Khan earlier, now was the chance of S Sreesanth to be injured and return back to India leaving the side crippled and without too much experience in the side.
India finished their tour of Zimbabwe on a high note when they beat the hosts in the second T20I as well, to take the series 2-0. Earlier, Zimbabwe had beaten India in the two ODIs of the tri-series and knocked them out of the tournament.
25 players have been named by the Australian selectors for the contract for the next season, i.e. the 2010-11. There were a couple of surprises in the list as the selectors went on to drop the pair of Nathan Bracken and Stuart Clark, both of whom have not played for Australia for some time now.
The Australian side for the ICC World T20 to be played in West Indies has been announced. The selectors have surprised by including the likes of Michael Hussey and getting the previously injured Brett Lee back into the side.
The Indian team for the first Test match against South Africa has been named and it has a couple of surprising names. For starters, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh have been ruled out of the Test match due to their injury.
The final list of the auctions for the Indian Premier League includes a whopping 66 players after the list was pruned down from the original 97. It had first been cut short to 96 after Chris Cairns had been axed due to his alleged match-fixing allegations.
The Pakistani cricket is said to be puzzling on most occasions. And on the tour of Australia, it continues to go into doldrums as the suspense around who will keep wickets for the Pakistani side in the third Test match at Hobart continues unabated.