Samuel Badree

Put in to bat first, Afghanistan made 123/7 against the West Indies in their last match of Super 10 Group 1 at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on Sunday.

Samuel Badree took three wickets and then Fletcher scored unbeaten 84 as West Indies cruised to a seven-wicket win over defending champions Sri Lanka in a Group 1 Super 10 match of the ICC World T20 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Afghanistan registered first big upset of the ICC World Twenty20 2016, defeating mighty West Indies by six runs in their last match of the Super 10 stage at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on Sunday.

Saqlain Mushtaq, the pioneer of 'doosra', is proud that the delivery will always be associated with his name and also want people to stop questioning its legality.

International captains Virat Kohli and Steven Smith will be eager to stem the rot when Royal Challengers Bangalore square off with Rising Pune Supergiant in an Indian Premier League encounter on Sunday.

West Indies' former leg-break bowler Samuel Badree has picked India's Ravichandran Ashwin among the spinners to watch out for in the T20 World Cup.

Powered by his marauding knocks in the World Twenty20 so far, Virat Kohli became the top-ranked batsman in the ICC rankings, while India remained static at the No.1 spot in the team list.

Carlos Brathwaite, who was the star of the West Indies World Twenty20 victory, has been appointed the new skipper of the national T20 squad, which will be playing two T20 Internationals against India later this month in Florida.

With an aim to stay relevant till the business end, a desperate Kings XI Punjab will be aiming a comprehensive victory against a down and out Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League, on Friday.

IPL 2017: Mumbai Indians are four points ahead of Gujarat Lions, who opened their account on Friday after two losses.

Zahir, who is perhaps one of the lesser known names in this lot, did cause a few flutters when Rajasthan Royals picked him up during the IPL auctions for Rs 80 lakh.

India's premier batsman Virat Kohli was deservingly awarded the 'Man of the Tournament' for his brilliant performance in the ICC World T20, which concluded on Sunday.

All but out of contention for the playoffs, Royal Challengers Bangalore would look to salvage a difficult season by sorting out their batting woes when they take on Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League match on Monday.

Riding high on the red-hot form of their star batsman Chris Gayle, West Indies take on defending champions Sri Lanka in their second Group 1 match of the ICC World Twenty20 Super 10 stage.

In a format that is dominated by the bat, TOI picks out the five best bowling spells in the just concluded World Twenty20 held in India.

Kings XI Punjab all-rounder Sam Curran claimed the first hat-trick of the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday. Curran achieved the feat against Shreyas Iyer-led Delhi Capitals at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.

IPL franchise Delhi Capitals on Tuesday named former Australian pacer Ryan Harris as their bowling coach ahead of the upcoming edition starting September 19 in the UAE.

The West Indies have suffered a further setback on their New Zealand tour Thursday with team officials confirming premier all-rounder Kieron Pollard had pulled out of the Twenty20 matches for "personal reasons".

Gujarat Lions pacer Andrew Tye and Royal Challengers Bangalore's leg-spinner Samuel Badree made Friday a special day for bowlers at the ongoing Indian Premier League as they claimed a hat-trick each in their respective matches.

The Sri Lankans are known to be good players of spin. But on a warm Sunday night, West Indies tweakers Samuel Badree (3-12) and Sulieman Benn (0-13) had the defending champions in knots on a batting-friendly track at the M Chinnaswamy stadium.

Chasing 156, West Indies won by four wickets with two balls left at Eden Gardens. The dugout cleared, Carlos Brathwaite was mobbed by delirious team-mates, and the firecrackers went off. It was riveting cricket.

The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League will feature 56 foreign cricketers, not one of them Indian, after the seven franchises made their choices in a closed-door players' draft system.

Virat Kohli was rewarded for his stupendous performance in India's clean sweep against Australia in the T20 internationals as he replaced Aaron Finch as the top-ranked batsman in the ICC list for the shortest format.

Delhi Capitals spin bowling coach Samuel Badree feels that the spinners have a huge role to play on a slow pitch here and the team selection is going to be crucial ahead of their IPL match against Kings XI Punjab on Saturday.

Indian captain Virat Kohli will join the team on April 2, but his availability will depend on the health assessment of the BCCI doctors and physios, Royal Challengers Bangalore coach Daniel Vettori said.

In what could be the beginning of international cricket resuming in strife-torn Pakistan, a World Eleven side landed in Lahore in the wee hours on Monday for a Twenty20 series against the hosts.

The Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian community in Trinidad has managed to keep India alive in their lives while getting well integrated into the local milieu.

IPL 2017: Hampered by injuries to some of their biggest stars, Royal Challengers Bangalore will have their task cut out when they take on defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL lung-opener on Wednesday.

Shreyas Gopal dismissed RCB's Virat Kohli (25), AB de Villiers (10) and Marcus Stoinis (0) to achieve the feat. Gopal's hat-trick is the 19th instance of a bowler registering a hat-trick in the IPL history. Gopal finished with the figures of 3/12 in his one-over spell.