IPL Governing Council decide on Saturday start for 2022 edition

IND vs SL | 1st T20: Rohit Sharma becomes highest run-getter in T20Is

India captain Rohit Sharma has now become the highest run-getter in the T20Is and the right-hander achieved the feat during the first match of the series against Sri Lanka in Lucknow. Sharma has now crossed the 3300-run mark and is followed by Martin Guptill and Virat Kohli on the second and third position respectively. India were off to a flying start in this first encounter after the openers Rohit and Ishan Kishan had put up a partnership of more than 100 runs for the first wicket. While Ishan had already notched up a fifty, Sharma was unbeaten at 42 off 29 at the time of writing. India have come into the series on the back of a scintillating 3-0 win against West Indies while the Lankan Lions suffered a thumping defeat against Australia away from home. They lost the four-match series 1-4.

IND vs SL | 1st T20I: Ruturaj Gaikwad unavailable for selection due to pain in right wrist

India opener Ruturaj Gaikwad was unavailable for selection in the first T20I against Sri Lanka in Lucknow as he complained of pain in his right wrist, which is affecting his batting. The BCCI medical team is examining him. Gaikwad only played one T20I game against the West Indies where he only scored 4 runs during the course. Captain Rohit Sharma at the toss said that the right-handed batter was supposed to be a part of the final XI but was unavailable due to a first injury. “Nothing changes as far as the goals of the team are concerned, need to do the right things as a team, need to keep ticking all the right boxes. It's a challenge for the new gutsy - from the last game we played, we have 6 changes. Ruturaj was supposed to play, but he has a wrist injury and will not play today,” he said. India have already been suffering with injury concerns. Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav were earlier ruled out due to respective injuries. India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

IND vs SL | 1st T20I: Deepak Hooda set to make his T20I debut for India

All-rounder Deepak Hooda will be making his T20I debut for India in the first match of the series against Sri Lanka in Lucknow. Hooda has played two ODIs for India so far where he has scored 55 runs and has picked up one wicket during the course. He played both the games against West Indies. The Indian team had suffered a blow after Suryakumar Yadav and Deepak Chahar were ruled out of the series due to respective injuries. But there were also some positives as all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was back in the squad after recovering from his injury. The Men in Blue are going into this T20I series on the back of a thumping 3-0 whitewash against West Indies while the Lankan Lions suffered a 1-4 defeat against Australia away from home.

Ranji Trophy 2022 | Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara dismissed early on Day 1

India batters Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara were among the runs in their first respective games in Ranji Trophy 2022 but failed to leave a mark in the first innings of the second. Rahane who had scored a century in the first match for Mumbai against Saurashtra was dismissed for a three-ball duck in the first innings of the second match against Goa. Batting first, Mumbai were bundled out for 163 with Sarfaraz Khan being the only batsman to show some mettle. Sarfaraz notched up 63 during the course of the innings while no other batsmen got into the groove. Rahane was trapped in front of the stumps by Lakshay Garg who eventually scalped six wickets for 46 runs in 14.4 overs. Apart from him, Amit Yadav scalped 4 four wickets for 47 runs in 17.4 overs. Pujara on the other side scored a duck in the first innings of the first match against Mumbai but made a solid return with 91 runs in the second innings. The right-handed batsman failed to carry his form in the first innings of the second match against Odisha and was undone for 8 off 6 deliveries. Saurashtra ended the day’s proceedings at 325/4. The side had a decent start to the proceedings as Harvik Desai and Snell Patel put up a partnership of 58 runs for the first wicket. But the team then suffered a batting collapse and were reduced to 84/3 before Chirag Jani and Sheldon Jackson steadied the ship for the side with a partnership of 130 runs for the fourth wicket. While Jani went on to score 125*, Jackson scored 75 during the course. Later, Arpit Vasavada joined the party and he remained unbeaten at 51 at the end of the first day’s play as Saurashtra were 325/4 at stumps.