Todd Astle

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl in the first T20 International against New Zealand on Wednesday. India have handed debut to Venkatesh Iyer while Shreyas Iyer is back after missing the recent T20 World Cup.

Glenn Phillips and Todd Astle are in line to make their ODI debut after being among the six players added to the New Zealand squad for the three-match series against India, beginning on October 22.

All-rounder Mark Chapman and spin bowler Todd Astle have been included in New Zealand’s 15-man Twenty20 World Cup squad, while Finn Allen and Colin de Grandhomme have missed out.

New Zealand leg-spinner Todd Astle has announced his retirement from first-class cricket to focus on the limited-overs formats, ruling him out of the upcoming two-match unofficial Test series against India A starting January 30.

Leggie Ish Sodhi today replaced injured Todd Astle in the New Zealand squad for the three match ODI series against India, commencing here on October 22.

India's all-rounder Hardik Pandya's brute power was on full display during the fifth and final one-day international (ODI) against New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

Vijay Zol's entertaining 110 and skipper Abhishek Nayar's fluent 102 lit up the Port Stadium on the final day of the drawn three-day fixture between India 'A' and New Zealand 'A'.

Vijay Zol carried his stupendous form to first-class cricket, scoring a fluent century on debut as three-day tie between India A and New Zealand A ended in draw.

India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl against New Zealand in the second T20 International of the three-match series on Friday.

Title favourites but injury hit England will bank on their X-Factor players to upstage a remarkably consistent New Zealand in the first semifinal of the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday.

Luke Ronchi smashed a ton as NZ A recovered from a precarious position to post a respectable 310 against India A on Day 2 of their three-day match.

The second leg of the India 'A' - New Zealand 'A' series will kick off with the two teams playing the first one-dayer at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium here on Sunday.

New Zealand players' participation in the IPL was approved by its cricket board on Tuesday when it also announced different squads for the sub-continent tour and T20 World Cup as part of its workload management in COVID times.

The Hamilton match was an eye opener where Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav and Dinesh Karthik failed to prove a point that they can stand up and be counted if Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan fail on a given day with Virat Kohli also not around.

Veteran batsman Ross Taylor was on Saturday dropped from an 18-man New Zealand squad named for the T20 International series against Pakistan while Kane Williamson will return from his paternity leave to lead the side in the second and third matches.

Indian women started their campaign in the ICC Women's Championship with a six-wicket win over the West Indies in Vijayawada on Thursday.

Ashok Menaria is easily the find of the recently concluded India 'A' One Day series against New Zealand 'A'.

South African-born Devon Conway has been rushed on to the New Zealand cricket payroll before completing the required three-years residency because his form was "impossible to ignore", chief selector Gavin Larsen said Friday.

India A looked the better outfit in the first three-day game against New Zealand A and now they would like to translate that into victory in the unofficial 'Test' starting on Monday.

New Zealand called up an uncapped Finn Allen and picked Will Young for the three-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh on Tuesday in their bid to compensate for the absence of six players bound for next month's Indian Premier League.