schedule announced for 2022 Women's Wc
Dubai: India will open their campaign in the rescheduled Women's ODI World Cup against a qualifier on March 6, 2022 at Tauranga's Bay Oval in New Zealand, according to the 31-match schedule announced by the ICC on Tuesday. India have two more matches against qualifiers on March 12 and March 22 at Seddon park, Hamilton in the eight-team round-robin format event. Among the marquee games, Tauranga will host the rematch of the 2017 Women's World Cup final with India taking on England on March 16. India will then face Australia at Eden Park, Auckland on March 19, before locking horns with South Africa on March 27 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. The event, which was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic in February-March 2021 with the same six host cities and venues retained, will be held between March 4 and April 3, 2022.
Yuvi, Sree in probables for Mushtaq Ali
New Delhi: World-cup winning former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh is set to come out of retirement and play domestic cricket again after being named in Punjab's 30-strong list of probables for next month's Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tourney. Yuvi had announced his retirement last June but he decided to resume playing for his home state after being approached by PCA secretary. Also, former India pacer S Sreesanth moved closer to a return to competitive cricket after being named in a 26-strong probables list by Kerala. The 37-year-old, who was banned by the BCCI over his alleged involvement in spot-fixing in the IPL will take part in a preparatory camp to be held here from Dec 20 to 30
Kohli climbs to 2nd spot in test rankings
Dubai: India captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday jumped one place to second in the ICC Test ranking for batsmen, which also features Chesteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane at the seventh and 10th positions respectively. Kohli is the leading Indian batsman in the chart with 886 rating points behind Australia's Steve Smith (911 points). Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson dropped a rung to the third spot. He is followed by Marnus Labuschagne, Pakistan's Babar Azam and injured David Warner. Pujara is seventh in the chart with 766 points and India Test vice-captain Rahane (726) to complete the top-10 list. In Test rankings for teams, India is currently placed third after New Zealand jumped to the second spot following its recent 2-0 series win over the Windies.