Assistant coach Paul Farbrace will be in charge of England's T20 side for the Vitality IT20 matches against Australia and India.

Cricket Ireland selectors have named a 14-man squad to take on India in a two-match series in Dublin on 27 and 29 June 2018.

In their second practice match, India A (458-4) beat Leicestershire (177-10) by a huge 281-run margin on the back of hundreds from Prithvi Shaw (132) and Mayank Agarwal (151).

England National Cricket Selectors have named a 14-man squad for the Vitality IT20 series against Australia and India.

India A (328-8) defeated England Cricket Board XI (203-10) by 125 runs on the back of Prithvi Shaw's (70) free-flowing knock and Deepak Chahar's (7.5-48-3) bowling.

The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Suresh Raina as Ambati Rayudu’s replacement in India’s ODI squad for the series against England.

A day that began on a good note for Afghanistan ended with them being totally outclassed as both Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Jadeja bagged 4-fers. Afghanistan collapsed twice on one day for 109 and 103, losing by an innings and 262 runs.

Ajinkya Rahane Indian Cricket Captain speaks with the media, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru after India had won the Test match against Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs.

India (347-6) got off to an authoritative start with both openers Shikhar Dhawan (107) Murali Vijay (105) slamming centuries. The first two sessions were dominated by India, after which Afghanistan pulled back things to pick up a string of quick wickets.

The BCCI congratulates Shikhar Dhawan for becoming the first Indian cricketer to score a century before Lunch on Day 1 of a Test. Dhawan blazed his way to an unbeaten 104 off 91 balls with 19 fours and three sixes in the historic Test against Afghanistan.

India Women’s Cricket team opener Smriti Mandhana will become the first Indian player to appear in Kia Super League (Women’s cricket super league in England). Smriti was signed by Western Storm and will represent them in the upcoming edition of the tournament that features six teams.

History was created in Bengaluru when India hosted Afghanistan in their first-ever Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Pulling out all stops to make this historic event a memorable affair, the BCCI hosted dignitaries from the Government of India and Afghanistan.

Team India is all set to lock horns with Afghanistan for the latter’s inaugural Test match. Emotions will certainly be running high as the Afghans don their maiden national jersey for the five-day format, beginning from the 14th June in Bangalore.

This intriguing one off Test match between India and Afghanistan will have the eyes of the cricket world watching, as the Number 1 Test Team in the world takes on the ‘newcomers’ of Test cricket, in India, in their inaugural match.

Audio interview of Dinesh Karthik speaking with the media at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Tuesday, June 12, 2018.

Rahul Dravid’s India A tourists will face an ECB XI in the first match of their England tour at Emerald Headingley on Sunday, as a result of Yorkshire’s progress in the Royal London One-Day Cup.

Watch the entire live cricket streaming action of this intriguing one off Test match between India and Afghanistan by downloading the Hotstar app in India or watching on Star Sports.

It will be a dream debut for newest Test nation Afghanistan, as they take on the world’s top-ranked team, India, in their first Test in Bengaluru from Thursday.

A 13-man England Lions squad has been named for the Tri-Series against India A and West Indies A that will be played in Derby, Leicester, Northampton and at the Kia Oval from June 22 – July 2.