CWC 2023: India factfile
What you need to know about hosts India heading into the 50-over global showpiece.
Stage set for World Cup opener
If you can judge a tournament by the number of replica tops sold, the ODI World Cup in India opening this week already has a winner – home superstar batsman Virat Kohli.
India travel 3,400km for washed out game
India’s World Cup warm-up match against the Netherlands in Thiruvananthapuram was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Tuesday.
India-England warm-up washed out
Rain played spoilsport in a high-profile World Cup warm-up between hosts India and defending champions England on Saturday.
Australia end losing streak
Glenn Maxwell returned career-best figures of 4-40 to end Australia’s five-match losing streak with a consolation 66-run win over India in the third ODI on Wednesday.
‘Pocket dynamite’ dreams of World Cup glory
Ishan Kishan was often compared to MS Dhoni as a flamboyant wicketkeeper-batsman, but the India player has carved out his own identity ahead of his first World Cup.
India hope to end World Cup drought
Rohit Sharma’s India face “humongous” expectations from fans in their cricket-crazy nation to win this year’s ODI World Cup at home.
India crush Australia to clinch ODI series
Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill hit attacking centuries to help India thrash Australia by 99 runs in a rain-hit ODI on Sunday to clinch the series 2-0.
Watch: Sky smashes Green for 6, 6, 6, 6
Suryakumar Yadav hit four successive sixes off Cameron Green during the second ODI in Indore.
India emulate 2012 Proteas
India have become only the second team in cricket history to occupy the No 1 spot across all three formats after defeating Australia in the first ODI on Friday.
Shami, India batsmen shine against Australia
Pace bowler Mohammed Shami took five wickets before India’s young openers ensured a five-wicket win over Australia in the first ODI in Mohali on Friday.
Kohli, Sharma rested as India test bench
Indian selectors have excluded captain Rohit Sharma and batting superstar Virat Kohli from the 15-man squad for the first two ODIs against visitors Australia.
Asia Cup triumph ‘lifts India’s morale’
India celebrated the 10-wicket thrashing of Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final as “a booster shot” for the ODI World Cup starting on home soil in a fortnight.
India annihilate Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final
Mohammed Siraj took 6-21 to lead India’s rout of Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the Asia Cup final in Colombo on Sunday.
India, Sri Lanka eye Asia Cup crown
Rohit Sharma’s India face underdogs Sri Lanka in Sunday’s Asia Cup final.
