

2016 ICC World Twenty20, India
ICC WT20 2016 in India

India is placed in Group 2 with Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand and the qualifier from Group A.
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India T20 world cup 2016
Schedule/Time Table for India
Date | Match | Venue |
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March 10, 2016 | India vs West Indies | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
March 13, 2016 | India vs South Africa | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
March 15, 2016 | India vs New Zealand | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur |
March 19, 2016 | India vs Pakistan | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala |
March 23, 2016 | India vs Bangladesh | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
March 27, 2016 | India vs Australia | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh |
India's 15-man squad announced for T20 World Cup
Dhoni to lead, Shami back in the squad
Feb 7, 2016
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) selection committee, headed by Sandeep Patil, announced the 15-man Indian squad for the ICC World Twenty20 2016 to be held in India from March 8 to April 3. The same team will also play in Asia Cup T20, which will be hosted by Bangladesh from February 24 to March 6.Under Dhoni's leadership, India won the inaugural World T20 in South Africa in 2007. In the last tournament in 2014, they lost to Sri Lanka in the final. Dhoni has so far led in 28 World T20 matches winning 18 (Lost 9, 1 No Result).
India Asia Cup Squad: MS Dhoni (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Shami.
India vs Pakistan: Asia Cup 2016, ICC World Twenty20
Dates, Venues, Time, TV listing, Live streaming
Indo-Pak rivalry resumes in Asia Cup 2016
The two neighbouring countries will lock horns in international cricket after quite some time after a bilateral series was called off, despite several efforts from board of both countries last year.
India vs Pakistan, 2016
India vs Pakistan in Asia Cup 2016
Feb 27, 2016
The match will be played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, on Feb 27th. The match is scheduled to start at 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST and will be shown on Star Sports 1, 3, HD1 & HD3. The match will be streamed live on Star Sports website and Hotstar.
India 85/5 (15.3ov; Kohli 49, Amir 3-18, Sami 2-16) beat Pakistan 83 (17.3ov; Pandya 3-8, Jadeja 2-11) by 5 wickets
India vs Pakistan in WT20 2016
March 19, 2016
The match will be played at the India 119/4 (15.5/18 ov; V Kohli 55*, Yuvraj 24, Sami 2-17) beat Pakistan 118/5 (18/18 ov; Malik 26, Shehzad 25; Nehra 1-20) by 6 wickets with 13 balls remaining
Pakistan Squad: Shahid Afridi (Captain), Mohammed Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Babr Azam, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Nawaz, Khurram Manzoor, Rumman Rais
Asia Cup Cricket 2016
Asia Cup Cricket 2016 in Bangladesh

Asia Cup 2016 Schedule
Date | Match | Venue |
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24 February : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | Bangladesh vs India | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
25 February : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | Sri Lanka vs United Arab Emirates | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
26 February : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | Bangladesh vs United Arab Emirates | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
27 February : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | India vs Pakistan | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
28 February : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
29 February : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | Pakistan vs United Arab Emirates | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
1 March : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | India vs Sri Lanka | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
2 March : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | Bangladesh vs Pakistan | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
3 March : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | India vs United Arab Emirates | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
4 March : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | Pakistan vs Sri Lanka | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
6 March : 19:00 IST (D/N) | 13:30 GMT | 08:30 EST | Final: India vs Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
Cricket All Stars series 2015
Dec 7, 11 & 14, 2015
Warne's Warriors vs Sachin's Blasters
Nov 28, 2015
Three exhibition T20 matches in USA
Schedule
Nov. 7, 1.00pm ET | City Field | New York City |
Nov.11, 8.00pm CT | Minute Maid Park | Houston, Texas |
Nov. 14, 6.30pm PT | Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles, California |
Teams
In a random draw in Times Square on Thursday, Indian batting legend Tendulkar was teamed up with former international team-mates VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag for the three-match Twenty20 series, as well as Brian Lara. Warne ended up with a phenomenal fast-bowling trio of Courtney Walsh, Allan Donald and Wasim Akram for his Warriors, along with a number of his former Australian team-mates.Sachin’s Blasters: Sachin Tendulkar (c), VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene, Carl Hooper, Lance Klusener, Shaun Pollock, Moin Khan, Graeme Swann, Glenn McGrath, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shoaib Akhtar, Curtly Ambrose
Warne’s Warriors: Shane Warne (c), Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Michael Vaughan, Jacques Kallis, Kumar Sangakkara, Andrew Symonds, Jonty Rhodes, Saqlain Mushtaq, Wasim Akram, Daniel Vettori, Courtney Walsh, Allan Donald, Ajit Agarkar
TV and Streaming
ESPN 3 for USAESPN International for Caribbean and Europe
STAR SPORTS for India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
SKY for UK
SKY for New Zealand
Nine Network/Gem for Australia
SuperSport for sub Saharan Africa
OSN for Middle East
TSN for Canada
India vs South Africa Cricket Series 2015
Sep 29 to Dec 7, 2015
South Africa to play four Tests on 72-day India tour
Jul 28, 2015
Three Twenty20 internationals, five ODIs and four Tests.
Schedule
October 2 | 1st T20I India vs South Africa | Dharamsala (D/N) |
October 5 | 2nd T20I India vs South Africa | Cuttack (D/N) |
October 8 | 3rd T20I India vs South Africa | Kolkata (D/N) |
October 11 | 1st ODI India vs South Africa | Kanpur |
October 14 | 2nd ODI India vs South Africa | Indore (D/N) |
October 18 | 3rd ODI India vs South Africa | Rajkot (D/N) |
October22 | 4th ODI India vs South Africa | Chennai (D/N) |
October 25 | 5th ODI India vs South Africa | Mumbai (D/N) |
November 5-9 | 1st Test India vs South Africa | Mohali |
November 14-18 | 2nd Test India vs South Africa | Bangalore |
November 25-29 | 3rd Test India vs South Africa | Nagpur |
December 3-7 | 4th Test India vs South Africa | Delhi |
SA to play four Tests on 72-day India tour
South Africa will play three Twenty20 internationals, five ODIs and four Tests on a 72-day tour of India, which runs from September to December, this year.India vs Sri Lanka Test Series 2015
Aug 6 to Sep 1, 2015
India to play a tour match and three Test matches
Jul 28, 2015
Three Tests.
Results: Tests, India won 2-1 (3).
Schedule
August 12–16 | 1st Test India vs Sri Lanka | Galle International Stadium, Galle |
August 20-24 | 2nd Test India vs Sri Lanka | P Sara Oval, Colombo |
August 28-September 1 | 3rd Test India vs Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
Indian Team announced, Virat to lead
Batsman Virat Kohli will lead the tourists in the three tests in Sri Lanka. Former Baroda opener Rakesh Parikh has been nominated by the Cricket Board as administrative manager of the Indian team.India Test Squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Harbhajan Singh, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Varun Aaron.
India to play three Tests in Lanka
India will play three test matches in Sri Lanka during the tour that begins on August 3rd. The Test matches will be played at Galle, Tamil Union Oval, and SSC Colombo. Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara will retire from international cricket after the second Test of the series.The only practice game will be played from August 6-8 against Sri Lanka Chairman's XI at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia, New Zealand
Feb 14 - Mar 29 2015
The 11th edition of the World Cup
The 2015 Cricket World Cup will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. The location of the games will be evenly split, with the day-night final match to be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 29.2015 Cricket World Cup
India vs Pakistan at Adelaide
India make it 6-0 in front of raucous Adelaide Oval crowd
Feb 15, 2015
India comfortably won its opening World Cup clash, beating rivals Pakistan by 76 runs at the Adelaide Oval. Man-of-the-Match Virat Kohli (107) helped the reigning champions to a defendable total of 7 for 300 with a vital century. Mohammed Shami (4 for 35) and Umesh Yadav (2 for 50), skittled Pakistan for 224 despite some fightback by Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (76) and opener Ahmed Shehzad (46).Reported Earlier: More than a billion people are expected to watch Sunday's cricket match between the traditional rivals India and Pakistan. India have an overwhelming 5-0 record in the 50-over World Cup since the two teams were first pitted against each other at the ICC event in the 1992 edition in Sydney. The last such contest, the semi-final of 2011, was watched by around 150 million people worldwide, the biggest audience for any sporting event that year. On Friday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to wish Pakistan luck in the World Cup.
India Playing XI: RG Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli, AM Rahane, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin,UT Yadav, MM Sharma, Mohammed Shami
Pakistan Playing XI: Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Haris Sohail, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal†, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Irfan
India 300/7 (Kohli 107, Dhawan 73, Raina 74, Sohail Khan 5-55) beat Pakistan 224 in 47.0 ov (Misbah-ul-Haq 76, Shami 4-35) by 76 runs
Indian Cricket Team
The defending champions
Jan 31, 2015
After 23 years, the ICC Cricket World Cup returns to Australia (and New Zeland), and India - who won the 2011 edition at home - seem to have no chances of regaining the cup. Unlike the flat pitches in India, on the bouncy and seaming tracks in Australia and New Zealand they will have to make several technical adjustments if they have to do well. The MS Dhoni led-team has only four members - Dhoni, Kohli, Raina and Ashwin - from the victorious 2011 campaign, and there are concerns that a lack of experience especially in the bowling department - with not a single pace bowler of merit - will hurt India’s chances of retaining the Cup. The nucleus of the squad is the same which helped India win the Champions Trophy one-day tournament in England in 2013, and India under Dhoni is famous for raising its performance in big games where the stakes are high. India has every chance of qualifying for the quarterfinals as there are relatively weaker teams in the two groups. The likely opponents for India in the quarterfinal stage are either New Zealand or Sri Lanka.

The 2015 Indian World Cup Team in their new jerseys by BCCI and NIKE.
India Squad for 2015 World Cup: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain, wicketkeeper), Virat Kohli (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Stuart Binny, Ambati Rayudu, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav,
India's World Cup record 1975: First round; 1979: First round; 1983: Champions; 1987: Semifinals; 1992: First round; 1996: Semifinals; 1999: Super Sixes; 2003: Runners-up; 2007: First round; 2011: Champions.
2015 Cricket World Cup Groups
ICC ODI Championship rankings as of 31 January 2015 in bracketsGroup AAustralia (1)Sri Lanka (4) England (5) New Zealand (6) Bangladesh (9) Afghanistan (11) Scotland (QUA) |
Group BIndia (2)South Africa (3) Pakistan (7) West Indies (8) Zimbabwe (10) Ireland (12) UAE (QUA) |
ICC approves dates for major events till 2019
2016 WT20 in India, 2019 world cup in England
2017 Champions Trophy to be held in England
Jan 31, 2015
The International Cricket Council on Thursday announced that India would host the T20 World Championship in 2016. The sixth edition of the tournament is scheduled to take place from March 11 to April 3, 2016. The world governing body also received an update on the World Cup and approved the dates of the ICC events through to 2019.
The world governing body also received an update on the World Cup and approved the dates of the ICC events through to 2019.
Event, Year | Dates | Host(s) |
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ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2015 | 6-26 Jul | Ireland, Scotland |
ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup, 2016 | 22 Jan - 14 Feb | Bangladesh |
ICC World Twenty20, 2016 | 11 Mar - 3 Apr | India |
ICC Champions Trophy, 2017 | 1-19 Jun | England |
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, 2017 | 4-27 Aug | England |
ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup, 2018 | 12 Jan - 4 Feb | New Zealand |
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, 2018 | 1 Mar - 4 Apr | Bangladesh |
ICC Women's World Twenty20, 2018 | 2-25 Nov | West Indies |
ICC Cricket World Cup, 2019 | 30 May - 15 Jul | England |
Tri-series in Australia 2014-15
Jan 16 to Feb 1, 2015
India vs Australia vs England
Oct 25, 2014
The Carlton Mid ODI Tri Series involving Australia, England And India will start at the end of the four-test series between India and Australia.
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Schedule
Fri Jan 16- 03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 22:20 EST -1d | 1st match Australia vs England | SCG, Sydney |
Sun Jan 18- 03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 22:20 EST -1d | 2nd match Australia vs India | MCG, Melbourne |
Tue Jan 20- 03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 22:20 EST -1d | 3rd match India vs England | Gabba, Brisbane |
Fri Jan 23- 03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 22:20 EST -1d | 4th match England vs Australia | Blundstone Arena, Hobart |
Mon Jan 26- 03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 22:20 EST -1d | 5th match India vs Australia | SCG, Sydney |
Fri Jan 30- 03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 22:20 EST -1d | 6th match India vs England | WACA, Perth |
Sun Feb 1- 03:20 GMT | 14:20 local 22:20 EST -1d | Final match Australia vs England | WACA, Perth |
India vs Australia Test Series 2014-15
Dec 12, 2014 to Jan 7, 2015
Commonwealth Bank Test Series
Oct 25, 2014
India will play three Tests against Australia.
Results: Tests, Australia won 2-0 (4).
Revised Schedule
9 to 13 December 2014 | 1st Test India vs Australia | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
17 to 21 December 2014 | 2nd Test India vs Australia | Gabba, Brisbane |
26 to 30 December 2014 | 3rd Test India vs Australia | MCG, Melbourne |
6 to 10 January 2015 | 4th Test India vs Australia | SCG, Sydney |
First Test rescheduled for December 9
The first Test between India and Australia was rescheduled for December 9 at Adelaide, the adopted home ground of late batsman Phillip Hughes, whose tragic death left the cricketing world devastated. The revised schedule allows for a three-day break leading into the Brisbane Test and a four-day break ahead of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne for players to adequately prepare.Old Schedule
Thursday 4-8 December 2014 | 1st Test India vs Australia | Gabba, Brisbane |
Friday 12-16 December 2014 | 2nd Test India vs Australia | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
Friday 26-30 December 2014 | 3rd Test India vs Australia | MCG, Melbourne |
Saturday 3-7 January 2015 | 4th Test India vs Australia | SCG, Sydney |
Teams announced, Dhoni to miss first test
Batsman Virat Kohli will lead the tourists in the first Test in Brisbane from December 4, as captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was ruled out of the opening match due to injury. The Indian selectors named a 19-man squad that comprises eight specialist batsmen and five seamers along with two wicket-keepers excluding Dhoni for the four match Test series. The two new faces in the squad are right-hand batsman Lokesh Rahul (22) and leg-spinner Karn Sharma (27). Rahul is the third opener behind Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay.Ishant Sharma leads the new-ball attack that includes Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron. The three spinners in the side are Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Karn Sharma.
India Test Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Wriddhiman Saha, Naman Ojha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Karn Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron.
Australia Test Squad: (First Test only) Chris Rogers, David Warner, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (capt), Steven Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Brad Haddin (vice-capt, wk), Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
Phillip Hughes: 1988-2014

Dies at 25, after freakish accident
Death came two days after being hit by a bouncer
Oct 27, 2014
Two days after being struck by a bouncer in what was called a freakish accident, Australian star cricketer Phillip Hughes died in a Sydney hospital on Thursday. Cricketers, politicians and sports people have paid tribute to Hughes, who at 25, became one of only a handful of professional players to suffer a fatal head injury on the field within the last century. Hughes had burst on to the international scene in 2009 with two hundreds in his second Test. The South Australian batsman was playing in a Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales when a bouncer from Sean Abbott hit his neck. Hughes received mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the pitch and was soon whisked by medical transport off the pitch to St Vincent's Hospital. He then received emergency surgery to reduce the pressure on his brain but never regained consciousness.
After his death was announced, cricket officials from Pakistan and New Zealand chose to postpone the second day's play in the third and final Test between the two countries. A two-day tour match between a Cricket Australia XI and India, scheduled to be played in Adelaide on Friday and Saturday, has been cancelled.
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