Post that KL Rahul slammed his 12th Indian Premier League fifty but failed to ensure victory for his team. Chennai Super Kings won the game by 22 runs.

Trent Boult, Matt Henry, and speedster Lockie Ferguson round off the pace-bowlers with Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi selected as the spinners. Colin de Grandhomme and Jimmy Neesham have claimed the seam-bowling all-rounder’s spots, while Nicholls and Colin Munro are the other specialist batsmen.

Virat Kohli top-scored with 116 off 120 balls while Vijay Shankar made 46 of 41. Pat Cummins was the pick of the Australian bowlers with four wickets.

In the post match interaction with the media, Indian skipper Virat Kohli was courageous enough to admit that the Australia 'outplayed' them in the T20I series. He also praised Australian batsman Glen Maxwell for a great show in Bengaluru.

India is all set to face Australia in the T20I series, considered to be the final rehearsal before the World Cup, and they will be looking forward to kickstart the series with a woman on Sunday in Visakhapatnam. Virat Kohli will be leading the Men in Blue for first T20 Internationals against Australia.

The Committee of Administrators (COA) of the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday decided to scrap the opening ceremony of upcoming cricket event - Indian Premier League. The administration has decided to donate the funds to the families of Pulwama attack victims.

West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle made a remarkable comeback in the One-Day Internationals, leaving Shahid Afridi behind to register a world record with most sixes. Chris Gayle now has 477 sixes on his name.

Brushing aside the possibility of bilateral cricket, former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly said that India and Pakistan are not going to play the game together, specially after the Pulwama attack.

Yuvraj Singh never misses a chance to impress his fans. He is currently in Maldives as part of the Air India team, his reverse sweep six is an eye catcher thing on internet these days.

The 2019 schedule for upcoming Indian Premier League will be released in parts; BCCI released IPL 2019 fixtures for the 17 games on Tuesday. The Indian board has got clearance for 17 matches with the eight centres getting two matches each and the Capital getting to host three games in the first segment of the 12th edition of the cash-rich league.