T20i Series  

Dhoni's inclusion for T20I series against New Zealand would silence detractors who had started to write an obituary for the celebrated wicketkeeper-batsman's career. Pant looks to have paid the price for throwing away his wicket too easily too often. 

Bishan Singh Bedi has found the most inopportune time to mount a scathing criticism on Virat Kohli and Co. With a day to go before India square up against Australia in a T20I series Down Under, with the stakes running sky-high, the former ace India tweaker has brought up Virat Kohli-Anil Kumble saga that had rocked Indian cricket in the middle of last year.

Andre Russell last featured in the Afghanistan Premier League representing Nangarhar Leopards on October 9 but was not named in the ODI squad with the Windies Cricket ruling him out due to injury.

'The T20Is here and in Australia, he (MS Dhoni) is not going to play, because we are also looking at a second wicket-keeper," MSK Prasad said at a press conference after the selection meeting in Pune