3:58 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has been omitted from India’s ODI and T20I squads for the upcoming Australia tour. Rohit Sharma, India’s white-ball vice-captain, who is currently nursing a hamstring injury in the IPL in the UAE, isn’t part of both the squads as well. Tamil Nadu and Kolkata Knight Riders mystery

6:33 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff AB de Villiers will not return to the BBL with the Brisbane Heat this season due to the imminent birth of his third child and the complexities created by Covid-19 although the club have re-signed Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman. De Villiers’ signing was announced to much fanfare last season

10:13 PM GMT Azeem Rafiq, the former England Under-19 captain who alleged systemic racism at Yorkshire that is currently under investigation, doubts he will ever be able to have another role within cricket and does not want to introduce his children to a bat and ball without seeing genuine, lasting change in the English game.

7:08 PM IST Hemant Brar Big picture The Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting wanted his side to play its best cricket in the second half of IPL 2020. Instead, as the tournament has progressed, the cracks have started to emerge in the Capitals side. Had Ishant Sharma been fit, he would have been taking the

3:56 AM GMT Shashank Kishore Tanmay Srivastava, the Uttar Pradesh batsman, has decided to retire from all forms of cricket at the age of 30. Srivastava finishes with 4918 runs in 90 first-class matches, a majority of which he played for Uttar Pradesh, a state he captained at different times right from the age-group circuit.

8:22 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Mumbai Indians allrounder Hardik Pandya took a knee in Sunday’s game against the Rajasthan Royals as part of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Pandya scored a scintillating 60 off 21 balls and after reaching his half-century on the penultimate ball of the innings with a six, he went down

6:59 PM IST Karthik Krishnaswamy Chennai Super Kings 150 for 2 (Gaikwad 65*, Rayudu 39) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 145 for 6 (Kohli 50, de Villiers 39, Curran 3-19, Chahar 2-31) by eight wickets The Chennai Super Kings built a squad for the slow, turning pitches at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. On Sunday, when they

5:58 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Brisbane Heat 3 for 134 (Harris 53, Redmayne 37*) beat Perth Scorchers 7 for 132 by seven wickets Grace Harris went through the gears in her half century Getty Images Defending champions the Brisbane Heat may not be fancied by too many to make it a hat-trick of titles this season,

9:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After a spectacular collapse in which Sunrisers Hyderabad went from needing 27 runs from 24 balls with seven wickets in hand to losing by 12 runs against Kings XI Punjab, David Warner said his batsmen had been “complacent” in the middle overs. The Sunrisers bowlers had restricted Kings XI to

1:41 PM GMT Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 43rd game of IPL 2020, between the Kings XI Punjab and the Sunrisers Hyderabad. The likes of KL Rahul, Glenn Maxwell and Chris Gayle will be taking on the likes of David Warner, Rashid Khan and Jonny Bairstow in Dubai. Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers