Three new faces including Shreyas Iyer got a place in the Test team while Rishabh, Kohli, Rohit, Bumrah, Shami were given rest.

 India test team against New Zealand Virat Kohli (rest in first test) Rohit Sharma Rishabh Pant Jasprit Bumrah for the two-match test series against New Zealand. Players like Shami have been rested while Hanuma Vihari has been dropped from this team.

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Latest News World/Cricket News: After being out of the T20 World Cup 2021, Team India is now preparing to play a home cricket series against New Zealand. In this cricket series, first three match T20 series and then two match test series will be played. For this, a 17-member Indian Test team has been announced. Three new faces have been included in this team, which include Shreyas Iyer, wicketkeeper-batsman KS Bharat and fast bowler Pramukh Krishna. Of this, Shreyas Iyer has been a frequent part of the Indian ODI and T20 cricket team, while the famous Krishna has played three ODIs for India, in which he has 6 wickets in his name. Apart from this, if we talk about KS Bharat, then he can play Test for the first time for India. 

KS Bharat has been included in the Indian team as the second wicketkeeper-batsman. Wriddhiman Saha will be the main wicket-keeper of the team for the two Test matches against New Zealand and KS Bharat can get a chance only in an odd situation. Shreyas Iyer has been included in the team as a middle-order batsman and he has played 22 ODIs and 29 T20 Internationals for India so far. After playing so many matches, he has now been given a place in the Test team for the first time. Ajinkya Rahane has been made the captain for the first match of this Test series, while Cheteshwar Pujara has been made the vice-captain. In the second test match, Virat Kohli will return and he will again take the responsibility of captain. 

For the two-match test series against New Zealand, Virat Kohli (rested only in the first test), Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Senior players like Shami have been rested while Hanuma Vihari has been dropped from this team. Jayant Yadav has returned in this Test team, who has played the first Test match for India. Mayank Agarwal has also returned to the Test team, while Ravindra Jadeja was rested in the T20 series against New Zealand, but he is a part of the Test team. 

Indian test team against New Zealand-

Ajinkya Rahane (Captain - 1st Test), Virat Kohli (Captain - Will join the team in 2nd Test), Cheteshwar Pujara (Vice-Captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha (Wk) , KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, the famous Krishna. 

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IPL 2020: KXIP vs RCB: Kings XI Punjab beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets

 Kings XI Punjab defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets in a thrilling match up to the last ball. Bangalore, batting first, scored 171 runs at the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Punjab achieved this goal on the last ball.

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IPL 2020: Kings XI Punjab defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets in a very exciting match

Bangalore, batting first, scored 171 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs.

Punjab won the match by scoring 177 runs in the last match till the last ball.

Man of the match captain KL Rahul scored 61 not out, while Gayle scored 53 runs.

In the 31st match of the Sharjah Indian Premier League (IPL), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 8 wickets. With this win, his playoff hopes have come alive. Batting first in the match, Bangalore scored 171 for 6 wickets. In reply, KL Rahul (61 not out), Chris Gayle (53) and Mayank Agarwal (45) had almost made the big goal on a small field with batting on the ground that Gayle was dismissed on the 5th ball of Chahal's last over. While creating a thrill. At that time Punjab needed a run to win. Kohli decorated the offensive field, but Nicholas Pooran gave Punjab the victory by hitting six.

Rahul hit one four and 5 sixes in 49 balls, while Mayank Agarwal scored 45 runs in 25 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. Gayle hit a four and a six in 45 balls during his half-century. Puran, who hit the winning six on the last ball, faced a ball. With this win, Punjab have 4 points, while Bangalore remains third in the points table with 10 points.

Chasing a target of 172 runs, Kings XI Punjab gave a strong start by KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal in the form of Dhansu. Both of them targeted a lot from Yuzvendra Chahal to Saini. This opening pair added 78 runs in 8 overs. On the same score, Mayank Agarwal was bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal for a waving ball. He hit 45 runs in 25 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes.

Chahal took his 200th T20 wicket. He became the 5th Indian bowler to take 200 or more wickets. Piyush Chawla (257) is the highest wicket taker in this format. He is followed by Amit Mishra (256). After this Ashwin (242) and Harbhajan Singh (235) are number one.

KL Rahul took the front of the attack after Mayank was dismissed. Scroed a half century,He hit two sixes in the same over from Mohammed Siraj and tried to take pressure off him and Chris Gayle, playing their first match in the tournament. Gayle also found the rhythm with Sundar hitting a six in the 13th over. During this, Rahul completed a half century in 37 balls in the 14th over.

Punjab needed 26 runs in the last 4 overs to win. Sundar, who came to the 17th over, was further reduced by Chris Gayle hitting two sixes. In the same over, the Universe boss also completed the half century in 36 balls. After this, Gayle and Rahul comfortably took the match to single victory with single-doubles. However, Chahal's last over extended to the Punjab fans when Chris Gayle was run out on the 5th ball. It was Pooran who gave Punjab victory on Chahal with a six on the last ball.

Earlier, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team was also struggling to get a respectable score while batting first against Kings XI Punjab, but Chris Morris and Isuru Udana scored fast in the last over, giving the team six wickets in 20 overs. Scored to a score of 171 runs. These two totaled 24 runs in the last over. Morris scored 25 not out off eight balls with the help of a four and three sixes. Isuru Udana scored an unbeaten 10 off five balls with the help of a six.

After winning the toss, Bangalore's first wicket fell to Devdutt Padikkal as the first wicket. Padikkal did not take a full shot off left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh and the ball went straight to Nicholas Pooran. He scored 18 runs off 12 balls. The opening pair of Aaron Finch and Padikkal added 38 runs. Finch Murugun bowled Ashwin for a total of 62. He scored 20 runs off 18 balls.

Ashwin also dismissed Washington Sundar (13). Shivam Dubey was also sent by the team over AB de Villiers. He scored 23 runs off 19 balls with the help of two sixes, but was caught at the hands of Chris Jordan by Lokesh Rahul. De Villiers, who came down, could not meet the expectations of the team in this match and scored two runs and returned to the pavilion by Mohammad Shami. After de Villiers, Shami also gave Kohli a big blow to Bangalore.

Kohli missed the half-century by two runs. He scored 48 runs off 39 balls. His innings included only three fours. After Kohli's departure, Bangalore seemed to be able to stay between 150-155, but Morris, batting in his own style, gave the team a fighting score.

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 IPL 2020, RR vs KXIP Highlights: KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal put on a record-breaking opening partnership for KXIP as they put up 223/2 after 20. Sanju Samson (85) and Rahul Tewatia (53) played blinders in the successful run chase.

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Rajasthan Royals (RR) chased down 224 for victory against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), pulling off the highest successful run chase within the tournament’s history.

KXIP scored 223/2 in 20 overs, with their openers KL Rahul (69) and Mayank Agarwal (106) having put on a record-breaking opening partnership. They brought up the first century opening stand of the season within the 9th over. They crossed the record for KXIP’s highest ever opening stand — 136 by Adam Gilchrist and Paul Valthaty against Deccan Chargers in 2011 — in the 12th over. Mayank brought up his 100, his first in the IPL, off 45 balls, within the 15th over. He was dismissed for 106 off 50 balls in the 17th over. Rahul followed in the 18th over.

Steve Smith (50) and Sanju Samson (85) got the chase off to a cracking start, as the highest Powerplay score of the season was bettered twice in one day. The team 100 came up within the 9th over, but Smith departed soon after. When Samson fell within the 17th over, it seemed the game was lost for Rajasthan. But Rahul Tewatia (53) had other ideas, smashing Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in the 18th over as RR clinched the match in a very dramatic last over with four wickets and three balls left.

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IPL 2020:Punjab lost to Delhi in the super over despite Mayank's strong innings

 Stonis on one side and Agarwal on the opposite . The game is practically between two batsmen of two teams. just as Stonis played hard for Delhi in the face of danger, Mayank made a unique innings by keeping his head down to chase the run. Delhi got the victory in the tense match in the super over.

Punjab won the toss and elected to bat at the Dubai International Stadium. The very fact that there was nothing wrong with Lokesh Rahul's decision was proved in a short time. Prithvi Shaw, Dhawan and Hetmeyer went back one after another. then Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Panth managed to push a little but Mohammad Shami didn't allow them to settle down. Steinis scored half a century later. In the end, Delhi scored 156 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Punjab's Mohammad Shami took three wickets and Cottrell two

Kings XI Punjab got off to a good start by batting in reply. Lokesh Rahul made a quick run. But as soon as he returned, Punjab became desolate. Nair, Puran, Maxwell and Sarfaraz Khan were dismissed one after another. On the other hand, Ashwin gets small in hand while fielding. However, Opener Mayank Agarwal led the innings slowly for Punjab. His innings wasn't cheap at all.

However, he showed that it's possible to win the match (or take it to victory) by rotating the innings if necessary. At a time when it seemed that Punjab would win the match with a smile, Steinis took two wickets in the last two balls. Mayank was dismissed for 69 with one ball to spare. Jordan was out in the last ball. The match ended in a super over.

Puran and Rahul of Punjab batted first in the super over. But Punjab lost two wickets for just two runs in the super over. It was not clear why Mayank didn't play in the super over. Delhi picked up three runs in the super over with a smile.

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