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Chief India selector, MSK Prasad, revealed that the BCCI selection committee will monitor the workload on players who are in the fray to make the India World Cup squad in the 12th edition of the IPL. BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary urged the teams to keep national interest in mind.

Shane Warne squashes rumours that he had asked BCCI to ban Ricky Ponting from coaching Delhi Capitals for IPL 2019 after the latter was appointed as assistant coach of Australia. Earlier, Rahul Dravid was asked to step down as Delhi Daredevils coach in 2017 due to a conflict of interest.

Smriti Mandhana claims that new India women’s cricket team coach WV Raman has helped improve her mindset while batting at the crease which also improved her performances of late. Mandhana has added that despite her impressive run tally this season, the team does not depend on her to score runs.

KL Rahul has made a return to international cricket after his twin 80+ runs in the India A series against England Lions and will join the Indian team for the ODI series against Australia. While Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be absent for the first two matches, Jasprit Bumrah will spearhead the attack.