Alagappan Muthu

They had to wait over a fortnight, but India A's first win since arriving in Chennai was a comprehensive one, as a century from Mayank Agarwal and a 90 from captain Unmukt Chand made light work of a target of 245

South Africa A legspinner Eddie Leie, who had best T20 figures for a South African on debut, says he is not thinking about the IPL yet as he is not looking too far ahead

His 131-ball 154 may not mean he is destined for international greatness, but it showed how well he thinks with bat in hand, and how well he susses up conditions

At a time when Australia are scouring high and low for batting options, Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja put themselves front and centre with a couple of effortless centuries against India A in Chennai to lead a 119-run rout

Australia A captain Usman Khawaja attributed his team's nine-wicket win to an all-round bowling performance

After restricting South Africa to 171, Australia A won by nine wickets with 19 overs to spare, earning a bonus point to boot

Australia A, India A and South Africa A would like to win the seven-match ODI tri-series but they might be just as content finding solutions to make their respective first XIs stronger

Plays of the day from the second ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Pallekele

Kusal Perera hit the second-fastest ODI fifty in history, but Pakistan still made Sri Lanka huff and puff to run down a target of 288

Ambati Rayudu and Stuart Binny added 160 runs together - the highest sixth-wicket stand for India in ODIs - in a last-ball four-run win

Not long ago the gold standard in ODIs, India run the risk of falling behind the times. A weak bench doesn't help

Notwithstanding Suresh Raina's utility in ODIs, he has never quite been a full-fledged match-winner. MS Dhoni will hope Raina can change that in his new role at No 6

Despite India's 1-2 loss to Bangladesh, Suresh Raina has said that one poor show during an otherwise prosperous season is not grounds to vilify the team

Sudhir Gautam, the India fan who paints himself in the tri-color and follows the team, has been given police protection for the third ODI against Bangladesh in Mirpur because he felt "threatened" after an incident outside the Shere Bangla National Stadium

R Ashwin has mounted a strong defence of MS Dhoni's leadership saying he would "die on the field" if his captain asked him to

After whitewashing Zimbabwe and Pakistan in their last two home ODI series, Bangladesh will complete a hat-trick if they beat India in the third ODI in Mirpur

MS Dhoni said Ajinkya Rahane was left out of the second ODI because he tends to struggle in the middle order on pitches that are slow, and there are no vacancies in the top order

Chances of success are greater when Virat Kohli is new at the crease. If ever he is nervous, it is then, that the sucker ball has to be rolled out. If he isn't in the best position, you get lucky

Rohit Sharma, amid dead-batting queries over if India were under cooked or caught off-guard in the first ODI, said the stakes both they and Bangladesh had on the line could be a contributing factor to the way things progress