AFP Sport takes a look at four key battles that could decide the eagerly-awaited contest at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.

Netizens took to social media to express their discontentment, directing their criticisms towards the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the organizing body, and the host nation, India for lack of audience and filthy seats at the stadium.

Babar’s men were accorded a warm welcome in Hyderabad in what is their first tour of India since the T20 World Cup in 2016.

The Indian team moved past arch-rivals Pakistan to take the top position in the one-day rankings as a result of their latest victory, just before they host the World Cup.

It was India's eighth Asia Cup crown but its first major tournament title since winning the same competition in 2018.

Demands for New Delhi to cut cricketing ties with neighbor intensify after Indian officers killed in encounter with terrorists

India's cricket board has invited bids to own teams in the inaugural women's Indian Premier League, which could become one of the biggest money-spinners in women's sport.

Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant will be transferred to Mumbai for treatment on Wednesday, nearly a week after he suffered several injuries in a road accident, a cricket board official said.

New Zealand's cricket team returned to Pakistan Thursday to play two Tests and three one-day internationals, a year after abandoning their tour over a security threat.

Indian batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad on Monday smashed an unprecedented seven successive sixes in one over of a 50-overs domestic match -- courtesy of a no-ball.