Colin Munro struck a 14-ball 50, the second fastest Twenty20I fifty after Yuvraj Singh's 12-ball spree, to take New Zealand to a nine wicket win against Sri Lanka. Martin Guptill scored a 19-Ball fifty but it got overshadowed by Munro's performance

Pakistan's Umar Akmal will not play first of the three Twenty20IS in New Zealand for violating the dress code in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Cheteshwar Pujara's aggressive fifty went in vain as Saurashtra lost to Jharkhand in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

India's bowling coach Bharat Arun has said Barinder Sran's left-arm pace bowling will be an added advantage and says the young fast bowler could be included in the side for the first ODI against Australia on Tuesday.

Yuvraj Singh's blazing century was upstaged by a blitz from Sanju Samson as Kerala recorded an important victory over Punjab in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Irfan Pathan's fine form continued to help Baroda while Delhi escaped in a low-scoring thriller against Goa after being restricted to 91. Cheteshwar Pujara struck an aggressive fifty but could not help Saurashtra over the line.

Darren Sammy, Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell have all been dropped from the West Indies Cricket Board's centrally contracted players list for the 2015/16 season.

While Rohit Sharma and Manish Pandey smashed contrasting half-centuries, the Indian spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel came to party picking up two wickets to help visitors register consecutive wins.