England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced its team for the 2026 T20 World Cup to be held in India. Surprisingly, England has not selected explosive players like Liam Livingstone and Jamie Smith for the T20 World Cup. Livingstone will play in IPL 2026 and he has been sold for a huge amount. Let us tell you that England has just announced the provisional squad. Provisional means that England can still make changes in its team.

According to ICC rules, every team has to announce its team 30 days before the start of the tournament. Before the end of the deadline, teams can make changes to their squad on their own. After the deadline, teams have to take permission from the ICC for changes. England has just announced the provisional squad. In such a situation, she can make changes in her team anytime.

Harry Brook captain, Josh Tong included in the team for the first time

Fast bowler Josh Tong, who bowled lethally whenever he got a chance in the Ashes series, has been selected by England for the 2026 T20 World Cup. Harry Brook will be the captain of the England team in this ICC tournament. There is a mix of young and senior players in the team. However, the surprising thing is that England has not included an experienced all-rounder like Liam Livingstone in the World Cup squad. Livingstone will be seen playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026.

England has selected six fast bowlers in the form of Brayden Carse, Josh Tongue, Jamie Overton, Joffra Archer, Sam Curran and Luke Wood. There are three spinners in the form of Rehan Ahmed, Liam Dawson and Adil Rashid. Apart from this, power packed batsmen have been selected in the form of Harry Brook, Phil Salt, Tom Banton, Jacob Bethel, Ben Duckett, Will Jacques and Jos Buttler.

England team for the 2026 T20 World Cup – Harry Brook (captain), Joffra Archer, Will Jacques, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Tom Banton, Jacob Bithell, Jos Buttler, Braydon Carse, Sam Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue and Luke Wood.

The auction for IPL 2026 will take place on December 16, in which shortlisted players will be bid for 77 vacant slots. There are 110 foreign players in the shortlist. Of these, 96 are capped and 14 are uncapped. Let us tell you that 31 slots for foreign players are vacant for all 10 teams together. Know which 10 foreign players everyone will keep an eye on, out of these, there are 3 who can get Rs 10 crore or more.

Cameron Green (Australia)

Cameron Green’s name is being discussed the most in the IPL 2026 auction. The base price of Green is Rs 2 crore. Green is a batting all-rounder, who has played for Mumbai in 2023 and Bengaluru in 2024. In 29 matches played in IPL, he has scored 707 runs and taken 16 wickets. His IPL price can also go up to Rs 10 crore.

David Miller (South Africa)

South Africa’s explosive batsman David Miller is called a player of big matches. The base price of Miller is Rs 2 crore, for which many teams can go to the big bid to buy him. The middle order batsman has played 141 matches for 4 teams in IPL, in which he has 3077 runs in his name. Miller’s strike rate is 138.60. His bid can also go up to Rs 10 crore.

Liam Livingstone (England)

England’s explosive batsman Liam Livingston was a part of the champion team (RCB) in the last edition, although RCB did not retain him. 32-year-old Livingston can play an important role in bowling along with batting. He has played a total of 49 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 1051 runs. His strike rate is 158.76. He also has 13 wickets to his name in IPL, it will be interesting to see which team buys him.

Jamie Smith (England)

Everyone’s eyes will also be on 25-year-old wicket-keeper batsman Jamie Smith, he has not played in IPL before. His base price is Rs 2 crore. If we look at the records of T20 International, Smith has scored 130 runs in 5 matches. In T20 he scored 1687 runs in 97 matches, KKR is looking for a wicket keeper.

Steve Smith (Australia)

Steve Smith played his last IPL match in 2021, this time he is in the auction again. Smith’s base price is Rs 2 crore, although Smith will not be anyone’s first choice for this format. Smith is a big name in the cricket world, but teams may hesitate in buying him. Therefore, it will be interesting to see the bids on him, or he may remain unsold. Smith has scored 2485 runs in 103 matches in IPL.

Jason Holder (West Indies)

There was a bid of more than Rs 5 crore for Jason Holder in 2023. Holder will be in the auction again this time, his base price is Rs 2 crore. However, this time the difficulty for him is that he has not played IPL for the last 2 years, so it will be interesting to see whether any team would like to bet on him this time. The positive thing about Holder is that he can bat well in the lower order. If we look at Holder’s IPL record, he has taken 53 wickets in 46 matches played for 5 teams and scored 259 runs in 27 innings.

Lungi Ngidi (South Africa)

After Green and Miller, Lungi Ngidi is such a player, it would not be surprising if the bid on him goes beyond Rs 10 crore or more. His performance in the T20 series against India has been good, he dismissed Shubman Gill in the first over of both the opening T20 matches. Ngidi also tricks the batsmen with his speed. Ngidi has taken 29 wickets in 16 matches for 2 teams in IPL. He was a part of the RCB team last year but could play only 2 matches.

Tim Seifert (New Zealand)

The base price of New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman Tim Seifert is Rs 1.5 crore. 30-year-old Seifert played the last IPL season in 2022, he played only 2 matches for Delhi that season. Seifert scored only 26 runs in total 3 matches played in IPL. It remains to be seen whether Seifert is able to become a part of any IPL team this time.

Jonny Bairstow (England)

The base price of England wicketkeeper batsman Jonny Bairstow is Rs 1 crore. He came as a replacement for Mumbai Indians last year to play the knockout matches, in which he performed effectively. Because of this, he can get a good amount in the auction to be held this time. 36-year-old Bairstow had scored 85 runs in 2 matches last year, and did good wicket-keeping. He has played a total of 52 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 1674 runs. Kolkata can make a big bid to buy him.

Quinton de Kock (South Africa)

Quinton de Kock played an explosive inning of 90 runs in the second T20 against India, he also scored a century in the ODI. However, there is a lack of consistency in his performance, which can come in the way of him fetching big money in the auction. De Kock was in Kolkata Knight Riders last year, but the team released him. It will be interesting to see which team buys him.

32-year-old De Kock has played a total of 115 matches for 6 teams in IPL, in which he has scored 3309 runs. He has scored 2 centuries and 24 half-centuries in IPL. De Kock’s base price in the IPL 2026 auction is Rs 1 crore.

IPL 2025 Mini Auction: The mini auction for the Indian Premier League 2026 is going to be held on December 16, 2025 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. A total of 359 players will be bid in this mini auction. However, a total of 1355 players had registered for the auction, out of which only 359 players’ names have been shortlisted. There are about 40 wicketkeeper batsmen in this final list, out of which five wicketkeepers will be keeping an eye on all the franchises. Here we are going to tell about 5 such wicketkeepers, on whom money can rain in this mini auction.

Top-5 wicketkeepers of IPL 2026 mini auction

1. Karthik Sharma

Karthik Sharma, who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket, is only 19 years old. Karthik has played 11 innings in T20 cricket so far, in which he has scored a total of 334 runs at an excellent average of 163. At the same time, he has a strike rate of 118 in List A cricket.

2. Ben Duckett

England’s explosive opening batsman Ben Duckett is also a wicketkeeper. Duckett has scored a total of 5,397 runs in 216 T20 matches at a strike rate of 140. At the same time, Duckett scores runs for England at an excellent strike rate of 154 in T20 International matches.

3. Ruchit Ahir

Ruchit Ahir’s record while playing for Saurashtra in domestic cricket is strong. In T20 cricket, Ruchit has scored an excellent strike rate of 169 in 12 matches. Ruchit also has two half-centuries to his name in these matches and he is known for hitting longer sixes than fours.

4. Jamie Smith

England’s young wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith has shown impressive performance in his short international career. Smith has a strike rate of 194 in 5 T20 International matches. At the same time, in T20 cricket, Smith has scored a total of 1,687 runs in 97 matches, in which his strike rate has been 144.

5. Vansh Bedi

22-year-old Vansh Bedi was a part of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, but he was out of the last season due to injury. At the same time, Vansh had scored a total of 187 runs at a strike rate of 187 in 9 matches of the last season of Delhi Premier League.

IND vs Eng 5th Test Day 5 Live Updates: Today is the last day of the fifth Test between India and England. Today it will be decided that this series will be drawn to India or the British will win. In this last match of Anderson-Tendulkar series, England need 35 runs to win and India need four wickets to win. England batsman Jamie Smith has not scored 2 runs and Jamie overton has not scored eight balls.

India’s playing XI

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Karun Nair, Rabindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Anshul Kamboj, famous Krishna and Mohammad Siraj.

England’s playing XI

Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope (Captain), Harry Brooke, Jamie Smith (wicket -keeper), Joe Root (Vice -captain), Jacob Bethel, Chris Woakes, Gass Etkinson, Jamie Overton and Josh Tung.

India vs england Lord’s test: The third Test match is being played between India and England at Lord’s. England’s first inning has ended. The British have set a huge target of 388 runs in front of India. Lord’s pitch is slow, in such a situation it will not be easy for India to achieve this target. There was a time in this match when India had a chance to stop England for a score of 300, but Team India made a lapse and England set a mountain target.

There were 7 wickets at 271

England won the toss and decided to bat first. The England team kept batting on the first day of the match and could only manage 251 runs at the loss of four wickets. On the second day, Jasprit Bumrah implicated the British in the trap of his ball and took three wickets in the first session. England had taken seven wickets by a score of 271.

KL Rahul catch from Rahul

The Indian team could have been including England under 300 runs, but a drop catch by KL Rahul brought England beyond 350. Jasprit Bumrah gave India the fifth wicket by dismissing England captain Ben Stokes on the second ball of the 86th over. Jamie Smith came to bat after Stokes was dismissed. After Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj came with the next over. On the third ball of this over of Siraj, a catch was left in the second slip, KL Rahul was standing at this point.

When the catch was missed by Rahul, Jamie Smith was batting for five runs. Smith lost against India. After this, the England player batted quickly. Smith scored 51 runs in 56 balls in this innings, in which he hit six fours. After the seventh wicket fell, there was a partnership of about 100 runs between Smith and Bridan Cars, leading to England to 387.

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Ind vs eng 2nd test scorecard: England’s first innings has been reduced to 407 runs, which has led the Indian team a lead of 180 runs in the first innings. Harry Brook and Jamie Smith scored centuries for England, but the tail batsmen proved to be badly flops. For the Indian team, Mohammad Siraj took 6 wickets and Akashdeep also took a total of 4 wickets, spreading the fire. Team India scored a mountain score of 587 runs in the first innings. In response, there was a strong bowling from India.

Jasprit Bumrah was not in the Indian team for the second Test, despite this India got a strong start in bowling. In front of the deadly bowling of Akashdeep and Mohammad Siraj, half of England’s team had returned to the pavilion for a score of 84. Akashdeep did not let the account of the last match to open the account, while the Oli Pope was also dismissed on the score of zero. Just now Joe Root had taken the front that Siraj sent him to the pavilion on a score of 22.

The score was 84/5, but from here Harry Brook and Jamie Smith took the front. They had a brilliant partnership of 303 runs. On one hand, Harry Brook scored an innings of 158 runs, on the other hand Jamie Smith missed out on scoring a double century by just 16 runs. Smith scored 184 runs. England had once scored 387 runs at the loss of 5 wickets, but after that the remaining 5 wickets of England also fell within 21 runs. The last 3 batsmen of the English team could not even open the account.

If we look at the Indian bowlers, Mohammad Siraj took the most wickets. Siraj took 6 wickets, now he has achieved the achievement of achieving 5-cicat halls in Australia, South Africa, West Indies and England. Apart from him, Akashdeep took a total of 4 wickets.

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Jamie Smith Fastest Test Century vs India: The second match of the five -match Test series between India and England is happening from Wednesday. On the third day of this match, England wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith created history. Smith has scored the fastest century of Test cricket against India from England. Smith hit a century in just 80 balls. Smith’s innings was special because when Smith came to bat, England lost 5 wickets for just 84 runs.

Surrey -born 24 -year -old left -arm wicketkeeper batsman Smith has performed brilliantly in first class cricket. Because of which he got a chance to play for England for the first time in the year 2023. Smith plays for Surrey in first class cricket.

Smith shines at a young age, now causing havoc against India

Smith started earning a name in cricket from a very young age. According to the information available, when Smith was 12 years old, he started getting a chance to play in Under-17 with senior players for 5 years. He then performed brilliantly while playing for England’s Under-19 team. During this time, he scored 90 and 104 runs in a Test match in rock.

After this, Smith made his first class debut against the MCC All Star Squad team in 2019. In this match, Smith batted brilliantly and gave 127 runs. This year, Smith also made her debut in List A Cricket. In the year 2022, Smith scored his first double century in first class cricket. He scored 234 runs.

After performing well in first class cricket, Smith was included in the England Lions team. Smith then scored the fastest century for the Lions of that time. Smith scored a century in just 71 balls. After this, Smith got a chance to debut in the Test in 2024. He scored 70 runs on the debut match. After this, he also scored his first Test century against Sri Lanka in the next series.

Smith’s career so far

Smith has so far played 11 Tests, 13 ODIs and 5 T20 matches for England. During this time, he has scored more than 800 runs in the Test thanks to 4 half -centuries and two centuries. Smith has scored more than 4000 runs in 73 matches in 73 matches in first class cricket.

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Harry Brook Jamie Smith Century: By the end of the second day’s play in the Birmingham Test, the Indian team was completely dominated. On the third day, the Indian bowlers made a strong start, but after that the T20 batting was seen from England. Harry Brook and Jamie Smith together have hit a double century. The English team had lost 5 wickets on a score of just 84, but after that Brook and Smith together reminded the Indian bowlers.

Together together, double century

England carried forward their score from 77/3 on the third day, but after some time Mohammad Siraj also dismissed Joe Root and Ben Stokes on the next ball from him. Harry Brook was set on the crease and after Ben Stokes was dismissed, Jamie Smith came to play. England lost the fifth wicket at a score of 84.

Harry Brook and Jamie Smith both partnered 200 runs, carrying forward the scoreboard from a run-rate of around 6. Where in the 22nd over, half the England team had returned to the pavilion by a score of 84. But since Smith came to batting, the two batsmen together hit 24 fours and 3 sixes till the partnership of 200 runs. Let us tell you that till Brook-Smith’s 200-run partnership, Mohammad Siraj has taken 3 wickets and famous Krishna has taken 2 wickets.

India scored 587 runs

In the Birmingham Test, the Indian team scored a huge score of 587 runs while batting first. It is also the biggest score made by Team India in Test matches on England soil. During this, Indian captain Shubman Gill played a historic innings of 269 runs, while Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravindra Jadeja played for Team India and played Krmashah 87 and 89 runs.

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England Playing 11 vs India 1st Test: England have announced a 14 -member team for the first match of the five -match Test series against India. The first Test match is to be played between India and England from 20 June. Team India will play a five -match Test series in England. Know how England’s playing XI can be in the first Test.

Bowling all -rounder Jamie overton has been selected for the first Test against India. He will play Test for England after three years. Jacob Bethel and Chris Woakes have also been selected in the English team for the first Test match against India. Jose Butler has not been selected in the team.

Star fast bowler Jofra Archer is not part of the team because of not being fully fit. It is being told that Jofra Archer may be part of the English team in the second Test.

These players will get space in playing XI

Talking about the playing XI, Ben Docket and Jack Croi will be seen making the innings debut. After this, Oli Pope will be seen playing at number three. Joe root is also set to play on number four. Then the young Harry Brook can be seen at number five. Captain Ben Stokes will play at number six. Then wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith will be seen in action at number seven. The only spinner Shoaib Bashir will be the only spinner. Then three fast bowlers. It can be seen in Chris Woakes, Josh Tung and Sam Cook Action.

England’s possible playing XI for the first Test against India- Ben Docket, Jack Croly, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Shoaib Bashir, Josh Tung and Sam Cook/Jamie overton/Bridan Karse.

England Squad for the first Test- Ben Stokes (Captain), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Bridon Karse, Sam Cook, Jack Crlay, Ben Docket, Jamie Overton, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tung, Chris Woakes.