West Indies have included Dwayne Bravo in their squad; Root missed nets ahead of the Port Elizabeth Test; and the Royals will play the Challengers in Qualifier 2 of the BPL, the winner among whom will face the Tigers in the final.
India and Sri Lanka start off their new decade with a T20I series, to be played at Guwahati, Indore, and Pune.
Ajinkya Rahane is 25 short of the 4,000-run mark, while Wriddhiman Saha needs 3 dismissals to reach 100.
New Zealand beat England at Nelson; Australia beat Pakistan at Canberra; IPL 2020 may feature "no-ball" umpires; and Tendulkar has recommended changes to ODI cricket.
Rohit Sharma is set to become the most-capped T20I cricketer in Indian history. He also needs 8 runs to go past Virat Kohli’s world record career aggregate of 2,450 T20I runs.
Australia will host Pakistan for a 3-match T20I series. The first of these matches will be played at Sydney.
PNG, Netherlands, Namibia, Ireland, Oman are through to the next round of the T20 World Cup Qualifiers; Pakistan Women went 1-0 up; Tamim has withdrawn from the India tour; and Schutt did the hat-trick in WBBL.
Australia have not played a T20I since February, while Sri Lanka are coming off a remarkable series win in Pakistan. They have also never lost a series to Australia in Australia.
India looked in good shape at Ranchi on day two. The draft for 'The Hundred' took place in London. Mohammad Saifuddin is set to miss the T20I series against India.
Led by Virat Kohli, India dominated Day 2 of the Pune Test. India Women also claimed a win in the second ODI to clinch the series 2-0. Anil Kumble was appointed head coach of KXIP.