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From the Kochi players battle to the England v India encounter, this will tell you the major headlines that are popular in the cricketing world.

   

India v England 1st ODI

14:30 Local 09:00 GMT

10:00 BST

India have had a confidence knock after a winless tour of England. Maybe one of the independence battles would get them motivated for another series but in the home of 1st choice sport of cricket, India. For England, this would be an opportunity to show that they can play well in conditions away from home and put added pressure for India in their forthcoming series against Australia next. 

India won't find it easy with the big names of Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel being injured. Harbhajan Singh's shock drop from the team will probably be regretted after Singh's brilliant spell of 3-21 in the CLT20 final to get him his win for the Mumbai side. 

England haven't had a good record in the sub-continent with an early exit in the World Cup with a 10 wicket spanking by Sri Lanka. They have only won 1 game in India against India in their last 13 games. This may show that India may have the upper hand in history but preventing the all round domination would be Sri Lanka who whipped England earlier this year with England having No 1 test spot and Twenty20 Champions title up their sleeve. The only major threat England have is the advantage of having the brilliant experience of Eoin Morgan playing in the sub continent surface in the Indian Premier League and having an excellent record in the sub continent.

With all this, will England show the real threat they are able to do in conditions outside home to show nations around the world what to expect from them?

Probable Squads

England  1 Alastair Cook (capt.), 2 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Ravi Bopara, 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Jade Dernbach, 11 Steven Finn

India 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Parthiv Patel, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Ajinkya Rahane, 5 MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Praveen Kumar, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Vinay Kumar, 11 Umesh Yadav

Kochi players assured to be auctioned to another team

Following BCCI's decision to terminate new team Kochi Tuskers Kerala from the IPL due to illegal paymetns being recieved, the players have been assured by the IPL governing council. There are also reports that 9 teams are finalised to go ahead for the new season of IPL 2012. 

A governng council member has said that auction is an option for the big name players like Muttiah Muralithran, Murali Kartik, Mahela Jayawardene, Brendan McCullum and many more. 

One of the agendas in this months IPL governing council's meeting is the participation of Pakistani players being allowed to participate in the IPL.

With a the purchasing window ending in the end of 2011, the players from all teams will still have a long way to go until they are told to participate in the lucrative IPL auction.