File photo of Indian cricket team.© AFP India left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh was on Wednesday nominated for the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year honour alongside Marco Jansen, Finn Allen and Ibrahim Zadran. Voting for the award will begin in January, said the ICC in a release. Arshdeep has made the shortlist less than six
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Australia vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 3 Live: Travis Head played with intent on Day 2.© AFP Australia vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 3 Live: On Day 2, David Warner battled through searing heat to hit an epic unbeaten 200 in his 100th Test on Tuesday before retiring in pain as Australia consolidated their
Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya will lead the Indian cricket team in the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, starting on January 3 in Mumbai, the BCCI announced in a statement late on Tuesday night. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul are not part of the T20I squad. Rohit will return to lead Team India in the ODI
File photo of Ashleigh Gardner (right).© AFP Australian all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner has overtaken West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews, India’s Deepti Sharma and New Zealand captain Sophie Devine to attain a career-best No.1 spot in the latest ICC Women’s T20I player rankings for all-rounders released on Tuesday. Following a closely-fought five-match T20I series, which Australia won
Australia vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 2 Live: Australia would aim to take sizeable lead on Day 2.© AFP Australia vs South Africa 2nd Test Day 2 Live: On Day 1, Cameron Green celebrated landing one of the richest contracts in Indian Premier League history by taking a career-best 5-27 as Australia ripped through
Pakistan cricket has gone through a reshuffle over the past few days, following their 0-3 Test series whitewash at the hands on England on home soil. Ramiz Raja was sacked as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), with Najam Sethi taking up the post on interim basis. On Saturday, former captain Shahid Afridi was
After losing the first Test inside the first two days, South Africa find themselves chasing shadows once again as Australia took control of the proceedings of the ongoing Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After being put into bat, South Africa lost five wickets before the stroke of lunch. Cameron Green bagged his
2nd Test, Day 1 Live: Australia face South Africa in the Boxing Day Test at MCG.© AFP AUS vs SA, 2nd Test, Day 1 Live Updates: Australia face South Africa in the second Test of the three-match series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The hosts lead the series 1-0, following their comprehensive win in the
Former Indian batter Mohammad Kaif said on Sunday that middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer is vital to India’s ICC World Test Championship final hopes as he lauded him for showing great skill on the fourth day of the second Test against Bangladesh to win the game for India. India defeated Bangladesh by three wickets in a
IND vs BAN, 2nd Test: Team India after clinching the Test series vs Bangladesh© Twitter Team India scripted a memorable win in the second Test against Bangladesh on Sunday. Chasing 145, the visitors were 74/7 before the heroics of Ravichandran Ashwin (42*) and Shreyas Iyer (29*) brought them out of a tense situation and guided
Hours after being named as the interim chief selector by the Pakistan Cricket Board, Shahid Afridi on Saturday added three bowlers to the national squad for the two-match home Test series against New Zealand, beginning in Karachi on Monday. The PCB said Afridi, after speaking to captain Babar Azam, added pacers Mir Hamza and Shahnawaz
File image of KL Rahul© AFP The outgoing selection committee led by Chetan Sharma will be picking the two white ball Indian squads for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka, starting January 3, as the new panel will not be named before another week’s time, according to BCCI sources. It is expected that the
Brothers sacrificing their careers for their younger siblings is not new in Indian cricket. On Friday, the latest IPL millionaire Vivrant Sharma credited brother Vikrant for the biggest achievement of his career — a Rs 2.6 crore pay cheque to don the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) jersey in the 2023 edition of the league. Two years after he started following into the footsteps of his elder brother, Jammu
File photo of Cameron Green.© AFP After being bought by Mumbai Indians for the upcoming season of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, Australian all-rounder Cameron Green said that he is “pinching” himself and is humbled to join the five-time champions, who he termed as the “one of the powerhouses of the competition”. Australian all-rounder Cameron
The yearly extravaganza of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2023 concluded with franchises shattering some all-time records. England all-rounder Sam Curran hit the jackpot, fetching INR 18.50 crore from Punjab Kings. Curran’s international teammate Ben Stokes also bagged a whopping deal from Chennai Super Kings, who splashed INR 16.25 crore for the all-rounder’s services.
IPL Auction 2023: Full list of players sold and unsold IPL Auction 2023: Harry Brook became attracted a lot of interest from three franchises and eventually was sold for Rs 13.25 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mayank Agarwal was also bagged by SRH for Rs 8.25 crore. Kane Williamson was the first player to be sold for
File image of Sam Curran© AFP Kochi (Kerala): India’s biggest sporting gala is not too far from the horizon but the buzz for the Indian Premier League begins this December with the player auctions. The IPL auctions are a tense and exciting affair as teams try to outbid each other for some of the hottest
File image of Jofra Archer© AFP Bought in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction by Mumbai Indians, Jofra Archer is yet to be used by his new franchise in the T20 league. The England pacer has been struggling with injuries for the past couple of years and wasn’t even make it to the