File photo of Kane Williamson© Twitter Following the narrow 13-run win over West Indies in the first T20I, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said that it felt nice to have made a contribution to the team’s victory. Solid knocks by captain Kane Williamson and wicketkeeper-batter Devon Conway and brilliant bowling by Mitchell Santner powered New
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Sikandar Raza‘s golden run ended with a golden duck as his Zimbabwe side lost by 105 runs to Bangladesh on Wednesday in the third one-day international in Harare. An unbeaten 85 by Afif Hossain lifted Bangladesh to 256-9 in 50 overs when put in to bat and Mustafizur Rahman then took 4-17 as Zimbabwe were
ZIM vs BAN 3rd ODI Live: Bangladesh will look to avoid a series sweep.© AFP ZIM vs BAN, 3rd ODI Live Updates: Zimbabwe have won the toss and opted to bowl as they look to complete a series sweep against Bangladesh at home. Clive Madane has been handed a debut and will keep wickets in
All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who led Team India during the Ireland series and also in the fifth and final T20I against West Indies, has been relishing the responsibility given to him. Starting from IPL 2022, where he led the debutants Gujarat Titans to the title, to his all-round performance for the national side, he has been
Former Indian skipper and ex-chairman of the selection committee Krishnamachari Srikkanth said that had he been the chairman of selectors currently, pacer Mohammed Shami would have been a part of Men in Blue’s squad for upcoming Asia Cup 2022, which will take place from August 27 onwards. The All-India Senior Selection Committee on Monday announced
Behind Shikhar Dhawan‘s cheerful exterior lies an intensely “spiritual man” who has made peace with representing India in only one format. Approaching his 37th birthday, Dhawan has made a pledge to himself. “Till the time I am playing for India, I would like to be an asset and not a liability,” Dhawan told PTI in
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri is currently in the UK doing commentary for Sky Sports for the ongoing second edition of the Hundred competition. Shastri recently was at the game which was being played at the Lord’s Cricket Ground along with Mukesh Ambani and Sundar Pichai. On Tuesday, the former head coach shared
The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Monday announced former Indian cricketer Manoj Prabhakar as the new head coach of the Nepal Men’s national team. Succeeding Pubudu Dassanayake, Indian allrounder Prabhakar has worked as head coach for three Ranji Trophy teams. In 2016, Prabhakar, who had represented his home nation in 169 internationals, served as
File image of Jasprit Bumrah© AFP Senior fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is set to be ruled out of the Asia Cup T20 tournament with a back injury, which would require some time to heal. The Indian squad for the continental championship will be selected on Monday, but it is still not clear if the official
Heartbroken after a gold medal slipped out of their hands, India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur harped on the need to stop repeating same mistakes in ‘title clashes’, saying the “mental block” has to be broken, going forward. Indian team came to close winning coveted gold on women cricket’s CWG debut but fell short by nine runs
Birmingham: The Indian women’s cricket team once again succumbed to the big stage fright to suffer a nine-run defeat against the mighty Australia in the gold medal match of the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday. The ‘Women In Blue’ lost the battle of nerves and also the last five wickets for 13 runs with some
5th T20I Live: India face West Indies in a dead rubber in Lauderhill, Florida.© AFP IND vs WI, 5th T20I Live Updates: India face West Indies in the fifth and final T20I at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida. With the series already in the bag, India would look to test their bench
Rohit Sharma interacted with fans after win in 4th T20I vs West Indies© Twitter Rohit Sharma-led Team India won the fourth T20I of the five-match series against West Indies by 59 runs on Saturday at Lauderhill, Florida. The visitors did not have any problem in defending 191 and the side bundled out the Nicholas Pooran-led
India advanced their preparation for the next Twenty20 World Cup with a series-clinching 59-run victory over the West Indies in the fourth fixture of a five-match series at the Broward County Stadium in Florida on Saturday. Defending a formidable total of 191 for five in front of fiercely partisan Indian supporters at the United States
4th T20I Live: Focus on Rohit Sharma’s fitness as India look eye unassailable lead.© AFP IND vs WI, 4th T20I Live Updates: India take on West Indies in the fourth T20I of the five-match series at Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida. India eye an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series, ahead of the final
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri had made a comment saying 10-12 teams cannot be playing the longest format of the game, and in order to ensure that Test cricket remains competitive, only the top five-six teams should play against each other. Now, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has reacted to the suggestion, saying the existing
Shreyas Iyer‘s performance will be under intense scrutiny as India gear up for the back-to-back T20I games against West Indies, starting here on Saturday, with the twin objective of winning the series and also firming up squad for T20 World Cup. India are currently leading the five-match series 2-1 and nothing would be more satisfying
The International League (ILT20) in UAE has reportedly offered 15 top Australian players a whopping AUD 700,000 deals to ditch the Big Bash League (BBL), dates of which are overlapping, causing considerable tension in Cricket Australia (CA)’s ranks. The Big Bash League will be played between December 13 to February 4 while the inaugural edition