File photo of Hardik Pandya© BCCI With an IPL trophy for Gujarat Titans in their maiden season, Hardik Pandya has impressed one and all with his captaincy skills. The Indian all-rounder had been sidelined by injury and his inability to bowl had been in focus for quite some time. However, Hardik bowled at full tilt
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Sri Lanka pulled off a thrilling 26-run win over Australia in the rain-hit second ODI.© AFP Fast bowler Chamika Karunaratne led an inspired Sri Lankan attack to pull off a thrilling 26-run win over Australia in the rain-hit second one-day international on Thursday. Chasing a rain-revised target of 216 in 43 overs, Australia suffered from
SL vs AUS Live: Danushka Gunathilaka bats in the 2nd ODI.© AFP SL vs AUS, 2nd ODI Live Updates: Australia skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to field first against Sri Lanka in the second one-day international on Thursday. The injury-hit tourists, who lead the five-match series 1-0, made three changes and handed left-arm
Stuart Broad says England coach Brendon McCullum inspired the dramatic second Test victory against New Zealand by telling his team to “run towards the danger”. McCullum has revitalised England in union with new captain Ben Stokes and the improvement generated by the fresh regime’s positive attitude has been remarkable. England had failed to win any
Aiden Markram will miss also miss the final two T20Is against India.© Twitter South Africa batter Aiden Markram was on Wednesday officially ruled out of the remaining two T20I against India having already missed the first three games after testing positive for COVID-19 before the opening match in Delhi. Markram, who tested positive after first
WTC: England defeated New Zealand by 5 wickets in the second Test in Nottingham.© AFP England on Tuesday won their first Test series since January 2021 after beating New Zealand by 5 wickets in the second Test of the three-match series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The hosts now lead the series 2-0 ahead of
India’s Harshal Patel in action against South Africa in 3rd T20I in Visakhapatnam© BCCI India triumphed over South Africa by 48 runs in the third T20I in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday night to keep the T20I series alive. It was a morale boosting win the for the Indians as they had failed to defend totals in
Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes destroyed New Zealand’s attack as England won the second Test at Trent Bridge by five wickets on Tuesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. England were chasing a challenging total of 299 on the final day to win in Nottingham after dismissing the visitors for 284
It has been a big pay day for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as the lucrative media rights for the Indian Premier League has raked in the expected billions for the cricket board. After the fate of the all important packages A (TV rights) and B (Digital rights) were decided on
South Africa have played exceptionally well in the ongoing T20I series against India and this is the main reason, behind them standing on the cusp of registering a series victory. If the Proteas are able to win the third T20I, they will gain an unassailable 3-0 lead. So far, the Proteas have chased down totals
New Zealand collapsed to 224-7 as England gave themselves a chance to chase a dramatic series victory by close of play on the fourth day of the second Test. The Kiwis lost five wickets for 110 in a tense evening session at Trent Bridge and head into the final day with a lead of 238.
Image for representation only© AFP National Cricket Academy coaches Sitanshu Kotak, Sairaj Bahutule and Munish Bali will be part of India cricket team’s support staff, which will be headed by VVS Laxman, on the short tour of Ireland later this month. Kotak, who has been part of the India A set up earlier, will be
Imam-ul-Haq continued his rich vein of form as he scored his seventh successive scores of fifty or more during the third Pakistan-West Indies ODI in Multan on Sunday. In reaching the 50-run mark, Imam became only the second cricketer to score more than six straight half-centuries in ODIs. However, Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam,
A distraught skipper Rishabh Pant made no bones about the uninspiring performance of the two leading spinners Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal, urging them to come good after another meek surrender at the hands of South Africa in the second T20 International in Cuttack on Sunday. While Axar could be given only one over in
England vs New Zealand, 2nd Test: Pope, Lees look to carry forward momentum© AFP England vs New Zealand, 2nd Test Day 3 Live Score Updates: Ollie Pope and Alex Lees will look to build on from the momentum they manage to get on the second day of the ongoing second Test after New Zealand posted
Daryl Mitchell hit a sublime 190 as New Zealand amassed 553 before England started to fight back on a free-scoring second day of the second Test at Trent Bridge. Taking advantage of a docile pitch and lacklustre England bowling, Mitchell pummelled his way to his highest Test score. Tom Blundell joined the run spree with
Sri Lanka stunned Australia in their third and final Twenty20 international after skipper Dasun Shanaka hit an undefeated half-century to lead his team home in a nail-biting finish on Saturday. The hosts were chasing a target of 177 to finish the series on a high after going down miserably against the visitors in the first
Nicholas Pooran was castled by a gem of a delivery from Mohammad Nawaz.© AFP Pakistan steamrolled the West Indies by 120 runs in the second ODI to clinch the three-match series with one game still left. Pakistan’s batting stars Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq once again stood out with the bat as their half-centuries helped Pakistan