Cricket

Mumbai Indians established themselves as the most engaging IPL franchise for the 3rd consecutive season.© BCCI/IPL Mumbai Indians has once again reinforced its dominance as one of the most successful sports clubs in India, and a fast emerging Indian sports brand globally. The IPL 2020 winners have established themselves as the most engaging (cumulative engagement

Sourav Ganguly led the President XI chase with an unbeaten 32-ball 53.© AFP A day before the all-important Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) 89th Annual General Meeting, board members played out a friendly match at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad. The fun outing saw the Secretary XI — led by Jay Shah

Lambasting the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) for deciding to install a statue of its former President Arun Jaitley at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi has asked the body to remove his name from the spectators’ stand, named after him in 2017. Lashing out at the DDCA culture, which he alleged

Cricket South Africa on Tuesday announced that the entire Proteas team was negative in results from COVID-19 tests that were conducted this morning. This was the third round of scheduled testing ahead of the first Test match of the two-match series against Sri Lanka, starting on Boxing Day (December 26). As a result, the proteas

AUS vs IND: The Indian team will be without Virat Kohli for the remainder of the Test series.© AFP Former Australia wicket-keeper batsman Brad Haddin has said that he does not know from where India will get their energy in the absence of Virat Kohli in the remaining three Tests of the four-match series. Skipper

Australia batsman Steve Smith on Tuesday said the absence of Indian skipper Virat Kohli for the remaining three Test matches is going to be a “big loss” for visitors. Kohli would not be there for the visitors for the remainder of the series as he will be heading back home after being granted paternity leave

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Monday confirmed that spinner Mitchell Santner has been retained in the squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan, beginning December 26. New Zealand will push for a spot in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final which is set to be played in June next year. The

Australia vs India: Sunil Gavaskar said KL Rahul should replace Prithvi Shaw in the top order for India.© AFP Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar wants KL Rahul to open in place of an out-of-form Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill to play in middle order in the second Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) starting

International cricket found a way through this year’s coronavirus pandemic but the strain of ‘bubble life’ was evident by the end of 2020. The women’s Twenty20 World Cup, won by Australia in front of a Melbourne crowd of more than 86,000 on March 8, escaped the ravages of Covid-19 but the men’s game soon ground

Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha and young opener Prithvi Shaw are unlikely to be picked for the remaining Tests in Australia as India look to ring in wholesale changes after the batting debacle in Adelaide. It is understood that young Shubman Gill, after a couple of impressive knocks in the warm-up games, is seen as a

Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Sunday announced a 25-member squad including four new additions to the women’s national team roster, for the training camp ahead of the limited-overs series against Pakistan. Proteas will head into the training camp from January 8-14, 2021 led by head coach, Hilton Moreeng. The final squad will then be announced

The Sydney Cricket Ground is scheduled to host the third Test from January 7-11.© Instagram Cricket Australia Sunday said they were pressing ahead with plans to the hold the third Test against India in Sydney despite a growing coronavirus outbreak in the city. A COVID-19 cluster has risen to 68 cases since it emerged on

Shubman Gill scored a half-century in the tour game against Australia A.© Instagram Former Australia cricketer Tom Moody feels India should have given a chance to in-form batsman Shubman Gill ahead of Prithvi Shaw in the day-night Test. Shaw again failed to leave a mark and was dismissed in a similar fashion by Pat Cummins

The legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday sympathised with the Indian team after it slumped to its lowest Test score, saying it would be a bit unfair to be critical given that the Australian pace bowlers were simply “superb”. The trio of Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc produced a sensational performance as the visitors

The South Africa team will assemble in Pretoria for preparations on Saturday.© Twitter Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Friday announced that two members of the Proteas squad have tested positive for coronavirus, ahead of the team’s entry into the Bio-Secure Environment for the Test series against Sri Lanka. “Cricket South Africa (CSA) can confirm that

Ravichandran Ashwin is forever ready to learn from his peers but has his own way of finding the formula for success as he believes that there are “many ways to skin a cat”. Ashwin’s fine figures of 4 for 55, including the big wicket of Steve Smith, helped India gain a foothold on the second

AUS vs IND: Virat Kohli’s brilliant catch got rid of Cameroon Green for 11 runs.© Twitter Virat Kohli, after leading India by example with the bat on the opening day, pulled off a sensational catch at short mid-wicket to dismiss debutant Cameron Green. Before Kohli pulled off the brilliant catch, the Indian players were sloppy

Dav Whatmore’s manager said he is excited to take on the new challenge of coaching Nepal.© Instagram Cricket Association of Nepal on Thursday announced the appointment of Dav Whatmore as the head coach of the team. The association, in a statement, also said that it has appointed Raunaq Bahadur Malla as General Manager, Ramesh Kumar