Cricket

File photo of BCCI Secretary Jay Shah.© BCCI Top Team India stars will feature in the Duleep Trophy, with the tournament set to mark the start of the 2024/25 domestic season. With the Indian team’s next assignment scheduled in late Septemeber, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced the four

File photo of Rishabh Pant.© AFP The BCCI on August 14 named the squads for the first round of Duleep Trophy 2024-25. With the four-team tournament set to start on September 5, India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will be marking his return to red-ball cricket. Pant has been picked in ‘Team B’ and it is interesting

File photo of MS Dhoni.© BCCI Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO Kasi Viswanath has denied the reports that the franchise asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a reintroduction of a now-scrapped rule to rope in MS Dhoni for a lower price. Earlier in IPL, an international player after five years

WI vs SA 2nd Test Day 3 Live Updates© AFP WI vs SA 2nd Test Day 3 Live Updates: Half-centuries by Aiden Markram at the top of the innings and Kyle Verreynne at the end of the day put South Africa in charge of the second Test against the West Indies on Friday. At stumps

Former captain Nasser Hussain thinks Ollie Pope’s appointment as England Test skipper for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka augurs well for the side ahead of the all-important Ashes happening next year in Australia. Pope was made England captain for the Sri Lanka series starting on August 21 as Ben Stokes was ruled out due

Samit Dravid, son of India batting great and former head coach Rahul Dravid, has once again gone viral for the uncanny resemblance with his father. Samit caught the attention of the fans with his brilliant shot for six during the Maharaja T20 KSCA tournament, which reminded fans of the similarities between him and his father

Ishan Kishan has made a remarkable return to red-ball cricket. He is playing for Jharkhand against Madhya Pradesh in the ongoing Buchi Babu tournament in Tamil Nadu. On his first day of action, the star was quite impressive with his glovework behind the stumps as Madhya Pradesh won the toss and opted to bat first.

Indian Premier League (IPL) has produced a lot of domestic talent for Team India. From the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, IPL is highly responsible for taking Indian cricket to new heights. One such talented cricketer, who rose to fame through IPL is pacer Umran Malik. The Jammu and Kashmir based pacer,

Jay Shah opened up on the decision to appoint Gautam Gambhir as the all-format coach.© AFP Gautam Gambhir kicked off his reign as head coach of the Indian team with the tour Sri Lanka last month. However, he endured a mixed outing as the team won the T20I series, but conceded the ODIs despite the

West Indies vs South Africa, 2nd Test, Live Score Updates© AFP West Indies vs South Africa 2nd Test, Live Updates: West Indies will be taking on South Africa in the second Test of the two-match series on Thursday in Guyana. Earlier on Sunday, the first match of the series ended in a draw after rain

Former India cricketer VVS Laxman is set to extend his term as the head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru by at least a year according to ESPNcricinfo. Laxman became the head of the NCA in December 2021 for a period of three years. His contract was set to expire in September this

Neeraj Chopra (L) and Arshad Nadeem at Paris Olympics 2024© AFP Former Pakistan cricket team star Basit Ali believes that India and Pakistan should play bilateral series of hockey, javelin or kabaddi if BCCI and PCB fail to agree on a cricket series. India and Pakistan have not played a bilateral cricket for more than

India ODI captain Rohit Sharma has leaped up to second spot in the ODI men’s batting rankings, trailing only Pakistan captain Babar Azam now. Despite India losing the ODI series against Sri Lanka 2-0, Rohit was the highest run-scorer, scoring 157 runs at a strike rate of 141.44, including two fifties. After Babar, Indian batters

Manu Bhaker made history at the Paris Olympics 2024 by becoming the first Indian since independence to win two medals in one edition of the game. In all India finished with six medals, with Manu winning two. She won a bronze in women’s individual 10m air pistol and also in the 10m air pistol mixed

Team Pakistan in action© AFP In a decision reminiscent of the COVID-19 days, the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to host the second Test against Bangladesh at the National Stadium in Karachi behind closed doors. The PCB said the difficult decision had been taken due to the ongoing construction work at the venue in preparation

File photo of Ian Bell© AFP Former England player Ian Bell was named Tuesday as Sri Lanka’s batting coach for the three-match Test series against England. Sri Lanka Cricket said the 42-year-old former right-hand batter was hired to draw on his experience of playing 118 Tests for England. “We appointed Ian to bring in a

File photo of the Indian cricket team© AFP Gwalior will host the opening T20 International between India and Bangladesh scheduled on October 6 instead of Dharamsala, where renovation work is being carried out by the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, the BCCI stated on Tuesday. “The first T20I between India and Bangladesh, initially set to be

Former India great Harbhajan Singh believes that Virat Kohli with his supreme fitness can easily survive the rigours of international cricket for another five years while Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma will last at least another couple of years. “Rohit can easily play for two more years. You never know with Virat Kohli’s fitness,