Cricket

The social media tussle over KL Rahul‘s inclusion in India XI despite repeated failures took an ugly turn on Tuesday. The issue happened between former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad and former India opener Aakash Chopra. Prasad has been quite vocal on social media regarding Rahul getting a long rope, while other performers like Kuldeep Yadav have

Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian cricket team captain, is currently enjoying a good time as her side is in the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. She has now become the first player to feature in 150 T20Is. And she would hope that her team makes it to the final too. Ahead

David Warner out of remaining two matches of Border-Gavaskar Trophy© AFP Australia batter David Warner is out of the remaining two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy due to a hairline fracture on their left elbow, Cricket Australia has confirmed. Warner was substituted out of the second Test in New Delhi after sustaining a concussion last

Star opener Smriti Mandhana on Monday described the match-winning 87-run knock against Ireland as one of her toughest innings due to the difficult conditions at St George’s Park. Thanks to Mandhana’s career-best knock, India posted 155 for six after opting to bat first in their last group match of the Women’s T20 World Cup. In

Rahul Dravid continues to back KL Rahul© AFP India opening batter KL Rahul has become the talk of the town, but not for a good reason. As Rahul continues to struggle with the bat, critics are lining up to question the team management’s persistence with him. As the outside noise gets more and more intense

File photo of Pat Cummins.© AFP Australia Test and ODI skipper Pat Cummins has flown back home mid-way of the ongoing Border-Gasvaskar Trophy against India. The pace bowling all-rounder took a flight to Sydney on Sunday due to a “serious family illness”, informed Cricket Australia. However, the apex cricket body of the nation also stated

File photo of Rashada Williams© AFP West Indies’ Rashada Williams has been fined 15 per cent of her match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct. The incident took place during her side’s Group 2 match against Ireland in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 on Friday. Williams was found

Not every batter is comfortable playing a high-percentage risk shot like sweep and reverse sweep and that’s where some of his teammates perhaps “went out of their methods”, was skipper Pat Cummins’ observation after Australia’s demoralising six-wicket defeat against India in the second Test. As many as five Australian batters, including vice-captain Steve Smith, were

Ranji Trophy Final Highlights: Saurashtra claim 2nd Ranji Trophy title© Twitter Ranji Trophy Final, Day 4 Highlights: Saurashtra defeated Bengal by 9 wickets to lift the Ranji Trophy title for the second time in their history. In the second innings, Saurashtra were given only a 12-run target to chase. Saurashtra captain Jaydev Unadkat was the pick

Women’s T20 WC: Australia defeated South Africa by six wickets.© AFP SA vs AUS, Women’s T20 World Cup Highlights: Defending champions Australia defeated South Africa by six wickets to easily book a place in the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals on Saturday. Chasing 125 to win, they reached their target with 21 balls to spare. Tahlia

Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin added another significant chapter to India’s lower-order fightbacks as their priceless 114-run eighth-wicket partnership put the hosts on an even keel against Australia on an engrossing second day of the second Test here on Saturday. Thanks to Axar’s invaluable 74 off 115 balls and Ashwin’s 37 off 71 balls, India,

Ranji Trophy Final Live: Saurashtra look to extend lead over Bengal on Day 3.© Twitter Ranji Trophy Final, Day 3 Live Updates: Arpit Vasavada was dismissed early as Saurashtra look to continue domination. Mukesh Kumar has been the pick of the bowlers for Bengal with four scalps till now. Saurashtra took a comprehensive lead of 143

1st Test, Day 3 Live: England look to extend lead against New Zealand at Bay Oval.© AFP NZ vs ENG, 1st Test Live Updates: England look to extend their 98-run lead over New Zealand on Day 3 of the 1st Test at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. The visitors lost openers Ben Duckett, for 25,

Spinners are always expected to dominate in India but the most successful bowler on the opening day of the second Test against Australia, Mohammed Shami, believes the home conditions also offer enough help to the pacers. Shami ended with a four-wicket haul to help India limit Australia to 263. Spinners Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin

Early into the second Test between India and Australia in New Delhi, lost a little bit of control on the ball as he bowled a wayward delivery in the third over. It was only the first ball of the over, with David Warner facing the India pacer. The ball pitched outside the wide line but

Mumal Mehr, a 14-year-old girl from a small village near Barmer, Rajasthan, has taken social media by storm. A video of the teenager batting fabulously with a wide range of shots has been widely shared on social media. Even the great Sachin Tendulkar was impressed and shared the video from his Twitter account with a special

Rohit Sharma in action during first Test in Nagpur© BCCI Former Indian cricket team spinner Harbhajan Singh was all praise for Rohit Sharma ahead of the second Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in New Delhi. Harbhajan recalled his first impression of Rohit when they met at the T20 World Cup in 2007 and said that

Let-arm fast bowlers are rare commodities. Since Zaheer Khan‘s retirement, the Indian cricket team has given opportunities to a few left-arm pacers but no one has managed to cement his place so far. Arshdeep Singh is one left-arm seamer who is a fairly consistent player for the team but is yet to hit his true