During a warm-up game in England on Tuesday, India cricketers paid tribute to the late Yashpal Sharma by wearing black armbands. Yashpal Sharma, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning Indian team, passed away on July 13 at the age of 66 after suffering a cardiac arrest. Team India is playing a three-day warm-up match
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English cricket takes a step into the unknown with the launch of The Hundred, a brand new 100 balls per side format, on Wednesday. Cricket already has several established professional formats at domestic and international level, first-class games, which includes five-day Tests, 50 overs per side one-dayers and Twenty20 matches. But even though Twenty20 was
Mayank Agarwal’s fight to reclaim his place in Indian Test eleven starts on Tuesday when he walks out to open in a three-day game against ‘County Select XI’, starting in Durham tomorrow as best friend KL Rahul gears up to keep wickets in Rishabh Pant’s absence. The match has been accorded first-class status, a first
When India all-rounder Hardik Pandya was taking on hosts Sri Lanka in the first of the three-match ODI series, his wife and their son watched him live at home, on a computer screen. In one of her latest Instagram Stories, Natasa Stankovic shared two clips that showed Agastya watching Hardik bowling for India. As soon
India spinner Kuldeep Yadav has said that he shares a good bowling partnership with Yuzvendra Chahal and it bodes well for the side that both the spinners played in tandem against Sri Lanka. Shikhar Dhawan (86*) and Ishan Kishan (59) starred with the bat as India defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the first
Jos Buttler top-scored for England with a knock of 59 runs in the 2nd T20I vs Pakistan.© AFP Jos Buttler’s 59-run knock and Saqib Mahmood’s three-wicket haul helped England defeat Pakistan by 45 runs in the second T20I of the three-match series at Headingley on Sunday. With this win, England levelled the three-match series at
Smriti Mandhana celebrated her 25th birthday on Sunday and wishes poured in from her India teammates, other cricketers and sportspersons at large. Mandhana made her ODI and T20I debuts in 2013 against Bangladesh. She played her first Test a year later, in 2014 against England. On the occasion of her birthday, Mandhana received several wishes
Shikhar Dhawan will lead Team India vs Sri Lanka in the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli© AFP India, without their regular skipper Virat Kohli, are all set to take on Sri Lanka in a three-match One-Day International series (ODIs) starting on Sunday, July 18. The ODI series was scheduled to begin on July 13
ENG vs IND: Rohit Sharma practices during a training session in Durham.© Twitter Rohit Sharma took to social media to update fans about his training ahead of India’s upcoming five-match Test series against England. The opening batsman is currently in Durham gearing up for the visitors’ upcoming friendly warm-up match against County Select XI, starting
Krunal Pandya with Suryakumar Yadav ahead of 1st ODI against Sri Lanka.© Instagram India all-rounder Krunal Pandya on Saturday shared several pictures from his practice session on Instagram ahead of the white-ball series against Sri Lanka. “Excited to get back in action in Blue,” Krunal wrote in the caption box of the post. In the
Babar Azam led from the front as Pakistan beat England by 31 runs in the first T20I at Trent Bridge on Friday despite a blistering hundred from Liam Livingstone. Pakistan captain Azam made 85 and shared an opening stand of 150 with Mohammad Rizwan in a national record T20 total of 232-6. But Livingstone gave
45 CAB cricketers have been withheld from further participation till resolving of disputes.© AFP The Cricket Association of Bengal on Friday decided to introduce a unique biometric code after 65 players from the state were identified with disputed documents. Of the 65 players identified, 45 players have been withheld from further participation till resolving of
END vs IND: The ECB welcome Team India in Durham.© Twitter Currently in England for their upcoming five-match Test series, Team India began their training session at Durham on July 16. The visitors are also set to play a warm-up match starting from July 20, at the Riverside Ground. The Test series between India and
Tom Harrison, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Thursday said that the board decided to give relaxations in the bio-bubble looking at players’ welfare and their mental health. Earlier, three England players and four members of the support staff tested positive for COVID-19, and as a result, the management had
India’s limited-overs squad had its first practice session under lights in Colombo on Thursday.© BCCI/Twitter Shikhar Dhawan-led India white-ball squad on Thursday had its first practice session under lights in Colombo. The official Twitter handle of BCCI shared photos from the sessions and captioned the post as: “Time to hit the nets. Our first practice session
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials will be visiting Oman and Dubai on July 16 and 17 to inspect the grounds and to discuss important issues regarding the T20 World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has already confirmed that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be staged in
Ravichandran Ashwin turned out for Surrey in a County Championship match against Somerset.© Surrey Cricket/Twitter India off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin returned figures of 6 for 27 for Surrey in a County Championship match against Somerset at The Oval on Tuesday. Courtesy of Ashwin’s haul, Somerset were bowled out for a mere 69 in their second
India will once again not play Pakistan in the second cycle of World Test Championship with three away tours lined up in the next two years, starting with the England series next month. As per rule, each of the nine nations in the World Test Championship calendar play against six nations of their choice and