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Indian cricketer KL Rahul remains one of the most talented batters in the country. The last couple of years, however, haven’t been the best for Rahul from the performance point of view, with the wicket-keeper batter losing a spot in India’s T20I side. As the members of the Indian cricket team enjoy a break, away

Jamie Smith‘s latest Test fifty took England into a narrow first-innings lead in their series opener against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford on Thursday. England were 259-6 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 236, a slender advantage of 23 runs, when a combination of bad light and rain forced an early close to the second day

Former Australian opening great Matthew Hayden lauded young Indian top-order batter Yashasvi Jaiswal for his strokeplay, but warned that bouncy tracks and pace trio of skipper Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood will challenge him during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy later this year. The much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy will commence with the first Test–a day match–at

Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan ran 4 runs© X (Twitter) In one of the rare instances in Test cricket, Pakistan pair Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan had to run between the wickets to add 4 runs to their total on Day 2 of the first Test against Bangladesh. It was Shakeel who drove a ball

Dhananjaya de Silva and debutant fast bowler Milan Rathnayake both made fine fifties as Sri Lanka recovered from a dramatic top-order collapse on Wednesday’s opening day of the first Test against England at Old Trafford. Sri Lanka were in dire straits at 6-3 after skipper De Silva won the toss, losing their first three wickets

Indian cricket team assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate was candid in his admission that the desire to do well overseas has dented Indian batsmen’s ability to play spin and his immediate task is to make them adept in it again ahead of an important season that features five Tests at home. Traditionally strong against spin,

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah is all set to replace the incumbent Greg Barclay as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), sources have confirmed to NDTV. Barclay told ICC directors, including Cricket Australia’s chair Mike Baird, that he has no intention of running for the

Yusuf Dikec and Kieron Pollard.© X (Twitter) The Paris Olympics 2024 has given sports lovers and fans around the world many memories to reminisce about. But perhaps the most iconic moment of the event did not come from a medal or a record, but from the shooting pose of Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec, which has

File photo of Rohit Sharma (L) and Rahul Dravid during T20 World Cup 2024© X (formerly Twitter) The ICC match referees have gone soft on the much-maligned pitches used for the New York leg of the T20 World Cup with six of the eight games, including the India versus Pakistan contest, getting a “satisfactory” rating.

Star India batter Virat Kohli is undoubtedly one of the greatest players in the world. Ever since his debut in 2008, Kohli has taken Indian cricket to different heights with his powerful batting and also broke numerous records. Despite retiring from the T20Is, Kohli is en-route to break legendary Sachin Tendulkar‘s record of scoring hundred

Ace off-spinner Nathan Lyon has already started his homework on rising batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal with England spinner Tom Hartley‘s inputs on the southpaw safely stored in his memory bank ahead of the five-Test Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia starting from November 22. Jaiswal, who scored a century on debut in the West Indies

Bangladesh begin a two-Test series in Pakistan this week with their preparations severely hampered by the political turmoil that has wracked the country. Unrest that led to the overthrow of prime minister Sheikh Hasina kept the team’s foreign coaches indoors, strictly following advisories from their embassies, while mass protests stopped the team from assembling for

In cricket, it’s unfair to compare generations. Conditions, rules, opponents and opportunities should be taken into account. But then it always makes for an interesting topic of conversation. Dinesh Karthik recently picked his all-time XI in Indian cricket on Cricbuzz. The caption of the video, however, read: “DK’s list of his top XI teammates”. Karthik

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

Josh Hazlewood in action© AFP Australia fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood has conceded the hosts’ are itching to clinch a Border-Gavaskar Trophy series win at home as that’s the only one box which is left to be ticked off by them. After beating India 2-0 in the 2014/15 series, Australia have endured a drought of winning the

Indian cricket team wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant left everyone stunned as he bowled the final over of the Delhi Premier League match between Purani Dilli 6 and South Delhi Superstarz on Saturday. Pant has never bowled in an international match but he decided to try his hand at spin bowling with the Superstarz needing just

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

File photo of Rohit Sharma (left) and Jasprit Bumrah.© BCCI India pacer Jasprit Bumrah is a rare talent that should be preserved and taken care of properly. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has done a decent job in managing the fast bowler’s workload as Bumrah has now become a national treasury.