Cricket

“Who wouldn’t want it, Bhaiyya?”. It was all that a shy Akash Deep could blurt out when Virat Kohli asked if he would like to own one of his bats that ultimately scripted a rare happy memory in an otherwise devastating tour of Australia for Team India. The newest pace bowling workhorse in the Indian

World Cup winner James Vince is to stand down as captain of Hampshire after a decade in charge and move to Dubai following attacks on his family home, the English cricket county announced Wednesday. Although he will miss the 2025 English domestic first-class County Championship or red-ball season, Vince will continue to play white-ball (limited-overs)

Harsha Bhogle feels the BCCI should prohibit players from having personal PR agencies.© X (Twitter) In the aftermath of India’s loss to Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy last week, reports have been rampant on social media, claiming that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to implement stricter protocols during tours.

Veteran batter Karun Nair is eyeing a comeback into the Indian cricket team, following his purple patch with the bat in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. In six matches, the Vidarbha batter has amassed 664 runs with five centuries and an impressive strike rate of 120.07. Nair has been dismissed just once in six games

File photo of Ravichandran Ashwin© AFP Since the time Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement, there has been a lot of speculation about the abrupt decision that happened in the middle of the 2024-25 Border Gavaskar Trophy. Ashwin was picked in only one of the first three Tests, after which he announced his retirement from international retirement. After the

With just over a week left for the start of their T20I series against India, England have been dealt a huge blow as pacer Saqib Mahmood is yet to receive his visa for the tour. Mahmood, who is of Pakistani origin, is yet to make his T20I debut for England, but has played nine ODIs

Delhi wicketkeeper-batter Anuj Rawat has landed himself in hot water after skipping his side’s preparation camp for the upcoming round of Ranji Trophy match to attend his Indian Premier League (IPL) side Gujarat Titans (GT)’s training camp in Surat. Rawat was bought by GT for Rs 30 lakh at the IPL 2025 mega auction last

India’s Test captain Rohit Sharma has set the perfect example for others to follow by deciding to join Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy team for a nets session. As per reports, Rohit will be part of the Mumbai team that will be practicing in the nets at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday morning. Rohit didn’t wait for

File photo of Rohit Sharma.© AFP Team India’s Test and ODI captain, Rohit Sharma has been under the spotlight since the 1-3 defeat to Australia in the 2024/25 Border Gavaskar Trophy series. The opening batter’s struggles continued in Australia which saw him recuse himself from the playing XI for the final Test at Sydney Cricket

File photo of Abhishek Sharma© AFP Indian cricket team star Abhishek Sharma has come down hard on Indian airline Indigo for a bad experience while travelling at the Delhi airport. While he did not provide the details of his destination, Sharma, who has played 12 T20Is for India and will also play in the team’s

Exploiting his rich vein of form, Karun Nair slammed his fourth successive hundred, fifth in total of this edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, as Vidarbha outclassed Rajasthan by nine wickets to move into the semifinals of the premier domestic 50-over tournament in Vadodara on Sunday. Vidarbha will face Maharashtra in the semifinal on Thursday

Jasprit Bumrah is the frontrunner to replace Rohit Sharma as India’s Test captain going forward but the peerless pacer doesn’t seem to be a long-term option given his nagging fitness concerns, the latest being a back spasm which has rendered him doubtful for next month’s Champions Trophy. Indian selectors are hopeful that he still might

Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh feels Axar Patel is ready to fill in Ravindra Jadeja’s shoes for the all-rounder role for India. He also pondered India’s wicketkeeping options and felt Sanju Samson being picked ahead of Rishabh Pant could be a possibility for the Champions Trophy. After months of uncertainty, the Champions Trophy is almost a

As South Africa prepares for its World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord’s, legendary cricketer Jonty Rhodes says the Proteas’ pace battery is unlikely to give a big advantage to the side as Pat Cummins’ team too is equally adept at handling the quick bowlers. The one-off Test will be played from June 11

File photo of Virat Kohli.© AFP Virat Kohli‘s weakness outside the off-stump has become a big issue for him now. The batter clearly struggled with it during India’s recently-concluded five-match Test series against Australia. Once the linchpin of India’s batting, Kohli suffered a tough time Down Under, scoring just 190 runs at an average under

File image of Devdutt Padikkal (centre).© BCCI/IPL Centuries from Arshin Kulkarni and Devdutt Padikkal guided Maharashtra and Karnataka to competitive totals in their respective Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) quarterfinal matches on Saturday. In the first quarterfinal, Maharashtra is facing Punjab at Vadodara’s Kotambi Stadium, while Karnataka is playing Baroda at Vadodara’s Moti Bagh Stadium. In

England’s upcoming Champions Trophy cricket match against Afghanistan should go ahead despite calls for a boycott over the Taliban’s treatment of women, according to a senior British government minister. A group of more than 160 British politicians have called on the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to refuse to play Afghanistan in protest at

Star India batter Virat Kohli, along with his wife Anushka Sharma and children, recently visited the renowned priest Premanand Maharaj in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. Kohli is having a terrible time in his professional career as he registered back-to-back low scores in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Tests against Australia. In the five-match series, which India lost